Re^3: Perl Tk Spaces in Text of Labels

Update:
I have now come up with a solution that others may like to hear.
The situation is that I want a row of headings above a vertically scrolling pane.
The pane had frame and the frame a grid of ‘cells’ that corresponded to the heading row.
I am using the grid packing method.
I did want to use proportion fonts since these look better that fixed width fonts.
I created an gif file of the headings by:
1. getting a screen dump of the gui without the headings;
2. using a graphics application to view the screen shot;
3. lay out the headings as text so that these were positioned correctly:
4. save just the headings with the background of the GUI as a gif file;
5. used the gif file on the label.
Perhaps not perfect but certainly acceptable.

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Re^4: Perl Tk Spaces in Text of Labels by zentara (Cardinal) on Jul 03, 2008 at 15:59 UTC
The one drawback to using a graphic as a header, is what happens if someone wants to resize the whole window. With a graphic label, you will be forced into a certain window geometry. But if it works for you, great. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth CandyGram for Mongo	[reply]
Re^5: Perl Tk Spaces in Text of Labels by Anonymous Monk on Jul 03, 2008 at 16:13 UTC
Switch to SVG? :D	[reply]
Re^6: Perl Tk Spaces in Text of Labels by zentara (Cardinal) on Jul 03, 2008 at 19:54 UTC
Tk dosn't support SVG, but Gtk2 does. I've made little apps that auto resize an svg with window resizing, and I will tell you that learning how to pack is alot easier. :-) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth CandyGram for Mongo	[reply]