2005-04-20:
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QOTW:  "We take guys who are networking types with no programming experience
and get them doing useful development in Tcl in just a few days." -- Roy Smith

"Having to resort to [eval] is often a clue you may be working too hard." -- DGP


POTW:  With V2.1.1, Will Duquette's Notebook is available as a native
Aqua application.
    

    Stop an Expect-spawned process, with prejudice.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/099918bf5a4ab73b

    Rich Wurth writes from the ancestral home of Unix about the
    early days of wild-carding.
        http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/a815d929a4045d04


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his report from the Wiki(s):
  Besides the usual tips and tricks regarding widgets and the like, 
  you can find two announcements of meetings on the Wiki! But first 
  things first ...
  
  Widgets and windows
  - Find yourself repeating code over and over again to make
    your GUI work smoothly? This framework might just be what 
    you want - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14005>
  
  - The screen is an expensive piece of real-estate, so perhaps
    a more compact scale widget can help you solve some design 
    issues? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13823> shows how.
  
  - Perhaps this page will make you appreciate Tile even more
    after the recent announcement of the latest version:
    <http;//wiki.tcl.tk/13636> is a showcase for Tile applications
  
  Programming at large
  - For those who watch the Wiki for fundamental programming 
    concepts, the page on continuations is surely worth your
    while - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13232>
  
  - A golden oldie resurfaces: communication between Tcl
    programs - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1077>
  
  - We have seen "Jim" appear, now a "parrot" - how long before
    "Long John Silver" makes it to Tcl's treasure island ... 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/7148>
  
  Your fellow Tclers ...
  - The 12th annual Tcl/Tk conference and the fifth 
    European Tcl/Tk meeting have been announced:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13846> and <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10647>
    for details!
    

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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