Anticipate discussion soon of Coverity, and the official Tcl repository
(SF? CVS? SVN? ...).
QOTW: "It is a cool piece of Tcl! If a liitle hard to wrap a newbies
head around." - Robert on c.l.t about the DustMote MINImal http-server:
http://wiki.tcl.tk/4333
"Dynamically created namespaces are wonderful for storing pseudo-object
instance data." - Bryan Oakley
POTW: ANNOUNCE: InstallJammer Multiplatform Installer, version 1.0rc1
InstallJammer is a multiplatform GUI installer and builder
designed to be completely cross-platform and function on
Windows and most all version of UNIX with eventual support
for Mac OS X.
InstallJammer Features:
* A full-featured install builder.
* Installs are packaged in single binary executables for
each platform making web distribution easy.
* Support for multiple install themes.
* Default install themes that resemble popular, commercial
installers.
* A high level of configurability.
* Built-in support for Windows install conventions.
* Automatic creation of an uninstaller.
* Easily extended to new platforms.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/ad8242510f151efd
homepage:
http://www.installjammer.com/
downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=148203
TileQt version 0.4 pre-release 1...
The most notable change is support for KDE colour palette changes
(so, now TileQt reacts when both the style and the colour palette
change from the KDE control center). When either the style or the
palette changes, the virtual event <<ThemeChanged>> is emmitted to
all the widgets.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/a66e98662adefea4
download:
http://www.ellogon.org/petasis/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=32&Itemid=37
ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
"Does TCL fit my requirements ?"
asks llothar presenting a big set of requirements he wants met.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/397e99f1c99d5f31
Where is the TCL extension list ?
Continuing the previous discussion from last week he states
his dismay concerning the state of core tcl websites.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/981e5f16369fbe05
At the core these threads revolve around
Is Tcl a well-matured language or a senile one?
How to get at -data field of virtual event from C?
An unanswered technical question morphs into a discussion
on "liveliness of response" and some other perceived issues
are taken up from the last topic.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/e62fad0467f40a8
Tcl -> Com -> Excel -> pdf
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/9ecb07289b68f88c
Forcing TCL to treat a channel as a serial port?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/925af55cbec9fc8e
Problem recognizing USB to serial port adapter
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/ad1ce023bd00ed38
USB to Serial Adapters have issues on Windows
For some time. A range of USB2Serial Adapters were not recognized as such.
This is now fixed for tcl8.4 in cvs ( marked for tcl8.4.14 ) 8.5?
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=310894&aid=819667&group_id=10894
URBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl this week TEN years ago:
BNF or other syntax specification for Tcl/Tk?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/296ef3b9082fad6b
ANNOUNCE: Version 0.8 of MenuEdit
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/b615c6a5ee226522
ANNOUNCE: final release of tkpvm (version 1.0)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.parallel.pvm/browse_thread/thread/e9df2f1a618de942
PVM reference:
http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=pvm§ion=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0
How the heck to you match for [ ] { } characters?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/f1e41d418e6f1edb
Thanks to Arjen Markus for his review of Wiki updates:
Sometimes an old page is revived, because someone
comes along with a novel idea ... Have a look
yourself.
Resurrection
- Oh, the world of physical and other units ...
Can we take a shortcut from one unit to the next?
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/530> indicates we can
- It is completely - or mostly - useless to send a
picture encoded as HTML ... Or is it? Maybe something
can be done via Javascript. <http://wiki.tcl.tk/9632>
Apparition
- Dump the contents of a text widget, along with the
tags and pictures and all? Try this French page
<http://wfr.tcl.tk/1116>
- Just a nice little calendar application for small
computers: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15904>
- Update your understanding of semantic nets, ontologies,
... Start with this short descriptive page:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/15917>
- Your Wiki chronicler is not in general charmed with
mouse cursors that have a life of their own,
but maybe <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15885> solves
your problem.
- Improving on good old Runge-Kutta: picking the
stepsize automatically - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15907>
- And a two-way copy operation: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15874>
shows how this is almost trivial.
Wandering
- Download something and keep informed about the progress?
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/10571>
- You can find all kinds of technical explanations about
this concept: continuation ... but wouldn't it be nice
to have? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13232>
- So, the Linux kernel has something akin to our VFS?
here is a way to use it directly within Tcl!
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/13853>
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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