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Tcl/Tk 9.1

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  1. csiegert · · focus · HN ↗
    FFS, I clicked around for a few minutes and not a single screenshot of what the GUI toolkit is capable of. Even the highlights’ “Themed, Truly Native User Interfaces” chapter and the freaking docs that describe the widgets do not show a single screenshot. I’m shaking my head in disbelief.
    1. cmacleod4 · · focus · HN ↗
      Try <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.tcl-lang.org&#x2F;page&#x2F;Showcase" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.tcl-lang.org&#x2F;page&#x2F;Showcase .

      Also <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cgicoffee.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2026&#x2F;04&#x2F;tcl-tk-develop-cross-platform-cli-gui-tools-tutorial-guide#:~:text=Over%20time%2C%20Mr%2E%20Ousterhout%20chose%20to%20turn%20Tk%20into%20a%20cross%2Dplatform%20toolkit%2C%20making%20sure%20the%20same%20Tcl%20code%20could%20be%20used%20%28with%20minimal%20changes%29%20to%20create%20GUIs%20on%20different%20platforms" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cgicoffee.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2026&#x2F;04&#x2F;tcl-tk-develop-cross-plat... (takes a little time to load).

      1. spider-mario · · focus · HN ↗
        I wonder what the author of the second article would have thought of wxWidgets in their “why” section. It wouldn’t have the drawbacks that they attributed to Qt.
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