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QOTW:  "[Q]uoting is a tool, not a rule." -- Bryan Oakley

"... I was able to DL msys/mingw and builg Tcl, Tk, and TkTable in less
time that it took do DL the Microsoft PSDK .cab files so I really don't
need nmake any more." -- Chris Nelson


POTW:  VuMan is apparently the first Aqua Tk application *not* ported from
another platform, and the second released Tile-exploiting application.
    http://www.kevin-walzer.com/pivot/entry.php?id=18     


    Is there a(n elegant) way to force Tk to recalculate its geometry?
    Of course there is.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/8937b0e0f959f9f

    Should expect_background support a timeout?  No, [after] does the
    same job, except better.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/5c7d20a620bdc894/

    For e-mail to occur, *somebody* has to supply a server.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/ba83bcd5b9fb5d36/

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his report from the Wiki(s):
  Somehow this week's Wiki digest seems to focus on technical stuff,
  with one exception. Okay, let the summary begin!
  
  Technical stuff
  - An application of Critcl on the Mac: dealing with authorisation
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13401>
  
  - From Tcl to PDF - it is not such a giant step. Here is another
    initiative - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13449>
  
  - Anyone interested in manipulating large amounts of data? Maybe
    NAP is the solution you were looking for - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4015>
  
  - Bored with those rectangular windows? You can use your own fanciful
    shapes, you know - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13409>
  
  Moving on ...
  - Your Wiki chronicler is no match for people fluent with drawing
    applications. So, he tries to cheat when drawing diagrams ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13434>
  
  - Can mathematical logic and set theory be fun? Hm, perhaps not, but 
    even in that case, it is easy enough when you know Tcl -
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10914>
  
  - The famous Tcl plugin! Get it: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12719>
  
  ... to that expection
  - Yes, Maurice Ulis does it again: <http://wfr.tcl.tk/895> for
    crystalline fun!
  

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/

Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here:
  http://www.ddj.com/topics/tclurl/
An alternative 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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