Re: portable GUIs
by Huub Peters other posts by this author
Jun 19 2008 11:24PM messages near this date
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portable GUIs
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perl 5.8 and TK
Glenn Linderman wrote:
> Win32::GUI -- no portability
>
> Tk -- Portable. Supports Unicode & fonts. No rich text support. No real
> printing support, not even in TCL/Tk. A few packages for specific
> platforms, not all platforms supported, no abstraction for portable
> printing APIs. No rich text support.
>
> Wx -- Portable. Supports Unicode & fonts. Rich text support. Some
> printing support on some platforms, not fully abstracted.
>
I'm not sure why you say "some" printing support. What do you mean with
not fully abstracted?
I've been using wxPerl for years and it has always served my printing needs.
I think wxPerl beats all the others.
> Qt -- Portable. Supports Unicode & fonts. Rich text support (looks like
> HTML or XML to some extent). Abstracted printing support -- a few
> things are limited to a subset of platforms.
>
> So Qt sounds the best. Did I miss one of significance?
>
> But now here's the kicker:
>
> Perl::Qt hasn't been updated since 2003. PyQt had a recent release in
> May 2008. Should I go learn Python?
>
Well, if you do, you might as well go for wxPython then... :-)
Really, give wxPerl a chance and I think it will suit all your needs.
(Especially in combination with wxGlade for fast and easy screen
creation and code generation)
Cheers,
Huub Peters
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