I'm writing to let people know that the new Tcl Tutorial is shaping up nicely, but we can still use your help. The Tcl Tutorial is being made available as a way to explain Tcl to those who are new to the language, something that the manual pages probably aren't as suited for.
What you can do to get involved:
* Check it out from CVS:
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonym...@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/tcl co -P\ tcltutorial
* Read it. Look for errors. Look for things that don't make sense.
* If you feel so inclined, send in patches, corrections and improvements to help us raise the quality of the tutorial (either here or the tcl-core list, as the tutorial will ship with Tcl 8.5, I believe - please not to me personally.)
* Write new material, or work on changing the structure of the tutorial.
* Improve the look and feel. I'm not a GUI whiz - right now it's very simple and to the point. Improvements that don't take away from the practical value are welcome.
* Other improvements - someone suggested that we link to on line man pages from the various explanations of commands, which sounds like a good idea to me.
I'm writing to let people know that the new Tcl Tutorial is shaping up nicely, but we can still use your help. The Tcl Tutorial is being made available as a way to explain Tcl to those who are new to the language, something that the manual pages probably aren't as suited for.
What you can do to get involved:
* Check it out from CVS:
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonym...@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/tcl co -P\ tcltutorial
* Read it. Look for errors. Look for things that don't make sense.
* If you feel so inclined, send in patches, corrections and improvements to help us raise the quality of the tutorial (either here or the tcl-core list, as the tutorial will ship with Tcl 8.5, I believe - please not to me personally.)
* Write new material, or work on changing the structure of the tutorial.
* Improve the look and feel. I'm not a GUI whiz - right now it's very simple and to the point. Improvements that don't take away from the practical value are welcome.
* Other improvements - someone suggested that we link to on line man pages from the various explanations of commands, which sounds like a good idea to me.
> I'm writing to let people know that the new Tcl Tutorial is shaping up > nicely, but we can still use your help. The Tcl Tutorial is being made > available as a way to explain Tcl to those who are new to the language, > something that the manual pages probably aren't as suited for.
I know it is a bit rash, but should we start contemplating a similar action for Tk already? I mean, even with just a few initial chapters life for novice Tk users could become very much easier ...
> > I'm writing to let people know that the new Tcl Tutorial is shaping up > > nicely, but we can still use your help. The Tcl Tutorial is being made > > available as a way to explain Tcl to those who are new to the language, > > something that the manual pages probably aren't as suited for.
> I know it is a bit rash, but should we start contemplating a similar > action for Tk already? I mean, even with just a few initial chapters > life for > novice Tk users could become very much easier ...
> Regards,
> Arjen
Maybe a list of what should go in it could be created on the wiki?
> Arjen Markus wrote: > > "David N. Welton" wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > I'm writing to let people know that the new Tcl Tutorial is shaping up > > > nicely, but we can still use your help. The Tcl Tutorial is being made > > > available as a way to explain Tcl to those who are new to the language, > > > something that the manual pages probably aren't as suited for.
> > I know it is a bit rash, but should we start contemplating a similar > > action for Tk already? I mean, even with just a few initial chapters > > life for > > novice Tk users could become very much easier ...
> > Regards,
> > Arjen
> Maybe a list of what should go in it could be created on the wiki?
> > I'm writing to let people know that the new Tcl Tutorial is shaping up > > nicely, but we can still use your help. The Tcl Tutorial is being made > > available as a way to explain Tcl to those who are new to the language, > > something that the manual pages probably aren't as suited for.
> I know it is a bit rash, but should we start contemplating a similar > action for Tk already? I mean, even with just a few initial chapters > life for > novice Tk users could become very much easier ...
> Regards,
> Arjen
I am not sure where it should go but a quick intro to TkCon should go on either the Tcl or Tk tutorial. That is a really neat application that has helped me as a beginner.
>>I'm writing to let people know that the new Tcl Tutorial is shaping up >>nicely, but we can still use your help. The Tcl Tutorial is being made >>available as a way to explain Tcl to those who are new to the language, >>something that the manual pages probably aren't as suited for.
> I know it is a bit rash, but should we start contemplating a similar > action for Tk already? I mean, even with just a few initial chapters > life for > novice Tk users could become very much easier ...
I see enough things to do with the Tcl Tutorial to stay occupied for a while, but if there's someone willing to step up and do the work for a Tk tutorial, I don't think there would be any argument!
David N. Welton wrote: > Arjen Markus wrote: > > "David N. Welton" wrote:
> >>Hi all,
> I see enough things to do with the Tcl Tutorial to stay occupied for a > while, but if there's someone willing to step up and do the work for a > Tk tutorial, I don't think there would be any argument!
Take no offense because you are highly qualified but I would like someone else as well since you ARE busy with the Tcl one.
