2005-01-05
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QOTW:  "For me stubs is simply a brilliant feature of tcl." -- Georgios Petasis

"Sufficient for the day are the regexp-related evils thereof. :o)" -- David
McClamrock


POTW:  You didn't realize that the Homebrew Competition Coordination
Program is Tcl-powered (in just under 10,000 lines of source)?
    http://www.folsoms.net/hccp/


    Tktable scrolling remains an issue.  Must it be by column only?
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/5ee4ef36980f7c93/da9444d65dd7a653

    Melissa Schrumpf shows how simple automation of miscellaneous
    devices is when an expert has Tcl in her hands.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/766404abca996fdc

    Redrawing Tk-based remote WinXP terminal displays can be broken
    ... but 8.4.9 corrects the symptom!
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/bf2b98cc3ad5db8c/20fa522c9a684ea6

    How can one *not* interpret RE escapes?
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/5a1b07d45c460fad/6276a2f0f0f27096

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his report from the Wiki(s):
  Your Wiki chronicler notes that a lot of new pages have been 
  added - either in the last days of last year or the first days
  of this new one (for which he wishes you all the best, BTW).
  
  And as usual, they cover a wide range of topics ...
  
  Games under analysis:
  - Learn how to analyse (some aspects of) a game: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12642>
    provides a short tutorial
  
  - Here is a collection of pointers to a game "in statu nascendi": 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13248>
  
  - Perhaps not a game as such, but it is a playful program:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13257> is a little drawing app.
  
  - Many games use one or two dice. Analysing the outcome is not too 
    difficult, but it may surprise you ... Oh, and not all dice are cubes!
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13243>
  
  Be serious now:
  - A multiline entry widget - that is, you just use a variable, like 
    with the ordinary entry widget - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13261>
  
  - Rotating and scaling photos? Maybe the link in this page will give
    you what you want - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12545>
  
  - XML and databases and HTTP and Tcl: page <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13247>
    glues them together, sleepily ...
  
  - Here is a non-alcoholic twist - to regular expressions this time!
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13245> adds a wee bit of flexibility 
  
  Random thoughts
  - Marketing a good product like Tcl is not easy. Or do we need a single
    PR person? - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13216>
  
  - Should the environment that Tcl procedures are executed in be exposed?
    Profound thoughts at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13229>
  
  - Yet another hidden aspect revealed: your floating point number is
    just a pattern of ones and zeros - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13206>
  
  Fun things with graphics
  - Those round clocks with dials and hands - boring, aren't they?
    Try instead: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13226> and <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13222>
  
  - Another boring thing: rectangular pushbuttons. Make way for hexagonal,
    octogonal or even star-figured buttons! <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13220>
  
  - And while we are at it, a little equalizer, indispensable part of
    any audio equipment - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13224>
  
  Make things work
  - The upcoming modules (TIP #189) made easy: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13195>
  
  - Do not go through the pain of building binary packages yourself if
    you can just get them via the Wiki ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13194>
    

Everything Tcl-related 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

    The Tcl Developer Site is Tcl's "home base".
	http://www.tcl.tk

    Larry Virden maintains a comp.lang.tcl FAQ launcher.
        http://www.purl.org/NET/Tcl-FAQ/

    The Tcl Developer Xchange is a highly organized resource center
    of documents and software with provisions for individuals to
    maintain references to their own software:
        http://www.tcl.tk/resource/
    The TDX sponsor, ActiveState, also keeps info to convince your
    boss Tcl is a good thing
        http://www.tcl.tk/scripting/

    The Tcl'ers Wiki is a huge, dynamic, collaboratively edited repository
    of documentation, examples, tutorials and pontifications on all things 
    Tcl.
        http://wiki.tcl.tk/0
    For the ideal overview of the topics about Tcl most likely to
    interest a newcomer, see "Arts and Crafts ..."
        http://wiki.tcl.tk/969

    ActiveState maintains binaries distribution and development tools
        http://www.activestate.com/Tcl
    along with a Cookbook of Tcl recipes
        http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Tcl

    deli.cio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
    It already aggregates quite a bit of Tcl intelligence.
        http://del.icio.us/tag/tcl


    Cameron Laird tracks several Tcl/Tk references of interest
        http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/

    Cetus Links maintains a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html

    "Yahoo! Groups" archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/

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  http://www.ddj.com/topics/tclurl/
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  http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl

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