QOTW: "Braces prevent the deranged laughter of the lunatic criminal you
encountered above. I would suggest another command to test with .." - Donald
Arseneau on c.l.t
"Of course, a language's culture is often more important than all that
technical crap." - Tim Bray
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/07/24/Ruby
POTW:
GeoIP TCL extension.
We've just released a Geoip TCL extension on top of the Geoip C API.
The extension is based on TEA and is released under the GPL.
It has been developed on Solaris, it should compile OK on un*x systems.
Please report if you you try it on windows.
Download: http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/tcl/
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/5b160194a1646e11
ANNOUNCE: Windows Inspection Tool Set (WiTS) 1.0
final release of Windows Inspection Tool Set (WiTS) V1.0.
WiTS provides you with cross-linked, filtered views of a
Windows system. These views include list views with
optional filtering and sorting capabilities, and detailed
property page views for individual objects. Where
applicable, views are linked to allow for easy
navigation between related objects.
In addition to viewing properties, WiTS provides tools for
some common tasks related to these components.
WiTS starts up automatically and installs itself into the
system tray in the taskbar. In addition, it can be
configured with hotkey support for quick access.
Currently supported object types include:
* Operating system and hardware
* Processes
* Services
* Users
* Groups
* Logon sessions
* Drives and volumes
* Local and remote shares
* Network interfaces
* Network connections
* Printers
* Handles
Homepage: http://wits.magicsplat.com for details.
Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=90123
Screenshot: https://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=90123
ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
This week had webbed hands and feet ;-)
ANN: TclHttpd with Webservices at Tcl/Tk 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/cd48d79316617654
Tclhttpd: how to set up virtual hosts
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/1b0e560435304662
TclHttpd: How to use CSS with it?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/e7efd4ed82691e7
Apache 2.0 TCL solution
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/ca72e86f872a9581
Dangers of web apps written in Tcl
Select ways of perforating your feet. Is Tcl an aide for or against:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/f21eda55c954a5f1
tcl security
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/4d307e19fb6ac292
OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
Weird Tcl-DP and Expect interference?
dp_atclose does not work anymore
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/bda120ffa4061b7b
TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
nothing new here, walk on.
URBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl this week TEN years ago:
CCI in netscape
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.programmer/browse_thread/thread/1dec4854f31b44d1
goto statement in tcl?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/4af624b05dbe5ebd
Pluggable Widget-Making Procedures (Improved Posting)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/a0fd6327809100a3
ANNOUNCE: SurfIt! WWW Browser 0.5alpha
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc/browse_thread/thread/5453292069c1d5e2
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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