on 05/31/2001 09:25 AM, Taylor Leaming at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> At 12:57 PM -0500 5/30/01, Randy Boring wrote:
>> Me, too.
>>
>> A friend of mine develops Perl/Tk solutions for field workers who mostly
>> use Windows. He mostly uses Linux, and switch-boots to check that it
>> still works under Windows. Some of the people he could be helping use
>> Macs (my former colleagues). But where's MacPerl/Tk? He doesn't want to
>> be slowed down by doing any more for them than for the Windows majority
>> (periodic spot-checking only), so he's not going to learn Mac-specific
>> GUI programming.
>
> I must admit I am of similar sentiment. I love the Mac and the interface,
> but for this project, I really need as close to 100% re-use as possible.
>
> To my knowledge there is no MacPerl/Tk.
>
> But I am really hoping that someone has done it, or is working on it right
> now. If so, I'd be happy to help beta test it. I'd take a stab at it my
> self, but I am just not up to speed on this stuff.
>
>
>> If he can get his Mac people up on Mac OS X, does Perl/Tk work there, at
>> least? (Most would probably need new hardware to run X, so this isn't a
>> good answer; I'm mostly just curious as to whether it's any answer.)
>
>
> I have found some clues on how to mate MacPerl and Mac Tk:
>
> Mac Tk FAQ
> <http://www.scriptics.com/software/mac/macFAQ.html>
>
> [...]
>
> 12.1 How can I make an interface between MacTk and MacPerl?
> There are two ways to do this:
>
> The traditional way,on UNIX,is to open up a socket connection between
> Perl and Tk, and to send scripts back and forth on this socket.
> This will work fine on the Mac as well.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Did I miss something or is this not what you want?
> The other option is to send "do script" AppleEvents back and forth,
> although this is likely to be somewhat sluggish.
>
>
> I haven't taken a look at the AppleScript piece, but this is already much more
> divergent from the level of portability I was hoping for.
>
> Socket connection: Sounds promising, but I am unfamiliar with this stuff.
>
> Anybody done this, have an example, or interested in taking a stab at it?
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