QOTW: "You don't need threading. You almost never need threading with
Tcl/tk programs. A good rule of thumb is that you don't need threading
unless you *know* you need threading. If you only *think* you need it,
you don't need it. And even if you *know* you need threading, you may
not. Tcl can do a lot with just a single thread and an event loop." - Bryan
Oakley on c.l.t
"Heh-heh; I'm all in favor of folks fighting good fights. Be aware,
though, that bookstore managers and buyers ... well, they typically
think about books MUCH different than we do. In general, whatever you
say, the answer will come back in a language that looks like English,
but is not the one you speak." - Cameron Laird on c.l.t
POTW:
ANNOUNCE: moodss-21.5 and moomps-5.8
This is moodss version 21.5 and moomps version 5.8, powerful modular
monitoring applications.
Moodss is a graphical application, which, in real-time mode, displays
data processed by any number of dynamically loadable modules. Various
data tools (graphs, pie charts, formula builders, thresholds manager,
...) are used to build complete dashboards, very easily by drag'n'drop,
to monitor a single server up to a whole information system. Any
displayed data can also be archived in a SQL database, which moodss
can use for post-analysis and presentations, or even capacity planning
by predicting the future, using sophisticated statistical methods and
artificial neural networks.
Homepage: http://moodss.sourceforge.net/
Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/moodss/
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/cd985ec4c
89138e7
ANN: Coccinella 0.95.15
Tcl/Tk whiteboard, shared desktop, text chat with images, MP3,
etc. supporting plugins and compatible with Jabber.
Uses GPL licensing. Should run on most Linux, MacOS, Windows,
and other platforms with appropriate Tcl/Tk extensions ported.
Tcl/Tk whiteboard, shared desktop, text chat with images, MP3,
etc. supporting plugins and compatible with Jabber.
download: http://hem.fyristorg.com/matben/download
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/47115b7d2
3b33c0e
syntax file for tcl, sqlite and snit by Mark Smithfield
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/c1b57d24e
d6aa7d5
ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
Understand PDF
whats in a pdf; and is blind poking the way to formatted output?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/185c67829
1af6e22
Tcl as the choice for programming 101
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/38883b32a
832afbd
[Dict] is cool
an ode:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/59010d056
3f81d3b
Re: Finding a niche for Tcl
Finding a problem for tcl or finding a solution to a problem using tcl
which way to go be a GEORG or be a DRAGON:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/98ec976d5
8b75c86
exact retrieval of proc body, can it be done ?
to overcome the loss of information in [ info body ]
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/7c16d9b29
26b7dce
TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
TIP 269 by Joe Mistachkin : Add 'string is list' to the 'string is' S
ubcommand
http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/269.html
Vote: Done, State has changed from Draft to Final
Currently voted on:
TIP 266 by Kristoffer Lawson : Numbers are Commands
http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/266.html
TIP 273 by Carsten Gosvig : Add Tcl_Expr... Support to Tcl_Get... Fun
ctions
http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/273.html
TIP 280 by Andreas Kupries : Add Full Stack Trace Capability With Loc
ation Introspection
http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/280.html
NEW Tips:
TIP 297 by Don Porter : Integer Type Introspection and Conversion
http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/297.html
TIP 298 by Don Porter : Revise Shared Value Rules for Tcl_GetBignumAn
dClearObj
http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/298.html
TIP 299 by Kevin B. Kenny : Add isqrt() Math Function
http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/299.html
TIP 300 by Kevin B. Kenny : Examine Glyph Substitution in the 'font
actual' Command
http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/300.html
OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
problem making an IDE
text widget, handling tags in undo
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/27773818a
bfbea80
Thanks to Arjen Markus for this summary of Wiki activity:
Most pages that attracted your chronicler's eye are about
applications and applying Tcl to a particular problem.
No grandiose discussion this week.
Some Internet issues
- CGI is easy - as long as you start simple enough.
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/12933>
- The page with the somewhat undescriptive title "Starting problems"
is actually about a problem with TclHttpd under Slackware
- <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17279>
Some examples of applying Tcl
- Here is a MS Explorer style file manager with FTP facilities ...
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/16045>
- And this is a mathematical function plotter for educational
purposes - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17280>
- Scanning a directory tree can be done in many ways ...
this page shows a few and compares the performance
- <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17275>
- If you exploit the "unknown" mechanism, Tclsh becomes a
calculator - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11983>
Some extensions to Tcl
- The eternal enigma of the missing repository - there is
much more to a repository than just a URL:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/17271>
- Tcl can be expanded with yet another object-oriented
approach. Here is the SELF method: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17100>
- And as we eagerly await Tcl/Tk 8.5: here is a page that tells
you how to move your widgets into the world of Tile -
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/15443>
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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