How nice can Perl/Tk look like ?

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, I'm currently considering use of TV frontend GUI to Misterhouse (perl based open source home automation SW). I like Freevo and its plugin architecture, but I'd need to learn python. I have some not polished Perl/Tk code that acts as simple media launcher, but I'm not sure how well can GUI look like if it's developed in Perl Tk, specially in comparation to newer similar guis like Mythtv and Freevo or any other (transparencies, nice, clear pictures, shading, ...). But it would be cross platform ... Any advice, code or maybe screenshot of nice GUI made with Perl TK ? Regards, Robert.

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Re: How nice can Perl/Tk look like ? by Arbogast (Monk) on Sep 13, 2003 at 23:38 UTC
Not sure if this is what you are looking for. I am using Perl/Tk for a photo program. I was not satisfied with Tk. I switched to keeping the main program in Perl, but setting up a web server and connecting to Flash Player on Localhost. Works great for me anyways. Flash makes a great GUI for Perl this way IMO. Tk is ok, but I'd rather use a graphically based program to generate graphics, and Flash certainly has more capabilities than Tk in many ways.	[reply]
Re: How nice can Perl/Tk look like ? by Anonymous Monk on Sep 14, 2003 at 08:21 UTC
What have you tried so far? (what tk programs have you seen/tried) Tk was initially developed so that commandline tools could easily be converted into GUI tools. With that being said, "nice" is very subjective.	[reply]