I've recently moved the focus of my development work from open-source/freeware to commercial/shareware applications on Mac OS X. As such, I'm looking to compile a list of commercial Tcl/Tk apps that are supported on this platform--to get a sense of best Tcl/Tk practices with GUI on the Mac, and also to see what's available. By necessity, commercial applications have to place a higher focus on GUI polish than open-source freeware apps do, which is why I'm interested in seeing what's out there. I focus on Mac development, so I'm including cross-platform apps with Mac versions, but not commercial Tcl/Tk apps that don't support the Mac.
My own apps could also be added to this list, as they are all now shareware.
What these apps have in common, apart from being written in Tcl/Tk, is that they are very well-designed, with highly polished GUI's, and which make a good effort to be good Mac applications--they respect Mac UI conventions such as command-keys, getting the "about" menu in the right place, and other small things. Most of them also use Tile, which provides Mac-native theming; but even the ones that are pure Tk applications fit in reasonably well.
Can anyone think of an application that I've omitted? I'd love to put up a wiki page about this after getting some additional feedback.
Hi, Kevin. First off, let me say that one of your tutorials helped me greatly in getting started in packaging my application on Mac OS X. Thanks!
One of these days, I've been planning to write down (here or on the wiki) all of the exact steps I've taken to modify the GUI, package the code, and distribute it. I'm talking about things like adjusting the menubar, adding support for Mac+Q, turning comboboxes into menubuttons (like all the native apps seems to do), adjusting fonts, using some tile widgets and some not, packaging it, and distributing it in the recommended Mac fashion. I'd just be repeating what many others have already written, but it seems like I had to gather info from several different sources and figure a few things out for myself. A list of easy to follow steps might help new guys get started a lot quicker.
Kevin Walzer wrote: > I've recently moved the focus of my development work from > open-source/freeware to commercial/shareware applications on Mac OS X. > As such, I'm looking to compile a list of commercial Tcl/Tk apps that > are supported on this platform--to get a sense of best Tcl/Tk practices > with GUI on the Mac, and also to see what's available. By necessity, > commercial applications have to place a higher focus on GUI polish than > open-source freeware apps do, which is why I'm interested in seeing > what's out there. I focus on Mac development, so I'm including > cross-platform apps with Mac versions, but not commercial Tcl/Tk apps > that don't support the Mac.
> My own apps could also be added to this list, as they are all now > shareware.
> What these apps have in common, apart from being written in Tcl/Tk, is > that they are very well-designed, with highly polished GUI's, and which > make a good effort to be good Mac applications--they respect Mac UI > conventions such as command-keys, getting the "about" menu in the right > place, and other small things. Most of them also use Tile, which > provides Mac-native theming; but even the ones that are pure Tk > applications fit in reasonably well.
> Can anyone think of an application that I've omitted? I'd love to put up > a wiki page about this after getting some additional feedback.
walton.p...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, Kevin. First off, let me say that one of your tutorials helped me > greatly in getting started in packaging my application on Mac OS X. > Thanks!
> One of these days, I've been planning to write down (here or on the > wiki) all of the exact steps I've taken to modify the GUI, package the > code, and distribute it. I'm talking about things like adjusting the > menubar, adding support for Mac+Q, turning comboboxes into menubuttons > (like all the native apps seems to do), adjusting fonts, using some > tile widgets and some not, packaging it, and distributing it in the > recommended Mac fashion. I'd just be repeating what many others have > already written, but it seems like I had to gather info from several > different sources and figure a few things out for myself. A list of > easy to follow steps might help new guys get started a lot quicker.
> Here's my program: > friendadder . com
Paul,
Looks good! I'd be very interested to see some kind of write-up/notes/etc. if you can put them together. I like the "about" boxes of your apps--very Cocoalike. And they are well-designed in general.
