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Dr. Dobb's Tcl-URL! - weekly Tcl news and links (May 30)

Uwe Klein

2006-05-30, 7:11 pm

QOTW: " M$ Windows may or may not suck, but given a large enough hammer it
can be pounded into submission." - David Gravereaux on c.l.t.

"[Changing a horse in m]idstream is ok in shallow waters." - Richard
Suchenwirth

POTW:
ANNOUNCE: InstallJammer Multiplatform Installer, version 1.0rc3

InstallJammer is a multiplatform GUI installer and builder
designed to be completely cross-platform and function on
Windows and most all version of UNIX with eventual support
for Mac OS X.

InstallJammer Features:

* A full-featured install builder.
* Installs are packaged in single binary executables for
each platform making web distribution easy.
* Support for multiple install themes.
* Default install themes that resemble popular, commercial
installers.
* A high level of configurability.
* Built-in support for Windows install conventions.
* Automatic creation of an uninstaller.
* Easily extended to new platforms.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp...da440f8ddf19689
download:
http://sourceforge.net/project/show...group_id=148203
homepage:
http://www.installjammer.com/

ORBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl
The Tcl notifier and Console on Windows
a longish discussion on (de)merits of Microsoft System Architecture
in certain details:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...fa879b7c4f4cf77

Get a list of all interpreters?
and reasons why you should not know about your parents
( "you" being an interp child instance )
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...afcdf68f0ee0d1a

Why have I to rename before aliasing a command
and other methods of causing heavy interpreter trauma with alias:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...eae955dc8989d7b

Sybtcl and Sybase 12.5.x? problem
An UNANSWERED call for help. run, don't walk!
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...4e12da2f9dc75c5

why can't EXPR read a global variable ?
hunting bugs to extinction may not catch your general typo:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...063914f4b37a4da
( a former boss once told me his bugs were on
average much more intelligent than my bugs ;-)

Tile/ttk on Aero/Windows Vista Beta?
Tile is not there yet. Vista isn't here either.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...dff6024a1c64bf5

URBI: or what happened on comp.lang.tcl this w

TEN years ago:
exec file $NumberOfArgs ???
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...6af5f05adfa7125

TCL weakness: file buffers not flushed on "exit"
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...14f887b678cfe2a

root x/y to window x/y
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...d146bb3d393cf03

ANNOUNCE: itcl2.0.1plus=itcl2.0+itk2.0+tcl7.5+tk4.1+iw2.0.1+plus
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...bb3d52fdb620fcc

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his review of Wiki updates:
One of the charms of Tcl is the number of solutions you
can find for most problems - or should we try to stick
to a single solution?

Looking at it from three directions
- Shade may be little known outside Japan, and you
need working knowledge of the Japanese language,
but it seems a nice 3D visualisation package ...
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/15977>

- Lab 3D is the prozaic name for a 3D viewer in
pure Tcl - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/15084>

Looking at it from multiple points of view
- Is there a "best" database for Tcl?
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/15976>

- Just convert a text widget to XML and
vice versa - <http://wiki.tcl.t/15980>

- And file formats for deploying your Tcl application
are available in more than one flavour ...
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/9239>

Communication is fun when there are at least two ...
- A little tool to access serial ports ...
<http://wiki.tcl.tk/14722>

- Sundry solutions for having Tcl communicate with
Tcl ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1077>

- The Sixth EutoTcl meeting is over, now let us
see about the proceedings ... <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13567>

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
comp.lang.tcl is a crucial resource for Tcl practitioners.
An interesting perspective on its traffic appears at
http://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/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
There's also a high-quality Wikibook on Tcl:
http://en.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

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://phaseit.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://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/

Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are supposed to be
listed at *Dr. Dobbs*, but sy

at CMP has fallen behind. We're working
with them to restore the archive.
http://www.ddj.com/topic/tcl/
In the meantime, an alternative is
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=...p=comp.lang.tcl

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Larry Smith

2006-05-30, 10:03 pm

Uwe Klein wrote:
> ( a former boss once told me his bugs were on
> average much more intelligent than my bugs ;-)

I guess my bugs must be freak'n _geniuses_... =(

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Uwe Klein

2006-05-30, 10:03 pm

Larry Smith wrote:
> Uwe Klein wrote:
>
>
>
> I guess my bugs must be freak'n _geniuses_... =(
>
I have a small but cherished set of exhibits i am realy proud of ;-)

uwe

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