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March 02, 2007

Mar. 1 Tcl-URL! Now Available

Posted: 2007-03-02 08:06:00
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The March 1, 2007 edition of the Tcl-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments within the Tcl community.

February 14, 2007

eTcl 1.0-rc17 Released

Posted: 2007-02-14 23:39:00
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eTcl 1.0-rc17 has been released. eTcl is a standalone, single-executable distribution of Tcl, supporting a number of platforms and including several popular extensions

This release includes: upgraded versions of several packages, a fix for a problem with file locking in SQLite, and other fixes.

February 02, 2007

San Diego Tcl Users Group Meetings on Mar. 15, Apr. 19, May 17, June 21

Posted: 2007-02-02 07:28:00
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It has been announced that the San Diego Tcl Users Group will be holding meetings on March 15, April 19, May 17 and June 21, 2007.

Feb. 2 Tcl-URL! Available

Posted: 2007-02-02 07:25:00
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The February 2, 2007 edition of the Tcl-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments within the Tcl community.

January 24, 2007

eTcl 1.0-rc15 Released

Posted: 2007-01-24 08:10:00
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eTcl 1.0-rc15 has been released. eTcl is a standalone, single-executable distribution of Tcl, supporting a number of platforms and including several popular extensions

This release includes: input handling fixes, updates for several of the embedded components, plus other changes and fixes.

January 23, 2007

Jan. 22 Tcl-URL! Now Available

Posted: 2007-01-23 08:35:00
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The January 22, 2007 edition of the Tcl-URL! is now available. It summarises recent developments within the Tcl community.

November 29, 2006

ActiveTcl 8.4.14.0 and 8.5.0.0b6 Released

Posted: 2006-11-29 08:15:00
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ActiveTcl 8.4.14.0 and 8.5.0.0b6 have been released. ActiveTcl is a quality-assured Tcl distribution from ActiveState.

ActiveTcl 8.4.14.0 includes: a Universal Binary distribution on Mac OS X, an update of the Tcl/Tk core to 8.4.14, and other updates and changes.

ActiveTcl 8.5.0.0 Beta 6 includes: a Universal Binary distribution on Mac OS X, an update of the Tcl/Tk core to 8.5a5, plus other changes.

October 23, 2006

Tcl/Tk 8.5a5 Released

Posted: 2006-10-23 23:17:00
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Tcl/Tk 8.5a5 has been released. Tcl is a dynamic, cross-platform scripting language.

This alpha release includes: a new Tk_Interp() routine, nanosecond timer resolution on Darwin, support for "_" in Tcl module names, plus other changes and bugfixes.

October 19, 2006

Tcl/Tk 8.4.14 Released

Posted: 2006-10-19 23:47:00
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Tcl/Tk 8.4.14 has been released. Tcl is a dynamic, cross-platform scripting language.

This release includes: improved threading support, enhanced 64-bit platform support, plus other changes and a number of bugfixes.

October 17, 2006

Tcl/Tk 8.4.14 RC2 Released

Posted: 2006-10-17 23:37:00
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Tcl/Tk 8.4.14 RC2 has been released. Tcl is a dynamic, cross-platform scripting language.

October 11, 2006

Tcl/Tk 8.5a5 RC1 Released

Posted: 2006-10-11 23:40:00
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Tcl/Tk 8.5a5 RC1 has been released. Tcl is a dynamic, cross-platform scripting language.

October 10, 2006

Tcl/Tk 8.4.14 RC1 Released

Posted: 2006-10-10 23:34:00
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Tcl/Tk 8.4.14 RC1 has been released. Tcl is a dynamic, cross-platform scripting language.

September 25, 2006

XOTcl 1.5.1 Released

Posted: 2006-09-25 19:15:00
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XOTcl 1.5.1 has been released. XOTcl is an object-oriented scripting language based on OTcl and Tcl.

This release includes: improved support for developing XOTcl methods in C, dispatcher speed improvements, better 64-bit compatibility on POWER5+, plus other changes and bugfixes.

September 16, 2006

eTcl 1.0-rc13 Released

Posted: 2006-09-16 00:03:00
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eTcl 1.0-rc13 has been released. eTcl is a standalone, single-executable distribution of Tcl, supporting a number of platforms and including several popular extensions.

This release includes: modularised and cleaned startup code, updated components, fixed input handling on certain localized versions of Windows Mobile, plus other changes.

XOTcl 1.5.0 Released

Posted: 2006-09-16 00:01:00
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XOTcl 1.5.0 has been released. XOTcl is an object-oriented scripting language based on OTcl and Tcl.

This release includes: support for slots, improved introspection, enhanced serialization support, plus other changes and fixes.

August 07, 2006

eTcl 1.0-rc12 Released

Posted: 2006-08-07 23:34:00
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eTcl 1.0-rc12 has been released. eTcl is a standalone, single-executable distribution of Tcl, supporting a number of platforms and including several popular extensions.

This release includes: support for the Tkhtml3 HTML rendering widget, a new emulation of GetDIBits() on WinCE, plus other bugfixes.

July 10, 2006

eTcl 1.0-rc10 Released

Posted: 2006-07-10 23:15:00
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eTcl 1.0-rc10 has been released. eTcl is a standalone, single-executable distribution of Tcl, supporting a number of platforms and including several popular extensions.

This release includes improved support for eTcl kits, and bugfixes.

July 05, 2006

eTcl 1.0-rc9 Released

Posted: 2006-07-05 23:26:00
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eTcl 1.0-rc9 has been released. eTcl is a standalone, single-executable distribution of Tcl, supporting a number of platforms and including several popular extensions.

This release includes: the removal of a static dependency on nl_langinfo on Mac OS X, the displaying of a message box if problems are encountered in the startup script on Win32/WinCE platforms, plus other changes.

June 26, 2006

eTcl 1.0-rc8 Released

Posted: 2006-06-26 22:25:00
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eTcl 1.0-rc8 has been released. eTcl is a standalone, single-executable distribution of Tcl, supporting a number of platforms and including several popular extensions.

This release includes: the availability of compact, standard, and full versions for Windows Mobile and ARM Linux; the restoration of correct multi-byte input handling in Tk on Windows Mobile; support for WinCE 3.0; plus other changes and fixes.

June 18, 2006

eTcl 1.0-rc7 Released

Posted: 2006-06-18 22:15:00
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eTcl 1.0-rc7 has been released. eTcl is a standalone, single-executable distribution of Tcl, supporting a number of platforms and including several popular extensions.

This release includes: an improved ARM Linux port; compact, standard and full versions for Windows Mobile; plus other changes and fixes.