Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links

QOTW:
    Will Tk run on Minix 3? ( Robert Hicks )
    Tk is happy with minimal X11, and expects little from the WM.
    Was that the question? ( Cameron Laird on c.l.t )
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    Are you trying to tell me M$ Windows has bugs in it ?!!
	+MsgBody  ( David Gravereaux  on c.l.t )
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

POTW:
    ANN: Tcl-Tk-Aqua 8.4.14  "universal" installer for OS X
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...
    The Tcl/Tk "Universal" packages are distributions of the core Tcl/Tk 
    libraries, plus the Tile theming extension, built to support the PPC and 
    Intel architectures of the Mac OS X platforms. They can be downlaoded at 
    OVERVIEW OF PACKAGES 
	The Tcl/Tk "Universal" package for Mac OS X are based on the current 
    version of Tcl/Tk at the time of this build, 8.4.14. The Tile extension 
    is version 0.7.8. The packages support the native Aqua version. 
    Aqua 
	The "Aqua" package supports the native Mac windowing environment. It is 
    useful for developing and deploying native Mac OS X applications. With 
    the "Aqua" package, the following will be installed on your machine: 
    * The Tcl and Tk frameworks will be installed in /Library/Frameworks. 
    * The Tcl interpreter, tclsh, and the Tk interpreter, wish, will be 
	installed in /usr/local/bin. 
    * The Tile extension, which adds native Aqua theming to the Tk widgets, 
	will be installed in /Library/Tcl. 
    * The Wish application package will be installed in /Applications/Utilities. 
	A standalone version of Wish, with the Tcl/Tk and Tile libraries 
    embedded in the application package, will be installed in 
    /Applications/Utilities/Wish-Embedded. This package is useful for 
    deploying Tcl/Tk applications to end users.The Tcl/Tk "Universal" 
    packages are distributions of the core Tcl/Tk libraries, plus the Tile 
    theming extension, built to support the PPC and Intel architectures of 
    the Mac OS X platforms.
    Downloads:
	http://tk-components.sourceforge.net/installer/index.html. 

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    How to provide the same package with two names
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    Why Tcl needs strong OO branding.
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    TCL implementation in Javascript, not
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    send/expect in a loop causes CPU to choke
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    tkfbox.tcl maintainer
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    problems with running 32-bit tclsh on Windows x64
	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:
    [BWidget] Notebook computes wrong size
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

    Comm library problem? (with -listen 0 and multiple IP addresses)
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/t...

TWIP: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl this week TEN years ago:

ATTC: At the Core:
    [TCLCORE] What milestones remain before the Tcl/Tk 8.5 release date?
	http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=...


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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