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July 28, 2003

QOTW:
 "I'll settle for a scripting language that runs everywhere."?David N. Welton

 "[T]his newsgroup generally is biased toward simplicity and correctness."?Cameron Laird

POTW:
"The Simple Library" by Juan C. Gil: "a library of commands and utilities for Tcl development" written in pure Tcl.

 http://simplelib.bobsville.com/

Scrollbar stalls eventloop? If you're running Windows, yes it does!

 http://groups.google.com/groups?th=8779d09792474ea7

How to remove minimize/maximize buttons in window? Several methods are suggested for Windows, and the seeker is guided toward enlightenment in the ways of window managers.

 http://groups.google.com/groups?th=4cef6d05473425fb

Common elements in list of list (aka intersection): it's not really a Tcl problem, it's a programming problem, but we're so friendly that we'll help out anyway. If Tcl gets improved along the way, so much the better!

 http://groups.google.com/groups?th=4092e5655e7d9165

Automatically stopping and restarting a script (actually, the data processing performed by a script) according to time of day.

 http://groups.google.com/groups?th=3a9b7f6551245699

TIP #142 "Search Path Variable to Lookup Command Names in Namespaces" stirs up controversy. I see two camps: those who want to search "up" the namespace hierarchy first, and those who want to search "down" first.

 http://groups.google.com/groups?th=295696f065c6296f

Newbies are often blissfully unaware of how much of Tk's magic is based on the widget hierarchy. For example, a text widget handles child buttons differently than sibling buttons.

 http://groups.google.com/groups?th=74c1ae7ccd8a4a2b

Expect is *old*, yet still of vital interest. sh4d0wstr1f3 builds clever servers with it
 http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_thread.jsp?forum=161&thread=12777&cat=5
and Guido Ostkamp wraps it up for Tclkit delivery

 http://wiki.tcl.tk/ExpectAndTclkit