QOTW: "And finally, tcl is lisp without all those (((-:)))))'s" - Eric Taylor
"Do I need to learn the tcl lang. or what is the correct approch to fulfill
my mission?"
"Yes, to use BLT you will need to learn Tcl and Tk." - Gary Weselle and
Bryan Oakley
POTW: Windows Inspection Tool Set 1.0 Beta based on TWAPI: All the WiTS
you need to work with the platform of ill repute ;-). The Windows Inspection
Tool Set (WiTS) provides you with cross-linked, filtered views into a Windows
system. View operating system information, processes, services, users,
network interfaces and connections, file shares and more. All views are
linked allowing for easy navigation between related objects.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/f45428323dc1cfa8/
http://wits.magicsplat.com/
https://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=90123
ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
Re: drag/drop file-icon on tcl-script? on windows
droplets on my DeskTop
http://wiki.tcl.tk/15717
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/8b36e69603d062a7/
Re: drag/drop file-icon on tcl-script? alten
provides a bit of batchfile Winmagic to make a
"bilingual" result.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/ed63b1cc011eb854
Problem with DES (Data Encryption Standard): actually the question is
how to feed a bytestream through a blocking algorithm.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/87e59b69d4282bd6
What happened to spectcl? A search for spectcl sidesteps into a usage
discussion on grid, and gritty details on SourceForge's currently-
broken cvs access.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/e762ac0e27190423
John Seal provides a minimal complete "one-liner" TclSOAP example.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/ef494224c04c4284
Re: [ANN]: TkDND 2.0 alpha 4...: continuing discussion on drop-methods:
drop a url or a big binary hairball:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/1d10387d94eb84b7
and a little manpage for same
http://www.ellogon.org/petasis/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=44
TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
TIP 264 by George Petasis : Add Function to Retrieve the Interpreter
of a Window is a new TIP
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/6bbd8cf1e24f59c3
TIP 265 by Sam Bromley : A Convenient C-side Command Option Parser
for Tcl is a new TIP; this will be the extracted Parser from Tk.
URBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl this week TEN years ago:
ANNOUNCE: Port of TCL7.5b3/TK4.1b3 to VMS
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/71a5d017d4412e79
Is tcl7.3 is 8 bit clean?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/f366dbbae2a4e816
Should tcl variables be able to hold binary data?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/10e087168d9c7fa1
Save the contents of a text widget to a file?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/57c2695e0b2a9dfa
Thanks to Arjen Markus for his so-accurate summary of Wiki activity:
Discussions on the Wiki - always nice ... and apart
from these various useful or remarkable packages
and examples ... Yes, business as (un)usual.
Packages
- Here is a GUI building environment - one of
many - but this one supports multiple programming
languages, as long as you use Tk: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/3801>
- TOBE is useful if you want to use Tcl from C, rather than
the other way around ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/7908>
- When will people run out of diminutives? Droplets are not
small packets of liquid, at least not on this Wiki page,
but things you can drop in your GUI ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15717>
Examples
- Do you know these Linux windows that roll up and leave only their
title bars? You can have them on the MS Windows platform too -
merely intercept WM_DELETE_WINDOW - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15718>
- Writing letters, well typing them, often means putting up with
the GUI not of your choice and a poorish typesetting system.
Well, you can always wrap Tk around Tex - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15716>
A discussion
- The perennial problem of ensuring that code can be reused ...
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/15719>. Or that it will be reused?
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
There's also a high-quality Wikibook on Tcl:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Tcl
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 (but
needs to validate many of the links).
http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/
Years ago, Cetus Links maintained a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html
"Yahoo! Groups" archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts--even
though clta itself is dormant.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/
Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are supposed to be
listed at *Dr. Dobbs*, but sysad at CMP has fallen behind. We're working
with them to restore the archive.
http://www.ddj.com/topic/tcl/
In the meantime, an alternative is
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl
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