[ITP] perl-Tk

Tacvek unknown_kev_cat@hotmail.com
Sun Nov 20 00:43:00 GMT 2005


Yaakov S said:
> Note that Perl/Tk is a Tk *implementation*, and does not depend on tcltk.
..
> ldesc: "Complete Perl interface for Tk, built against Cygwin/X."
Well that ldesc is confusing considering that.

I think some of the confusion stems from the fact that tk is too closely 
associtated with tcl.
Tk is a toolkit. Toolkits are usually implemented in shared libraries, and 
IFAIK Tk is no exception.
The FAQ for Perl/TK implies that the toolkit code is very similar between 
both tcl's TK and this implementation.

If that is the case there should really be three packages upstream.
tk - contains the library (maintained by tcl people)
tcltk - tcl interface to the tk library (maintained by tcl people)
Perl/Tk - perl interface to tk lib. (maintained by Perl/Tk people)

Some reasonable set of packages should be available in Cygwin. 



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