On 08/26/2011 07:28 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
It might be a good idea to list the problems with tcl/tk so we can weigh them against the difficulty of using a different GUI toolkit. The problems I see are:
- difficult to implement a decent zoom function for a canvas
- can't display png without the Img library (included in 8.6)
- can't do alpha transparency
- you have to write ugly code ?
Could you expand on that?
1- there was a touch of humour in that sentence.. 2- tcl-tk is a bit too procedurial for my taste (without any extensions I mean). just look at Qt or ruby-qt or python-qt and I'm sure you'll know what I mean. 3- I always found tk GUIs really ugly (but maybe that's just me)
again, my 2 cents,
cheers, _y
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From: yvan volochine yvan.pd@gmail.com To: Jonathan Wilkes jancsika@yahoo.com Cc: pd-dev List pd-dev@iem.at Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [PD] [PD-dev] tkwidgets
On 08/26/2011 07:28 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
It might be a good idea to list the problems with tcl/tk so we can
weigh them against the difficulty of using a different GUI toolkit. The problems I see are:
* difficult to implement a decent zoom function for a canvas * can't display png without the Img library (included in 8.6) * can't do alpha transparency
* you have to write ugly code ?
Could you expand on that?
1- there was a touch of humour in that sentence.. 2- tcl-tk is a bit too procedurial for my taste (without any extensions I mean). just look at Qt or ruby-qt or python-qt and I'm sure you'll know what I mean.
There is core OO support in 8.6, which is currently at Beta 2.
3- I always found tk GUIs really ugly (but maybe that's just me)
But are we talking 8.4, or >= 8.5? As far as look and feel they
might as well be two entirely different toolkits.
again, my 2 cents,
cheers, _y
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Jonathan Wilkes -
yvan volochine