[GRASSGUI] Comments on new GUI

[Trevor Wiens]

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:40:16 -0700
Tom Poindexter <tpoindex at nyx.net> wrote:

> Actually, Tcl/Tk is a *great* choice for cross platform GUIs, and it
> is only getting better.  The main trick with the current Tcl/Tk widgets
> is to override some small option settings to get a better Windows or Mac OSX
> look.  The base code can still be written in a cross platform manner.
> 
> The Tile project goes even further in adapting Tcl/Tk to Windows and Max OSX,
> making GUIs very close to native widgets.
> 
> 
> Here's some examples of current Tcl/Tk widgets in Windows & OSX, but still
> very much cross platform:
> 
> http://installbase.sourceforge.net/screenshots.shtml
> http://bschwarz.com/projects/pgaccess/
> http://wiki.tcl.tk/14005
> http://wiki.tcl.tk/4560
> http://www.wordtech-software.com/tcl-bundle-tutorial.html
> 
> 
> Here is a shot of Tile, the widgets on the left side are in Tile,
> the standard Tk widgets are on the right.
> 
> http://wiki.tcl.tk/12565
> http://wiki.tcl.tk/13636
> 
> 
> Another feature Tcl/Tk has that makes it compelling is Tclkit, a
> way of bundling an entire application, including cross-platform extensions,
> into a single delivery file, to be run by a Tclkit executable, that
> bundles the entire Tcl/Tk interpreter, libraries, and runtime into a 
> single file.  Or combine the two (application Starkit and platform
> depending Tclkit) into a single executable file.
> 
> http://equi4.com/tclkit.html

I stand corrected. Thanks.

T
-- 
Trevor Wiens 
twiens at interbaun.com

The significant problems that we face cannot be solved at the same 
level of thinking we were at when we created them. 
(Albert Einstein)