Re: How do (not) I distribute my Python progz?

2005-12-13 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Tolga wrote: > Let's suppose that I have written a Python program and, of course, want > to show it to the world ;-) > > So, do I have to distrubute my source code? Or is there a way to hide > my code? Why? Is there a problem with your source code? Are you ashamed of it? Or trying to hide secre

Puzzling output when executing .pyc file directly

2005-12-13 Thread Steven D'Aprano
I created a simple test file called "tester.py": def dostuff(obj): print "Doing stuff with %s now..." % obj return len(str(obj)) x = "things" if __name__ == "__main__": print dostuff(x) imported it into Python, then exited the current Python session. Then I compared the results

Re: what does this mean?

2005-12-13 Thread bobueland
Brian van den Broek has answered this in the topic newbie-one more example of difficulty in van Rossum's tutorial -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: newbie-one more example of difficulty in van Rossum's tutorial

2005-12-13 Thread bobueland
Thanks Brian, now I get it. BTW there is no fuzzuness in your explanaition it is crystal clear. Bob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How do (not) I distribute my Python progz?

2005-12-13 Thread msmondal
Hi, You can make exe code. The process is much more elaborate than C/C++ compilation. Get the full information at http://www.py2exe.org/. also read the Programing FAQ at python.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How do (not) I distribute my Python progz?

2005-12-13 Thread Tolga
Hmm... Can't find any word to say... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How do (not) I distribute my Python progz?

2005-12-13 Thread Paul Rubin
"Tolga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Let's suppose that I have written a Python program and, of course, want > to show it to the world ;-) > > So, do I have to distrubute my source code? Or is there a way to hide > my code? You're not really showing it to the world, if you hide the source. -- h

How do (not) I distribute my Python progz?

2005-12-13 Thread Tolga
Let's suppose that I have written a Python program and, of course, want to show it to the world ;-) So, do I have to distrubute my source code? Or is there a way to hide my code? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

what does this mean?

2005-12-13 Thread bobueland
In van Rossum's tutorial there is a paragraph in chapter 9.6 which says "Notice that code passed to exec, eval() or evalfile() does not consider the classname of the invoking class to be the current class; this is similar to the effect of the global statement, the effect of which is likewise restr

Re: nanothreads: Want to use them from within wxPython app

2005-12-13 Thread F. GEIGER
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > F. GEIGER wrote: >> I've def'ed a handler for EVT_IDLE in the app's main frame. There I'd >> like >> to call the nanothreads' __iter__ method, somehow. >> >> When I copy the __iter__ method into a, say, runOnce() method and call

Re: Still Loving Python

2005-12-13 Thread Paul Rubin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) writes: > Try Interface Builder on a Mac: it builds interfaces as _data_ files, > not "generated code". You can then use the same UI from Objective C, > Java, Python (w/PyObjC), AppleScript... interface-painters which > generate code are a really bad idea. Glade

Re: newbie-one more example of difficulty in van Rossum's tutorial

2005-12-13 Thread Brian van den Broek
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 2005-12-13 15:44: > This is from 9.6 (Private variables). I quote > > - "Notice that code passed to exec, eval() or evalfile() does not > consider the classname of the invoking class to be the current class; > this is similar to the effect of the global s

Re: Bad marshal data

2005-12-13 Thread Alex Martelli
Michael McGarry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using the marshal module in python to save a data structure to a > file. It does not appear to be portable. The data is saved on a Linux > machine. Loading that same data on a Mac gives me the bad marshal data > message. If you're using identical

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-13 Thread Alex Martelli
gene tani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > the slashdot (200+k lines of perl). What i suggested to a friend who > recently asked the same thing is to pull up tags like "rails python" in > del.icious, furl and digg, see what other people like. That's a pretty > good way to measure buzz, actuall

Re: Still Loving Python

2005-12-13 Thread Kamilche
Yeah, I have a system like that on my product. It's a data file loaded at code startup time, which results in a UI - no need to cut code to change the interface. It's saved me a lot of time. I also have a problem with 'designers'. If the GUI designer is as easy as making an interface was in VB6, I

Re: PyQt not working well on Mac OS X

2005-12-13 Thread Alex Martelli
Michael McGarry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am running a Python/Qt app I developed that runs flawlessly in Linux > on my Mac. It is unfortunate not running properly on the Mac OS X. The > window will not come into focus and is grayed out. > > Does anyone have any ideas? Use pythonw,

