Tcl-URL!

QOTW:  "dotNET is just a layer over your machine, keeping you from using it
your way.  But mabe there is no 'your way'?" - Shin the Gin on comp.lang.tcl
feels better now ;-)
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/83b63238...

"Of course, that's the way it should be: Tcl does the nasty bits so you don't
have to!" - Donal K. Fellows


POTW:
    ANNOUNCE: eTcl 1.0-rc17 by Eric Hassold
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...
    eTcl is a "batteries-included", thread enabled Tcl/Tk runtime, available
    as a single standalone executable for Linux (x86 and ARM), Win32, Windows
    Mobile (2003 or better) and MacOSX (universal binary). On all
    architectures, executable has no external dependencies, and requires no
    installation except copying executable wherever you want. 
    New:
    Since latest announcement on c.l.t., many bugs have been fixed,
    especially on Windows Mobile platform. Many 3rd parties components have
    also been upgraded to latest versions, which come with their own bugfixes.
    Detailed list of changes is available as: 
    Homepage:
	http://www.evolane.com/
    Downloads:
	http://www.evolane.com/software/etcl/index.html
    Bugs, Comments:
	http://wiki.tcl.tk/15260
	http://wiki.tcl.tk/eTcl

    Announcement: New BETA TclBlend 1.4 pre-compiled Binary available for
    Windows.
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...
    A new TclBlend 1.4 pre-compiled binary is available for Windows.  The
    binary is built from Tcl 8.4.13, Tcl Threads 2.6.3, and TclJava 1.4.
    It provides full interoperability between Tcl and Java through the use
    of an embedded JVM and supports existing Tcl extensions or packages
    such as Expect, Tcom, Tk, Tcllib, TclX and Snack.  To install download
    the zip file and extract to your installation directory.  No
    compilation required.  Run a TclBlend script just like a Tcl/TK
    script.
    TclBlend should be backwards compatible with all Tcl Scripts written
    to the Tcl 8.4.13 specification.
    Download:
	http://www.patrickfinnegan.com

    Tcl2007 first Calls for Participation (and Papers).
	http://tcl.tk/community/tcl2007

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    Vista and prefs files
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    D-bus ? anybody intersted?
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    What are some of your favorite code pages on http://wiki.tcl.tk/
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    SSH login automation, get stuck at the last step.
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    Start a new shell from tclsh
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    TDK--what advantages does it offer?
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
    nothing new here, walk on.

OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:

TWIP: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl this week TEN++  years ago:
    Scripting a TELNET session
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.rexx/browse_frm/...

    A slightly better expect.pl
	http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sources/browse_frm/thr...

    "distributed" editor?
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.questions/browse...
    
    Announcing expecTerm 1.0 beta (terminal emulation in expect)
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.misc/browse_frm/...

PMAG: Tcl in printed and other Media:
    A slow saturday afternoon found me this:
	http://expect.nist.gov/doc/seven-years.html
    Don Libes reminisces on quickly writing one of the 
    first extensions to tcl.


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his Wiki report:
  Should one regret the non-existence of "silver bullets"? 
  Your chronicler is not sure ... but it sure would be
  nice if all software did its stuff in a simple way.
  
  Silver bullets 
  - There are none: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17709> 
  
  - So why then a project like this? A Unix/Linux
    installer for all seasons ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/16255>
  
  - Tcl is definitely a very portable language ... but
    the OS's it runs on can do unportable things. Here are 
    a few: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4511>
  
  Little gems
  - Write instead of type ... Useful when your computer 
    has no keyboard: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1770>
  
  - Avoid the logical clutter of different modes in a 
    GUI - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17710>
  
  - Back to the roots with this little toy:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/12244> helps drawing electronic
    circuits.
  
  Slightly bigger gems
  - NAP and CAPS are both packages that deal with 
    large amounts of numbers - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4015>
    and <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4968>
  
  - uninum is a package that deals with all kinds of
    numerals - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17692>
  
  
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/

We're working on more useful archives of past installments.  In the
meantime, an alternative is
  http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&...

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