Re: [MacPerl] Perl/Tk ?

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

Vincent Nonnenmacher <dpi@pobox.oleane.com> writes:
>Georg_Bauer@muensterland.org (Georg Bauer) wortes :
>>Daniel Fisher <dvf5907@imap.unc.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Perl makes programming/prototyping easy, but doesn't have robust GUI
>>> features.
>>
>>Actually MacPerl does have quite good GUI features - look into the
>>Toolbox modules.
>
>>bye, Georg
>>Thats was absoltely not the question !

Well, pointing to the Toolbox modules *is* a reasonable answer to the
claim that MacPerl "doesn't have robust GUI modules".

>I would like also to know what is the answer to this question.

OK, I guess it's time for an assessment of the situation again.

>Does anyone know here if the Tk 4.2 part of Tcl/Tk thats is running on the
>mac is in par with the one used in the Perl/Tk one ?

The Tk 4.2 port exists, but is fairly unattractive interfacewise (it's 
essentially a straight Motif emulation) and performancewise (same reason).
I'm not going to touch that port (and neither is Sun anymore, I guess).

The Tk 8.0 port is much more interesting, featuring a nice Macish interface
still source compatible with Tk on other platforms. However, AFAIK, there
is no Perl/Tk on an 8.0 level.

>If it is the same who knows if what is the status of the perl part
>regarding the macintosh side.

Not done, and, make no mistake about it, it would be a huge amount of work,
even if there were a Perl/Tk 8.0. Useful though it may be, I see no way
to fit it into my schedule in 1998.

>Doing mac GUI stuff is promising but the Perl?tk answer a more basic x
>platform need and still stay on tha perl side instead of switching to Tcl
>(mainly a syntax war but we are so lazy progamers...).

Everybody agrees that it would be nice to *have* MacPerlTk, but until you find
somebody who thinks it would be nice to *do* MacPerlTk, you're short of luck.

Matthias

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