[PD] [PD-dev] tkwidgets

[João Pais]

tcl/tk behaves very slowly for fast calls, such as when dragging an array  
of considerable size, or a big group of objects? afaik this is something  
that could be improved in the present platform, but how better could it be  
when using another gui framework?

> 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
>
>
> Of the three I listed, I'm mostly interested in the first as it means  
> that (without prior planning) it's hard to take a patch you've been  
> working on at font size 10 and display it adequately over a projector,  
> for example.  (If there's a work around I'd like to know it.)
> I'd like to hear others, but I'm mostly interested in problems with  
> tcl/tk >= 8.5 as the GUI.