Re: OT-ish: using XUL as a front end to Perl

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Re^2: OT-ish: using XUL as a front end to Perl by rhesa (Vicar) on Apr 17, 2006 at 02:06 UTC
Any idea why that module hasn't been updated since aug 2004? Seems odd with Firefox being such a fast-moving project.	[reply]
Re^3: OT-ish: using XUL as a front end to Perl by erroneousBollock (Curate) on Apr 17, 2006 at 05:12 UTC
I'd guess that's because XUL had to stay API compatible between major releases. I understand there will be many changes to the XUL and XBL APIs in Firefox 2. You might check the trunk sources to be sure. XUL::Node seems fairly complete at first glance... can't hurt to try it out.	[reply]
Re^2: OT-ish: using XUL as a front end to Perl by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Apr 17, 2006 at 05:26 UTC
Ah, but I was hoping to to have to use a server at all. I was hoping for an application or script which could run locally without a server. ($_='kkvvttuu bbooppuuiiffss qqffssmm iibbddllffss') =~y~b-v~a-z~s; print	[reply]
Re^3: OT-ish: using XUL as a front end to Perl by Thelonius (Priest) on Apr 17, 2006 at 12:14 UTC
The server can be local. In fact you can use NSIProcess to start it up.	[reply]


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