Considering that both interpreters/(compiler) for Tcl and Perl were written in C for original use on Unix computers it is not surprising that there are some similarities between the two languages. Nevertheless, there are a large number of differences between the Tcl language and the Perl language. One thing to keep in mind is that to build, install, and use Perl/Tk one does not need to have Tcl/Tk on hand at all. Perl/Tk is completely independent of Tcl/Tk.

Assuming that you have a pressing need to call Tcl from Perl/Tk then one "official way" to so would be via the ->send() and the ->Receive() methods. It is also worth noting that you can still have access to a complete Tcl script from perl via the perl system, or '' (backtick), or even exec mechanisms. Just be careful with I/O waits and return values if you try one of these approaches. Further suggestions may be found in the various perlipc files at: ftp://ftp.perl. See similar questions...

Nick Ing-Simmons has written a (rather lengthy) tcl2perl script. It is distributed with the Perl/Tk build kit. Please handle carefully! (translation: do not expect it to translate arbitrary tcl code accurately nor even into the most efficient Perl/Tk equivalent. Do go over the converted script with care - and do not forget -w and use strict;.) Thanks Nick :-) See similar questions...

Longer answer: In order to build Perl/Tk from source code you do need a recent version of perl, the Perl/Tk source code kit, a graphical user interface library such as Xlib, Presentation Manager, or Win32; a C or C++ compiler, and a make utility. In some rare cases Perl/Tk binaries are distributed for some platforms but that is more the exception than a general rule (see below). If you will be attempting to port Perl/Tk to your platfrom then you might want to consult the document at: http://w4. See similar questions...

Perl/Tk (also known as pTk or ptk) is a collection of modules and code that attempts to wed the easily configured Tk 8 widget toolkit to the powerful lexigraphic, dynamic memory, I/O, and object-oriented capabilities of Perl 5. In other words, it is an interpreted scripting language for making widgets and programs with Graphical User Interfaces (GUI). (Examples of widget programs [not necessarily written in Perl/Tk] include xterm, xclock, most web-browsers, etc. See similar questions...

Start your script as you would any perl script (e.g. #!/usr/bin/perl, #!/usr/local/bin/perl, #!/opt/bin/perl, [built static? then #!/usr/bin/tkperl], whatever, see the perlrun(1) man page for more information). See similar questions...

The idea of wish is that you read from <STDIN> and evaluate each statement. The standard way to do this in Perl/Tk is to use the tkpsh script that comes in your Perl/Tk build directory. Another elegant way to get wish like behavior in Perl/Tk is to use rmt which you can find in perl5/Tk/demos in your Perl/Tk distribution. When you run rmt you already have Tk.pm set up for you so you can start typing things like $mmm = new MainWindow; etc. at the rmt: prompt. See similar questions...

Not for the latest version - but the -w switch and use strict; are always helpful with debugging as they provide informative error messages. You can, of course, run under the standard perl debugger using the -d switch like so: perl -d myscript But it is recommended that you set you breakpoints carefully since just the calls to ManWindow->new require many steps. Older information): Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich. See similar questions...

Work has reputedly (January 1996) started on porting a Tcl/Tk GUI builder known as SpecTcl for use with Perl/Tk. For the Tcl/Tk SpecTcl kit see: ftp://ftp.sunlabs.com/pub/tcl/SpecTcl-*.tar.[gz|Z] and address questions about SpecTcl to <spectcl@tcl.eng.sun.com>. In <news:ANDREAS.96Mar24234521@marvin.berlin.de> Andreas Koschinsky <marvin@logware. See similar questions...

brings a new and exciting answer to this question: PAR, a "Cross-Platform Packaging and Deployment tool", originally developed by Autrijus Tang. Before PAR, the only public support for Perl/Tk "compilation" was in the Dr. See similar questions...

I've rarely found the time to port Expect to alphas and betas. I recommend you stick with a production release unless you're willing to do some work. See similar questions...

InputOnly There are (a lot of) other [compound|composite|constructs] available too. You can also synthesize new widgets out of these primitives using perl5's object-oriented multiple inheritance features. You can even build entirely new widget primitives from raw C (XS) code then use and re-use that. (Perl 5 is extremely configurable.) A good introduction to the primitives and how they may be used in conjunction with each other may be found in the widget demo script. See similar questions...

Presuming this question is asking for a little more than the answer you get when you type: ls perl5/lib/Tk/*.pm there are ways to find out what gets EXPORTED by Tk.pm. Use a script like: #!/usr/bin/perl use Tk; require 'dumpvar.pl'; dumpvar('Tk'); or more succintly at the shell command prompt: perl -e 'use Tk; require "dumpvar.pl"; dumpvar("Tk");' The advantage of using dumpvar over ls is that it gives you a brief summary of all the arguments your widgets want. See similar questions...