Tcl-URL! - 2000/06/13

by Bob Techentin - DejaNews: [1]

• In a serious coup for open source software support, Alain Zuur asked about getting beautiful document graphics from the BLT graph widget. Some discussion ensued, including bitmap resolutions and postscript conversion. But within just a few days, George A. Howlett reported that he had enhanced the BLT package to generate Windows Metafiles for inclusion into "that platform's" word processors. (see DN631059599)
• Todd M. Helfter announced a Oratcl 2.7, which has significant performance benefits from a Tcl_Obj implementation. Oratcl 2.7 is available from the Ajuba CVS repository. (see DN629577307)
• Richard Suchenwirth's succinct response about loading character sets highlights the power of Tcl for international application development. (see DN632037320)
• George Peter Staplin asks about mixing Xlib drawing with Tk widgets. He gets some good advice, and even threatens to write the book. (thread [2])
• Eric Melski's announcement of Tcl/Tk 8.4a1 (see DN631956987) spawns several discussions including Jeff Hobbs' "Itcl in the core" (see DN632804847) thread and a discussion about new widgets in the core (see DN632514818)
• The discussion heated up a bit between the Ajuba "core team" and "the community" (see DN632804847) (see DN632861955) This evolved into "The Future of Tcl", thanks to a thoughtful vector from Matt Newman (see DN633241136) and a "Community participation in Tcl development" thread started by Paul Duffin (see DN633001852)
• Speaking of Itcl, "Incr Tcl in the core" had several of its own discussions, including a FAQ posted by Mark Harrison (for which I cannot find a deja reference) and a discussion of "Itcl Improvements" (see DN631697230)
• In a flame-free thread titled "Tcl vs Python" (see DN632163524) Paul Duffin posted a description of "The Tcl Way" (see DN633053837) and A.M. Kuchling posted "The Python Way" (see DN633504433)

sig-of-the-week: cory hamasaki Still not able to write Tcl but strangely willing to wade in on design issues.