Re: query to find name of the OS, ip addr, mac addr etc

2005-12-13 Thread gene tani
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > 1) Am working on windows XP, and is there any way i can get the whole > name as "windows Xp" using python script? > >i have tried with > "os.sys.platform" but it just gives me as "win32", but can > i get the whole OS name as "windows Xp". >

Re: query to find name of the OS, ip addr, mac addr etc

2005-12-13 Thread Roger Upole
If you have Pywin32 installed, you can use WMI to get all these details. The WMI classes to look at are win32_networkadapter and win32_operatingsystem. Roger -- "Ask the ToeCutter - HE knows who I am !" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > 1) Am working on windows XP, and is

Re: Still Loving Python

2005-12-13 Thread Alex Martelli
Jérôme Laheurte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > Sorry for the harsh tone, I just think GUI builders are *evil*. Except > maybe for QT Designer, which has a nice model where you implement > callbacks by subclassing the generated classes. At least you don't have to > look at the generated code.

Re: newbie: generate a function based on an expression

2005-12-13 Thread Michael Spencer
Bengt Richter wrote: > On 12 Dec 2005 21:38:23 -0800, "Jacob Rael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I would like write a function that I can pass an expression and a >> dictionary with values. The function would return a function that >> evaluates the expression on an input. For exampl

Re: Still Loving Python

2005-12-13 Thread Mike Meyer
Peter Decker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > A GUI builder is more pleasant to work with, at least >> > with a good one like Delphi or Qt designer. >> That is your opinion, and I'm sure it's true for you. It isn't true >> for me. > Why, then, do you disparage those who like to do things differentl

writing a Mail Server

2005-12-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, I have to implement a mail server type program for a project using python. I have already implemented smtp and pop3 protocol to send and retrieve mail at the client side. I used an existing mail server account to test the code. Now, I need to write the functionality of the mail server end. M

Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

2005-12-13 Thread Kurt B. Kaiser
Patch / Bug Summary ___ Patches : 383 open (+11) / 2990 closed (+10) / 3373 total (+21) Bugs: 927 open (+19) / 5415 closed (+20) / 6342 total (+39) RFE : 204 open ( +4) / 192 closed ( +1) / 396 total ( +5) New / Reopened Patches __ use PyOS_

Re: Still Loving Python

2005-12-13 Thread Peter Decker
On 12/13/05, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A GUI builder is more pleasant to work with, at least > > with a good one like Delphi or Qt designer. > > That is your opinion, and I'm sure it's true for you. It isn't true > for me. Why, then, do you disparage those who like to do things di

PyQt not working well on Mac OS X

2005-12-13 Thread Michael McGarry
Hi, I am running a Python/Qt app I developed that runs flawlessly in Linux on my Mac. It is unfortunate not running properly on the Mac OS X. The window will not come into focus and is grayed out. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Michael -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-li

Re: Still Loving Python

2005-12-13 Thread Ivan Voras
Mike Meyer wrote: >>A GUI builder is more pleasant to work with, at least >>with a good one like Delphi or Qt designer. > > That is your opinion, and I'm sure it's true for you. It isn't true > for me. Not trying to start a war here, but I consider this discussion something like using regular e

Re: newbie: generate a function based on an expression

2005-12-13 Thread Bengt Richter
On 12 Dec 2005 21:38:23 -0800, "Jacob Rael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello, > >I would like write a function that I can pass an expression and a >dictionary with values. The function would return a function that >evaluates the expression on an input. For example: > >fun = genFun("A*x+off", {'A'

Re: I want a Python Puppy !

2005-12-13 Thread Claudio Grondi
Paul Rubin wrote: > Claudio Grondi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Currently Ubuntu is my favorite, because it seems to be at the moment >>the only Linux distribution supporting already Python 2.4.2 out of the >>box, > > > Are you seriously saying that whatever distro came out most recently > (a

Re: Comparing dictionaries, is this valid Python?

