QOTW:
Have you considered [scan] for this?
In search for a better regexpr Bruno gets
an answer from Donald G. Porter on comp.lang.tcl
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/8accc4a002edf714
The more I think about it, the more I feel empowered. Richard
Suchenwirth on eTcl
POTW:
Ann. kbskit update
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/9d839e32e5caa41d
kbs -- kitgen build system (tcl/tk 8.5b2)
The system can generate [Tclkit Lite] executables and Tcl packages for
different operating systems.
[Tclkit Lite]: http://www.equi4.com/tclkit/tclkitlite.html
Currently tested are Linux, SunOS, Windows and Irix.
You need a C-compiler and make-program with handling of VPATH
variables (gmake).
To build under Windows you need the [msys] system and put the kbs-
sources
inside the msys tree (/home/..).
[msys]: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894
Donwloads:
http://www.4shared.com/dir/2775672/b6bbac69/tcl.html
WebServices for Tcl 1.0.8 availiable by Gerald W. Lester
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/64e2d2a43ccd4cf7
This release has several fixes so that it plays better
with .NET clients and .NET services.
Web Services for Tcl is a package to provide (via TclHttpd)
and call Web Services (from any Tcl script).
It features automatic generation of Info and WSDL pages as well
as parsing of other server's WSDL
Downloads:
http://members.cox.net/gerald.lester/WebServicesForTcl.html.
Tcl/Tk 8.5b2 RELEASED
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/223872f44be4ebf3
The Tcl Core Team is pleased to announce the 8.5b2 releases of the Tcl
dynamic language and the Tk toolkit. This is the second beta release of
Tcl/Tk 8.5. 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.
This web page also contains additional information about the releases,
including new features and notes about installing and compiling the
releases. Sources are always available from the Tcl SourceForge
project's file distribution area:
Summary of Changes since Tcl/Tk 8.5b1:
--------------------------------------
The following were the main changes in Tcl/Tk 8.5b2. 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 beta release of 8.5. The beta designation means that the
feature set for 8.5 is believed to be complete, and the focus is now
on testing and bug fixing moving quickly toward an 8.5.0 release.
All relevant bug fixes (and some more) up to and including 8.4.16 changes
are included in 8.5b1. The following list focuses on new features added
so far in 8.5. This release is a development release, and should only be
considered for deployment use after considerable testing.
* [TIP 242] New [tk_getOpenFile] option: -typevariable .
* [TIP 125] Dockable frame support.
* [TIP 145] Font enhancement suppport added for Aqua.
* Enhanced Tk demo suite.
* Improvements to [ttk::combobox] and [ttk::notebook].
* New Hungarian message catalog for Tk.
* Fixed an intermittent crash in thread support.
* Fixed possible crash in [place] geometery manager.
* Fixed auto-loading of [::tcl::tm::path].
* Fixed [string is integer -failindex (0o... or 0b...)].
* Support for 64-bit X11 on Mac OS X systems.
Homepage:
http://www.tcl.tk/
Downloads:
http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/8.5.html
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10894
A new universal mandala:
http://wiki.tcl.tk/20289
Ann TclCurl 7.17.1
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/c88b443cbd56ef52
AI have just released a new version of TclCurl updated for libcurl 7.17.1,
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 configure options:
* post301: A non-zero parameter tells TclCurl to respect
RFC 2616/10.3.2 and not convert POST requests into GET
requests when following a 301 redirection like browsers
usually do.
* sshhostpublickeymd5: Pass a string containing 32 hexadecimal
digits. The string should be the 128 bit MD5 cheksum of the
remote host public key, and TclCurl will reject the connection
to the host unless the md5sums match.
* If you pass the magic string 'FLUSH' to the '-cookielist'
option all known cookies will be written to the file
specified by '-cookiejar'.
* Renamed options:
Some configure options have been renamed so they get more general
names, the old names are deprecated even if they may be supported
forever.
* sslpasswd => keypasswd
* ftpappend => append
* ftplistonly => dirlistonly
* ftpssl => usessl
* Internal changes:
Up until the current version when we wanted libcurl to use a value
in a string, like the URL to download, we had to keep the string as
long as libcurl could use it. Since 7.17.0 libcurl keeps it own
copies, so I no longer make TclCurl do it.
This means that this is a handle-with-care release, please report
any problems you may have.
Since the last TclCurl, there has been many changes in libcurl which
you can check at:
http://curl.haxx.se/changes.html
Homepage, Downloads:
http://personal1.iddeo.es/andresgarci/tclcurl/english/index.html
ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
wiki.tcl.tk/4 - great job!
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/63564f6a18c0fb0e
Controlling a windows program
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/7162b51fe93c7e35
xotcl nested namespaces/objects
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/af088d7f9db60091
TclOO: questions (Method Chaining, next, my variable)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/3e9e6e406ce677a8
TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
nothing new here, walk on.
OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
whats the path of menu entries within the menubar of a minwindow ( Iwidgets )
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/c79547fe6145fac3
Tclsh application error (executable from tcl script using freewrapTCLSH62
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/7e1f6af5ac02009f
blt treeview: Disable tree
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/f1b18af24c6ad017
Thanks for Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
Just two months left until the end of the year ... No time
to lose, so let us move on to the summary.
Editing
- We all spend lots of time editing files. Is it any wonder
there are specialised editors for, say, an XHTML file on
the Wiki? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15025>
- ... Or a facility to find Open and Close quotes in text
that is being displayed/edited via the text widget?
<http:/wiki.tcl.tk/20277>
- And of course, using CGI to edit CSV files via your favourite
browser is a mere mouse click away too: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15676>
- Unless you want it all done by a computer program ...
You will need for instance, a template system:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/18455>
And other things
- Now that we have a very flexible OO system in the core,
why not explore its possibilities: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20200>
- We may even see a new widget system, one of these days:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/20156>
- A new month has started, so a new 3D demo has arisen:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/17771>
- Managing the electrical power on a Windows machine ...
a small extension is all that is needed: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20268>
- Last but not least, combining Tcl and assembly ...
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/20273>
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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