Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links

QOTW:
    It's Magic!
    Or, somebody, please write a  book that documents all the packages
    included with the distribution. vitic on c.l.t
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/81b9a71b...

POTW:
    Tcl GSoC Projects
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    Google has announced the student proposals which have been accepted.
    Following are brief descriptions of the  9 Tcl projects that will take
    place this summer.  Student projects will be worked on roughly 40
    hours/week between May 26th and August 18th.
    From now until May 26th we will be working with the students to help
    them get acquainted with the Tcl community.  To that end, the students
    will be posting email introducing themselves and I encourage you to
    help make them feel welcome, help them get grounded in our code base
    and styles of doing things, etc.
    Also, of course, don't hesitate to send them suggestions, requests,
    (constructive) criticism on their projects. I will post later with
    information on how you can track their progress over the summer.
    Best, Matt
    Tcl/Tk 2008 Google Summer of Code Coordinator
    Further Information:
	http://code.google.com/soc/2008/tcl/about.html

    ANNOUNCE: Multi-column listbox package Tablelist 4.9  by Csaba Nemethi
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    I am pleased to announce Version 4.9 of the multi-column 
    listbox package Tablelist.  This release is based on the 
    one included in ActiveTcl 8.4.19, but it contains a few 
    further improvements and has the patch level 4.9.1.
    Homepage, Downloads:
	http://www.nemethi.de
	http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcllib

    ActiveState Tcl Dev Kit 4.1 Available
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...
    ActiveState is pleased to announce the release of Tcl Dev Kit 4.1,
    the professional toolkit for creating, building and deploying Tcl/Tk
    applications.
    Tcl Dev Kit 4.1 is a free maintenance update for registered users of
    Tcl Dev Kit and ActiveTcl Pro Studio.
    For detailed information, see:
	http://www.activestate.com/products/tcl_dev_kit/
    For a detailed look at what's new, go to:
	http://www.activestate.com/products/tcl_dev_kit/feature_l...
    User forums and FAQs:
       http://community.activestate.com/products/TclDevKit
    Mailing list archives:
       http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/?topic=Tcl
    Documentation:
       http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/TclDevKit
    For bugs related to Tcl Dev Kit, please use:
       http://bugs.activestate.com/query.cgi?set_product=TclDevKit

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
    Tcl-NAP is deleting my referenced object
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Tree as nested list
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    installed packages in Tcl
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

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

    C# Tcl and reference counting
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

TIPX: new, used and discarded Tips
    TIP 213 by Donal K. Fellows : A Standard Dialog for Font Selection
	http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/213.html
    Vote: Pending
    State has changed from Draft to Withdrawn

OOTW: Orphan of the week or questions nobody answered yet:
    variation when running a script
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
  A year ago at this time we were experiencing trouble with
  the Wiki - fortunately those days are gone. So let us see
  what last week has brought us!
  
  Technical stuff
  - How to manage "links" on Windows? Not just one method, but
    a handful is described on <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1844>
  
  - This page shows that Bwise is a programming environment that 
    is easy to enhance: if you need, say, traffic lights as a 
    building lbokc, just do so: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13459>
  
  - Sometimes you need to combine other GUI toolkits with Tk. This
    is not easy, but it can be done (just be careful with those
    messages and events): <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2870>
  
  - The stuff legends are made of: a whole series of pages on the
    commands provided by Feather - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/431> is 
    just one.
  
  Widget stuff
  - Two widgets for specific purposes: they resemble tachometers
    and volt meters. Perhaps they can be of use to you: 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/9108> and <http://wiki.tcl.tk/9109>
    (Though your chronicler would not a picture of them ...)
  
  - Getting more out of a photograph - this page describes
    various enhancements to the copying of an image:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11924>
  
  Fun stuff
  - Connect or disconnect the dots ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21043>
  
  - A remake of an old UNIX game: robots at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21048>
   

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&...

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

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