Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Jan 7)

QOTW:  "Beware the IDEs of Java." - gerry


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his mostly-weekly Wiki reports:
  The new year has just started and the Wiki has already gained 
  speed ...
  
  Seemingly simple
  - Defining constants in a dynamic language like Tcl is quite a
    different piece of cake: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1734> is an old
    page, perhaps, but it has some nice surprises.
  
  - Two, three? You can have any number of monitors you like. But
    can Tcl/Tk cope with the inherent problem of multiple 
    coordinate systems? Read all about it in <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10872>
  
  - Sometimes an exotic seeming programming technique, playfully
    implemented in Tcl, may find its way into the core. Trampolines
    for instance - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13074>
  
  You can never have enough data
  - Browsing a CSV file? With this simplified SQL processing code
    you can do simple selections without having an actual RDBMS ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/27624>
  
  - ProSchematic is a (commercial) program for drawing electronic circuits
    and similar schemas. It appears based on a whole bunch of Tcl
    packages. Check it out via <http://wiki.tcl.tk/24117>
  
  - Here is another package, or rather a dedicated widget, for
    dealing with diagrams - data flow diagrams this time.
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22564>
  
  - As long as you mutilate a picture in the right and precise way,
    continuing to mutilate it will bring back the original. Surprised?
    Check out this month's Tcl3D demo: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17771>
  
  You can never have enough time for all those games
  - Become one with the universe and play this Zen game. No 
    points to be gained - it would not fit in with the philosophy:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/27629>
  
  - Here is another game where you need to rearrange stuff:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15436>
  
  - Seen enough of these games? Let the wonders of a mathematical
    algorithm sooth you: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22393>
  
  - And to keep track of all that time that you are wasting, here
    is a little clock and calendar: <http://wiki.tcl/tk/27622>


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&...

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