Subject: Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Jul 18)
From: Uwe Klein
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:10:56 +0000
To: "Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL distribution" :;
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.tcl

QOTW: "Thank you gentlemen.  I did not realize that 'catching' close would
return the program's return value.  Tcl makes these tasks easy (with the
group's help)!" - Mark Okamura on c.l.t

"FLTK seems to be pretty well engineered, and I respect it, but I want
something more dynamic with more of it written in Tcl." - George Staplin


POTW:
    ANN: threads enabled Itcl
    made possible through a patch provided by Eckard Lehmann
    download: http://e-lehmann.de/?page_id=31
    wikiref: http://wiki.tcl.tk/16140
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/f7d7f443b8b58d6c

    Announce: tkpath 0.2
    This package implements path drawing modelled after its SVG counterpart,
	see http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/.
    It contains replacements for all canvas drawing items except for the text item.
    The core part is the path item which is very flexible. For items that are
    similar to existing canvas items I have prepended the names with a "p".
    The items are:
	path prect circle ellipse pline
	polyline   ppolygon   pimage
    They are typically much more flexible than their canvas counterparts.
    Some features:
        antialiasing affine transforms opacity
	linear gradients radial gradients
    It is also possible to define styles to be used for sets of items.
    This is in line with modern design patterns that separate the apperance from
    the content.
    home: http://tclbitprint.sourceforge.net/
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/f347bb4caeb2719

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    Has anyone noticed a performance glitch in 8.4.13?
    Measured and found too slow and a case of 
    limitted size bedsheets:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/cfe65a4939f4e9fc

    Tk canvas: why are some lines a pixel too short?
    Measured and found too short:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/11b5071d15910fe8

    Can we receive and play RTP Stream data inTCL
    Not yet but wait a second: c.l.t InstaApper on the run again:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/190ce56039c7cfc7

    limit on Win32 # threads?
    yes!, but there is a bug in this box too:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/304f3e7a88e2d7cf

    How to retrieve a text string information
    Tic Tag Toe, or how to manage your canvas items by using the canvas provided 
    tags:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/d97012c736b3d9ad

TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
    TIP 271 by Matthew Middleton : Windows-Style Open and Save File Dialog on Unix
        is a new TIP at: http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/271.html

URBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl this week TEN years ago:
    arrays of arrays?
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/4d18b721e73e3fa

    Announce: Helga documentation change (CGI,ODBC,Tcl,Windows)
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/7a01fcb7d509a79f

    ANNOUNCE: TkCon v0.51 (beta) - Enhanced Tk Console
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/8ab15046acaf9bc1

    ANSWER TO: Which platforms will the Tcl plugin be supported on?
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/ae80341d8f864e6a


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/

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