Perl/Tk is the marriage of the
Tk graphical toolkit with
Perl, the powerful programming language used primarily for
system
administration, web programming, and database
manipulation. With Perl/Tk, you can build
Perl programs
with an attractive, intuitive
GUI interface with all the
power of Perl behind it.
Mastering Perl/Tk is the "bible" of Perl/Tk: It's not
only a great book for getting started, but the best
reference for learning the techniques of experienced
Perl/Tk programmers. The first half of the book contains
the basics on how to use Perl/Tk, and then branches out
into advanced applications with a series of extensive
program examples. The result is a book accessible for
novices, and invaluable for experienced programmers ready
to learn the next step in the elegant and effective use of
Perl/Tk.
The book includes:
- An introduction to each of the basic Perl/Tk widgets
and geometry managers
- A dissection of the Maiop, including how to use
callbacks and bindings effectively
- Coverage of the Tix widgets, an extended set of widgets
that are a part of the standard Perl/Tk distribution
- Working with images in Perl/Tk, including bitmaps,
pixmaps, photos, and how to compose a compound image
type
- How to create custom mega-widgets in Perl/Tk, both
composite and derived
- Handling interprocess communication with Perl/Tk, both
with standard Unix utilities (pipes and sockets) and with
the send command designed for direct communication between
Tk applications
- Developing your own Tk widget in the C language
- Examples of web applications written withPerl/Tk and
the LWP library nLo
The book also includes appendices on installing Perl/Tk, a
complete quick-reference for each standard widget, and
listings of all the extended examples in the book.
Contents
Preface
1. Hello, Perl/Tk
2. Geometry Management
3. Fonts
4. Button, Checkbutton, and Radiobutton Widgets
5. Label and Entry Widgets
6. The Scrollbar Widget
7. The Listbox Widget
8. The Text, TextUndo, and ROText Widgets
9. The Canvas Widget
10. The Scale Widget
11. Frame, MainWindow, and Toplevel Widgets
12. The Menu System
13. Miscellaneous Perl/Tk Methods
14. Creating Custom Widgets in Pure Perl/Tk
15. Anatomy of the MainLoop
16. User Customization
17. Images and Animations
18. A Tk Interface Extension Tour
19. Interprocess Communication with Pipes and
Sockets
20. IPC with send
21. C Widget Internals
22. Perl/Tk and the Web
23. Plethora of pTk Potpourri
A. Installing Perl/Tk
B. Options and Default Values for Each Widget
C. Complete Program Listings
Index