Re: Stack Overflow moderator “animuson”
On 10/07/2013 14:22, Chris Angelico wrote: Either that or it's funny only to other Australians. ChrisA As a South African, I found it funny too, but then again, we often get confused. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: opening a file
On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 08:14 +0200, Florencio Cano wrote:
> > This works:
> > infile=open('/foo/bar/prog/py_modules/this_is_a_test','r')
> >
> > This doesn't:
> > infile=open('~/prog/py_modules/this_is_a_test','r')
> >
> > Can't I work with files using Unix expressions?
>
> You can use the glob module:
> http://docs.python.org/library/glob.html#module-glob
Regardless of the module that you use, you should also be using
os.path.join() to create paths. I never rely on hard coded paths
(especially since most of my code needs to run on multiple OS). In the
above example, you can easily put together a fairly complex path as
well, using os.path.join('foo', 'bar', 'prog', 'py_modules', ... ) which
will take care of what you need.
Not sure about regular python, but certainly in the wx GUI toolkit,
there is a wx.StandardPaths.Get() function which will get the user's
home or standard path where you can store all sorts of config data etc
in a hidden directory as well.
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Re: Movie (MPAA) ratings and Python?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/12/2013 08:40, Ben Finney wrote: > Dan Stromberg writes: > >> Is anyone using a module or database that gives Python 3.x access >> to MPAA ratings (EG G, PG, PG-13, etc.)? If you are already using IMDB you should have a look at http://imdbpy.sourceforge.net/downloads.html as well. It provides a relatively simple Python interface to either a local or hosted IMDB dataset and allows you to grab the MPAA rating directly from the canonical movie name. - -- Paul -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSprk1AAoJEP7GEwhwShZxOpgIAIMYG9QRo0XHe5InJejMh0tX rLAkDL/2oSTQ3/nYNId5EJhDAF4GFu7LYgy4e3HIIWjIPw8UM64FFdFY/3d2t2hQ jiWSNCoj8E+5m25m8Ob3oBcv+/bQRKsXuD+DvmGhoSvwnDaNqpYmiPBRyHgKp3tm FoKJCkmgJoMX6KWCauBuVnoRSZGO0os3fZ0t/LpUHXjeZw5xLtvLm5aNqq9vWVin V0nLZO7DPzN9hBQU6MAkdE6d6C3a/MbIU0s/fgCRJ9bB2SpQc55ewnZxWZLstgAh WLUPQyY06d6iv5NM7N9Adehs4xxRj3jCIw54Wl8Vhk3h1UeJygxzN1C7HfI2URY= =2jod -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Any idea to emulate tail -f
On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 23:50 -0700, CTO wrote: > You might want to try http://pyinotify.sourceforge.net/. Works well on > Linux systems. Otherwise, I'd watch the mtime on the file and fork to > handle the change. > pyinotify works really well. If you need to watch a file, simply use the IN_MODIFY watch to fire off a notification when the file changes. Then you can use that event in anything you may need. I put up some basic pyinotify usage here: http://www.paulscott.za.net/index.php?module=jabberblog&postid=ps123_2560_1240747637&action=viewsingle but if you need some more help with it, read the docs and then ask me also -- Paul http://www.paulscott.za.net http://twitter.com/paulscott56 http://avoir.uwc.ac.za -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Convert Word .doc to Acrobat .pdf files
On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 16:22 +0530, Dinil Karun wrote: > hi, > > I am using the below code but i am getting a error saying pyUno module > not found. > can u please help. I just wrote the same thing! Take a look at http://cvs2.uwc.ac.za/trac/python_tools/browser/oooconv It should do what you want (and a little more). Sorry, the code quality is pretty bad, but I am in the process of cleaning it up still. --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Beginner advice
I have been tasked to come up with an audio recorder desktop (cross platform if possible - but linux only is OK) that: 1. records a lecture as an MP3 file (pymedia?) 2. Provides a login form for server credentials 3. Uploads via XMLRPC (pyxmlrpclib) to the server as a podcast I have been working on this (having never really worked with Python before) for the past 24 hours or so, and would just like to get some feedback on the direction that I am taking if possible. 1. Is pymedia an active project? Should I use something else? 2. GUI design - I am using glade designer and pyGTK. Good choice? 3. pyXMLRPClib - active? Something better? 4. I see that there are literally thousands of somewhat external looking libraries for python, I presume that there is some way of bundling all the deps into a single source and then compiling? or otherwise packaging them all (this software will be for academia, so difficult installs are out!) 5. Editor - I am using Eric (which I quite like), any advice on IDE's? Any help would be massively appreciated! Python looks like a *really* easy and powerful language (hey, I managed to do a desktop application in a few hours and I am a botanist!) and I would like to do a lot more with it. I have a PHP background (taught myself that also) so C syntax is almost like my native tongue :) but Python syntax seems just as easy, if not easier! I am still going through Mark Pilgrims' tutorials (dive into ones) and am slowly getting the hang of things, so if these questions seem inane, please do excuse me and feel free to tell me to RTFM! Thanks --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Beginner advice
