Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 07:29:54 -0600 (CST) Subject: Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Dec 18) To: Dr.Dobb's.Tcl-URL.distribution@starbase.neosoft.com A few interesting resources on how to create a new channel type in C. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=703640471 Alexander Caldwell raises the question on how to handle username/password in URLs for HTTP basic authentication with the http package. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=704094937 Have you ever wondered what happens to stdout in Tk applications? Here are a few answers for various platforms. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=704222505 Handling background errors explained. This applies for applications using Tcl's event loop, such as Tk applications, asynchronous I/O and timer events. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=704405674 Ioi Lam asks for a comparison of Tcl to other scripting languages with respect to internationalization (i18n)issues. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=704611207 Bernhard Wallner launches a discussion about the consistency of handling double-dashes '--' when parsing options. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=704825421 Mo DeJong proposes an improvement of the trace command. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=704833604 Various options to convert a "Julian Day" into a 'clock seconds' time representation. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=704891064 Steve Ball proposes to use a different approach for building TEA compliant extensions. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=705108855 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://dev.scriptics.com/resource/ They also keep info to convince your boss Tcl is a good thing http://dev.scriptics.com/scripting/ Mark Harrison publishes summaries of Tcl Core Team (TCT) activity http://tcltk.com/docs/tct/ 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 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!". -- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Tcl-URL!" project.