>>>>> "SQ" == Sean Quinlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm running SuSE so I already had the whole Qt developer package handy > and getting the Qt modules from CPAN installed was trivial. The best > part of this, for me, was discovering that I could use the Qt developer > GUI builder (classic widget assembly IDE) to build up the windows, lists > etc and define the basic actions, then use an existing tool which > converts the XML Qt project files into a Perl module framework for you! > I had functional little test apps & was adding my own code & actions on > the first day. :) one goal for stem is to get more event loops supported. .11 (out SOON i hope) has a new event loop design that makes it easy to wrap event loops from various packages like tk, qt, wxwindows, etc. if someone who is doing gui work wants to have a network toolkit available to them behind the gui, then all you need is to write a simple wrapper module (i have 2 already and they can be used as guides/templates). if anyone is interested, i will be glad to provide any help. i just don't know the various event loops and don't have the spare time to investigate them. and wrapping an event loop only requires about 4 short subs to be written: handle readable, handle writable, timeout and main loop. this is a nice project for anyone who wants to learn some stem and also extend a gui that they like. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
