04/11/2007

QOTW:
Will Tk run on Minix 3? ( Robert Hicks )
Tk is happy with minimal X11, and expects little from the WM.
Was that the question? ( Cameron Laird on c.l.t )
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/a188f948b8dc81d8

Are you trying to tell me M$ Windows has bugs in it ?!!
+MsgBody ( David Gravereaux on c.l.t )
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/2c7f364a00b70236

POTW:
ANN: Tcl-Tk-Aqua 8.4.14 "universal" installer for OS X
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/b148641d74b53246
The Tcl/Tk "Universal" packages are distributions of the core Tcl/Tk
libraries, plus the Tile theming extension, built to support the PPC and
Intel architectures of the Mac OS X platforms. They can be downlaoded at
OVERVIEW OF PACKAGES
The Tcl/Tk "Universal" package for Mac OS X are based on the current
version of Tcl/Tk at the time of this build, 8.4.14. The Tile extension
is version 0.7.8. The packages support the native Aqua version.
Aqua
The "Aqua" package supports the native Mac windowing environment. It is
useful for developing and deploying native Mac OS X applications. With
the "Aqua" package, the following will be installed on your machine:
* The Tcl and Tk frameworks will be installed in /Library/Frameworks.
* The Tcl interpreter, tclsh, and the Tk interpreter, wish, will be
installed in /usr/local/bin.
* The Tile extension, which adds native Aqua theming to the Tk widgets,
will be installed in /Library/Tcl.
* The Wish application package will be installed in /Applications/Utilities.
A standalone version of Wish, with the Tcl/Tk and Tile libraries
embedded in the application package, will be installed in
/Applications/Utilities/Wish-Embedded. This package is useful for
deploying Tcl/Tk applications to end users.The Tcl/Tk "Universal"
packages are distributions of the core Tcl/Tk libraries, plus the Tile
theming extension, built to support the PPC and Intel architectures of
the Mac OS X platforms.
Downloads:
http://tk-components.sourceforge.net/installer/index.html.

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
How to provide the same package with two names
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/1bd263cdb4c75bd6

Why Tcl needs strong OO branding.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/3b21d4d1a6452ffa

TCL implementation in Javascript, not
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/7e47d2c7c6393073

send/expect in a loop causes CPU to choke
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/99dd3f3c0423b8b8

tkfbox.tcl maintainer
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/5573b4f6acfb4e5e

problems with running 32-bit tclsh on Windows x64
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/803fe24c71bdc977

TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
nothing new here, walk on.

OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
[BWidget] Notebook computes wrong size
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/9e9d22c3e4bd1d6d

Comm library problem? (with -listen 0 and multiple IP addresses)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/ff27b1d6ca816fae

TWIP: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl this week TEN years ago:

ATTC: At the Core:
[TCLCORE] What milestones remain before the Tcl/Tk 8.5 release date?
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20070405073747.AAB11819%40cas.org&forum_name=tcl-core

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/

We're working on more useful archives of past installments. In the
meantime, an alternative is
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl

Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome.

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