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POTW: TickleSharp 0.1 by Scott Beasley.  "TickleSharp is a portable
binding to the Tcl/Tk scripting language for the .NET platform."
"TickleSharp can be used to add Tcl to any .NET application, giving
you access to a full fledged scripting language."
     http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/project/?ticklesharp


     Converting a MAC address to a binary string is easy, but not
     without pitfalls.  Just goes to show, it's always something:
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=215a655f5d4a7d5e

     Diogenes searched for an honest man; Andrew DeFaria will
     settle for a good debugger.  Tuba is mentioned.  (FWIW, Tuba
     was the only debugger I could ever get to run under Mac OS.)
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=3e78c893242651a9

     How to tell if a text widget is "dirty", i.e., has been modified.
     (Hmm... what if it contains unmodified smut?)
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=42223b396f69dbfb

     Non-reentrancy in Tk source code?  Say it ain't so (preferably
     not in a tk_messageBox, though)!
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=102f0daa0f481b03

     Is there a way to duplicate an interp, with all its vars & procs?
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=f44005b7c6605eef

     An interesting discussion of how Tk appearance varies under
     different window managers, and difficulties in saving and
     restoring window geometry between sessions:
         http://groups.google.com/groups?th=9a11c1753d8e3576

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his summary of recent Wiki activity:
  All of a sudden pages regarding Tcl editors, Tcl debuggers, Tcl development
  environments pop up on the Wiki. You chronicler will just mention a few,
  leaving all the others for you to find out :)
  
  Tcl debuggers, development:
  
  - "SEE" is an old page regarding typical Tcl development - 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/40>
  
  - An overview of debuggers can be found in <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8637>
  
  - Introspection is quite useful as a debugging and development tool too:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/356>
  
  - If you enter Tcl's darker layer, the C routines, and need help on 
    reference counts, look at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1192> for guidance.
  
  - And perhaps we need to work on this framework for a bit to make
    demos of Tk applications easier: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/3260>
  
  The second category of pages your chronicler wants to bring to your 
  attention are a few applications:
  
  - Wiki history is a much discussed subject, here is just one practical
    solution: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10335>
  
  - Ah, an internet relay client which talks Klingon (okay, it is not 
    the most useful feature :) - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8190> is making
    progress
  
  - Who needs an expensive database management system if he/she has
    Tcl and talks Dutch? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10332> is 100% Tcl and
    holds all kinds of information about athletics competitions.
  

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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