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QOTW:  "Tcl is just a thin language veneer over common sense." -- Richard
Suchenwirth

"Great news group! Two prompt replies, each answering one of my questions. 
Tcl is simple, but subtle." -- Gerry Snyder

"Option resource files are fantastic, they can greatly simplify the Tk
portion of your code by separating the appearance stuff from the actual
functionality." -- Bryan Schofield


POTW:  tkstyle usefully manages Tk option databases.
    http://www.abschofield.com/code/tkstyle/index.html


    Bothered by dispatch overhead in your interpreter?  Benjamin
    Vitale can relieve you, at least under special circumstances.
        http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~bv/thesis/ivme04/

    Robert Heller and Bryan Schofield concisely answer
    little-known but easily understood questions about
    "disabled" and widget options more generally.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/62afac3e36eed77d/
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/57f75846c8b54e5f/

    Bryan Oakley writes with his usual wisdom about
    usability.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/56f35c59b06bd565/

    Salvatore Sanfilippo dashes off a good-looking "Fast
    WC in Tcl", while others ponder how to position Tcl's
    performance better for outsiders.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/1a72f10772a8d256/

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his report from the Wiki(s):
  As work on the categorisation of the many many Wiki pages 
  continues (thanks to Larry Virden, your chronicler thinks it
  is time to acknowledge his work!), there is an incredible
  number of pages in the "Recent changes" list. Let us name
  but a few ...
  
  Techniques
  - Want to send an email with an attachment? Here is 
    a page that shows you how to do this:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10143>
  
  - Want to process some text file and you do not know
    how? Perhaps <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13762> has just the
    tip for you.
  
  - One kind of text processing is finding the lines with
    a particular textual pattern ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/6766>
    has a complete application for you.
  
  Coding styles
  - Setting up and maintaining a Tk application may benefit
    from a certain design style. <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11290>
    may not be to everybody's liking, but it at least gives 
    you some hints.
  
  - Ever wanted the "object-style" for dealing with files,
    in the same vein as Tk? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13246> 
    is there!
  
  - Okay, like it or not, but sometimes C and Tcl paradigms 
    must be combined. In this case: C's structs and file
    scoping rules to make C programmers more comfortable
    with Tcl - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13785>
  
  Human aspects
  - Would you like to contribute to the lightweight 
    implementation of the Tcl language, known as Jim?
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13792> is the place to coordinate
    the activities.
  
  - Even if I can not read these pages myself, I enjoy
    seeing Tcl's syntax rules in, say, Icelandic ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13750>
  
  - Meeting your fellow-Tcler - the fifth meeting in 
    Europe in May: let us make it a success 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10647> asks for presentations!
    
    
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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