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QOTW:  "Using green-screen techniques in the Tk console is, frankly, a
little strange."  Kevin B. Kuhns

"I can hardly imagine a better software development platform than Tcl/Tk
on the Mac with OSX and Virtual PC.

And emacs."  Bryan Oakley


POTW:  Wiki-based literate programming.
    http://wiki.tcl.tk/8411


    ASPN now provides access to the Safari Bookshelf.
	http://activestate.com/Corporate/Communications/Releases/Press1048528222.html
	http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Safari/Join

    TIP #129: New Format Codes for the [binary] Command
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=pgpmoose.200303171601.22041%40despot.non.net
    
    GroupKit 5.2
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=pgpmoose.200303171601.22099%40despot.non.net
    
    InstallBase 1.0a4 Released
        http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=pgpmoose.200303181902.31318%40despot.non.net
    
    XOTcl 1.0.2
        http://groups.google.com/groups?th=d48d92044d7ce87f

    
Thanks to Arjen Markus for his review of Wiki activity:    
  Never miss a single week on the Wiki - this is a summary of the
  past two weeks and it represents a very small fraction indeed
  of the pages that were changed, amended, improved or simply touched.
  
  I have divided them in categories:
  
  Techniques:
  - The well-known soundex algorithm in Tcl, <http://wiki.tcl.tk/675> 
  - An efficient diff, <http://wiki.tcl.tk/3108> (be sure to read the
    background too; note that the implementation invites generalization)
  - Syntax highlighting revised, <http://wiki.tcl.tk/895>
  
  Guidelines:
  - Package management explained in <http://wiki.tcl.tk/45> and
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/5900>
  - Writing extensions receives much attention, <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1191>
    shows which pages to look at
  - Want to write quality software? Follow the tips in
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8602>
  
  Design patterns:
  - Multitasking via events - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8392>
  - The "observer" pattern is given much thought at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8559>
  
  Fun, weird and magic?
  - Balls, bouncing or colliding, pick your choice at either 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8572> or <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8573>
  - Detailed graphics, "a simple task made difficult", well, an animation
    anyway at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8607>
  - WeirdX is a (X11) small applet to run any application inside a browser ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4561>
  - There is no magic to the tcl_precision variable, despite appearances,
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1650>


Everything 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

    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

    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

    Cameron Laird tracks several Tcl/Tk references of interest
        http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/

    Cetus Links maintains a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html

    Google Groups archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/   

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