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Re: [PLUG] [Joan.Murray@awl.com: New Book - Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, 4/e]
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You'd think they would have heard of BCC so we wouldn't get everyone elses
e-mail address :-)
Ed C.
On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> Here's a nice list of other lug's ;-) and an announcement about a book
> that we'll be getting soon.
>
> BTW, I still have the wireless networking for Win XP book: available
> to anyone who wants to review it (and who wants to get it from me: I'm
> in the city).
>
> When reviews happen, however obscurely we post them, I'll forward a
> link to Ms. Murray so she keeps sending us stuff.
>
> -Jeff
>
>
> ----- Forwarded message from "Murray, Joan" <Joan.Murray@awl.com> -----
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> Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 11:16:10 -0400
> From: "Murray, Joan" <Joan.Murray@awl.com>
> Subject: New Book - Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, 4/e
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> Dear User Group-
>
> Very soon you will be receiving two user group review copies of Practical
> Programming in Tcl and Tk, 4/e by Brent B. Welch and Ken Jones with Jeffrey
> Hobbs (ISBN 0130385603). We are sending one as a review copy, in hopes that
> one of your members might review the book, and the other to use however your
> group finds useful (door prize, raffle, etc.).
>
> About the Book
> Practical Programming in Tcl/Tk has been described as the "bible" for Tcl
> programmers. It is a guide to the Tcl/Tk programming language and GUI
> toolkit. This fourth revision includes substantial updates to cover the new
> version 8.4-giving both an overview of the features, as well as details
> about every command in the language. The third edition, written on version
> 8.2, sold over 30,000 copies.
>
> The book provides a guide to the best ways to use the toolkit. It not only
> gives accurate details, but also includes extensive examples that
> demonstrate the best way to use the toolkit. The expert authors offer many
> valuable insights to the readers, as both have developed the technology and
> used it to solve problems.
>
> Audience
> Any Tcl programmer who wants up-to-date information on the latest version of
> Tcl/Tk. It is helpful for both novice and expert, because of its mixture of
> overview and tutorial information, multiple examples, and detailed feature
> descriptions.
>
> Additionally, this book includes the latest versions of the Tcl/Tk toolkit,
> as well as a wide selection of Tcl extensions and applications, including a
> copy of ActiveTcl distribution from Active State software.
>
> Author Biographies
> Brent Welch is a software architect at Panasas, and former research engineer
> at Sun Microsystems and Xerox PARC. He has been involved in Tcl and Tk from
> the early beginnings, and developed major Tcl applications including the
> exmh email user interface and the TclHttpd web server. His home page is
> <http://www.beedub.com/> http://www.beedub.com/ Ken Jones is a Silicon
> Valley Tcl/Tk instructor and frequent speaker at industry Tcl/Tk
> conferences.
>
> Your reviews and feedback on our technology books are appreciated. When you
> review one of our titles, please let us know and we will make sure that the
> author sees it.
>
> In closing, thank you for being a valuable part of the Linux user group
> community.
>
> Take care,
> Joan Murray
> Senior Publicist/User Group Liaison
> Addison-Wesley Professional/ Prentice Hall PTR
> 75 Arlington Street, Ste. 300
> Boston, MA 02116
> P. 617.848.6536
> E. joan.murray@aw.com
> www.awprofessional.com
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> Jeff
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