2005-12-13 Thread Mike Meyer
François Pinard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would someone know where I could find a confirmation that comparing > dictionaries with `==' has the meaning one would expect (even this is > debatable!), that is, same set of keys, and for each key, same values? It may not exist, so you'll have to go

query to find name of the OS, ip addr, mac addr etc

2005-12-13 Thread muttu2244
Hi all, 1) Am working on windows XP, and is there any way i can get the whole name as "windows Xp" using python script? i have tried with "os.sys.platform" but it just gives me as "win32", but can i get the whole OS name as "windows Xp". If this is not possible, atleast i have

Re: Comparing dictionaries, is this valid Python?

2005-12-13 Thread François Pinard
[Peter Hansen] >> it only says "Comparison operations are supported by all objects" >> [...] >I'm not checking the 2.3.5 version, but that latest one is fairly clear >on what comparisons on mappings do: >http://docs.python.org/ref/comparisons.html Yes, indeed. Thanks a lot! -- François Pin

Re: Comparing dictionaries, is this valid Python?

2005-12-13 Thread Peter Hansen
François Pinard wrote: > As for: > >http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/lib/comparisons.html > > it only says "Comparison operations are supported by all objects", which > is a little vague, and no promise that comparisons are meaningful (for > example, one might wonder what would exactly mean

Re: Comparing dictionaries, is this valid Python?

2005-12-13 Thread Tim Peters
[François Pinard] ... > Would someone know where I could find a confirmation that comparing > dictionaries with `==' has the meaning one would expect (even this is > debatable!), that is, same set of keys, and for each key, same values? Yes, look here : it has the meaning you expect, provided tha

Re: Threading in python

2005-12-13 Thread Peter Hansen
Carl J. Van Arsdall wrote: > Hi everyone, I'm trying to use the threading module with python 2.2 and > I have some questions regarding python's threading. My answers are meant to supplement Aahz' from another reply. > 3. Is there a way to which thread is running? "A way to" what? "See"? The

Re: Still Loving Python

2005-12-13 Thread Mike Meyer
Peter Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mike Meyer schrieb: >> I agree. I've tried a number of different gui builders. I find it much >> faster to type something like: >> ui.add_button("New", self.new) >> ui.add_button("Open", self.open) >> ui.add_button("Save", self.save) >> ui.ad

How do I bind to scrollbar?

2005-12-13 Thread Nicholas Shewmaker
(I apologize if this posts twice. My AVG is being fussy.) From what I've read, MouseWheel is a very tricky event. I have replaced my Python tcl84.dll and tk84.dll files with those in the ActiveTcl distribution to fix the crashes caused by the event. Then, I managed to see that my test script

Re: How can I load python script into Html ??

2005-12-13 Thread Roger Upole
Mozilla is growing python support: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/008865.html Using Pywin32, Python can also be registered as an ActiveScript language so that it can be used in Internet Explorer. Roger -- "Ask the ToeCutter - HE knows who I am !" "Steve M" <[

Re: Is unicode_escape broken?

2005-12-13 Thread Mark Mc Mahon
On 12/13/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I also believe this is a bug.Here's an even shorter demonstration of the behavior: >>> u"\\".encode("unicode_escape").decode("unicode_escape")Traceback (most recent call last):  File "", line 1, in ?UnicodeDecodeError: 'unicodeescape' codec

Re: python24.dll and encodings ?

2005-12-13 Thread Bugs
Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Not only that (but also). In addition, it also contains modules that > were previously implemented as separate .pyd files (_csv, _sre, > _symtable, _winreg, datetime, mmap, parser). > [snip] > > I previously said that I would do such a thing if somebody provided a > spe

Re: Developing a network protocol with Python

2005-12-13 Thread Irmen de Jong
Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote: >> > I need to send Python objects too. They are too elaborate to convert > them to XML. (They are using cyclic weak references and other Python > specific stuff.) I can be sure that on both sides, there are Python > programs. Is there any advantage in using XML if I al

Comparing dictionaries, is this valid Python?

