From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Griffiths Sent: 13 September 2006 18:26 To: Brian Raven Cc: activeperl Subject: Re: About Perl/Tk
> Brian Raven wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ??? > > Sent: 13 September 2006 11:13 > > To: activeperl > > Subject: About Perl/Tk > ... > > It might also be worth having a look at Tkx, as Activestate are using > > that for their new ppm gui, so it will be part of the Activestate > > distribution in the not too distant future. > > It already is; ActivePerl 5.8.8 Build 819 includes Tkx, and the new PPM4 Gui is built with Tkx. All the PDK > tools are built with Tkx as well, in fact Gisle wrote Tkx orginally during PDK 6 development, based on the Tcl > module and with help from Jeff Hobbs ( the lead Tcl/Tk maintainer ). That's great, I was unaware that it had been released. I must have missed the announcement. I had a chance to look at Tkx at the weekend, and while it looks pretty and gives access to the latest Tk features, it didn't seem as easy to use as the Perl/Tk package. I expect much of that to be due to being familiar with Perl/Tk, but some is due to being unfamiliar with Tcl which is a requirement to have much chance of understanding the documentation. I think I would find more examples helpful, for example the Tcl/Tk widget demos converted to use Tkx (I certainly remember the widget demos being a great help when starting with Perl/Tk). Also, this may not be the right place to raise it, but I noticed something a bit disturbing about the 819 release. I had assumed (possibly incorrectly) that the lib hierarchy was reserved for core modules, and that all other modules were installed in site/lib. I don't know if this has changed in 819, or it is just being made more obvious by the new ppm gui, but non-core modules are now being installed in the lib hierarchy. This has resulted, after installing build 819 over the top of 817, in modules being installed in two places (Tkx for example), sometimes with different versions. -- Brian Raven ================================= Atos Euronext Market Solutions Disclaimer ================================= The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and solely for the intended addressee(s). Unauthorised reproduction, disclosure, modification, and/or distribution of this email may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. The views expressed in this message do not necessarily reflect those of Atos Euronext Market Solutions. L'information contenue dans cet e-mail est confidentielle et uniquement destinee a la (aux) personnes a laquelle (auxquelle(s)) elle est adressee. Toute copie, publication ou diffusion de cet email est interdite. Si cet e-mail vous parvient par erreur, nous vous prions de bien vouloir prevenir l'expediteur immediatement et d'effacer le e-mail et annexes jointes de votre systeme. Le contenu de ce message electronique ne represente pas necessairement la position ou le point de vue d'Atos Euronext Market Solutions. _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
