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QOTW:  "I guess Tcl 1.0 was just 113 years ahead of its time."   - Bob
Techentin

"I ... try to make sure people aren't misled by MS's misleading marketing
mumbo-jumbo."  - Jeffrey Hobbs



POTW:  Tkman goes to 2.2 on its 10th birthday. Now uses tk8.4 and adapts
to groff 1.18.
    http://groups.google.com/groups?q=tkman+group:comp.lang.tcl.*&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=b6vir2%241vl8%241%40agate.berkeley.edu&rnum=2


    The Tenth Essentially Annual Tcl/Tk Conference will be in Ann Arbor
    in July.
	http://wiki.tcl.tk/6274

Threads on comp.lang.tcl
    Live and let list - turns out splitting to single char list is really
    quickest most natural idiom
        http://groups.google.com/groups?th=2467ec6dc4d946cc

    RH 9 and all other Linux distros that switch to gcc 3.x require 
    recompile all the c++ code Tcl & otherwise
        http://groups.google.com/groups?th=8c1a3ab3bedbd4d0

    Is Tcl really ahead of its time or just a poor man's LISP?
        http://groups.google.com/groups?th=9b65f608cb3671de

    How should one approach refactoring large Tcl apps? Tools, references,
    discussion:
       http://groups.google.com/groups?th=182e860e93ffc62a

    Can I use different colors on each listbox item? Yes - up to 4
    selections for each (use a new Tk)
        http://groups.google.com/groups?th=cfbd2c1727224c15


Wiki activity:
    Mark G Saye has posted a tool to help synchronize two text widgets
    as they are edited
        http://mini.net/tcl/8760


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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