[PD-dev] [PD] tkwidgets

[yvan volochine]

On 08/26/2011 07:28 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>>> 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
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>> * you have to write ugly code ?
>
> Could you expand on that?

1- there was a touch of humour in that sentence..
2- tcl-tk is a bit too procedurial for my taste (without any extensions 
I mean). just look at Qt or ruby-qt or python-qt and I'm sure you'll 
know what I mean.
3- I always found tk GUIs really ugly (but maybe that's just me)

again, my 2 cents,

cheers,
_y