QOTW: "Just because a lot of people want something,
doesn't mean they have
a right to have that thing given to them for free. Free
support is a
privilege, not a right." - Larry Virden
"By the way, the answer that I got from MS support (and
paid handsomely for)
was that msvcrtd.dll 'was not intended for long running
applications.'" - Kevin
B. Kenny
*Linux Journal* stages a language popularity contest
contest.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/wha
t-your-favorite-scripting-language
Jacl, Cygwin, threading, 8.5--Sektor van Skijlen
demonstrates
outer ranges of Tcl's ability to play nicely with other
pieces
and approaches:
http://groups.google.com/grou
p/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/5e8a012fe9262302/
Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki
action:
Sad news has reached us: one of the contributors to the
Tclers' Wiki (both
the English and the French spoken) has died. Maurice
Bredelet (ulis)
contributed many games, specialised widgets and small
applications.
People
- ulis' Wiki pages contain an overview of his
contributions:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/9269&g
t; and the French version: <http://wfr.tcl.tk/314>
- Happier news can be found on the Tcl conferences page:
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/828>
mentions a European meeting in june.
- Interested in the history of Tcl? Don't miss the expose
on Tcl 2.1
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/6046&g
t; which demonstrates that early, almost
forgotten ideas and extensions can still survive.
- Just a random page one might say, <http://wiki.tcl.tk/16081
> does
not give much detail, but it is intriguing to learn that
Tcl/Tk
is used in the context of such a big project.
Pictures, printing, proxies, pianos
- Ever needed a means to read/write Windows BMP files?
Well,
this page contains a Tcl-only solution: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/18083
>
- Here is an attempt to implement simple GUIs for decision
trees
- <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2081
3>. Crude and simple.
- Making music is so much easier if you can program it.
And that
is what MIDI is for: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/5615&g
t;
- The Internet is a wonderful place, if you can access it.
Sometimes
you need to jump through hoops though. And as many
people experience
such problems, there are always solutions, like this
little aid
for dealing with proxies - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2879&g
t;
- Computer memory may not be as limiting as it once was,
but it still
pays to measure the memory use for applications. Here is
an
overview of the various techniques: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4559&
gt;.
And a page on some unexpected effects:
<http:/wiki.tcl.tk/20824>
- Printing is always a complex matter - no matter how
simple it may
seem to the casual user. But this French page seems to
make printing
under Linux quite a bit simpler - by leveraging the CUPS
system -
<http://wfr.tcl.tk/1561>
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.o
rg/net/tcl-welcome
comp.lang.tcl is a crucial resource for Tcl
practitioners.
An interesting perspective on its traffic appears at
ht
tp://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/resourc
e/
The TDX sponsor, ActiveState, also keeps info to
convince your
boss Tcl is a good thing
http://www.tcl.tk/script
ing/
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://e
n.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://phase
it.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://gr
oups.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/gro
ups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl
Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always
welcome.
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