Applications of Perl\Tk

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Re: Applications of Perl\Tk by vkon (Curate) on May 13, 2011 at 08:52 UTC
yes, it is used in industries. for example, this is my approach at work. I use it because in small efforts I get marvellous results - I need to spend much more programming efforts if I do GUI in any other way. (I use not exactly perl/Tk, but similar and more efficient Tk from Perl)	[reply]
Re: Applications of Perl\Tk by choroba (Cardinal) on May 13, 2011 at 09:22 UTC
If you count university research among industries, then I have to say Yes. We use Tk a lot.	[reply]
Re: Applications of Perl\Tk by Gulliver (Monk) on May 13, 2011 at 12:50 UTC
Tkx is included in ActiveState ActivePerl now. The nice thing about it is that it works on Windows 64 bit platforms and you don't have to worry about compiling Perl/Tk which is tricky on a server with no web access (for me anyway). I'm no expert but it also seems nice because you can use the Tk documentation once you learn to translate the punctuation and you get everything in Tk instead of what has been ported to Perl/Tk. For a unix flavor you should have Tcl already but for Strawberry Perl you need to install Tcl to use Tkx. Update: Tkx is not the same as Perl/Tk. Tkx is a module that lets you interface to Tk/Tcl directly instead of using Perl/Tk.	[reply]
Re^2: Applications of Perl\Tk by Marshall (Canon) on May 13, 2011 at 15:50 UTC
ActiveState doesn't include Tk anymore in standard distribution. But it is available as a package that you can install with ppm over the web. Or, if you get the .ppd file, you can take that over to a target machine via sneaker net and install it that way - no compile necessary, at least not for 32 bit. Maybe there is some glitch with 64 bit - don't know as I am still only 32 bit.	[reply]
Re^3: Applications of Perl\Tk by Gulliver (Monk) on May 13, 2011 at 20:29 UTC
ActiveState doesn't include Perl/Tk anymore. ActivePerl 5.10 and greater come with Tk, Tcl and the module Tkx to talk to them. Sneakernet would take a while since my target servers are hundreds of miles away, virtual and in a blade setup which I would need help with anyway. I'm remoting into the servers. There is definately a glitch with 64 bit when the compiler isn't setup correctly. I have tried. I had no trouble with Strawberry Perl on my laptop compiling Perl/Tk but that wasn't useful if applications wouldn't work on the target. Then I discovered Tkx.	[reply]
Re^4: Applications of Perl\Tk by tej (Scribe) on May 14, 2011 at 02:12 UTC
Re^5: Applications of Perl\Tk by stefbv (Priest) on May 14, 2011 at 11:27 UTC
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