Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL!

QOTW:	"In Tcl, threads are typically viewed as 'last resort'." - Victor
Wagner

"My personal rule of thumb is never use regexp if there is another way." - Bud
Beacham


POTW:	There is a new kid in the class of 8.4.12.  Eric Hassold of Evolane
announced the public availability of eTcl for Windows Mobile 2003 based on
TCL/TK 8.4.12, part of a bouquet of builds for Windows Mobile, PocketPC,
Windows * and Linux.
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...
    http://www.evolane.com/software/etcl/index.html
    http://www.evolane.com/


ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    Encrypted single-file freeWrapped executables have arrived.
    freeWrap 6.2 from Dennis la Belle, based on TCL/TK 8.4.12,
    encrypts by default all wrapped files.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    Encryption chatter stimulates a question from Kevin Walzer.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    Can QNX enjoy the same benefits?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

     TCL/TK has a reputation for wide availability on diverse platforms.
     Binary extensions to TCL  on occasion lag behind or are a bother to
     port. This is to some part due to problems with the build environment:
         http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    Every body else has Macros. TCL must certainly be inferior to those
    more fortunate languages!  Or maybe not ...:  various methods are
    produced, explored and mainly deemed unnessesary.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    Open a folder on the desktop? Platform dependent ways and ease of use. 
    This and nice tricks for calling a browser are discussed in this thread:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    Regular Expressions are not instant_use. A good book on RE and and an
    exercise machine can be a boon:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    TIP #260 is new: Add Underline Option to Canvas Text Items.
        http://tip.tcl.tk/:

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his so-accurate summary of Wiki activity:
  This summary refers to very new pages almost exclusively - 
  with one noticeable exception: a very old one. Here they
  come ...
  
  Pictures ...
  - Draw your pictures in 3D, this package ought to make
    it easy: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15278>>
  
  - One of many games, this has the advantage of being
    simple and playable on one of those PocketPCs we
    hear so much about ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15262>>
  
  Counting ...
  - A charming little script that allows you to 
    inspect some metric aspects of your code 
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15263>>
  
  - It appears to be tougher if you have to 
    count a million lines quickly ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/611>>
  
  More than meets the eye ...
  - Using the concept of "filters" to build an
    application - it might work: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15253>>
  
  - Collections of data need to be traversed, one way or
    another ... The question is how? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15271>>
  
  - A compiler? Really? This one transforms Tcl code into
    a Java program - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15269>>
  
  - A tiny script building a tiny editor for a tiny
    computer ... What a great idea: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15280>>
  
  TCL is alive and growing on OSX <http://wiki.tcl.tk/references/15258!>>

  Colliding Blocks are clever <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15262>>

  SampleExtension is a framework for building (binary) extensions
  <http://wiki.tcl.tk/5464>>

  Networking is easy with tcl <http://wiki.tcl.tk/references/9050!>>

  
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/

    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

    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
        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

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

Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here:
  http://www.ddj.com/topic/tcl/
An alternative is
  http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&...

Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome.

To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday, ask
<claird@phaseit.net> to subscribe.  Be sure to mention "Tcl-URL!".
--
Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and
sponsor the "Tcl-URL!" project.