Su-Sheesushee@ohai.social
Aug 2, 2026, 5:47 PMextensive tcl/tk mini handbook https://cgicoffee.com/blog/2026/04/tcl-tk-develop-cross-platform-cli-gui-tools-tutorial-guide
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Falk Sternfalk_@chaos.socialAug 2, 2026, 8:10 PM@sushee Huh? tcl/tk is still alive and kicking?
- Su-Sheesushee@ohai.socialAug 2, 2026, 8:15 PM
@falk_ even a new major version apparently (I touched tcl the last time five years ago in an older F5..)
- Falk Sternfalk_@chaos.socialAug 2, 2026, 8:20 PM
@sushee I have to do some reading, just to annoy my coworkers.
- Su-Sheesushee@ohai.socialAug 2, 2026, 8:22 PM
@falk_ the tutorial points out the weird parts but it's def not weirder than the other 645654 idiosyncrasies of other languages ;)
gizmomathboy, FCgizmomathboy@mastodon.xyzAug 3, 2026, 1:14 AM@sushee I wonder what tk looks like now?
I wrote a perl tk app or two back in the day.
I sort of supported a perl tk app that was the front end for a huge test suite for an enterprise level cad/cam/cae suite
Gui programming is weird and kind of hurts my sysadmin brain
- Su-Sheesushee@ohai.socialAug 3, 2026, 10:14 AM
@gizmomathboy looks reasonably platform-native with the latest version, check out the screenshots in the tutorial.
I love GUI programming, the evented model is so intuitive and the best part: you can SEE it.
Also it's one of THE most versatile "pattern" you can use even in ... shell scripts or program a red light traffic system.