Very sorry if I caused any trouble, maybe I missed to specify "outdated from a Tk, especially macOS-related, perspective".

We work on an app using Tk on macOS, and Perl/Tk is - in our terms - outdated. It runs with 'hacks' (needs XQuartz) and the UI it produces is non-Acqua compatible, looks like old-fashioned UI and this makes Perl/Tk, in our modest opinion, a no-go in the macOS world (okay, you can define it not as outdated, happy to learn another definition that better suits this group). Tcl::pTk gives instead access to the modern Tcl/Tk framework which is actively maintained and in line with UI conventions and styles on macOS. No more than this.

My question is pretty straightforward: from a portion of code written diretcly in Tcl inside $int->Eval("...") we want to call a subrutine which lives in the normal Perl code. A typical case would be to manipulate macOS typical menu entries such as Preferences, that can not be done - as far as we know directly from Perl i.e. Tcl::pTk:

        my $int = $mw->interp;
        my $menuPATH = $int->widget($menubar);#getting Tk name
        $int->Eval("
            $menuPATH add cascade -menu [menu $menuPATH.apple]
            proc tk::mac::ShowPreferences {} {#CALL SUBRUTINE IN PERL 
+CODE THAT CREATES THE COMPLEX MENU WINDOW TO SET APP PREFERENCES"}
        ");

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Does it make more sense now

PS: Python standard UI framework is Tkinter which uses the same principle of Tcl::pTk, i.e. it links to the original Tcl/Tk framework.

Thank you

In reply to Re: call a sub from Tcl code in Tcl::pTk by Anonymous Monk
in thread call a sub from Tcl code in Tcl::pTk by Anonymous Monk

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