Hi, I've CCed to the proper mailing list which is for both users and for developers.
> I have been looking at how to provide close to 100% perl/tk syntax > compatibility with your Tcl::Tk package. My motivation is that > I have a lot of code written with perl/tk and have been frustrated by > the lack of progress in getting a version of perl/tk compatible with > tk8.5 and the updated Tile widgets. > > As a proof-of-concept, I have made changes to Tcl::Tk to make > it nearly > 100% compatible with perl/tk. With these changes, perl/tk megawidgets > work, and all the perl/tk widget demos work with minimal changes. I would gladly accept compatibility changes, although I decided for me that 100% compatibility with perl/Tk is not my goal - I still use perl/Tk syntax for managing widgets, but I use pure Tk for creating them. > Now I am wondering where to take all this. Are you open to accepting > patches to Tcl::Tk that will provide better perl/tk syntax > compatibility, or do you think changes like these belong in a separate > module/package (maybe Tcl::pTk ) ? I think Tcl::pTk is an excellent decision. One of "tough" points is megawidgets. Will you provide the compatibility that far? Here are my thoughts on megawidgets support. Perl/Tk's megawidget is based on Tix. When I discussed the megawidgets question, I was advised against Tix, because it is not so well maintained. Moveover, Tix is rarely installed (it is not shipped with ActiveTCL, for example) However, another megawidget package - snit - isn't a perfect fit also. mkWidgets (http://wiki.tcl.tk/2106) suits quite well for Tcl::Tk megawidgets (see an example at http://wiki.tcl.tk/13208) but this package seemingly hasn't been changed since 11/2002 - this may be a good sign or a bad sign :) :) :) both mkwidgets and snit are pure-tcl, and this is a plus compared to tix. Now I am again inclined towards Tix for perl/Tk - capable widgets - although it has some drawbacks, it still closer to original perl/tk megawidgets, and now I use Tix in my applications anyway - so it is already a must-have package for me :) Needless to say, you're welcome to consider another Tcl packages for this purpose also :) > If you are interested, I can seen my updates to Tcl::Tk to > you for your > review. That would be great, thanks in advance! Best regards, Vadim.
