Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links

QOTW:  "... first time i installed kde i played with the gui settings for a
week" - ccbbaa, on Circe's reincarnations


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki activity:
  The end of the year is approaching rapidly ... So with no further ado
  the Wiki summary.
  
  Graphical stuff
  - Molecules to be visualised on the 3D demo of the month page
   - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17771>
  
  - Can the comptability layer that Tk uses on Windows be replaced
   by something more efficient? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2177> describes
   the project, but is there any progress? Or volunteers?
  
  - Here is a nice little demonstration of BLT - a stripchart
   <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17428>
  
  GUI stuff
  - Gtk supports the use of configuration files to define a GUI ...
   Gnocl supports that feature too - nice looking pictures at
   <http://wiki.tcl.tk/23040>
  
  - Why does the text widget not have a text variable? Well,
   because the text widget keeps track of much more than just
   text. But that is no reason to do completely without it.
   <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1917> for an answer and a solution.
  
  Human stuff
  - Every so often the question is raised: what is the essential
   difference between Tcl and LISP? For profound answers,
   visit <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1318>
  
  - Looking for a job where Tcl is a requirement? Post your
   name on this page - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13260>
  
  - Too much news is too much. That is why we have RSS, don't
   we? And we need GUIs too to read that stream of information.
   So: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13486> may provide you that tool.
  
  - A charming little fellow, this Robbie. He has to solve
   all kinds of little puzzles ... Get your youngsters hooked
   up on this neat game and get them to learn a bit of
   programming - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/24797>
     

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/

    Tcl Developer Xchange sponsor, ActiveState, 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.  Dave 
Williams generously is building up
    http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/comp/tclurl/index.htm
and of course Google gives us
  http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&...

Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome.

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