Re: New to Prima

Dmitry,
I would like to lend a helping hand where I can. Do you need or even
want help? If so, what needs to be done. I have been playing around
with Prima and really like it. I have noticed some bugs(but only your
binary ActiveState release on Windows XP, I have not compiled my own
on XP) such as the theme example crashing due to padx options and
strange focus behavior in combobox widgets. I am planning on posting
on my personal site a little bit of that advocacy that you request in
the Prima FAQ, but would also like to contribute code fixes where I
can. I also would not mind contributing/editing/proofreading
documentation. Let me know what you think. I don't have a lot of
time to contribute, but hope I can help the project in some way.

--
Mark Siner
www.cs.arizona.edu/people/msiner
On 23 Jan 2007 09:41:50 +0100, Dmitry Karasik <dmitry_at_karasik.eu.org> wrote:
>         Hi Mark!
>
>  Mark> I was looking for Perl tookits and can't decide between focusing on
>  Mark> Tk or Prima.  Tk is definitely the standard, but with the death of
>  Mark> Nick Ing-Simmons it seems like the future of the module is in
>  Mark> jeopardy.  Prima looks like a great package, but seems to be unknown
>  Mark> among Perl users.  Compared to Tk, I like how Prima is tightly
>  Mark> integrated with Perl.  What is the status of Prima and what plans
>  Mark> are there for the future?  Will Prima remain a niche toolkit for 2-D
>  Mark> graphics or is the plan to compete with Tk for more mainstream
>  Mark> usage?
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> I don't mean to disappoint you, but I'm afraid Prima was unable to compete
> with Tk while it was holding its position, and is unlikely to do so now.
> I have no logical explanation to this, because in many aspects Prima is
> objectively superior to Tk (reverse is also true though), and the only
> likely answer is that the Perl GUI niche is too narrow for more than
> one toolkit, because it is also valid for explanation of the fate of
> Wx and Qt perl wrappers.
>
> The status and the plans are such that the reported bugs are fixed, but
> there's currently no development, which is I guess the most practical
> approach given the lack of general interest in Prima. The project will not
> be abandoned, but neither it will be developed actively unless there will
> be interest in it.
>
> As to competition with Tk, I honestly have no idea how that could happen.
> Possibly writing a Tk-compatible layer could be a good idea, so Tk users
> could switch easily, I don't know. Anyways, you're welcome to try Prima
> and see if it works for you.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>         Dmitry Karasik
>
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