Subject: Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Aug 1)
From: Uwe Klein
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:20:07 +0000
To: "Tcl-URL distribution" :;
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.tcl

QOTW:
    How to delete posted messages from here? is it possible
    Short answer: no.  Melissa Schrumpf in reply to Mel H on c.l.t 
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/e2b2b99803661573

    The clearing of the caches was intended as a diagnostic procedure,
    not a therapeutic one.  Kevin B. Kenny on an obscure aspect of
    core maintenance.


POTW:
    ANNOUNCE: GRIDPLUS2.2 - A Grid/Tile Based Screen Building Tool For Tcl/Tk
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/a40750ab9afd9396
    GRIDPLUS2 is a Tile based version of GRIDPLUS. Whereas GRIDPLUS
    Version 1 has features to control widget style as well as window
    layout -  GRIDPLUS2 assumes that the Tile style engine facilities will
    be used to  control widget styles. GRIDPLUS2 instead provides
    SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED screen layout/design functionality - which can
    further reduce  the coding required to achieve the desired widow/
    widget layout.
    New and Enhanced Features
    *) New -icons option for tree to determine whether or not icons are
    displayed.
    Changes
    *) The gpmap modified to map to a dropdown value (which makes much
    more sense!!).
    *) The window command mode has been modified so that (for a contained
    window) the
    windowcommand is invoked when a window of the same name already
    exists.
    Downloads, Information:
	http://www.satisoft.com/tcltk/gridplus2

    ANNOUNCE:  InstallJammer 1.2b2 Released!
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/ebffcf593ec790bc
    InstallJammer is a free, open source, multiplatform
    GUI installer and builder designed to be completely
    cross-platform and function on Windows and most all
    version of UNIX with eventual support for Mac OS X.
    What's New in 1.2
    The following is a list of some of the changes in
    InstallJammer 1.2.  A complete list can be found in
    the Release Notes in the documentation.  The complete
    ChangeLog is also included with each source release.
    This is a major enhancement release.
    See the Release Notes for full details.
    * Added the ability to fall back to console mode if
      GUI mode fails.
    * Added new actions to set and delete environment
      variables on all platforms.
    * Many other bug fixes and enhancements.
    Homepage:
	http://www.installjammer.com/

    ANN: SQLiteStudio 1.0.0-beta1
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/3453f5785bd0e998
    WHAT IS SQLITESTUDIO?
    It's advanced, cross-platform (Linux and Windows so far) SQLite
    database manager written in Tcl (using some extensions).
    Currently only SQLite 3.x is supported, but SQLite 2.x, RealSQL (and
    others) are planned.
    It's open-source. It's also free for non-commercial usage (commercial
    usage requires purchase - starting with stable release, while this is
    BETA1 release, not stable one - see licencing on homepage for
    details).
    Homepage:
	http://sqlitestudio.one.pl/

WARN:
    Attention extension maintainers
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/bff391a7f1bd8f6c
    Due to changes in internal var handling extensions may/will be broken
    that do deeprooting into the tcl core.

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    Using twapi to get the rights/privileges a process has?
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/2e8045185930693f

    "file normalize" on Vista
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/c52f1b16699139b7

    Really strange performance problem with string map vs regsub
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/2a462ca60211ce27

    A little problem with "constant" arrays
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/c6846bd7e0b3e5e5

    resizing JPEGs (with Img and photo image)
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/63bd73c41c8338f2
    

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

OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
    FlushChannel: damaged channel list
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/6100202673a2f2dc


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

    "La Gazette du Técleux" is an important monthly publication.
	http://wfr.tcl.tk/1159

    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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