2005-12-13 Thread François Pinard
Hi, people. I noticed today that dictionaries seem to support `==' comparison. (Retrospectively, it is strange that I never needed it before! :-) Yet, before relying on this, I seeked for confirmation in the Python manuals, and did not succeed in finding it. In particular: http://www.pytho

Re: IsString

2005-12-13 Thread Mike Meyer
Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But neither is it call by reference. If it were call by reference, I could > write something like this: > > def increment(n): > """Add one to the argument changing it in place.""" > # In Pascal, I would need the var keyword to get this behaviour

Re: Threading in python

2005-12-13 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carl J. Van Arsdall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have some questions regarding python's threading. These answers assume you're using CPython; Jython and IronPython have different answers. >1. Who schedules which threads run and when? Is this something left up

Re: threading IOError

2005-12-13 Thread Andrew MacIntyre
Gabriel Genellina wrote: > Hi > > I'm using Python 2.4.2 on Windows 98 SE. > > In a program with several threads, sometimes (I cant determine exactly > when or why) one thread dies with the following traceback: > > 12/13/05 02:17:47 (WatchDog ) Unhandled thread exception > Traceback (most

Re: Is unicode_escape broken?

2005-12-13 Thread jepler
I also believe this is a bug. Here's an even shorter demonstration of the behavior: >>> u"\\".encode("unicode_escape").decode("unicode_escape") Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? UnicodeDecodeError: 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode byte 0x5c in position 0: \ at end of str

Re: Amara (XML) problem on Solaris

2005-12-13 Thread Alan Franzoni
Doru-Catalin Togea wrote: > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'create_document' > bash-2.03$ > > Any ideas what is going on? I would say it's a problem with the Amara installation on Solaris. I've never used it, but maybe it's a package from another source which acts a bit differen

Threading in python

2005-12-13 Thread Carl J. Van Arsdall
Hi everyone, I'm trying to use the threading module with python 2.2 and I have some questions regarding python's threading. 1. Who schedules which threads run and when? Is this something left up to the operating system or does python provide a mechanism for this? 2. I've read that python thr

Re: ActivePython and Amara

2005-12-13 Thread Jay
Ok, ok, i over-reacted. When first reading it seemed as an attack and i quickly put up a defense because i dont like being attacked for no reason. I was actually quite obnoxious and i apoligize. And again, thx James for pointing that out. Once again, i apoligize for my actions and words and i will

Re: Help designing reading/writing a xml-fileformat

2005-12-13 Thread uche . ogbuji
Jacob Kroon wrote: > I'm writing a block-diagram editor, and could use some tips about > writing/reading > diagrams to/from an xml file format. The basic layout of my code : > > class Diagram { > Blocks blocks[] > } > > class Block { > int x, y > } > > class Square(Block) { > int width,

Re: attaching to running python program with the debugger?

2005-12-13 Thread SPE - Stani's Python Editor
Hi, The new version of SPE 0.8.1.b (Python IDE) supports this. On the toolbar press the "run/stop with winpdb button" button ('gear with bug in it' icon) and when you want to find out, press the debug button (bug icon), then the debugger will break your script and you are even able to alter values

Re: Still Loving Python

2005-12-13 Thread DH
Ivan Voras wrote: > Maybe the OP really wants a GUI builder. > > More than 5 years ago, i programmed in Visual Basic and Delphi and I > still miss the wonderful ease of graphically creating the user interface > in WYSIWYG mode. If you haven't tried it, you don't know what you're > missing :) >

Re: Still Loving Python

2005-12-13 Thread Luis M. Gonzalez
I just wanted to mention that, according to the latest news from Ironpython's mailing list, an Ironpython plug-in for Visual Studio is on the works. Read on: Aaron Marten wrote: > Hi Giles, > I'm on the Visual Studio SDK team here at Microsoft. In > co-operation with the IronPython team, we'

Re: Still Loving Python

2005-12-13 Thread Peter Maas
Mike Meyer schrieb: > I agree. I've tried a number of different gui builders. I find it much > faster to type something like: > > ui.add_button("New", self.new) > ui.add_button("Open", self.open) > ui.add_button("Save", self.save) > ui.add_button("Save As", self.save_as) > > Than

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-13 Thread Dody Suria Wijaya
Django is the closest one. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm interested in knowing which Python web framework is most like Ruby > on Rails. > > I've heard of Subway and Django. > > > Are there other Rails clones in Python land I don't know about? > > Which one has largest community/buzz about it?

