I'm pleased to announce immediate availability of eTcl 1.0-rc27 for
Windows, linux-x86, linux-arm, linux-mipsel, linux-powerpc (including
Linux on Playstation 3), Windows Mobile (2003, 2003SE, 5.0 and 6.0)
pocketPC and smartphones, and Mac OS X (Aqua) as universal binary (x86
and PPC).

WHERE TO GET
============

It is available from:

         http://www.evolane.com/software/etcl/index.html
         http://www.evolane.com/

WHAT'S NEW
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Some extras features since previous announcement:
   - Tcl/Tk 8.5.2, supported on all architectures including WinCE.
   - Optimized VFS, using caching and look-ahead, to reduce I/O and
     minimize starting time on slow devices (Solid state, network remote
     partitions, ...)
   - Accurate image sub-sampling in Pixane. Scaling and rotation accept a
     new -quality option, automatically adjusted per default
   - Full version delivered with ready to use kits for tcllib, tklib and
     bwidgets
   - New commands have been added to wce package (Windows Mobile
     extension) to play sounds asynchronously, switch on/off wireless
     devices (wifi, bluetooth, phone), and prevent device to suspend.

eTcl 1.0-rc27 also comes with up to date versions of several packages
(e.g. sqlite 3.5.7, Tls 1.6, tkhtml3 CVS snapshots, ...).  As usual, it
also includes fixed for several bugs. See changelog at:

         http://www.evolane.com/software/etcl/CHANGES.txt

WHAT IS IT
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eTcl is a "batteries-included", thread enabled Tcl/Tk runtime, available
as a single standalone executable for Linux (x86, ARM, Mips and
PowerPC), Win32 (Win98 to Vista), Windows Mobile (2003 or better) and
MacOSX (universal binary). On all architectures, executable has no
external dependencies, and requires no installation except copying
executable wherever you want.

Distributions for all architecture include a common set of core components:
- Tcl/Tk 8.5.2 (thread enabled)
- Pixane: script your image transformation, support for reading and
writing several popular image formats (PNG, JPEG), support for TrueType
fonts, several truetype builtin fonts (serif, sansserif and monotype)
- Sqlite (3.5.7): A SQL server in your hand.
- Zlib: native deflate/inflate support
- Zipfs: easily Mount your ZIP files into Tcl Virtual Filesystem
- TclThread (2.6.5): run multi-threaded applications
- TclXML (3.1): XML parsing, using expat parser
- tDOM (0.8.2): Another XML parser, sharing expat library with TclXML
- Memchan: memory channels (memchan, fifo, fifo2, ...)
- Tls (1.6): support for SSLv2/SSLv3/Tls1.0
- TkTable (2.9)
- TkTreeCtrl (2.2.3)
- Tkhtml3 (latest CVS snapshot)
- Scene: 3D widget based on OpenGL (except on WinCE)
- Odyce: embedded C compiler

All comments, bug reporting and feedbacks are much appreciated. You may
send them to <etcl at evolane.com>, or join eTcl page on wiki:

         http://wiki.tcl.tk/eTcl
         http://wiki.tcl.tk/15260
        http://wiki.tcl.tk/19642

Regards,