Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL!

OOTW: "Tcl is like playdoh.. shape it, form it, never compile it..  You can
even bake it in your oven, if you like it and want to keep it." -- David
Gravereaux

"There are no bad programming langu[ag]es, only bad programmers." -- Ala
Qumsieh

POTW: TclSOAP 1.6.7 by Pat Thoyts.  "This is a bugfix release.  It clears up
a number or minor bugs and adds two new sample files for accessing the Google
and Babelfish SOAP interfaces."
     Download: http://prdownloads.sf.net/tclsoap
     Home page: http://sf.net/projects/tclsoap


     Text widgets do behind-the-scenes shenanigans to ensure that their
     last line is always terminated.  You may be surprised if you do
     end-relative indexing based only on what *you* inserted!
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=6b548c428795075c

     An excellent thread on fileevents reading from possibly-blocked
     pipes.  Discusses the subtle distinction between blocked I/O and
     a blocked pipe or process, and when to use [read] vs. [gets].
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=d73636609530c0b1
         (Can you spot the interesting adjectival form of "latex"?)

     It's a red-letter day for named colors!
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=86cd8c75d1795a78

     Here's a good thing to know if you're handling events while the
     mouse is down: events go to the original widget, even if the
     mouse leaves it!
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=5527235a2f1e2bc5

     When is {<foo>} not the same as [list <foo>]?
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=54452ff50b790d3b

     PNG support in the core isn't quite to the TIP stage yet.
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=714c7565fe6a6260


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his summary of recent Wiki activity:
  Most of the pages that drew the attention of your chronicler this week
  are fairly short: some describe packages, some have a short discussion
  of technical points. Some are old (I think a package originally written 
  in 1993 is "old") and some are new.
  
  Here is the overview:
  
  Packages, applications and short scripts:
  
  - Simple illustration of how to generate a colour image, 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/9861>
  
  - A vintage package for reading DXF files (yes, this is the 1993 one):
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/6577>
  
  - Astronomers apparently are as fascinated by science fiction as anybody
    else, why else should they come up with the name "ds9" for one 
    of their applications? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/9810>
    
  - APIC does vector graphics to create a nice little document,
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/9807>
  
  - And the last: Toucan, an IDE for Palm OS applications,
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4133>, has been updated.
  
  Techniques:
  
  - Do you need to store data in a compact way, this may help you decide:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4558>
  
  - I guess global variables are here to stay, <http://wiki.tcl.tk/9868>
  
  - Musing over network programming, <http://wiki.tcl/tk/9851>, has led 
    to a varied discussion.
  
  - Yes, a lot can be done in pure Tcl, even cryptography, 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8196>
  
  - And finally, a nice game of Reversi/Othello to illustrate not only the
    game but also the model-view-control methodology, 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/9869>


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

    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

    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

    Cameron Laird tracks several Tcl/Tk references of interest
        http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/

    Cetus Links maintains a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html

    Google Groups archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/

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