QOTW:
There are strengths and weaknesses of both models, threads vs. events.
In my server, there is a natural separation of work, where events are
the best fit for some work, threads for other work. And since Tcl has
both, I can use both. John Kelly on c.l.t
"It's much work, measuring turtles." P. L. V\xc3\xa1rkonyi
http://blog.sciencenews.org/mathtrek/2007/04/cant_knock_it_down.html
POTW:
Tcl/Tk 8.4.16 RELEASED
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/search?group=comp.lang.tcl&q=Tcl%2FTk+8.4.16+RELEASED
The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.4.16 releases of the Tcl
dynamic language and the Tk toolkit. This is the sixteenth patch
release of Tcl/Tk 8.4. More details can be found below. We would like
to express our gratitude to all those who submit bug reports and
patches. This information is invaluable in enabling us to identify and
eliminate problems in the core.
Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.4.15:
The following were the main changes in Tcl/Tk 8.4.16. A complete list
can be found in the changes file at the root of the source tree. The
more complete ChangeLog is also included with each source release. This
is a patch release, so it primarily included bug fixes and corrections
to erratic behavior. Below are only the most notable changes.
* Many Aqua/Tk bug fixes and improvements, see Tk changes file.
* New Tcl feature: DTrace provider (http://wiki.tcl.tk/DTrace)
* Fixed buffer overrun in animated GIF support.
* Fixed buffer overrun in [clock format ... %c].
* Fixed crash with multibyte characters in menu labels.
* Fixed [thread::join] crash on 64-bit Unix.
* Fixed crash in thread sync objects.
* Fixed crash in Tcl_UpdateLinkedVar().
* Fixed hang in Tcl_CreateTrace() traces.
* Fixed blue/red reversal in [wm iconphoto] icons on Windows XP.
* tcltest 2.2.9 permits "_" and ":" in test constraint names.
* Fixed build problems on SunOS and Windows AMD64.
Download:
http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.4.html
Sources:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894
Download-Binaries:
http://www.activestate.com/Tcl
Homepage:
http://www.tcl.tk/
[TCLCORE] Tcl/Tk 8.5b1 Release Candidates
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=46F2EAF3.3040901%40nist.gov
ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/tcl/tcl8_5/tcl8.5b1-rc3-src.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/tcl/tcl8_5/tk8.5b1-rc3-src.tar.gz
[ANN]Tcl Interface to HARU Free PDF Library
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/88711ccfef215074
I am writting the Tcl interface to HARU Free PDF Library.
It is not well documented and tested yet.
But I finished to write code at first glance.
If you are interested in it, please test it.
I am happy if you send bugs or any suggestions to me.
** Features
1. Generating PDF files with lines, text, images.
2. Outline, text annotation, link annotation.
3. Compressing document with deflate-decode.
4. Embedding PNG, Jpeg images.
5. Embedding Type1 font and TrueType font.
6. Creating encrypted PDF files.
7. Using various character set (ISO8859-1~16, MSCP1250~8, KOI-8R).
8. Supporting CJK fonts and encodings.
** License : BSD
Homepage:
http://reddog.s35.xrea.com/wiki/tclhpdf.html
Required Software:
** Haru Free PDF Library
http://libharu.sourceforge.net/
ANN: SQLiteStudio 1.0.0-beta4
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/8d425393c02dacd6
SQLiteStudio 1.0.0-beta4 is out!
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SINCE BETA3:
- Full support for NULL value,
- Numerous bugfixes on UTF-8 characters and global constraints
detection,
- SQLite engine updated to 3.4.2 in binary distributions,
- ...and many other minor bugfixes and changes.
Full changelog can be found in the
application menu: SQLiteStudio->ChangeLog, or at:
http://sqlitestudio.one.pl/index.php?act=changelog
WHAT IS SQLITESTUDIO?
It's advandced, 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
BETA release, not stable one - see licencing on homepage for
details).
SQLiteStudio is described in details on page:
http://sqlitestudio.one.pl/index.php?act=about
Homepage:
http://sqlitestudio.one.pl
OpenSearch plugin for wiki.tcl.tk by Xavier Garreau
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/32399820d9bf71d3
As I did it for the french wiki ( http://wfr.tcl.tk/1279 ),
I've set up an open search plugin for firefox2 and IE7 for wiki.tcl.tk
Its source is available here:
http://wfr.tcl.tk/fichiers/firefox/wenos.xml
An automagic installer can be found here:
http://wfr.tcl.tk/fichiers/firefox/ajoutWenOpenSearch.html
For firefox 1.x users, i kept the old version here:
Source :
http://wfr.tcl.tk/fichiers/firefox/wen.src
Install :
http://wfr.tcl.tk/fichiers/firefox/ajoutWenSearch.html
MEET:
Tcl/Tk Conference Weather Forecast
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/48263a205a8c921b
ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
T-Mobile Web-to-SMS Gateway
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/6b9aa0c9e7e06f4b
with kit on iPhone
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/f2f265fd0ddb4bd5
vwait question
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/b5e6812ec3e5b49c
tcl/ruby interop
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/31062cc71fe8ae95
Tcl Threads
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/de370fe7a7484e2a
TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
nothing new here, walk on.
OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
snodbc help needed
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/search?group=comp.lang.tcl&q=%22snodbc+help+needed%22
open "| ..." / redirection problem
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/4e77fd74b786854e
PMAG: Tcl in printed and other Media:
Completely OT: A look into the furture
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/09/18.html
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/5b9db2d5ce91d85a
Adding a mind map to the tcl wiki
http://www.mindomo.com/view?m=b6cca5de87f77ff3745205cbcd57552c
Thanks for Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
A wealth of new pages on the Wiki - with the highest number
reaching 20000 soon!
Tools and toys
- Splines and convex hulls: these mathematical tools are easy
to visualise ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4512>, <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8536>
and <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10530> in no particular order.
- Alas, sudokus can be solved just as easily as you can create
your own object-oriented extension in Tcl. To see both at work:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/19929> and <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19934>
Techniques
- Putting the Windows registry to good use, like, say, finding
out about the enumerations used by a COM object -
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/19932>
- Creating and using your own type of "handles" to some data ...
- <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13881>
- Making a movie frame by frame and thereby making slow things
fast: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19921>
- Talking of movies, here is an extension to make PNG files
more lively and portable too - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19951>,
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/19952>
Tasks
- One can approach database systems in many different ways
and comparing these approaches is not a sinecure.
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/14972>
- Will it one day become part of tklib? Pie menus do have
potential ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19847>
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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