Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Apr 5)

QOTW:  "[N]obody can test expect in-house." - Colin McCormack


    Get your GSoC applications in THIS FRIDAY:
	http://www.tcl.tk/gsoc/

    There are several possibilities for a list of checkboxes:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Coincidentally, "finalization" from Expect scripting also is
    manifold.  Uwe Klein provides a list:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Ouch!  TkGecko loses (implicit) support:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his mostly-weekly Wiki reports:
  From a corner of the world that ought to be sunny and bright (and
  obviously is not!) your chronicler reports ...
  
  A picture says more ...
  - Converting text into a picture may not have a very esthetically
  pleasing effect, but it sure is a nice trick: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14678>
  
  - Much more elegant are these celtic knots - ornamentally elegant,
  one might say!  <http://wiki.tcl.tk/28191> is the starting point.
  
  - Adding some interaction to a plot or a chart is quite simple, here
  is an illustration: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/28179>
  
  - As time is already passing too quickly, here is a little tool to
  give you some hold. Draw the contents of your day -
  <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12330>
  
  The right tool for the job ...
  - Find files quicky and without any fuss - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19762>
  uses glob patterns to do that job.
  
  - Putting a script in the background with just a tiny trick -
  <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14588>
  
  - Those taxes are an eternal vexation. Nothing like a little tool
  to make it easier - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/28204>
  
  - Enhance the browser with a native tool to enhance the Internet experience.
    Of course that can very well be Tcl ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/28211>
  
  - An interesting development: communication between remote (Tcl)
  programs with minimal assumptions about how they are connected.
  <http://wiki.tcl.tk/28181>


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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