QOTW:
on tcloo, xotcl features:
Java looks like the dark ages compared to that!
Not to speak of all the "P" languages (Python, Perl, Ru*p*y)
Eckhard Lehmann on tcl-core
POTW:
coverity analysis of tcl codebase:
http://scan.coverity.com/rung2.html
33 uninspected anomalies still open
MEET:
7th European Tcl/Tk users Meeting : Final call !
http://groups.google.com/group/fr.comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/bfc76923af04d825
This is the final call for the 7th European Tcl/Tk users Meeting.
As said previously, this meeting will take place in Strasbourg,
France, 6-7 June 2008.
You can still register on-line for the meeting and find all practical
information (how to get there, accommodation, schedules, ...) at :
If you want to submit an abstract for a talk, please send email to the
reviewers (see http://eurotcl.org/2008/commitee.html )
You can see accepted talks at :
http://www.eurotcl.org/2008/abstract.html
Come and join us !!
Contact:
http://www.eurotcl.org
ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
BLT vs Tcl/Tk 8.5.2 ?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/eeb7b818bacd2f05
gpibtcl: unresolved symbol: _Z... while loading *.so
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/3fb0372a9ae0d7e1
loading shared libraries with same function names
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/bf45facf08d52d43
Win32: accessing device and partition information
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/b1b524d752d65cc3
Monitor changing file size
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/7fa1f728f605141c
TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
TIP 318 by Bill Poser : Extend Default Whitespace in 'string trim' Beyond ASCII
http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/318.html
is a new TIP
OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
Is AlphaTk still being developed?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/409edd002a589e37
PMAG: Tcl in printed and other Media:
Coverity's Code Analyer:
http://scan.coverity.com/report/Coverity_White_Paper-Scan_Open_Source_Report_2008.pdf
Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
Tclers take their game programming seriously. That can be witnessed
on the Wiki quite often. So, let the summary begin!
Applications first
- Interested in what you can achieve with Tile? The screenshots
on <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13636> are worth studying.
- SQLite is a well-known database management system that works
well with Tcl. How well? Look at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15631>
for a viewer/editor.
- ... or learn some of its secrets from <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20315>
- Want to create a C extension to Tcl? Why not? The first steps
are described in <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11153> with lots of
comments.
Then come the widgets
- This French page presents an editor of "maps", an ingenious
way to create new images - <http://wfr.tcl.tk/1622>.
- NexTk is an interesting project: a new implementation of Tk.
And it is easy to write new widgets in Tcl for it, as this
page explains: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21111>
Finally: game time!
- Get help with Scrabble? This program is capable of rearranging
a bunch of letters into intelligible words -
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/21096>
- Anything with more than a few items can be turned into statistics
- and so the Tclers' chatroom became the subject of statistics:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/21106>
- Is this the same game as seen elsewhere? At least the name does
suggest that. Perhaps yet another variation on a familiar theme:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/21097> but that should not bother a serious
gamer.
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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