QOTW: "[I] never use the 'platform' field anyway ... most of my bugs
are platform-independent." - Joe English
"Engineering is the point where overengineering and underengineering
converge." - Richard Suchenwirth
POTW:
AN: Open Instrumentation Project: Release 1.7 by Peter Hiscocks
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/41863ef183d13492
The Open Instrumentation Project announces release V1.7 of software
for the Syscomp DSO-101 oscilloscope hardware.
The Open Instrumentation Project (OIP) has been formed to support
open-source software and low cost hardware for electronic
instrumentation.
Currently available instruments include an oscilloscope, waveform
generator and network analyser. Source code is available
and licensed under the GPLv2.
Information on the hardware is available at www.syscompdesign.com.
In addition to bug fixes, software version 1.7 supports these new
features:
- XY Plot, useful for Lissajous figures or general purpose plotting
(X-T waveforms can appear on the same display)
- Spectrum analysis using DFT.
(X-T waveforms can appear simultaneously on a separate display)
- High-resolution mode, capturing a full 32k samples on both waveforms,
supporting variable digital zoom and scrolling.
- User adjustable vertical calibration for every gain setting.
- Save data to .csv (spreadsheet) format
- Screen capture, postscript and .jpg format
- Save/Restore scope configuration
The software is written entirely in the Tcl/Tk language and runs under
Linux, Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
An extensive user manual is part of the code package.
Homepage:
http://www.syscompdesign.com/
Downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/oip
XDelta package for TCL by Jean-Samuel Gauthier
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/d9f5a78edd44b688
A unofficial patched version of XDelta3 binary diff compression
package is available on
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/tcldbrcs/xdelta30q-prepatched-tcl.tar.gz?use_mirror=osdn
supports a simple but flexible callback interface to feed/extract data
to/from the compressor.
TCL Examples included.
Downloads:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/tcldbrcs/xdelta30q-prepatched-tcl.tar.gz?use_mirror=osdn
TclWand 0.53 - an updated TclMagick by Pete
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/ad362737c0bbfbdf
I've updated TclMagick 0.45 to a package I've called TclWand to
differentiate it from TclMagick because, unlike TclMagick, it works with
ImageMagick but *not* with GraphicsMagick.
This version has only been compiled and tested on a Windows XP Pro
system with ImageMagick version 6.3.5 Q8.
Over 70 functions have been added, the vast majority of which were
created by Tcl scripts which automatically generate the C code to be
included by the TclWand.c program. The scripts also generate updates to
the html documentation.
I've probably forgotten something important in the zip so consider this
an alpha release.
The package (about 570kB) is currently available at:
Downloads:
http://members.shaw.ca/el_supremo/TclWand_053.zip
Its MD5 hash is 9315e8cad20e3bc628e17cd6e0e951b8
ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
Tk color names available on the script level?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/9b8ea737e1b73e00
Env variable change
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/795b1ef75f37e96b
Getting working code to work with socket communications
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/5568cb37b7f08642
expect -notransfer option
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/3beceee76e280ec0
Serious error-handling talk, including 8.5-specific variations,
erupt in the thread
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/4dd1c0a1eba12999/
Rendering a PDF file on a canvas?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/ef9b38cefb7e9123
Select a canvas line "point"
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/cb7899aa369b2d33
how can I load wpcap.dll in tcl?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/39fe233aabe7fea3
Can Teacup resolve Tcl version?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/7636bf3f42cd1092
TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
nothing new here, walk on.
OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
somebody managed to send s/mime mail?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/7f2e50db81142fd1
PMAG: Tcl in printed or other media
(Why) Sun choose Jacl for Java Webserver 7.0.
http://blogs.sun.com/blue/entry/using_wadm_in_sjswebserver_7
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/9e15dc4ac004cf76
Thanks for Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
A delightful little program on this week's, even if it is
rather silly ... Most other pages are much more serious.
How to do it?
- Shuffling a list of data is not as easy as it may seem.
At least if you want to do in an honest way -
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/941>
- Splitting a quantity, say an amount of seconds, into pieces
(like days, hours, minutes and seconds) ... that _is_
easy - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19806>
- From MS Excel to tablelist ... it takes little more than
a convenient package to handle XML files -
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/19814>
- Build your starpacks and starkits with a Makefile ...
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/14080>
Where to get it?
- "Procplace" is the all but forgotten archive of Tcl code.
A mere 1.4 GB, it seems, but it has been salvaged -
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/1642>
- Confused by packages, modules, and what not? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19818>
tries to sort out what they all mean.
Just a little thingy
- Have fun with <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19824>
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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