by [Matt Newman] - 'DejaNews:'' [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=513465258]

''It has been a relatively quite week, with a lot of effort focused on getting the last few nits out of Tcl/Tk 8.2(b3) prior to final.''

   * Call for Papers : Tcl2K Conference (deadline Sep 1 99). Please give serious consideration to contributing a paper - it is a great opportunity to not only share ideas but meet people who share a common interest (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=507100035])
   * Get ready for the 7th USENIX Tcl/Tk Conference, Feb. 14-18, 2000, in Austin, Texas http://www.usenix.org/events/tcl2k/
   * Tcl/Tk 8.2b3 Release Announcement. (8.2.0 coming soon) (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=511650632])
   * Various techniques for animating GIFs. Check out Msg. 6 for a neat solution to the speed issue (thread [http://www.dejanews.com/thread/511812956])
   * Very simple example of using Expect via telnet (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=511854507])
   * Obtaining stdout concurrently from an exec'd command (DISCUSSION) (thread [http://www.dejanews.com/thread/510588505])
   * Invitation to contribute an extension for accessing the Win32 System Tray (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=511925385])
   * i18n: a simple keyboard widget (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=511934676])
   * Proposal for extending the package versioning notation to include "natural" version numbers, such as 8.2b3. (Part of a long thread) (see [http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=511878801])
   * Valuable site for information on using GCC on Windows platforms http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/tcl/tcl.html