From: Stuart Cassoff <stwo@sympatico.ca> To: Dr.Dobb's.Tcl-URL.distribution@starbase.neosoft.com Subject: Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Sep 17) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:16:02 -0500 (CDT) QOTW from Sinner_Prairy, who has Tcl on his "list of 'things to learn'": "many, many of my doubts have been solved visiting [the Wiki]." Tcl pitches in as a good citizen in disaster relief. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=daee9f7ece772ed0 License problems? http://groups.google.com/groups?th=6a47f55050d06490 Canvas, scaling and tcl_precision, coordinate systems. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=ea5790a65a228d1b While a great deal of productivity goes into (and returns from!) the Wiki, cookbook, and tcllib, Peter Lewerin is making PLEAC into a fourth authoritative and fresh code compendium. http://pleac.sourceforge.net/ David Gravereaux is working on support for other compilers. http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=ppiqpt4cmdvl2ppma3pudroj1bfot1qe4f%404ax.com Tk fonts under windows. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=8c8b008740ae45ef Simulating Perl BEGIN/END blocks in Tcl. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=4af1680c1875bfcc Stubs, making a minicore, core development. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=bd301c51817c0c43 http://groups.google.com/groups?start=75&group=comp.lang.tcl&selm=9nqh9k%24me6%243%40srv38.cas.org http://groups.google.com/groups?start=75&group=comp.lang.tcl&selm=3BA0E4DE.5A91B6F5%40ActiveState.com 4000 item search, methods explored, 8.4 features discussed. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=7d54861af43f32b8 Using TCL_STUB_MAGIC, compilers' difficulty with ints and hex. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=31e251759eb87443 Problems with wiki search do not affect everyone. Please report if you are having difficulty. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=e9b8700f6c1f39f4 http://groups.google.com/groups?start=100&group=comp.lang.tcl&selm=3B9F8C69.40C096C2%40ActiveState.com Using Tcl with languages other than C/C++, problems with Delphi. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=aaf41950bb807e18 Mac OSX and Tk, tcl_platfrm and MacOSX. http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=3b9da0e4%240%2418726%40motown.iinet.net.au&prev=/groups%3Fnum%3D25%26hl%3Den%26group%3Dcomp.lang.tcl%26start%3D150%26group%3Dcomp.lang.tcl http://groups.google.com/groups?th=b64c7d1fbec92439 Professional support available for Android. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=46ec00382b930260 APL, multi-dimensional arrays, first class arrays. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=40fdf88503da0ff http://groups.google.com/groups?th=5e4f93a3e2356c34 http://groups.google.com/groups?th=40fdf88503da0ff SWIG and binary strings. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=e4a2dc965d7640a0 Logitech Quick Cam. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=8de669b8ea9999a2 Printing in Windows 95. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=f4390aee5fd759f6 Enhanced [info args]. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=4b0d5dba85d2c160 TIP #61: MAKE TK_NO_SECURITY RUN-TIME SWITCHABLE. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=9e29134a33908abb [expr], integers, 64 vs 32 bit platform situations. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=9436879564c886e XOTcl. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=f7ae77eac92be62b TclBlend, JACL and multi-threading. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=6fd3f5914baeb35c Using an empty array name. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=a4c527ecea7a3a39 What Smalltalk features/functions/capabilities might be usefully added to Tcl/Tk? http://groups.google.com/groups?th=617bbee4ec867ba7 Common runtime (Tcl/Perl/Python). http://groups.google.com/groups?th=9d794b8738a42585 Expect for win32. David Gravereux will port it if someone pays. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=192d0c477784baa4 New listutil module from Glenn Jackman. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=fd1ce2e25270567d Picture manipulation software from Darren New. http://groups.google.com/groups?start=150&group=comp.lang.tcl&selm=3B9D5932.B35E0B8F%40san.rr.com "iwidgets 4.0.0", says Chad Smith. http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=oTdn7.6183%24Wr3.408793%40news1.rdc1.ga.home.com&prev=/groups%3Fnum%3D25%26hl%3Den%26group%3Dcomp.lang.tcl%26start%3D150%26group%3Dcomp.lang.tcl Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: The "Welcome to comp.lang.tcl" message by Andreas Kupries http://www.purl.org/net/tcl-welcome Larry Virden maintains a comp.lang.tcl FAQ launcher http://www.purl.org/NET/Tcl-FAQ/ Brent Welch maintains "The Tcl Developer Xchange", a highly organized resource center of documents and software with provisions for individuals to "set up a link to your software and update ... as you release new versions." http://tcl.activestate.com/resource/ The Xchange sponsor also keeps info to convince your boss Tcl is a good thing http://tcl.activestate.com/scripting/ The Tcl'ers Wiki is a huge, dynamic, collaboratively edited repository of documentation, examples, tutorials and pontifications on all things Tcl. http://purl.org/thecliff/tcl/wiki/0.html For the ideal overview of the topics about Tcl most likely to interest a newcomer, see "Arts and Crafts ..." http://mini.net/tcl/969.html NeoSoft has a comp.lang.tcl contributed sources archive http://www.neosoft.com/tcl/contributed-software/ Cameron Laird tracks many Tcl/Tk references of interest http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/comp.lang.tcl/ Cetus Links maintains a Tcl/Tk page with verified links http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html Google Groups archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/ Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/tcl/url.html --in principal. In spring 2001, though, http://www.ddj.com/topics/tclurl/ http://tcl.activestate.com:8004/tclurl/ are more consistently up-to-date. A fourth possibility is http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL!&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday, ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe. Be sure to mention "Tcl-URL!". -- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Tcl-URL!" project.