On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 06:45 +, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > There is an `xmlrpclib` in the standard library, so there is no need for > an external package here. I even think that pyXMLRPClib is the one that's > integrated in the standard library, so the external one might be "dead". > Ah, yes it is indeed. Thanks. > For Windows there are tools to bundle your source and all dependencies and > even the interpreter itself. `py2exe` is such a tool. With InnoSetup or > NSIS or similar programs you can then make a `setup.exe` for that spoiled > Windows brats. :-) > > Under Linux many packages are available as distribution specific packages > on most distributions. So for Linux you may get away with a README > stating the dependencies of your program and a `setup.py` for installing > your project. Look for `distutils` in the Python documentation for > further information about `setup.py`\s. setup.py sounds like the best way to go. Most of the classrooms and lecture halls run on Ubuntu machines, and as I said, I don't really care much for the Windows brats anyway. 'doze installers etc would be a nice to have, but not needed right now. > > > 5. Editor - I am using Eric (which I quite like), any advice on IDE's? > > Use the one you like best. ;-) > Thought as much. I do 90% of my coding in vi anyways, but am still getting a couple of nutty errors from Python simply because I have not yet gotten the hang of significant whitespace :) Darn that PHP! Thanks for the feedback, now I just need some justification on the GTK/GUI stuff - wxWidgets, GTK+ Glade or other? --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Beginner advice
On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 04:02 -0700, Graham Ashton wrote: > pyGTK is great. I used it quite heavily a year or so ago. GTK is a > nice tool kit from the user's perspective too; you can make some > rather attractive and usable applications with it, and the GUI builder > is a boon. Obviously it integrates slightly better into it's native > platform than it does Mac/Windows, but if you're targetting Ubuntu > users then it's a great choice. OK, this is almost exactly what I needed. All that I really want to know is can I do this in a really easy, comfortable tool like GTK and get away with it without someone 3 months down the line saying something like: "Dude, what were you *thinking* using deprecated stuff like that?" Sorry, but I had to ask, and I am sure that I will ask a lot more questions as things move along. I really appreciate all the feedback so far! It is often quite difficult sifting through all the years worth of blogs, docs and other resources when starting on something new like this, so bear with me, and I will try and make a more meaningful contribution back to Python as soon as I can! --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Command line input
On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 12:39 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How do I receive input from the command line in Python? I have used: sys.argv[ 1 ] I have been doing Python for around 2 days now, so please do double check that! --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
First Python project - comments welcome!
I have started, and made some progress (OK it works, but needs some love) on my first real Python application. http://cvs2.uwc.ac.za/trac/python_tools/browser/podder I would love some feedback on what I have done. In total this has taken me 5 nights to do (I am working on it at night as PHP, not Python, is my day job), so it can probably do with *lots* of improvement. All code is GPL. If anyone on this list is willing/able, please do give me a few pointers, even if it is "This is total crap - RTFM and come back when you are ready" I would really appreciate it! Many thanks, and thank you to this community for helping me through the initial bumps of getting into Python - a great dev tool IMHO! --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: First Python project - comments welcome!
On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 07:05 -0400, Steve Holden wrote: > The code looks pretty good to someone that doesn't know Gtk graphics. > Err, neither do I, so I guess that means its OK? :) > 184: self.wTree2=gtk.glade.XML(globaldir+"podder.glade","serverdialogue") > > could really do with using os.path.join() if you want to be easily > cross-platform. Similarly the other places you use globaldir+"...". > Ah, OK, will take that into cognisance. Main use of the application will be on Ubuntu based laptops in lecture theatres, so I am not overly concerned, however, in the interests of writing better code, and maybe even making it useful to others outside of my project, I will try and fix it up. > At line 321 you loop while True over a Queue.Queue object until the > QueueEmpty exception is raised, then break out of the loop. It would be > easier to loop while not queue.empty(). I know the docs say that this > function is not reliable due to multi-threading semantics, but I doubt > it will make your program less responsive. > That class is not yet even implemented. I put that code in there to do an upload progress bar for the XML-RPC call, but can't yet figure out how to do it properly. That being said, I will take your notes into consideration when I get to it. Thanks! > You even put docstrings on your code. WEll done, you are going to enjoy > Python. Force of habit. :) Thanks very much for your comments, I *really* appreciate it! --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: First Python project - comments welcome!
