Only two months left in this year. Which may mean the accumulation of
deadlines or the coming of your season's festivities. As always, the
Wiki is a reliable source of information on Tcl and Tk.


'''Software updates'''

The famous interface to Windows system functions has reached a new
version - check out version 4.3.8 of [TWAPI].

One application of [TWAPI] allows you to automate all manner of
well-known "office" programs, such as MS Excel but also Google Earth:
one package to rule them all, under the inconspicous name [CAWT].

If you are dealing with JSON, then you be interested in the
[JSON value extraction benchmark]. As there are a lot of libraries out
there, choosing the one that is right for your applications is a tricky
process. Do not expect an absolute answer.

Some widgets simply do not fit on a single screen and require some form
of scrolling. Try [Scrollutil] to make your life easy, when you run
into that!

Tcl exists in a variety of implementations. For the Windows platform,
read ".NET", you might benefit from [Eagle], as that works seamlessly
with said platform. To get some feeling for it, perhaps join the
[Eagle sandbox Contest]?


'''New (?) kids on the block'''

Let's discuss climate change and other world-wide problems in a
different context. The [OpenSky App] does not judge, it simply shows the
flights of planes that you select.

A beautiful caroon-like picture appeared this month on the Wiki:
a head of a tiger, illustrating the capabilities of the [Blend2d]
library.

Arduinos are those nifty little gadgets that can do all manner of
remarkable things. At least, if you tell them how to do it. [Firmata]
may help you use Tcl for this conversation.


'''Widgets, snidgets and other graphics'''

A listbox able to show multilne entries, check out the [tlistbox] package.

Clocks need not be round with two hands, nor the digital gadgets of
long ago. The [Tk Dali Clock] is a playful variation, no sudden
change in the digits, but a smooth morphing.

[Cloning a Gnocl Widget Made Simple]? By the looks of the code, it is
indeed really simple.



'''Dive into details'''

[Abstract Data Types], who does not know them? This page discusses them
at some length - for a rainy sunday afternoon, perhaps?

The mysteries of character [encoding]s unravelled ... Perhaps save that
one for a rainy evening.

Probably every programmer has to do this at some point: examine the
contents of a recursive structure, say, of directories. Such
[Directory recursion] can be done in many different ways. For the
puzzlers.

The Wiki is not known as a source of information on the animal kingdom.
So, not surprisingly, [duck typing] is only superficially
about waterfowl.


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