From: Chris Alfeld <chris.alfeld@...>
Date: 2006-04-07T23:40:09+09:00
Subject: Re: is GUI a weak point?

On 4/7/06, tony summerfelt <snowzone5@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 23:54:26 +0900, you wrote:
>
> > Tk has major limitations and is totally
> >unsuited for complicated modern interfaces.
>
> > I've been using Tk with various languages
> >for over a decade now and have managed to build some rather
> >complicated GUIs/programs with it.
>
> > for serious GUI work, a nightmare.
>
> ok, for those of us keeping score at home, which is it? :)

They are not mutually exclusive.  Tk is a nightmare for serious GUI
work and I have dealt with that nightmare and done serious GUI work in
Tk.  It's not much of a nightmare if you wake up as soon as it starts
=)

> assuming tcl/tk what was missing in the gui ap that you couldn't find
> an extension for?

I don't understand the question.

c.