Version 20 of Peter Caffin

Updated 2011-06-23 12:20:30 by RLE

Bio:

Another one from Perth, Western Australia.

I was originally using Tcl in systems administration (via Expect) from 2000 or so, but, in 2005 I became interested in Tcl/Tk for its multiplatform GUI and starpack deployment. That I could easily code my GUI apps in vi, nano or Textpad and deploy them as single file native executables impressed me greatly.

Aside from systems admin, I use Tcl/Tk for various Shareware projects with a focus on multi-platform release supporting Windows (including Wine and ReactOS), Linux/X11 and Mac OS X.

Tcl Extensions:

  • TclMacBag - Mac OS X style widgets on Mac, appropriate Tile fallbacks when called on other platforms.
  • TclTalkback - A bit like Microsoft Online Crash Analysis for Tcl.
  • TclMiniSplash - Small, simple splash screen for Tcl/Tk apps.

Tcl Extensions in development:

  • ScoreProgress [L1 ] - a progress bar which can display success and failure.

Tclish bits and pieces:

  • Tcl MP3 Alarm Clock - Find radio shock jocks offensive? Find buzzer and bell ringing sounds an awful way to start the day? Wake up to your MP3s.
  • USB FAT Semi-Auto-Mount - Semi-automatically mounts your USB drives to your chosen root directory by their disk label.

Some other wiki pages I've had a hand in:

Freeware apps:

  • HoursCalc [L2 ] - Simple and small timesheet hours calculator
  • RanPassUI [L3 ] - Simple GUI random password generator.
  • 2Dirs1Cup [L4 ] - Compares two directory hierarchies for which files each has that the other doesn't.

Shareware/Commercial apps:

  • Padded [L5 ] - Portable Application Description editor and uploader. (Useful for Shareware authors who want to see their software listed on the many and various software distribution sites.)
  • RReplace [L6 ] - Recursive search and replace in file contents and file names.
  • KTAA [L7 ] - A multiple choice tests authoring app for ktests.com.

Shareware/Commercial apps in development:

  • KTC [L8 ] - A multiple choice tests client app for ktests.com.
  • Canberra [L9 ] - OpenGL game similar to the classic 80s arcade game "Gyruss", but with Australian politician heads as protagonists.

Contact:

Best to use my contact form here [L10 ]. Alternately, I'm sometimes in the Tcl Chatroom.


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