Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL!

QOTW: "TCL is dead, try Python"
     -- Anonymous advice to Ed Suominen

"Imagine your tcl/tk scripts running on television!"
     -- Peter Rainaud


POTW: PgBrowse 0.7 by Jerry LeVan.
"It allows users to browse PostgreSQL databases."
     http://homepage.mac.com/levanj/TclTk/


     Every newbie faces this, but the wizened sages of c.l.t
     already know to delete listbox items from the bottom up,
     so earlier deletions don't affect the index for later deletions:
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=307b63160d9cf9ba

     Which is better, using [global] and [variable], or always fully
     qualifying your variable references?
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=e6fcac15722dec00

     Put small, borderless "buttons" in your text widget:
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=e78d79a6a2d8adb5

     The siren song of Python calls to a longtime Tcler, and he
     eloquently bids goodbye in this long but significant thread.
     All who care about Tcl/Tk should read it:
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=af5dd54a28cff7e

     Getting your windows to appear fully formed:
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=48f6ca2c9a91995d

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his summary of Wiki activity:
  A lot of discussion as a consequence of the "Goodbye Tcl" message
  from Ed Suominen. Your Wiki chronicler hopes something good comes
  out of it. Anyway, here is the summary again ...
  
  Community things
  - A plea and a discussion about a common library: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11274>
  
  - Man pages are not always the best place to find examples of how to use
    a command. Let us contribute: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11263>
  
  - Yes, this year's conference will be number 11: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11275>
  
  - People sometimes complain about Tcl's documentation, well, it
    does not seem to be the quantity. See for yourself: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1304>
  
  - Right, sometimes, Tcl is not the solution. It is a fine art to recognise
    these situations: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/623>
  
  - Okay, why not include a word game here - anagrams for your spare time,
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10354>
  
  Functional things
  - Lambdas have been a topic of discussion for some time now, among some
    Tclers. Here is one new page on the subject (or a related one):
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11272>
  
  - And here are a few unexpected things you can do with the set command:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11281>
  
  - One step in compilation is the lexical analysis of the source code.
    Well, here are a few building blocks - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4358>
  
  Other things
  - Ah, those arrays of numbers, never will they stop amazing me. 
    And your chronicler is in good company: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4968>
    for an application of the NAP (N-dimensional Array Processing) package
  
  - Your chronicler is proud that his plotting/charting package is now
    available as a Tklib module, <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10878>
  
  - Still, the piecharts and special widgets that appear on this page
    are worth the effort too: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/5823>
  

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

    The Tcl Developer Site is Tcl's "home base".
	http://www.tcl.tk

    The Eleventh Mostly-Annual Tcl Conference will be this October.
	http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2004/

    Larry Virden maintains a comp.lang.tcl FAQ launcher
        http://www.purl.org/NET/Tcl-FAQ/

    The Tcl Developer Xchange is a highly organized resource center
    of documents and software with provisions for individuals to
    maintain references to their own software:
        http://www.tcl.tk/resource/
    The TDX sponsor, ActiveState, also 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

    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

    Cameron Laird tracks several Tcl/Tk references of interest
        http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/

    Cetus Links maintains a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html

    Google Groups archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/

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