Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (May 28)

QOTW:  "Tcl seems designed to leverage all available resources ..." -
tom.rmadilo
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/c02fb0f5...


    "Why Cisco users need to know Tcl"
	http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/why-cisco-user...

    Kevin Walzer again releases a valuable Tk-Cocoa package; this
    time, it is 'tclservices':
	http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=...


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his approximately-weekly summary of Wiki activity:
  Just one more week to the European Tclers' Meeting ... Hm, I said the
  same thing last year. But it is - again - true!
  
  Techniques, useful, arcane or both
  - Regular expressions can be powerful tools. Just how powerful? Check
    out an obscure capability due to back references ... recognising prime
    numbers! <http://wiki.tcl.tk/461>
  
  - Want a list of all the include files a C source depends on (directly
    or indirectly)? No problem, use TclRAL to get that transitive closure.
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/18203>
  
  - Experimenting with a compiler infrastructure ... LLVM nicely wrapped
    for use via Tcl - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/26308>
  
  - Manipulating SVG (scalable vector graphics) files is a piece of cake
    as Tcl provides all the right tools - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/25998>
  
  - Selecting numbers from a range ... We have the scale widget of course,
    but a dial or a wheel is a nice tool for that sort of selections too.
    Here are some possibilities:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/26357> and <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17065>
  
  The human aspect
  - There has been a style guide for the layout of Tcl programs for many
    years.  Though mainly meant for the core itself, you may find its
    ideas useful for your own code - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/708>
  
  - Tloona is just one of the many IDEs available for Tcl. Check it
    out - it includes support for Itcl. <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17079>
  
  - If you work on OS X, you may find this FAQ on the various
    aspects of Aqua very useful - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12987>
    

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://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/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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