> The ActiveState preferred choice of Perl GUI toolkit is Tkx (or Tcl::Tk). > Tkx is bundled with the latest ActivePerl releases for all 32-bit > platforms. It does provide native look-and-feel on Windows (including > themed widgets on WinXP) and OS X (Aqua) and does X11 on the rest of the > Unix platforms.
This statement just prompted some confusion that I'd like to take the opportunity to hopefully resolve... In short, what's up with the different Tk offerings there apparently is? I thought *the* Tk package was exactly that - the Tk package that comes prepackaged when I install ActivePerl (which I understand is what goes under the name Perl/Tk?). It has a large amount of documentation, there's a book (Learning Perl/Tk) and so on. But then I see docs for Tkx - teeny tiny in comparison. And there's mention of Tcl::Tk - how does that relate to the others. Or are they all the same??? Or good at different things? I see that Tkx is 'yet another Tk interface' and it provides a bridge to Tcl, and Tcl::Tk seems to mean something similar - does that mean I somehow need (Active)Tcl installed? And how does that play with creating a simple perlapp with a minimum fuss? Obviously, you can see there's a bunch of confusion on my part :-), so some help in getting the issues straight would be helpful... My guess is that I should shoot for either Tkx or Perl/Tk, but why one or the other? Or should I really, really go for something else entirely? My needs very, very shortly: must run on several platforms (Linux, Solaris, Win32 etc), ActivePerl and PDK, ease of use, ease of installing/maintaining etc, some good docs etc. Well, any input on all this is appreciated... ken1 _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
