From: "zentara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:36:09 -0500,
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(yitzle) wrote:
Hi
I decided throwing a GUI on Perl would be fun so I want to make a Connect
Four.
Which GUI module would you advise? It seems the major contenders are
GTK, GTK2/GTK+ and Tk.
Tk seems to have the simplest interface which is nice, but it sure
doesn't look as pretty as GTK.
I took a peek at the GTK+ docs and, using a C-like API, it looks
pretty cumbersome.
I would appreciate if you could share your thought and/or views on the
topic.
Thanks!
I agree with Daniel Kasak, Gtk2 is the way to go.
I started with Tk, and still love it, but times have changed, and the
Gtk2 system is far superior to Tk, is a bit harder to learn, but well
worth it. So if you had to pick one......Gtk2 will give you the best
future.
By the way, on linux machines,(and probably on win32), Wx will use
the Gtk2 libs(if found, otherwise it uses XLib or something), and will
just put their object-oriented layer on top of it.
Why not using the object oriented Wx directly?
So why not just go with Gtk2?
Can Gtk2 be installed under Windows with ppm? I couldn't find a ppm
distribution.
Can it be installed from source? It askes for some strange dependencies with
no help about where they can be found or how to install them.
Have you succeeded installing Gtk2 under Windows? If yes, please give some
tips.
Wx is portable and it can be installed very easy under Windows also. It is
also very easy to create .exe Windows executables with ActiveState PDK.
Also, Gtk2 has the ATK, Accessibility Toolkit, for people with
handicaps. You MAY need to use the Gnome desktop to fully
use it, I've never played with it.
Do you know if it is accessible under Windows also? Do you know a sample
program that can be used under Windows in order to test it?
Thanks.
Octavian
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