Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Sep 1)

QOTW:  "[Y]ou probably don't want to use <Visibility>; <Map> is more likely
what you want any time you think you want <Visibility>." - Donal K. Fellows


    'Going to TclCon2010?  The official conference schedule is up at:
        http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2010/schedule.html
    Registration is available through:
        http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2010/reg.html


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his mostly-weekly Wiki reports:
  After some difficult days the Wiki is its old self again. Time
  to see new stuff is available!
  
  No objections
  - Serializing an object or objects turns out to be a non-trivial
    task ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/23444>
  
  - But, like always with object-orientation, there are many
    aspects to be considered. Or programmed: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20308>
    offers a framework for the latter.
  
  Optical realisations
  - Another month, yes, another 3D demo. The solar system this time.
    See <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17771>
  
  - You have a camera and you have Tcl ... Not too hard to make
    the two meet: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/6305>
  
  - There are all manner of ways to store a picture, but vector
    graphics seems a very popular methodology at the moment. 
    Besides SVG, we now have ImageMagick's vector graphics 
    too - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/26859>
  
  - A pity: continued maintenance of the QuickTimeTcl package
    will require a large investment of time. Are there any
    volunteers? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/5434> leads to some
    discussion.
  
  Solidity
  - A new version of Tcl/Tk 8.5: look at the release notes
    linked in this Wiki page for more information. 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/26961>
  
  - Ah, those intriguing coroutines! They continue to 
    inspire. Here is a little excursion into the world
    of VHDL<: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/26959>
  
  - Tcl already has quite a few commands for dealing with
    lists. But like coroutines, you can always think of
    different ways to use them. Shifting, popping, what is
    in a name? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8177>


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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