Wiki summary - 29 august 2021

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It has been far too long since the previous summary, so let's pick it up
again with the activities of last month.


'''Packaged and shipped'''

It may not appear immediately on the Wiki front page, but if you deal
with Python as well as Tcl, you might be interested in the [https://github.com/flightaware/tohil%|%Tohil]
package which offers a seamless connection between the two languages in
both directions!

If Markdown is not quite your cup-of-tea, perhaps this [pandoc-tcl-filter] extension for
[pandoc] helps you convert your documents to a more agreeable format.

Talking of formats, what about [tclMUpdf] to dispaly and manipulate PDF
documents directly?

The [BAWT] framework has seen its first 2.0 release - build C/C++
libraries never was easier.

And if you need add-ons to the Tk set of widgets, such a tooltips or
automatically appearing scrollbats, just get the [dgw-package]
and use the goodies.


'''Make believe'''

Here is a tool for simulating networks: [Common Open Research Emulator],
it is open-source with a Tk GUI. Have fun.

Object-oriented programming can be as complex as you want to make it.
But it can also be unbelievably simple, as [Thingy: a one-liner OO system]
demonstrates. And you can actually use it!

Fed up with JavaScript? Use this more-than-half-forgotten technique to
animate your web pages without a single line of JavaScript:
[multipart/x-mixed-replace].

Turtle geometry makes a comeback on the Wiki: try out the [Turtleshell]
and see how surprisingly simple surprisingly complicated pictures can be
drawn. For the more mathematically inclined, you can also try to
design an [L-system 2D].

Revival of an old game ... [Tk Robots] - not your chronicler's forte,
I'm afraid. I failed immediately.


'''Odd ones out'''

Don't you love graphs? I mean, not the xy-plots or the like, but the
graphs that describe a network or the dependencies among pieces of code.
Well, hidden behind the simple title [Gremlin] is a graph database with
a matching traversal language and, more importantly, a Tcl interface.

And to round it off: some pretty pictures from a SCADA package called
Lynx - see this page: [Company: Gillam]