From: "Jeffrey Hobbs" <jeffrey.hobbs@scriptics.com> Subject: Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Oct 25) Date: 25 Oct 1999 15:21:47 -0500 A discussion on fileevents in Unix leads to solutions for simple RPC as well as reducing the potential delay in TCP http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[]/viewthread.xp?AN=540318549 A query on Tcl vs. Java in networking support yields good concise answers http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[]/viewthread.xp?AN=537514603 We get an example of communicating with a modem on Windows http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[]/getdoc.xp?AN=540224180 The SNACK sound extension for Tcl is at version 1.6.2 http://www.speech.kth.se/snack/ Simple code for printing out a stack trace is presented http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[]/getdoc.xp?AN=538098520 In using NetCVS to access the Tcl sources, we are reminded that CVS requires a HOME env var http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[]/getdoc.xp?AN=539439457 An update on 8.3 alpha development was given http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[]/getdoc.xp?AN=538669459 Using the registry to get desktop directories in 9x/NT http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[]/getdoc.xp?AN=539132041 XBIT, an extension for image acquisition, processing and presentation reaches version 2.1 http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[]/getdoc.xp?AN=540272625 http://www.geocities.com/~chengye/soft.html Examples for using TCOM to access Excel http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[]/getdoc.xp?AN=539981773 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.westend.com/~kupries/c.l.t.welcome.html Larry Virden maintains a comp.lang.tcl FAQ launcher http://www.purl.org/NET/Tcl-FAQ/ Scriptics maintains a highly organized Tcl resource center http://www.scriptics.com/resource/ They also keep info to convince your boss Tcl is a good thing http://www.scriptics.com/scripting/ 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/ Tcl/Tk Consortium can search comp.lang.tcl and c.l.t.announce http://www.tclconsortium.org/resources/ Cetus Links maintains a Tcl/Tk page with verified links http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html Findmail archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts http://www.egroups.com/list/tcl_announce/ Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/tcl/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.tcl%20Tcl-URL%21 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!". -- Jeffrey Hobbs The Tcl Guy Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Tcl-URL!" project. -- Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html claird@NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX