Tcl-URL! for November 15, 1999
Nov 15, 1999

 Fontaine makes RPMs of Tcl/Tk 8.2.2 available: 
http://jfontain.free.fr/ 

 Redman explains how to use the C level Tcl code for creating console-based Windows apps. 
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=548272500 

 How should you license your app? 
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/viewthread.xp?AN=548101712 

 What you can do in one day when building a text editor in Tcl 
http://www.xmission.com/~georgeps/ged/ 

 fmail 1.0, allows the creation of simple rules-based apps for mail filtering in Tcl (like procmail or slocal) 
http://www.oche.de/%7Eakupries/soft/fmail/ 
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=547557327 

 PySol 3, a collection of solitaire games written in Python/Tk is available 
http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/pysol.html 

 OpenVerse visual chat, GUI based cross-platform chat program, is at 0.7-1 
http://openverse.org/ 
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=546393093 

 Hipp explains how to compile Tcl with cygwin 
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/viewthread.xp?AN=545876442 

 Ffidl, an extension for constructing calls to C functions in pure Tcl is looking for update ideas 
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/viewthread.xp?AN=546539935 

 EasySocket, a package for simple creation of async sockets is offered upon the masses 
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=546699542 

 Would you be interested in a Tcl/Tk conference in Europe? 
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/viewthread.xp?AN=547347463 

 Hint for the week: 

In moving to Tcl8.1.1+, examine where you use one or more regsub calls to map strings without need for pattern matching. Replace these with the new [string map] command. 

 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/ 

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