Konovalov, Vadim (Vadim)** CTR ** wrote:
I have uploaded the Tcl-Tk package, with my changes to a file hosting
site, to avoid sending it to everyone on the list. you can
get to it at
http://www.sendspace.com/file/afaqr0 (Filename
Tcl-Tk-jcmods.01.tar.gz)
Wow!
I'm really impressed!
Although there are some small quirks that I should modify a little, the overall
feeling is good.
Right now the approved code branch for Tcl, Tcl::Tk CPAN modules is on the SF
site under http://tcltkce.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/tcltkce/
As SF service seriously degraded, I propose to move project hosting into
code.google.com
http://code.google.com/p/perl-tcltk
Do you have a google login, so I will add you into the project?
Alternatively, I can add you to SF project developers.
Great!
My google login is jcer...@tx.rr.com
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* All the perl/tk widget demos work with minimal changes
(typically by just changing the "Use Tk;" to "Use Tcl::Tk
(qw/ :perlTk /)" at the top of the file.
"use Tk", "use Tcl::Tk"
The "(qw/ :perlTk /)" is there so that syntax like "$top =
MainWindow->new();" from the perl/tk script will work.
* Tcl::Tk widget objects have been changed to be a blessed
hash-ref, rather than a blessed array-ref, for compatibility
with perl/tk.
AFAIR it was done to made widgets quicker - hash and array both quick, but
array quicker, also should take less memory.
Is converting to hash *really* unavoidable?
Of course this is not the only reason why perl/Tk is slower.
I think converting to a hash was unavoidable. By doing this, much of the
perl/tk code could be used as-is. I don't thinks this change by itself
would affect the speed significantly, but there may be other changes I
have made that could have slowed things down.
Is there some sort of benchmark test you have used to look at speed? It
would be interesting to see if there is a speed penalty for these changes.
* To run the demos without having to install the package,
type "perl -Mblib -w widgetTclTk" on the command line.
this is true, but, as long as we're pure-perl, will work even
perl -Mblib -w widgetTclTk"
w/out even invoking "make"
Hmmm, this doesn't work for me (tried on win32). On a clean extract from
the tar file. I run "perl Makefile.PL", then "perl -Mblib widgetTclTk".
I get the error message
Cannot find blib even in C:\
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
I think you have to run make so that the .pm files in the lib directory
get put over into a blib directory.
