| Most everyone seems to be learning Perl just to do CGIs
or to scan text files a la AWK. It seems to me that there ought
to be more people writing open source applications in perl/Tk. How many
times have I gotten an app that does almost what I want but doesn't put
its output in the right format? ... or if it only could sort by date instead
of alpha? ... or if it was only in Korean instead of English? You get the
idea. Perl/Tk is ideal since perl is easy to modify and Tk
provides a complete set of features for us GUI addicts.
Anyway, this site has some code or links to some useful Perl/Tk non-CGI applications. Use these as is or as examples to write your own. Send comments or contributions to smallpond@juno.com. -- Steve |
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| Make sure that in addition to the standard Perl distribution, you have
the Perl Tk toolkit. If you need to get it, use the CPAN PERL function: perl -MCPAN -e'install Tk;' Or, here's a link to CPAN. Go to modules by category -> User Interfaces -> Tk. To get the latest debugged code, download, unpack and build: Tk800.xxx.tar.gz |
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| [ A ] Tested in AIX 4/5 (need to get Tk from CPAN) | |
| [ B ] Tested in BSD | |
| [ H ] Tested in HP/UX | |
| [ L ] Tested in Linux | |
| [ S ] Tested in Solaris | |
| [ W ] Tested in Windows 98 with ActiveState Perl | |
| nsupdate.ptk [ L ] Script for managing dynamic DNS. This wrapper for the nsupdate command line program provides a graphical tool for updating a DNS server. |
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| ppp_setup.pl [ B ] Script for configuring PPP. A must if you have multiple dial-up accounts. This program was sent by Ĝan Ŭesli Starling |
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| map.pl [ A L ] This map drawing app was suggested by an article in Server/Workstation Expert by Cameron Laird. Maps are available in many formats on the web, and Perl is good at processing the ASCII formats. |
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| makecdlabel.pl [ W L ] Perl program which takes an image file and creates a PDF suitable for printing on a color printer, using one of the CD label sheets from the included CDlabel module. It requires downloading the PDF modules from CPAN. |
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| Tkc [ A L ] My own contribution to the cause is a file browser similar to the many two-paned file browser tools for the Windows O/S. Latest version! |
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| Games Games are a natural for Perl/TK. How about an adventure game where you can change the layout? Or hangman where you can add your own words? Maybe I'm a control freak, but I like the idea of being able to modify the games on my computer. You can't do that when playing a cgi. Here are some links to standalone games. |
Mark Summerfield
tetris, snake and falling tiles Kugel Kugel by Vlatko Primorac. Try the latest version! About.com a few game scripts Solitaire [ L W ] Greg Bacon's solitaire + Forty Thieves Arithmetic [ H L W ] Felix Lieberman's arithmetic trainer - uses all basic widgets, events and dialogs. Puzzle [ S L W ] Sam Loyd's classic "15" puzzle done in Perl/Tk by Kevin Weldon. |
| wApua WAP - Wireless Application Protocol - is the Next Big Thing on the net (or maybe not ...). Heres a browser written in Perl/Tk to download WAP pages. |
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| Tranxfer How about a GUI front end for ftp that can be customized for application-specific file transfers? Jamey Cribbs sent this application. |
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| tempcon [ A L W ] Temperature Converter utility by Alan Ford. |  |
| Dolphin The Dolphin usenet news browser written by Desmond Lee. You need to download a flock of additional modules from CPAN, but its a lot better than tin. |
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| LVA [ L ] Bernd Dulfer of Sistina (the folks who created the GFS shared file system) did the Logical Volume Administrator in Perl Tk. It comes with their LVM product. |
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| Critter [ L ] Critter is a spider that searches for text, in fact any regular expression, through a directory tree. Written by Robert Kiesling. |
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