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PerlQT 3 Released

ziggy on 2002-09-19T14:41:03

Dom2 writes "As seen on the dot, a new version of PerlQT is out! Apparently sporting a perl version of uic for developing ui's from XML. A tutorial is available for those wanting to know more details."

Win32

hemabe on 2002-09-19T16:07:42

Can I use Perl/QT3 on Win32-Systems? If not, is it planned for a future release? Is there a mailing-list?

thanks, Hermi

Re:Win32

Dom2 on 2002-09-19T16:13:49

There appears to be a mailing list. Details here.

Try wxPerl instead

SuperCruncher on 2002-09-22T10:49:54

Wow, there hasn't been much action on use Perl; recently, probably something to do with YAPC::Europe, which I've just come back from...

Anyway I would recommend using wxPerl instead. It is more mature, and is very cross platform. It runs on most UNIXs, Win32, Mac OS X and many more. Its API seems pretty pleasant, and it uses native controls/widgets, so your app doesn't look "alien". The toolkit is a wrapper around the C++ WxWindows toolkit. Also I'm not sure what license PerlQT is, but AFAIK QT is only GPL, not permitting proprietary apps, and of course, this may be a problem for some people.

Interestingly, PerlQT plans to offer access to kdelibs. However, wxPerl already provides more than GUI functionality. It contains a very high-level printing framework, among other things.

So, in summary: I'd stick with (or start using!) wxPerl for the forseeable future.

Re:Try wxPerl instead

SuperCruncher on 2002-09-22T13:10:30

D'oh: those wxPerl links should be pointed to http://wxperl.sourceforget.net/.

Re:Try wxPerl instead

SuperCruncher on 2002-09-22T13:11:59

D'oh again, the URL is http://wxperl.sourceforge.net.

Re:Try wxPerl instead

richy on 2002-09-23T15:19:43

Well how about trying both of them?

I'm pretty new to both, but from my experience its much easier to get stuff developed quickly with Qt.

Use QtDesigner to build the UI - puic converts the UI to perl, bung it in yer program.

I havn't found a good linux UI builder for wxWindows - wxDesigner is ok but I don't think I'd fork out 129 EUR on it myself. If there is one, please let me know.

Licensing - yep, that would cause problems for proprietary Qt apps.

Anyway, can I suggest that folks at least try PerlQt before dismissing it out of hand.

Re:Try wxPerl instead

bhann on 2002-09-25T15:22:48

Error installing package 'Wx': Could not locate a PPD file for package Wx

Meh, I give up.

Re:Try wxPerl instead

gav on 2002-09-25T17:22:16

If you looked on the Download page you'd find a link to a PPD.

It makes sense for wxPerl not to be in the Activestate repository due to their infrequent updates.