Subject: Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Nov 23)
From: Uwe Klein
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:18:00 +0000
To: "Tcl-URL distribution" :;
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.tcl

QOTW:
    Greetings good people of TCL land... - Fredderic
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/fcb45af82bea8727

    [W]ith threads, don't trust any existing build. - tom.rmadilo
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/71235b2450243900

    
POTW:
    ANNOUNCE: Release 1.1 of tcl-cm3  by Andrew Mangogna 
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/4ad3dcd487ab77a1
    I'm pleased to announce the availability of release 1.1 of tcl-cm3, Tcl
    Tools for the Cortex-M3. This release includes an interactive GUI browser
    program that allows attaching to a running target and viewing the core and
    peripheral registers along with halting, resuming and resetting the core.
    There are also the usual array of bug fixes and enhancements. 
    Tcl-CM3 is a project to generate open source tools that aid software
    development on ARM Cortex-M3 processors. The initial focus is on gaining
    access to the on-chip debugging aspects of the Cortex-M3 primarily via the
    Luminary Micro Stellaris series of chips.
    Homepage:
	http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl-cm3

    wntbackup.tcl - a help for using ntbackup.exe on MS Windows
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/d741c10ae76d05cb
    I wrote the wntbackup.tcl script that is an interface to the Microsoft
    Windows Backup Utility (ntbackup.exe that comes with some versions of
    Microsoft Windows). It can be used to back up data to a file or to a
    stand-alone tape library (tape drive). The backups created using
    wntbackup.tcl can be restored with ntbackup.exe.
    wntbackup.tcl simplifies reporting (the backup log can be sent via
    e-mail) and managing backup files created in backup jobs that are
    scheduled to run regularly.
    Limitations (when compared to ntbackup.exe)
    - In a backup to a file it uses a new file for each backup job, i.e. a
      backup file cannot be appended.
    - In a backup to a tape it is designed for unmanaged method of backup
      which requires manual loading of media (see more at
      http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239892) and therefore a backup
      overwrites any tape that is currently in the tape drive. More over,
      the script does not allow spanning of backup media.
    Homepage:
	http://code.google.com/p/wntbackup/
MEET:
    Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis" within the ICCES'08 USA - Announce & Call for Papers
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/21933a69927b7a3e

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    OSX  Property List (.plist) parser
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/c60280917b76db64

    Anyone doing Tcl development on gOS?
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/96c25e309f217a08

    cross-platform tcl c extension questions
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/5513cf1270444687

    booklets vs books
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/eabc7d7fbb67109f
    Dreams of desire ;-)

    global a b != global a; global b in this circumstance
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/ce5026d546ea722
    
    ensembles vs. commands
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/37d8cd04cf261d48

TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
    TIP 308 by Kevin B. Kenny : Tcl Database Connectivity (TDBC)
	http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/308.html
    is a new TIP
    See also:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/bd1d93d1606c6b19
	http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/tcl-core/3581780

OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
    can tDOM be used to access HTML objects like Javascript ?
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/4faab1355a54744

ATTC: At the Core:
    [TCLCORE] Emergency brakes on TIP 267 [exec -ignorestderr]
	http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/tcl-core/3579975

    [TCLCORE] Change to RegExp Engine
	http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/tcl-core/3580956


Thanks for Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
  Now that we can use "real" tables on the Wiki and other new
  formatting, very old pages are turning up again, some could 
  do with a textual update too. Anyway, on to the summary
  
  How to - the old way
  - How to build good packages? This page could be modernised,
    in your humble chronicler's view, but the advice is not
    bad - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1236>
  
  - How to choose fonts? Again, an updating might be useful,
    but the typographical advice is still valid:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/451>
  
  - With Tcl 8.5 we get a new command for a whole new insight 
    in Tcl's bytecodes. For the basics: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1604>
    For the new command: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20334>
  
  Graphs and graphics
  - You might want to have a look at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2473> if 
    you are interested in data structures known as graphs - or
    any of a dozen or more related pages.
  
  - Talking of graphs, a network is a kind of graph too. And
    very suitable for visualisation: <http:/wiki.tcl.tk/16279>
  
  - Graphs, as in data plots or charts, can be found in 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11265> - at the end suggestions on 
    how Plotchart might be improved ...
  
  - If you need to know more about colours and the way to
    specify them, read up on the HLS and RGB systems:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19711>
  
  - And last but not least, doodling the Celtic way:
    run the program and see the figure change to your every
    command - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20337>

  
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

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