Tcl-URL! - 2000/05/09

by Bill Schongar - DejaNews: [1]

Our featured quote, from a posting by Donal K. Fellows:

"C++ is a low-level language with some mid-level features grafted onto it. It is almost certainly used in more places than justified, often due to ignorance about the alternatives (of which Tcl is one.)"

• Mo Dejong announces the 1.2.6 percolation of Jacl and TclBlend, aka TclJava, including a few pre-compiled binaries: (see DN617772045) Or get them from: http://www.cs.umn.edu/~dejong/tcl/tcljava/prerelease.html
• Webshell 3.0 is announced, a tool for creating web-based application such as on-the-fly HTML, database functions, and other such fun stuff. Note that you need Tcl 8.2 or above to make it run... http://websh.com/download
• Where'd Tkdesk go, anyway? In case you're looking, it's moved to a new location: http://sd.znet.com/~jchris/tkdesk/
• Want to talk objects? Inheritance? Static, private, public, constructor, destructor... well, more discussion goes on about the option of including Itcl in the 8.4 release core: (see DN618484139)
• Iain announces Tkprint 1.1.2, an extension for printing functions on MS Windows: (see DN618525236)

Mac users: the 8.3 installer includes a wish shell that doesn't run on MacOS 7.5.5, 8.0, or 8.1. A fix is due out shortly, and will be announced.

• A simple question on existing lists of Tcl disadvantages leads to further introspection, including discussions on whether arrays are really arrays, or hash tables, or 'maps', or... (see DN619323210)
• Joystick control under Linux - you know you want it, though you may not be sure when you'll use it. A neat solution to the problem you didn't know you had: (see DN619631030)
• On the subject of peripherals, Jeff briefly mentions that the Button-4 and Button-5 bindings will let most Linux/UNIX boxes (assuming your mappings are set up right) handle MouseWheel signals: (see DN619826360)
• Dave gives us neat code to query or set the state of the caps, num and scroll lock keys on Windows: (see DN620195160)