QOTW:  "The really nice thing about the event handler is that it brings
many of the benefits of multithreading with few of the hassles.  If you
are using full multithreading, you will have to bite the bullet, and
make your routines thread-safe." -- Donald Arseneau

"I'm always pondering when to throw errors vs. returning a status
code." -- sheila miguez


POTW:  Tktreectrl ("Tk-based 'tree' control") is popular.
    http://tktreectrl.sourceforge.net/


    Does Rivet have a future?  Certainly!
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/6a44ffee7a1eb42a/

    Rolf Schroedter and Steve Redler drive modems with Tcl.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/be3a64e27d05ecb9/

    Among the issues Bill Poser has overcome in his work with
    non-Latin alphabets is copying-and-pasting through the 
    clipboard.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/f381412a8fd47135/

    Bob Techentin provides tcltest examples that manage global variables.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/552d4d916eaadc87/

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his summary of Wiki activity:
  Last week has a lot of thoughtful pages for the Wiki reader.
  Some demos, some proposals for doing things. Let the summary
  commence!
  
  A proposal or two ...
  - Using SNIT to make new types of widgets - here are some
    thoughts on a simple method - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14638>
  
  - Do not put new card decks on the Wiki - use these:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14629> (a welcome addition maybe for
    Tklib?)
  
  - If you do not want to wait for the latest satellite 
    image with pseudo-colours, why not do your own?
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14633>
  
  A demo or two ...
  - 3D visualisation continues to amaze us ...
    Here is a new one for tclogl - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14632>
  
  - Do you need references in your Tcl program to some data?
    Maybe this simple approach is powerful enough for you
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14636>
  
  A few techniques
  - Tracing the flow through a program - easy enough with
    Tcl. Or is it? The question at the end of 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10443> is not yet answered ...
  
  - Positioning windows relative to others, that is 
    all there is to "dropdown lists" and the like. Here 
    are the basics: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14622>
  
  - Just another wonderful little Expect application:
    controlling multiple terminals - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/3546>
  

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
    comp.lang.tcl is a crucial resource for Tcl practitioners.
    An interesting perspective on its traffic appears at
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/about

    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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