I meant to conclude with:: I usually use "grid" with a "Scrolled Pane" rather than the gibberish that Lidie and Walsh present for having one scrollbar with multiple widgets. pp 147-148..
On 8/2/05, Hugh Loebner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What parts of Tk are you having trouble understanding? > > I only know Perl Tk, but I do know that it is _extremely_ powerful. > There are a few counter intuitive (for me) constructs, but once you > catch on to the syntax things aren't too bad. I don't know if any of > the other GUI's are more powerful, but I have yet to find a GUI task > that I want the computer to do that Tk can't accomplish. > > As far as speed is concerned, my applications are heavily into file > access, which is what really eats up time. I don't think using Tk vs > another GUI will make much difference in operating speed if you do > much I/O > > The book "Mastering Perl/Tk" by Lidie and Walsh is, unfortunately, > written very poorly. It's quite disorganized. However, buried in its > nooks and crannies is all the information you need. It's just too bad > that the authors go out of their way to make some simple ideas > unnecessarily complex. > > A few suggestions: I almost always use "form" rather than "pack" for > positioning an object - it's much more powerful and, for me, more > logical. "Grid" is also very useful for presenting tabular material. > I usually use "grid" with a "Scrolled Pane" rather than the gibberish. > > Hugh Loebner > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been learning Perl Tk for the past few weeks and honestly, I find > > it very difficult to learn Tk. Secondly, according to a friend who had > > worked on Perl GUI before, "Tk run slower than most other Perl GUI". > > > > Seeing that I am having hard time learning Tk, I sure would like to > > learn other "Better" Perl GUI out there. In your honest opinion, what is > > the easier and better performing Perl GUI available? > > > > wxPerl? Win32-GUI? whatelse? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jaime > > > > > > Email Advisory================================================== > > To ensure delivery of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], please contact your > > email provider and ask them if your email server has a valid DNS entry. > > Public Email Servers must have a valid hostname and routeable public IP > > Address per RFC1912 compliance. > > > > To test the compliance of your email server, please send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; our server will reply with a result within > > minutes. ==================================================Email > > Advisory > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com > > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list > > Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com > > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > > > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