On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 09:56 -0700, Lie wrote: > I don't know if it was just me, but I can't just scan through your > code briefly to know what it is about (as is with any non-trivial > codes), only after looking through the website's Roadmap I realized > it's something to do with audio and recording. Perhaps you should add > a short module-level docstring that explains in a brief what the code > is about, somewhat like an abstract. > Sure, will add that. It is a simple GUI based audio (and later video) recorder that a user can record a audio stream from line in (mic) and create an ogg vorbis file from it. It then allows the user to upload the ogg file to a Chisimba (PHP5 - my day job) based server to be consumed automagically as a podcast. The file is tagged and converted to MP3 server side and added to the Chisimba podcast module. It is really for use in lecture halls so that lecturers can upload their audio files as podcasts for the students to listen to almost immediately afterwards. > And second, it's just my personal preference, but I usually like to > separate between GUI codes (codes that handle GUI events) and working > code (the real worker). Couldn't agree more! MVC architecture is how I do all of my code. Unfortunately, this was my first stab at 1. Python 2. GUI applications 3. Audio apps so I will need some more help in doing that (i.e. ramping up my skills or getting someone that knows what they are doing onto the project to help out). Thanks for the feedback though, I will improve in time... :) --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: First Python project - comments welcome!
On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 06:20 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If anyone on this list is willing/able, please do give me a few > > pointers, even if it is "This is total crap - RTFM and come back when > > you are ready" I would really appreciate it! > > Ok, since you asked for it: > Awesome feedback! Thank you very much. This is exactly what I needed. I will take this into the code as soon as I have some time to play with it again and fix it up. Much appreciated! --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: a name error
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 13:54 +0800, Penny Y. wrote:
> import urllib2,sys
> try:
> r=urllib2.urlopen("http://un-know-n.com/";)
> except URLError,e:
> print str(e)
> sys.exit(1)
>
> print r.info()
>
>
> But got the errors:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "t1.py", line 4, in ?
> except URLError,e:
> NameError: name 'URLError' is not defined
>
>
> Why these is not the name of URLError? I saw it on this module's page:
You need to define the urllib first.
url=urllib2
try:
r=urllib2.urlopen("http://un-know-n.com/";)
except url.URLError,e:
print str(e)
sys.exit(1)
print r.info()
You can't just launch into a catchable exception without first defining
something.
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Re: Brand New!
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 02:35 -0300, Gabriel Genellina wrote: > I'm unsure if teaching Javascript, VBScript and Python at the same time is > a good thing, I'd think one would get a language soup and mix all the > concepts, but if it works for you, go ahead. > For other resources, see the beginners section in the Python wiki: > http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide Well, as an example, I learnt Python to a decent level of competency in 2 days. I looked through the Dive into Python tuts, and then had a look at the Python GUI FAQ (Which didn't really help much, as I started with a GTK based GUI app). A little bit of Googling and a couple of questions to this list gave me everything that I needed to roll out a pretty decent application in 5 days. Oh, and just by the way, I am _not_ a Computer Scientist or anything, I am a botanist, which means that if I can do that, just about anyone that can read can do it. Python has been long on my list of TODO's, and now, finally, it is there. I have immensely enjoyed it so far, and will continue to tinker well into the future. --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Is massive spam coming from me on python lists?
On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 02:01 -0400, Brian Vanderburg II wrote: > I've recently gotten more than too many spam messages and all say > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm wondering > if my mail list registration is now being used to spam myself and > others. If so, sorry, but I'm not the one sending messages if other are > getting them even though Sender seems to include my address (I'm not > sure about mail headers so I don't know how From: is different than > Sender:) Anyway, it seems to be a bunch of spam emails about cracks and > stuff. I think all of the spam is coming from Google Groups. --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Nested os.path.join()'s
Today, I needed to concatenate a bunch of directory paths and files together based on user input to create file paths. I achieved this through nested os.path.join()'s which I am unsure if this is a good thing or not. example: if os.path.exists(os.path.join(basedir,picdir)) == True : blah blah Question is, is there a better way of doing this? The above *works* but it looks kinda hackish... --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Nested os.path.join()'s
On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 16:21 +0200, Paul Scott wrote: > example: > > if os.path.exists(os.path.join(basedir,picdir)) == True : > blah blah > Sorry, pasted the wrong example... Better example: pics = glob.glob(os.path.join(os.path.join(basedir,picdir),'*')) > Question is, is there a better way of doing this? The above *works* but > it looks kinda hackish... --Paul All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Nested os.path.join()'s
On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 10:34 -0400, Jean-Paul Calderone wrote:
> How about not nesting the calls?
>
> >>> from os.path import join
> >>> join(join('x', 'y'), 'z') == join('x', 'y', 'z')
> True
> >>>
>
Great! Thanks. Didn't realise that you could do that... :)
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Re: How can I intentionally crash my lappy?
On 20/12/2010 10:45, mechtheist wrote: > I am no programmer, but know the rudiments [the rudi'est of rudiments] > of working with Python. I have a simple need, to have a simple > script/app I can run that will crash my PC. On my desktops, I can > always hit the reset, but that is not an option with my laptop. Can > anyone tell me of an easy way to guarantee a program will instantly > kill/BSOD my windows7/64bit laptop? You could try a forkbomb and execute that via a system call. Not sure why anyone would want to do such a thing, but there you go... -- -- Paul http://www.paulscott.za.net http://twitter.com/paulscott56 http://avoir.uwc.ac.za All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
