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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 26)
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:35:34 -0500 (CDT)
QOTW is from a private correspondent who testifies that, "I use
Tcl because no other language features so funny weekly abstracts!"
I'm inspired by great words this week.
"Know thyself" - Socrates
"Love thyself" - Narcissus
"Quit daydreaming you idiot and take the transfer" - Bus driver
I can't sew without losing consciousness due to blood loss.
These people, on the other hand, handle threads with a dexterity
previously known only to 80+ year old cobblers - practically
blind from old age, yet able to see the threads clearly as they
make ripples in space-time.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=8d919f17ea29bbd3
It's too dangerous, captain! Do you want us to become like VB?
TIP #61: Make TK_NO_SECURITY Run-Time Switchable
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=9e29134a33908abb
Jean-Luc Fontaine red-lines with RPM's!
ANNOUNCE: Tcl/Tk thread 8.4a3 rpms for Redhat 7.x
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=a70c6800ce6a9328
Andreas Otto is not one to sit idly by as MS makes .NET
A new version of the 'compiler', fresh from the compiler factory.
And a 'FullRewrite' to boot!
http://groups.google.com/groups?start=200&hl=en&group=comp.lang.tcl&selm=tfc7o9.2kp.ln%40linux02.otto-net
Nice letter, 'R'. Personally, I prefer the three consecutive
letters after 'R'! Another Tcl success story!
http://groups.google.com/groups?start=225&hl=en&group=comp.lang.tcl&selm=h336o9.grd.ln%40co3003889-a.carlnfd1.nsw.optushome.com.au
What do you expect for nothing - rubber biscuit?
Using port 0 for server socket.
Unanswered question: Will it work on Macs?
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=dbba2ebb4674522c
Stick that in your array and hash it.
Arrays in arrays.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=214a1110fbbe4324
It's like totally rad, dude!
Extreme programming.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=228e9e6b0ae90119
http://groups.google.com/groups?start=175&hl=en&group=comp.lang.tcl&selm=2Kaq7.6627%24p77.23314%40www.newsranger.com
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=dabf4519d5abcbe1
Stop tcl_eval! I want to get off! (no such luck)
"Tongue tied & twisted just an [eval] bound misfit, I."
(Further apologies to Pink Floyd)
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=268f8964d818e9ac
Getting the button height right. Not as easy as it seems.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=c5473beb3918dda2
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=c7005c1966a846ba
The Tracing of the Proc. (Apologies to Lewis Carroll)
"Leave him here to his fate - it is getting so late!"
The Tcl'er exclaimed in a fright.
"We have lost half a day. Any further delay,
And we sha'n't trace a Proc before night!"
TIP #62: Add Support for Command Tracing
http://groups.google.com/groups?start=150&hl=en&group=comp.lang.tcl&selm=pgpmoose.200109201210.7556%40non.non.net
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=5b5748e08b5f8c50
"Get your money for nothing and your chicks for free." - Dire Straits.
Ah, life in the drug-crazed, sex-filled, scandalous world of Tcl!
Oh no wait, this thread is about something else. Never mind.
Dire times?
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=8d106a009a42035c
lsort unique?
Watch the non-unique responses accumulate!
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=cd51142d339d7f3b
No goto in Tcl?
Nope. A few ways to simulate it, if you really really want to.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=7ce8b152c75177e3
How to read tcl source? In the bathtub! (hard copy only, please)
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=ee2de46d83854dc5
Expect win32 scrapped? Say it ain't so.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=7540675d0752b8ae
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=7437f425e31a10db
Using tcl as a preprocessor, not a foodprocessor.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=65f8e90a7f811127
I normally find statistics to be as exciting as statisticians,
you may feel otherwise. Are the numbers meaningful?
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=8709d22bfefe4283
http://groups.google.com/groups?start=125&hl=en&group=comp.lang.tcl&selm=9oifjh%2415i0%241%40news.bbnetworks.net
Euro symbol? You kwazy Europeans and your wacky money!
Here in Canada, beaver pelts are still the official currency.
You should see our ATMs!
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=d4f8c3e36e1f0228
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=b0ccda895d3af88c
Dynamic generation of TCL code within TCL code
But is it 'proc chicken {} {}' or 'proc egg {} {}' ?
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=5f6aee89df42e920
Tcl webspaces unite to form a pretty string of PURLs.
TIP #54: Using PURLs to Unite the Tcl Webspace
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=88b1a59c35134463
So they loaded up the truck, and they moved to the Forge
(Source, that is. Smimming pools, movie stars).
Memchan moves to SourceForge! <banjo music>
http://groups.google.com/groups?start=50&hl=en&group=comp.lang.tcl&selm=87k7zhxnyb.fsf%40bluepeak.home
New Wiki categories. Check them out. Now!
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=1fbded9c6cd664ed
Buggy csv from tcllib? Just a bit. Improvements already underway.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=6a7643c5f5210f8a
Take a swig, pass the jug... SWIG 1.3.9 is available. Eminem
eat your heart out - we've got the best wrapper!
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=comp.lang.tcl&selm=pgpmoose.200109251140.6835%40non.non.net
Urgh! I can't think of anything clever for this one.
Getting font information.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=da7154f3dad32ca9
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.
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