[tcltk-perl] RE: Anyone try running Insight/gdbtk thru tcl2perl ?

[Konovalov, V. <vko...@sp...>]

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> >>"real soon now", but lack of Perl mega-widgets is a 
> show-stopper, no?

Another thought as being "show-stopper" - my feeling that lack of perlTk
mega-widgets is not a show-stopper in Tcl::Tk but rather moving in slightly
different direction, probably more convenient way from perspective of
creating widgets

> My reading of Tcl/Tcl::Tk indicates it creates a tcl interpretter.
> 
> 1. Does this interpretter run in the same process as perl, or
> a subprocess ?

In the same process. Just like ordinary C library call. No additional
processes, but you can still create another interpreters from Tcl language
(if you wish), but I did not tried this.

If thinking about extra overhead with creating additional interpreter, it
actually results in smaller memory footprint and faster startup time...

> 
> 2. How does it behave wrt PAR, perl2exe, or PerlApp (ie, bundling
> into a single executable for distribution) ? Obviously, I'd need to
> bundle tcl + tcl/tk stuff into the executable; I'm wondering if
> Tcl::Tk will be able to find the tcl + tcl/tk pieces in that
> environment ?

I did not tried it from PAR.
Because I feel uncomfortable when application's DLL's (speaking of Win32)
are unpacked into TEMP dir and executed from there: there could be no space
there, there could be race conditions, security risks.

I created similar approach of moving around Tcl/Tk application with my
Perl-based executables. It actually works to create statically linked Tcl/Tk
that linked with Tcl.xs so all Tcl/Tk code could live in one single DLL and
all Tcl/Tk scripts libe in one single ZIP file.

I am currently in process of finalizing of this approach, which I expect
will be robust in a week or so.
I can share my own experience on this.

So - it is not hard to create movable independent binaries.

> 
> 3. Much of the tcl.tk website seems to be undergoing repair...is
> there an alternate link to enumerate all available widgets ?

I also noticed this and have no idea why things are behaving this way.
Probably you should go to wiki instead: http://mini.net/tcl , there is
category widget there.

Best regards,
Vadim.