Re: Tcl/Tk Books updated for 8.5

In article <1162235218.576540.276480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Robert Hicks <sigzero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jeff Hobbs wrote:
Plebeian wrote:
Hello, I always go back to the old dead tree documentation versus using
documents viewed on the wiki, or the tcl/tk man pages.

I am wondering if there are plans to release a Tcl/Tk book based on 8.5
(or even an updated welch book) near the time 8.5 is released?

Actually, John Ousterhout's classic Tcl and the Tk Toolkit book is being
updated for 8.5 by a cadre of well known Tcl'ers (Ken Jones, Donal
Fellows, Brian Griffin, et al).

--

Jeff Hobbs, The Tcl Guy, http://www.activestate.com/

I don't have the old one. Why update that one versus the Welch book? I
have the Welch book (and while it could use a re-org and updating) I
have found it to be very good.

Robert

The original Ousterhout book was quite good (IMHO). It currently sits
on a shelf above my desk at work, although I usually look stuff up online.
The original "Tcl and the Tk Toolkit" was quite sufficient for a grad course
in computer graphics w/ a Tcl framework, and many smaller Tcl projects.

I welcome an update to 8.5 of this classic title! Any ETA?

MH
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