by [Mark Roseman] - 'DejaNews:'' [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=465467125]

''Get going on the core 8.1b3 release, the last one before the final. The XBit work looks pretty cool too, so have a look at that one. Finally, join me in welcoming Matt Newman, who will be taking over the weekly Tcl-URL! postings starting next week.''

   * Scriptics releases version 8.1 beta 3 of the Tcl/Tk core (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=463710876])
   * XBit is a toolkit built upon Tcl/Tk for image acquisition, processing, presentation and production http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/5586/
   * Here is a delightfully short httpd written in Tcl (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=463430508])
   * Tony Darugar provides us with this information on doing http authentication with Tcl http://www.binevolve.com/~tdarugar/td/tcl/http.txt
   * Paul Duffin clarifies some aspects of the new 8.1 support for internationalization (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=464399246])
   * An example of how to have a button repeat an action as long as it is held down (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=462166104])
   * How about a unified front end to invoking executables on different platforms? See this note and click thread for more (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=462087148])