[NTLUG:Discuss] 30 minutes to Tcl as a scripting language presentation

[David Good]

I'm a huge TCL/TK fan . I use it all the time , for desktop applications as
well as "scripting" applications (open this file , edit such and such ,
copy files to the server , etc) .

--David

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM Christopher Cox <cjcoxshared at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Not sure if interesting, but ImPress (from a long long long long time ago,
> but winner of O'Reily Tclet of the Year in 1998) is still out there and
> "works"
>
> https://www.ntlug.org/~ccox/impress/impress/src/impress.tcl
>
> I'd make the following changes to the source:
>
> 112c112
> < set Global(PPreviewCmd) {gv "%s"}
> ---
> > set Global(PPreviewCmd) {evince "%s"}
> 2229c2229
> < if [catch "exec $Global(SearchImageMagick) -help </dev/null >/dev/null
> 2>/dev/null" errcode] {
> ---
> > if [catch "exec $Global(SearchImageMagick) -version </dev/null >/dev/null
> 2>/dev/null" errcode] {
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Where: GoLUG: https://meet.jit.si/golug
> > When: Wednesday, 4/2/2025 7pm sharp Eastern Daylight time
> >       Arrive 15 minutes early for Microphone check & discussion
> > Who: David Billsbrough, veteran Linux admin and developer
> > What: Tcl as a scripting language
> >
> > Because Tcl is such an unusual language with unusual features and a
> > tiny syntax with no keywords, I've created a page on the philosophy
> > behind Tcl, to change Tcl coding from trial and error and ask AI to
> > something with very consistent behavior that's easy to code. It's
> > available here:
> >
> > https://troubleshooters.com/codecorn/tcl/philosophy.htm
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
> > GoLUG Publicity Coordinator
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