Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links

QOTW:
    People who think their apps will only ever be used by people (and then
    only interactively) do some horrible crimes against proper programming.
    Donal K. Fellows on tclCore
	http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/tcl-core/35...

    IME: there are things [grid] can do that [pack] can't; but for cases
    where [pack] suffices, [pack] takes about 1/3 the code as [grid] would
    and is more maintainable. 
    Joe English


POTW:
    ANNOUNCE: First Release of Tcl-CM3  by Andrew Mangogna
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    I'm pleased to announce the availablity of the first release of Tcl-CM3, Tcl
    Tools for the ARM Cortex-M3. The project is hosted at Sourceforge. 
    Tcl-CM3 consists of a Tcl channel driver for the FTDI D2XX Driver to the
    FTDI 2232 USB to Serial converter chip and a set of Tcl packages that can
    be used to access the Debug Access Port on an ARM Cortex-M3 using the
    on-chip JTAG interface as driven by the FTDI 2232 chip. This configuration
    is used on the Luminary Micro series of Stellaris evaluation boards (see
    http://www.luminarymicro.com).
    Those interested in having some "bare-metal" access to the Luminary Micro
    Stellaris series of Cortex-M3 microcontrollers may find the release useful.
    In addition to the Tcl packages, a complete x86 Linux Starpack of a flash
    memory programmer was released.
    Homepage, Downloads
	http://tcl-cm3.sourceforge.net

    Flickr API  by Emmanuel
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    I have just made available an implementation of the Flickr API for
    Tcl. It is hosted at http://code.google.com/p/flickr/. The
    implementation uses the fact that Tcl is dynamic and that the Flickr
    API is self describing (reflection) to "declare" itself at first use.
    In other words, all Tcl entry points are created once the library has
    asked what methods and arguments it offers. This is cache for speed
    reasons, but can be rebuilt at any time.
    Downloads:
	http://code.google.com/p/flickr/

    ANN: InstallJammer 1.2.1 Released  by Damon Courtney
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    This release includes minor enhancements and bug fixes.
    ~ What is it?
    InstallJammer is a free, open source, multiplatform
    GUI installer and builder designed to be completely
    cross-platform and function on Windows and most all
    version of UNIX with eventual support for Mac OS X.
    ~ What's New in 1.2
    The following is a list of some of the changes in
    InstallJammer 1.2.  A complete list can be found in
    the Release Notes in the documentation.  The complete
    ChangeLog is also included with each source release.
    Homepage:
	http://www.installjammer.com/
    Downloads:
	http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=148203

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    I like the new wiki format
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    exec trouble
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    lambda... again
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    HTML tag Parsing and extracting data
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
    TIP 114 by Don Porter : Eliminate Octal Parsing of Leading Zero Integer Strings
	http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/114.html
    Vote: In progress

    TIP 125 by Brian Griffin : Converting between Frame and Toplevel Windows
	http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/125.html
    State has changed from Accepted to Final

    TIP 145 by Pat Thoyts : Enhanced Tk Font Handling
	http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/145.html
    State has changed from Accepted to Final

    TIP 242 by Brian Griffin : Preselect Filter on tk_get*File Dialogs
	http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/242.html
    State has changed from Accepted to Final

    TIP 150 by Pat Thoyts : Implement the Tk send Command for Windows
	http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/150.html
    State has changed from Final to Accepted

    TIP 34 by Mo DeJong : Modernize TEA Build System
	http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/34.html
    State has changed from Accepted to Withdrawn

    TIP 114 by Don Porter : Eliminate Octal Parsing of Leading Zero Integer Strings
	http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/114.html
    State has changed from Draft to Rejected

    TIP 114 by Don Porter : Eliminate Octal Parsing of Leading Zero Integer Strings
	http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/114.html
    State has changed from Rejected to Draft

OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
    sybase/sybtcl question
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Problem VFS and packages require
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

ATTC: At the Core:
    [TCLCORE] Restart method
	http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/tcl-core/35...

    [TCLCORE] rfc: mechanism to extend built-in ensembles (dict, string, etc)
	http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/tcl-core/35...


Thanks for Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
  As you may have noticed the Wiki is looking different. It
  has also gained quite a few useful facilities, such as
  a table of contents on the left and new markup features. 
  But the ordinary pages are at least as interesting!
  
  Doing your stuff
  - Is it fair to compare toolkits? Well, see for yourself
    how comfortable you are with gnocl or PyGtk ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20238>
  
  - Talking of gnocl, here are a few other pages that might
    inspire you: 
    - a simple utility for learning, <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20236>
    - a straightforward editor, <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20241>
  
  - Building a new Tclkit-like kit is made easy with the
    Kitgen Build System - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/18146>
  
  Doing it remotely
  - Here is a nice little experiment regarding MPI and Tcl
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20234>.
  
  - And to show the principles of remote debugging are 
    a piece of cake: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20213>
  
  - Or tunnelling through the barriers posed by proxies:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4096> - look at the Tcl example
    at the end.
  
  Just to round off ...
  - Lat week's Tcl-Core discussion on the treatment of octal numbers has
    a follow-up here: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/20228>
  
  - But a novice user will like this one better, I imagine:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2244> for an overview of the types of variables
    (or values!) Tcl distinguishes 
  
  - Just thought to mention it: Critcl can now handle both C and Fortran.
    A long-standing promise fulfilled - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8520>
  
  - 3D visualisation keeps fascinating your humble chronicler ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14819>
  
  
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

    "La Gazette du Técleux" is an important monthly publication.
	http://wfr.tcl.tk/1159

    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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