From: Andrew Gilmartin <Andrew_Gilmartin@Brown.Edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: TCL-Talk: A THINK Class Library discussion list
Date: 11 Sep 1992 19:36:45 GMT
Organization: Brown University
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THINK CLASS LIBRARY DISCUSSION LIST

The Think Class Library discussion list is for those interested
in using
Symantec's Think C and Think Pascal object-oriented class
library for
Macintosh. Discussion topics include

*    class usage, design, and implementation

*    TCL bug reports, work-arounds, and fixes

*    TCL application development techniques

*    TCL development aids

The discussion is archived and WAIS searchable at "(:source
:database-
name tcl-talk :ip-name wais.brown.edu)".


THINK CLASS LIBRARY REQUESTS

All subscription requests should be made to listserv@brown.edu
(or
listserv@brownvm.bitnet). To subscribe to TCL-Talk send mail
with the
following command in the mail's content

     subscribe tcl-talk <firstname> <lastname>

To subscribe to the daily digest of TCL-Talk postings, use the
command

     subscribe tcl-dgst <firstname> <lastname>

Replace <firstname> <lastname> with your name.

To unsubsribe from the TCL-Talk, use the command

     signoff tcl-talk

or

     signoff tcl-dgst

to unsubscribe from the digest. If you have subscription
problems send
mail to

     tcl-request@brown.edu

Mail to this address is checked only a few times per week so
expect a
slow response.

THINK CLASS LIBRARY ARCHIVE

In addition to the discussion list, there is a ftp accessable
archive at

     ftp.brown.edu:/pub/tcl

Login as anonymous; please use your email address as the
password.

The archive is organized by contributor and category. The
current
organization is

contributors   Directories of contributors and their
contributions.
               All other directories have their materials
linked from
               here.

bugs           Bug notices with work-arounds or fixes when
known. Bug
               filenames have the form
"<class>-<method>.bug.<index>":
               Bugs affecting the whole class do not have a
method
               specifier.

classes        Contributor classes and their documentation.
Class
               filenames have the form "<class>.class.<index>".

tcl-core       Changes to the TCL core classes. Core change
filenames
               have the form
"<class>-<method>.tcl-core.<index>".
Changes
               affecting the whole class do not have a method
               specifier.

doc            Tutorials, style guides, etc.

examples       TCL technique examples.

misc           Useful TCL stuff.

new            Links to all new files added to the archive in
the last
               month.

tcl-talk       Archive of the tcl-talk@brown.edu discussion
list. The
               archive currently has one file per message
organized by
               year. Message filenames have the form
               "<date>.talk.<index>".

Submissions to the archive should be mailed to ftped to
ftp.brown.edu:/incoming/tcl with accompanying mail to tcl-
request@brown.edu. Encode all submissions in BinHex 4.0 format
(aka HQX)
and include a descriptive header (for example, the text of the
readme
file). Please do not redistribute SymantecS TCL SOURCE.


WHAT IS WAIS?

WAIS is an emerging Internet service for the searching of a
distributed
set of databases. The protocal is based upon the ANSI draft
Z39.50. WAIS
stands for Wide Area Information Servers and orginated as a
project
between Thinking Machines, Apple, and Dow Jones. Thinking
Machines has
been promoting WAIS by providing a free server and client
software. The
Macintosh client, WAIStation, was written in TCL by a
subscriber to TCL-
Talk. For more information about WAIS and using WAIStation and
SWAIS,
see [ftp.brown.edu:/pub/tcl/00USING_WAIS].

9/4/92

--
Andrew Gilmartin
Computing & Information Services
Brown University

Andrew_Gilmartin@Brown.Edu
(401) 863-7305