Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links

QOTW:  "[W]ell organised, good company, could have used some extra
talks." - Jos Decoster [On EuroTcl 2009] [slides and other artifacts
are available through http://www.eurotcl.org/2009/schedule.html]


    Martyn has found and/or patched subtle anomalies in 8.5 ctext having
    to do with <<Selection>> and <<Modified>>:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Tk work in the default "." window presents at least a couple of
    disadvantages.  An obvious alternative is to [withdraw] it away,
    and complete an application in [toplevel]s.  There are subtleties
    to this, though ...:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...

    Most GUI frameworks distinguish a listbox "selection" from the
    listbox's "active" element.  This is a good thing:
	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_threa...


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his (mostly) weekly summary of Wiki action:
  Last week we had the European Tclers' Meeting - it is always 
  pleasantly surprising to see what people are using Tcl/Tk for ...
  But let us focus on the summary.
  
  Books, tutorials and people
  - A new book/tutorial on Oratcl, it has been on the comp.lang.tcl
    newsgroup, but the Wiki has the reference too: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/204>
  
  - A tutorial on Wub can be found at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15781> and
    it is easier than you may think.
  
  - Revamping Jacl, watch the progress at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/23679> and
    the full Google Summer of Code project is described at 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/23201>
  
  - Another GSoC project: printing support - a vexing subject that
    was extensively discussed at the European meeting. Find the 
    ideas and suggestions at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/23196>
  
  - There is not a full report of that meeting yet, but some things
    that were discussed are there: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/22566>
  
  Mostly graphical stuff
  - Your chronicler was inspired by a very impressive demonstration
    of railway simulation software ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/23665>
    merely highlights one aspect of that.
  
  - The GIMP can be run in interactive mode, but just as easily 
    in batch mode, offering ample opportunity for scripting the
    operations: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/23666>
  
  - Have you ever wanted to see what Unicode characters are 
    available in your favourite font? This quick-and-dirty
    viewer/selector may help: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/23653>
  
  - Displaying images with Tcl/Tk ... Here is a JPEG viewer,
    with limited portability, but fast: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/3689>
  
  - Yet another demo of Tcl3D: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/17771> and 
    you may be interested in the latest developments too:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15278>
  

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/

    Tcl Developer Xchange sponsor, ActiveState, keeps info to 
    onvince 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.  Dave 
Williams generously is building up
    http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/comp/tclurl/index.htm
and of course Google gives us
  http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&...

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