Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (Mar 24)
Cameron Laird
Oakley
POTW: "mkRinterp is a ... neat and powerful remote control tool." It
works like the familiar Tcl interpreter--except it runs remotely. Check
it out.
http://mkextensions.sourceforge.net
XOTcl fits nicely in a Starkit.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/a02a9973c2f6143a/
A Microsoft-sponsored magazine finds a place for Tcl.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/8290a67339b41b8a
http://www.devsource.com/article2/0,1759,1778148,00.asp
Brian Theado makes Tcl-based fun-and-games convenient.
http://wiki.tcl.tk/13404
It's time to plan your attendance at the Fifth Tcl/Tk User
Conference at the end of May.
http://home.arcor.de/holger.gl/Tcl2005/
Why does Bryan Oakley explain binding so clearly? In part,
because he's practiced the explanation so many times.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/c6976a6bc7f24c11/
Don Porter illustrates use of [namespace code]. Because Tk
evaluates callbacks in global scope, this example is *very*
typical.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/e680a135aea22704/
Thanks to Arjen Markus for his report from the Wiki(s):
Cool things with pictures and smart things about packages ...
The Wiki is filled yet again with any kind of wisdom you
are looking for - as long as it Tcl-related.
A picture says more ...
- A progress bar is easy to create and handle - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/4951>
presents one and refers to others.
- Pictures are usually stored in any of a wide variety of formats.
Here are two readers for well-known formats: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13760>
if you are interested in PNG files and <http://wiki.tcl.tk/8843> for
the TGA format.
- Okay, so you want to make a picture, but you have no screen to put it
on (like in a typical CGI environment). No worry: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/9503>
discusses sundry ways out.
Smart tricks, clever demos and other delights
- Does the term "balanced tree" mean anything? Well, skiplists offer
the same advantages and more ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10430> for a
demo.
- A clever trick: use command traces to create exit handlers. And if
you do not have the luxury of Tcl 8.4+, then there is a solution too,
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/3958>
- Do you fancy a functional programming style? Then check this: monads the
Haskell way - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13844>
- A well-known puzzle ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13850>
- Artificial intelligence is not at all beyond Tcl capabilities. Check
out the programs Jason Tang and others have collected -
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/1065>
- (For those who read French) Here is a nice summary of how to use the
Postgress database system with Tcl - <http://wfr.tcl.tk/235>
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
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
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
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/
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