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QOTW:  "Input handling under X11 is an unholy mess... too many independent
groups have devised too many different ways of solving the various problems,
and toolkits are expected to support all of the different solutions.  It's
a barrel of worms." - Joe English

"I would strongly recommend SQLite3 to anyone working with TCL and databases.
It resolved weeks of frustration in a matter of a few hours." - Victor


POTW:
    ANN: Wiklet Server by Keith Nash
	A Wiklet is a Tclet whose source code and means of execution are 
	provided on a Wiki page.
	To see Wiklets in action, visit http://www.kerlin.net/22
	For a full explanation of Wiklets, see http://wiki.tcl.tk/16092

    ANNOUNCE: Tcl Windows API extension V0.9
	Version 0.9 of the Tcl Windows API extension has been
	released.  Project home page, including documentation,
	examples and download links, is at:
	http://twapi.sourceforge.net/

	This is the final beta before the V1.0 release. Further work
	for 1.0 will focus on completing the test suites and
	adding more examples.

    ANN: AOLserver 4.5.0 released!
	On behalf of the AOLserver Team, I have the honor of announcing the
	latest major release of AOLserver: 4.5.0.
	AOLserver 4.5.0 is a major upgrade including several new Tcl commands,
	    C API's, and resource management improvements.
	A summary of changes is provided at the end of this document.

	WHAT IS AOLSERVER?
	AOLserver is America Online's Open-Source web server.  AOLserver is
	the backbone of the largest and busiest production environments in
	the world.  AOLserver is a multithreaded, Tcl-enabled web server
	used for large scale, dynamic web sites.


    ANN: Cross-platform file browser, need input/code contributions 
	for  Windows and X11

    ANN: Tkhtml3 alpha 6
	alpha release of Tkhtml3 is available. This one is "Alpha 6".
	Tkhtml3 is a native Tk widget that renders HTML/CSS.
	homepage:
	    http://tkhtml.tcl.tk/

	This is still alpha software and there are still more than a few bugs.
	But it's getting there. Tkhtml3 now does a pretty reasonable job of
	rendering the "Acid 2" test (http://www.webstandards.org). See this
	page for a summary of the state of the rendering engine:
	help:
	    http://tkhtml.tcl.tk/support.html


ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    Keyboard input & Tavultesoft Keyman (windows)...
    WM_UNICHAR, WM_CHAR, there is a difference. 
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Problem with Expect under Windows
    Differences in behaviour under Windows and Dos actually:
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    length of binary data
    There are beans Beans BEANS and apples:
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Tk windows in different threads
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Windows icons/registry & ico package
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    New list commands ... What do you think ?
    Well, some new list commands _and_ some insight into integrateability:
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Has any wizard taken a look at DBUS?
    waiting at the busstop, thinking:
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    rebuilding expect with different timer
    i.e. how to make expect run in _simulated_ time:
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
    TIP 270 by Don Porter : Utility C Routines for String Formatting
	is a new TIP

URBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl this week TEN years ago:
    creating new FRANCOPHONE TCL newsgroups
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Experience of Zimmer's Tcl course?
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    
    2nd request Tk 3.x to Tk 4.x conversion script
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    ANNOUNCE graphviz_2_0a1 - Incremental Graph Layouts
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his review of Wiki updates:
  The summer holidays have started, just one more summary
  and your humble chronicler will join the crowd ...
  
  At the lower end ...
  - Fancy that, a complete operating system based on Tcl/Tk -
    only a dream? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/16116>
  
  - Take GIF images apart and put them together again -
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/16127> promises to make that 
    easy 
  
  - How to specify your graphics? Lots of options exist 
    and scalable vector graphics is but one (interesting)
    option - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2893>
  
  The middle ground
  - How do you go about coding your Tk application?
    Different possibilities and styles discussed on
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11290>
  
  - Colours - choose them right, well, this little tool 
    may help: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/16131>
  
  And of course the high end
  - Tile is being used in some impressive looking 
    applications - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13636>
  
  - A new argument in marketing Tcl? Here is a 
    project management tool based - 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13315>
  

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

    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/

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