04/25/2007

QOTW:
Now I know. Thanks to everyone here. Your posts have been very helpful
but I'll be coming back for more. tcltkdev@aol.com on c.l.t.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/d231b56de21b2c1d
Comp.lang.tcl : "We also walk dogs" ;-)

... the less I have to interact with the option database the better.
Bryan Oakley

POTW:
Ann: TclCurl 7.16.2 by Andrés Garcia
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/1f6627dd125c834f/
I have just released a new version of TclCurl updated for
libcurl 7.16.2, with TclCurl you can download and upload
files using protocols like ftp, ftps, tftp, http, https,
scp, sftp, tftp, ldap, telnet, dict and file.
The main changes since the last version are:
* New feature: TclCurl now supports SSH for SFTP and SCP transfers
as long as libcurl has been compiled with libssh2 support.
* New configure options:
* publickeyfile: name of the file with the public key to use
with SSH.
* privatekeyfile: name of the file with the provate key to
use with SSH.
* sshauthtypes: Allowed types are "publickey", "password",
"host", "keyboard", or "any" to let TclCurl choose one.
* timeoutms and connectimeoutms: The work like 'timeout' and
'connectimeout' except the timout is given in miliseconds.
* ftpsslccc: If enabled, it will make libcurl shutdown SSL/TLS
after the authentication is done on a FTP-SSL operation.
* httpcontentdecoding: If set to zero content decoding is disabled.
* httptransferdecoding: If set to zero Set transfer decoding is
disabled. TclCurl does chunked transfer decoding by default
unless this option is set to zero.
* ftpsslccc: If enabled, it will make libcurl shutdown SSL/TLS
after the authentication is done on a FTP-SSL operation.
* Bug fixes:
* Olivier Lenormand reported that in case the server sends more
than one 'Set-Cookie' header, TclCurl would only save the last
one in the header array. Now the array will contain a list with
all the cookies.
* Jos Decoster reported and helped fixing a crash that happened
when changing a handle from using a 'writeproc' to not using one.
* I have updated the configure scripts to TEA 3.6.
Homepage:
http://personal1.iddeo.es/andresgarci/tclcurl/english/index.html

renee.rtf.* by SM Ryan
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/search?group=comp.lang.tcl&q=renee+Ryan
There is a manpage in there somewher? ;-/

ANNOUNCE: Windows Inspection Tool Set 2.0.5 released
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/e0bccdd6e25a4216
WiTS provides you with cross-linked, filtered views of a
Windows system. These views include customizable list
views with 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.
Homepage:
http://wits.magicsplat.com

MEET:
Tcl 2007 Second Call for Participation by Ronald Fox
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/952596ea88a27088/
Tcl 2007 will be held at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel
in New Orleans, LA. Tutorial sessions on various
topics will be held September 24-25, with the conference itself
running from September 26-28.
Submit abstracts and proposals for tutorials to the
Tcl 2007 program comittee by sending plain text to
"tcl2007 at tcl dot tk". Pretty much anything Tcl/Tk goes
however in the past we have had papers on topics such as:

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
TLS and regular files
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/2b10e52062b82f1

Can TK be iSexy?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/7a87858d8379ce0d

nested loops
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/ae44998f6fd07185

Tcl UDP Server vs Python UDP server, not good....
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/ca44af8c7b7b6dda
and a round of bugsquashing. ( CPU Load and memory leak )

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

OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
tclhttpd: Deleting files fails after broken upload
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/7f736170dfc00e29

Error Message: spawn id exp12 not open
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/5d24acef9acdbf38

exp_spawnv() never closes master pty if child fails to execute
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/d32049ffbf830d53

Cursor hot spot and anchor point question
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/b115c7811e93954

ATTC: At the Core:
[TCLCORE] release candidate 8.5a6 available
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=462B02DD.30302%40activestate.com&forum_name=tcl-core

WIKI:
News at eleven. i.e. later today.

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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

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