[admin] Project application

[Gary King]

Hi Paul,

We'd be happy to host your project. First, however, I need to set you  
up an account and for that I need your full public key (not just the  
signature). Something like

  gpg --armor --export  <yourname>

should do the trick.


On Aug 1, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Paul Griffioen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've written a Common Lisp package I would like to host on
> Common-Lisp.net.
>
> The package is called clTcl and it provides an interface to Wish's GUI
> libraries via Tcl/Tk scripts embedded in Common Lisp. See the
> description below for more details.
>
> Would you consider hosting my package? I plan to release the code with
> an Mit license. My gpg fingerprint is:
>
> pub   1024D/0D08D694 2008-08-01
>      Key fingerprint = D560 66CA 8555 6B15 A02E  3695 B03B 3639 0D08
> D694
> uid                  Paul Richard Griffioen (PRG)
> <p.r.griffioen at chello.nl>
> sub   2048g/CD27B98E 2008-08-01
>
> Below is some text I wrote for the readme file. I hope it explains  
> what
> clTcl is.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Paul Griffioen
>
>
>
> What does the clTcl package do?
> -------------------------------
>
> Package clTcl provides an interface to Wish's GUI libraries via Tcl/Tk
> scripts embedded in Common Lisp.
>
> Functions are provided to launch the Wish interpreter and set up a
> stream for communication. Embedded Tcl/Tk scripts are read as lists of
> Common Lisp strings. Synchronous communication is provided to send
> these strings to Wish for interpretation.
>
>
> What is in the clTcl package?
> -----------------------------
>
> A general reader function takes advantage of Tcl's uniform syntax and
> eases handling of Tcl scripts and values. Tcl scripts and values are
> strings but possibly with some list structure encoded. The reader
> follows Tcl's syntax rules, takes care of proper escaping and outputs
> one or more Common Lisp strings. This is used when reading Tcl scripts
> embedded in Common Lisp sources and when converting between Tcl lists
> and Lisp lists during communication with Wish.
>
> A thin compatibility layer sets up a stream to a Wish
> interpreter. Starting the Wish interpreter is the only implementation
> dependent part of the clTcl package. This layer takes care of that and
> provides functions to read and write to the stream. Parts of this
> layer are copied from the lisp2wish package.
>
> A primitive communication protocol on top of the compatibility layer
> synchronizes the control flow between Wish and Lisp. A blocking
> callback mechanism is added to initiate Lisp functions from the
> GUI. Errors on Wish's side are read and thrown at the Lisp side.
>
>
> What are clTcl's benefits?
> --------------------------
>
> - Cross-platform GUI programming. Common Lisp and Wish both run on
>  many systems.
> - Copy code snippets directly into your code. Many Tcl/Tk scripts are
>  available and can be used without any modification.
> - Easy to use and adapt. The small code size (around 0.5 KLOC) makes
>  it easy to embrace and extend the package.
>
>
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