Todd> Has anyone given any thought to converting tkined to a TCL/TK applet
Todd> which will work with the TCL/TK plugin from Sun?
Todd> It seems that this would be an easy way to get a web interface
Todd> for tkined. However, the plugin does significantly limit the
Todd> available commands.
The Tcl-8.0-based plugin allows you to program your own security
profile. This makes it quite easy to run a Tk application within a
browser. However, you have to install the security profile and in case
of Tkined the dynamic loadable module. So the question is: Why do you
want to do it? If I can compile the scotty code on the target machine,
I can run it directly and I see no benefit in having a browser as a
decoration. If I can't compile it, it won't work anyway.
The real solution is to separate the GUI from the tkined core and to
allow multiple user interfaces for a running remote tkined server.
Some GUIs might be Web-based and some might be written in Tcl/Tk. I
posted the documentation of the new "map" command to this list a few
weeks ago. This "map" command will be part of the next Tcl 8.0 based
release of the scotty package. This is the core of a Tkined server
which really adds value.
(I recently converted an existing Tcl/Tk application so that it runs
within a Web-browser. Some people get enthusiastic about this piece of
work because it looks so trendy within a Web-browser. I however see no
added value and I would prefer the stand-alone version over the Web
version. Being able to run an application within a browser does not
automatically turn it into a Web-based application.)
Juergen
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