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'''Aloha!!'''  Thanks for visiting '''the Tcler's Wiki'''.
This is a ''collaboratively-edited'' area on the web, dedicated to the [Tcl] programming language and its extensions.

'''STOP''' - if you're looking for the new front page of this site, go to http://wiki.tcl.tk/ (http://mini.net/tcl/ ).

By collaboratively-edited, we mean that we '''want''' you to correct typos, edit code pages to improve code (make certain though that your changes are not breaking the code!), ask questions, add comments, and anything else you can think of!  If you have pages that you don't want modified, feel free to host those on your own site and just add URLs here to them.

Is this such a great idea? Of course!
We ''need'' you to contribute to the Wiki - to comp.lang.tcl - to 
any other aspects of Tcl.  Please join the adventure!

   * Is this your '''first visit?''' - then '''[Welcome Visitors]'''.
   * This site changes very frequently, so see the [recent changes] summary.
   * '''Search:''' Looking for something specific? See the bulleted list right below ''(introduced to avoid clutter as this was getting slightly comprehensive)''
   * Have a question about Tcl or Tk?  [Ask, and it shall be given.]

Ways of '''searching''' this wiki:

   * Google can help: See http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awiki.tcl.tk - just add your search terms after the google search term '''site:wiki.tcl.tk'''. You can also use the Wiki's search facility as follows:
   * Search for a keyword (''kw'') in the page titles on this wiki: Add your ''kw'' to the end of the URL for this page, Like this: '''http://wiki.tcl.tk/kw''' 
   * Search for ''kw'' in the text of each of the pages of this site: As above but append an asterisk. Like this: '''http://wiki.tcl.tk/kw*''' An example of searching this web site using the [purl] address: http://purl.org/tcl/wiki/BOOK . 
   * Using the wiki's search web interface which is here: http://mini.net/tcl/2 .

'''Pointers to a few of the many Tcl/Tk discussions and reference material available on this site:'''

''Tcl/Tk Basics (Syntax references, Code examples, Help for beginners, etc.):''
   * [In the beginning - first stop for someone new to Tcl and Tk]
   * What kind of a [license] does Tcl and Tk use?
   * A rich tcl-related table of contents is at [Arts and crafts of Tcl-Tk programming]
   * ''Code examples according to difficulty'': [Beginning Tcl], [Intermediate Tcl], and [Advanced Tcl] deal primarily with the base language.  [Beginning Tk] deals with the GUI extension.
   * Some code examples and useful goodies are in [Bag of Algorithms] and [Bag of Tk algorithms]. See also [Tcl examples] and [Tk examples].
   * For basic syntax reference see [Tcl syntax help] and [Tk syntax help] in this wiki, or the official Tcl/Tk 8.4 Manual at http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.4/ .
   * For a nice printed quick reference guide to Tcl and Tk, see http://www.slac.stanford.edu/%7Eraines/tkref.html for the original and see http://www.bodenstab.org/ for a community member's update to that reference guide.
   * A very good syntax reference covering most of the well used extensions is the [ActiveTcl] Documentation at http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Products/ASPNTOC-ACTIVETCL_ .
   * The [Dirty Dozen] is a dozen links to [Tcl/Tk] info.
   * An old archive of weekly [Tcl-URL!] posts is now here and searchable.
   * There are pages covering a [Glossary of terms] and an [Acronym collection].
   * A [Tcl Advocacy] page is also available.
''Applications & Development:''
   * A variety of [Tcl community projects] are available. 
   * [Bob Techentin] set up the [Tcl Gems], [Advanced Tcl], [Example Scripts Everybody Should Have], and the [Binary Distributions] page.
   * [Bruce Gingery] has started a hierarchy for i18n (Internationalization) issues at the [Encoding Translations and i18n] page and extensions of supported encodings, and another for [Applications in Tcl and Tcl/Tk]. See also [The Lish family] for a set of converters from 7-bit ASCII to Unicodes of most other major writing systems.
   * [Donal Fellows] set up the [Tcl Performance], [Introspection] and [Drag and Drop] pages.
   * [Richard Suchenwirth] has contributed many useful pages dealing with Unicode, dates, graphics, and more.

''Specials (OS specific, particular questions, etc.):''
   * Information is available for [Apple Macintosh and Tcl/Tk] 
   * [Microsoft Windows and Tcl] (not tk) 
   * [Microsoft Windows and Tk] 
   * [Windows] [COM]/DCOM/[ActiveX]/[.NET] integration with [TCLBridge]
   * [Windows Helper Utilities]
   * Other [operating system specific Tcl commands]
   * The question "[Why can I not place unmatched braces in Tcl comments]?" is answered here.
   * What is the [future of Tcl/Tk]?
   * People often ask about the [changes in Tcl/Tk 8.4] and in particular [changes in Tcl/Tk 8.4.10].
''People & Community:''
   * A list of [Tcl'ers], by name, allows you to find homepages for many who frequent these pages.
   * Here is a list of [Tcl User Groups].
   * [Tcl at conferences, workshops, training classes, etc.]
   * [Your social contribution as a Tcl'er]
   * [How can the community help]
   
'''Wiki, group dynamics, and tools to support it:'''
   * A discussion about [the purpose of this Wiki].
   * [Formatting rules] for use when editing pages on this wiki
   * [Comments on the Tcl'ers Wiki] content are welcomed.  See [Tcler's Wiki in the press] for publicity about the web site.
   * [Help - I am stuck in the Tcl'ers Wiki and I don't know what to do!]
   * What is this concept of a ''Wiki Wiki Web'', or [Wiki] in short?
   * This implementation is called [Wikit], and here's a page [about this site].
   * The underlying software is stable but you can add your [suggestions for Wikit] changes
   * See some of the [Wiki Gripes], as well as the [Wikit problems] in this implementation
   * See an overview (or '''wikidiff''') of most of the pages that have changed lately: http://pascal.scheffers.net/wikidiff/ .
   * Or get an RSS feed of the recent changes: http://mini.net/tcl/rss.xml .
   * A non-[CSS] version of this wiki is available at http://mini.net/cgi-bin/wiflat/ .
   * [Who owns the content on this Wiki] talks about intellectual property issues
   * A good spot to see new pages launched is called, eh... [New Pages].
   * Find categories of pages at [Category Category].
   * The [tcl wiki package project] is a community project
   * [How to edit Wikit pages with Emacs]
   * [Wikit Problems] is the one to contact when this site goes awry...

'''Links, Chat and other non-wiki places'''
 
   * The [Tcl Chatroom] (a web based meeting place with an optional desktop GUI client found at http://mini.net/sdarchive/tkchat.kit) is available at http://mini.net/cgi-bin/chat.cgi . This may well be the fastest way to get answers to your questions.
   * There is also also an [IRC] version, which is connected to the [Tcl Chatroom]: irc.freenode.net channel #tcl
   * The [usenet] newsgroup [comp.lang.tcl] can be searched from google via http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.tcl , as can comp.lang.tcl.announce via http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.tcl.announce  .
   * http://www.tcl.tk/ hosts another primary Tcler's resource, with source and binary downloads of Tcl/Tk
   * http://www.equi4.com/ hosts, among other important Tcl things, [tclkit]
   * http://mini.net/sdarchive houses a variety of ready-to-run tclkits

'''Tip''': http://wiki.tcl.tk/4 is a shortcut for the "recent changes" link below..
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