Purpose: to discuss the various aspects of interacting with the internet and its services.
Dict ( http://www.dict.org/ ): Tcl interface to a dict server
FTP
HTTP/HTTPS/HTML
There are several ways of using server-side TCL on the web:
CGI/Middleware
IRC/Moos/other interactive chat related services
What: chatclient Where: <URL: http://home.san.rr.com/dnew/chatclient.zip > Description: Tcl/Tk GUI based text interface to MUDs. Updated: 02/2000 Contact: <URL: mailto:[email protected] > (Darren New) What: MMuCl Where: <URL: http://mmucl.sourceforge.net/ > <URL: http://download.sourceforge.net/mmucl/mmucl-1.4.0.tar.gz > Description: MMuCl (pronounced muckle) is a MUD (multi-user dungeon) client written in Tk 8. MMuCl has been verified to work under Linux, Windows 95 and Windows NT. Distributed under GNU Public License. Updated: 06/2000 Contact: <URL: mailto:[email protected] > (Mark Patton) What: Phoenix Where: <URL: http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/localfiles/infofiles/phoenix.html > <URL: http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/mud/moo-www/rdir/16242.html > <URL: http://http.bsd.uchicago.edu/%7El-newberg/phoenix-0.1.8.html > ??? Description: WWW editor/browser, built upon tkWWW. A version 0.1.8 was announced in 1995, but that page is no longer available. Updated: 08/2001 Contact: <URL: mailto:[email protected] > (Lee Newberg) What: SMM++ Where: <URL: http://www.Physik.Uni-Dortmund.DE/%7Eissevers/SMM++/welcome.html > Description: Selim's Magic Mapper (SMM++) is a cross platform MUD client with extended unique features such as a highly customizable user interface and unique mapping capabilities,along with the standard mud client functions. Currently at version 4.2. Updated: 12/1999 Contact: <URL: mailto:[email protected] > What: TCLtt (TCL-TinyTalk) Where: From the contact Description: Programmable client for connecting to MUDs (effectively, chat servers with role playing). Uses Tcl 6.7, should be OK with earlier. Updated: Contact: <URL: mailto:[email protected] > (David Fenger) What: tcltt, v1 Where: <URL: ftp://ftp.white.toronto.edu/pub/muds/tcltt > Description: Tcl TinyTalk - a multi-user interaction tool. Contact: <URL: mailto:[email protected] > (Chris Siebenmann) What: TeenyMUD Where: From the contact Description: a small Multi User Dungeon program which is based on a heavily modified version of Tcl. Contact: <URL: mailto:[email protected] > (TeenyMUD admin addr) <URL: mailto:[email protected] > (Teeny MUD Mailing List) <URL: mailto:[email protected] > (jason downs) What: tkconnect Where: <URL: http://www.lyot.obspm.fr/%7Edl/softs.html > <URL: ftp://ftp.lyot.obspm.fr/tcl/tkconnect > Description: Simple Tcl7.5/Tk 4.1 TCP/IP multi-connection, multi-window client that could be useful for MUDs, game servers, debugging a network, etc. but mainly is useful as an example/tutorial on using Tcl/Tk networking and basic widgets. Contact: <URL: mailto:[email protected] > (Laurent Demailly) What: tkMOO-light Where: <URL: http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/User/Andrew.Wilson/tkMOO-light/ > <URL: http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/User/Andrew.Wilson/tkMOO-light/Source/ > Description: Advanced chat client suitable for use with MUD and MOO systems. Runs on Unix, Windows 95/98/NT and Macintosh platforms. Macintosh version is a single file download which doesn't require a seperate install of tcl/tk. Latest version is v0.3.29 . Updated: 05/1999 Contact: <URL: mailto:[email protected] > (Andrew Wilson) What: lyntin Where: <URL: http://lyntin.sourceforge.net/ > Description: extensible Mud client and framework for the creation of autonomous agents, or bots. Lyntin is centered around Python, a dynamic, object-oriented, and fun programming language. Uses Tkinter for a GUI interface. Currently at version 1.3.4. Updated: 06/2000 Contact: <URL: mailto:willhelm at users dot sourceforge dot net >
LDAP
News
Other ?
Hopefully someone will come along and discuss the various topics relating to the above and more. Hopefully pointers to useful extensions, useful code, etc. will appear. There's for instance a mini mailer frame and a micro mailchecker in Bag of algorithms.
Books
See also Getting stock quotes over the internet. Or see Determine whether an ftp URL is valid.