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Re:Windows native app development is a mess by anthk on Sunday March 22, 2026 @09:13AM (#47477166)
Given the size of some Electron software, bundling TCL/Tk with IronTCL and TCLLib+TKLib weights 58MB and you can develop your own software with it, and that with the source of everything included.

And if you set a native theme for TTK in your code (literal two lines), your software will stop looking Motif-Industrial, the widgets will have the classic Win32 themes. It will look native from XP and up.

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Re:Windows native app development is a mess by kristianp on Monday March 23, 2026 @12:06AM (#47485406)
Looks like Tcl is still being developed, with 64 bit version released in 2024 [1]. How big is your software, is it mainly C code wrapped in Tcl for the GUI?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcl_(programming_language)

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