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QOTW:  "thanks, I missed those \m and \M(s, ed) ...." - Miroslav Osys on c.l.t

"I have only purchased *Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk* at this point
and while I am not heavily into Tcl at this moment it has served me
extremely well. That book + this newsgroup + the wiki is my formula for
getting things done in Tcl." - Robert Hicks


POTW:
    [ANNC] Celtk2 alpha release
    CelTk embeds tcl in Common Lisp and by way of tcl
    Tk and OpenGL ( tkogl ). 
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/browse_thre...
    
    Announce:: Oratcl 4.4 now available on sourceforge.net
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    homepage:     http://oratcl.sourceforge.net/
    download:     http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12880

    [ANNOUNCE] savIRC 2.0 Released
    savIRC is an IRC client written in 100% Tcl/Tk (Excluding the
    encryption module). And has all of the mainstream features you'd expect
    in an IRC client.
    download: 
        http://www.savirc.com/

    ANNOUNCEMENT: New libraries available
    Emanuel Frecon has packaged a couple of libraries:
            http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    winapi :     http://www.sics.se/~emmanuel/?Code:winapi
    The  winapi library is  a Tcl  library that offers access  to the
    low-level  Win32 API.   The philosophy  of winapi  is to  give the
    programmer total control over the calls being made, at the expense of
    longer code.  winapi attempts  to mimick as closely as possible the
    Windows  API: it  uses names and  naming conventions  that are similar,
     offers  Tcl  commands   that  have  the  same  order  of arguments,
    represents flags  and masks  using the  same  names as their Windows
    constants counterparts and  represent structures by lists  of  even
    length  containing  the  keys  and values  of  the structures.

    notifier :     http://www.sics.se/~emmanuel/?Code:notifier
    The notifier library implements a new Tcl/Tk widget that presents
    itselfs as an (animated) notifier that pops up from one of the side of
    the screen in a direction that can be chosen. The notifier is a new
    toplevel and it is up to the caller to fill it in with content.

    osd :     http://www.sics.se/~emmanuel/?Code:osd
    The osd library implements a new Tcl/Tk widget that presents itselfs as
    an (animated) notifier that pops up from one of the side of the screen
    in a direction that can be chosen. The osd features an image and an
    informative message.

    fullscreener :     http://www.sics.se/~emmanuel/?Code:fullscreener
    The fullscreener library forces an existing window from any Windows
    application to remain on top of a fullscreen blank frame, which will
    ensure the presence of one and only one window on the screen.


ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    Should Tcl be subverted? leave Eden?
    The current problems with the sourceforge developer cvs lead to a
    discussion on a) getting rid of CVS and b) looking for a new home:
        http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10...
        http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10...
        http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=3854

    Report on Coverity's scan of the tcl sources in next week's TclURL.

    Tcl and Qt
    Question and Solution on using Tcl and Qt event loops right:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    tclkit.exe and multiple threads
    A rather extensive Howto on using tclkit.exe with multiple threads
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...    
    and todays InstaPatch feature is provided by Eckhard Lehmann:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/61db2176...

    fileevent saying there's something to read but there isn't ?!
    Because EOF is more than nothing! 
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    Question to the reader: Would having an eof/error event make any sense?

    Itcl inheritance
    questions about, a patch to help and a discussion on Itcls unwaranted
    underapreciation
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    todays InstaPatch feature is again provided by Eckhard Lehmann:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/fa5a9283...

    Tcl_MakeFileChannel/Tcl_RegisterChannel use to add file descriptor?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
    TIP 269 by Joe Mistachkin : Add 'string is list' to the 'string is' Subcommand
    is a new TIP
        http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10...
        http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10...
        http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10...
        http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10...

URBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl this week TEN years ago:
    Is break broken? :) :) :)
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Perl strengths vs Tcl
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    tkCVS availability
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Tcl/Tk Commercial Uses - Part 1: The Index
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    This and "Part 2:  Products and Services" used to be a regular posting:

http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=group%3Acomp.lan...


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his review of Wiki updates:
  It was an unusually slow day for the Wiki last week, so
  a short summary will suffice.
  
  How to ...
  - Make your computer talk to you ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/6252>
  
  - Use Ratcl's approach on an SQLite database ... 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15948>
  
  - Distribute Tcl applications via an Internet server ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15902>
  
  What to change?
  - The Wiki can be improved, but how? A long discussion 
    at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/9809>
  
  - If you have only a very small screen, then standard
    dialoges may be a nuisance. Find better alternatives
    via <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15493>
  
  Comfortable ...
  - Air Traffic Control requires a serious approach -
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15535> explains the role of
    Tcl
  
  - Just another editor, with a difference: it allows
    you to show and store text with widgets and all
    On the French Wiki: <http://wfr.tcl.tk/1127>
  

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
    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://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 (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/

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