by [Mark Roseman] - 'DejaNews:'' [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=414717314]

''Lots of great stuff on the newsgroup this week, including a ton of Q&A and lots of followup on earlier threads we've reported on here. The items here are just a few of the new highlights.''

   * Scriptics releases Tcl/Tk 8.0.4, and TclPro 1.1 (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=413963741]) (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=409764751])
   * If you're in a hurry to upgrade, watch out for some weirdness with package index files, as reported by Larry Virden (thread [http://www.dejanews.com/thread/414207992])
   * Frederic Bonnet releases tclLex 1.1a1, an interesting Tcl-oriented take on lexer's such as lex and flex (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=410897825])
   * Samy Zafrany updates his slick TkPaint tool to version 1.5 (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=412941147]) Along similar lines is a recently announced presentation tool and slide widget by Rildo Pragana (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=411733928])
   * Guido van Rossum (yes, you're reading Tcl-URL!) and others chime in on the "Smaller Tcl" thread to suggest opportunities for sharing some core library facilities across scripting languages (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=412608323])
   * Cameron Laird pointed out an MSDN article talking about portability issues between Win32 and X (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=413129512])

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