Re: Pattern matching with string and list

2005-12-13 Thread Brett g Porter
BartlebyScrivener wrote: > Even without the marker, can't you do: > > sentence = "the fabric is red" > colors = ["red", "white", "blue"] > > for color in colors: > if (sentence.find(color) > 0): > print color, sentence.find(color) > That depends on whether you're only looking for who

Re: PythonWin troubleshooting

2005-12-13 Thread chuck
Thanks for the suggestions but I have all of the MFC dll's. In fact I have Visual Studio 2003 installed on the box. However my mfc42.dll is different than the size stated on that link. In fact the download is a different size that what is stated on the link. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/l

Re: IsString

2005-12-13 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:21:02 +0100, Xavier Morel wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> name = "spam spam spam spam" >> >> the value of the variable "name" is a pointer, and not a string. Riiight. >> > Yes, it's a reference to an object of type string holding the value > The underlying C implemen

Re: IsString

2005-12-13 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Xavier Morel wrote: > Now use a mutable type instead of an immutable int and you'll notice a > pass-by-reference behavior. python passes a reference to the value, not a reference to the variable. call-by-reference usually refers to the latter. see e.g. http://foldoc.org/?call-by-reference

Re: simple TkInter question - labels

2005-12-13 Thread James Stroud
headspin wrote: > I know how to switch a label from text to an image; simply config the > image property to an existing image. > > But how do you do the opposite? Once a label displays an image, how do > you switch it back to displaying text? Setting the image property to > None doesn't seem to do

Re: Still Loving Python

2005-12-13 Thread Mike Meyer
Jérôme Laheurte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:35:40 +0100, Ivan Voras wrote: >> Maybe the OP really wants a GUI builder. >> More than 5 years ago, i programmed in Visual Basic and Delphi and I >> still miss the wonderful ease of graphically creating the user interface >> in

Re: PythonWin troubleshooting

2005-12-13 Thread chuck
chuck wrote: > Sticking with 2.4.2 I reverted to win32 ext 204 and problems were the > same or worse. Then I uninstalled both, removed the dangling py*24.dll > and then installed "ActivePython 2.3.5.236". All the problems went > away. > > I hate to go back to 2.3 cause there are some nice update

Keep-alived RPC in Python

2005-12-13 Thread Dody Suria Wijaya
I'm looking for a RPC library in Python that can keep its TCP connection alive for the duration of a user's login session. The reason is, each user login to the application server will impose a single dedicated database connection, and a TCP disconnect will indiciate application server to then

Re: *tuple vs tuple example printos.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.tmpnam()), *("a", "b", "c"))

2005-12-13 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Steve wrote: > I have been trying to find documentation on the behavior the behaviour of what ? > Can anyone tell me why the first example works and the second doesn't > and where I can read about it in the language reference? the os.path.join documentation (in the library reference) says

Xlib sync on different instance of Xlib.display.Display()?

2005-12-13 Thread Ferry Boender
Hi, I'm relatively new to Xlib programming, and I ran into a little problem. I'm trying to insert keypress events into a X window. The following code works: --8< #!/usr/bin/python import Xlib.display import Xlib.X import Xlib.XK impo

attaching to running python program with the debugger?

2005-12-13 Thread Andy Leszczynski
Hi, I have a program which somewhere gets into infinite look and take 100% of CPU. How can attach to it with the debugger to find out where it takes place? A. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How can I load python script into Html ??

2005-12-13 Thread Xavier Morel
PatPoul wrote: > I want to do the same thing as > > > but with a python script : > > > == > if xxx.py : > def mytest(): > alert("test") > window.document.write('test') > == > and test.html : > > > > > mytest() > >

Re: How can I load python script into Html ??

2005-12-13 Thread Xavier Morel
Shouldn't have hit the "send" button so fast... Addendum: the script element doesn't have any language attribute, the attribute you're supposed to use is "type" and it takes the MIME type of your script as a value. s/language="javascript"/type="text/javascript"/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailm

Re: How can I load python script into Html ??

2005-12-13 Thread Berislav Lopac
> Javascript is specifically designed for client-side scripting Actually, Javascript's client-side implementation is specifically designed for client-side scripting. It has originally been envisioned by Netscape for both server and sclient side scripting. Berislav -- http://mail.python.org/mail

Re: How To Read Excel Files In Python?

2005-12-13 Thread Steve M
"""Derived from _Python Programming on Win32_ by Mark Hammond and Andy Robinson""" import win32com.client import win32com.client.dynamic class Excel: def __init__(self, filename=None): self.xlApp = win32com.client.dynamic.Dispatch('Excel.Application') if filename:

Re: IsString

2005-12-13 Thread Xavier Morel
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > name = "spam spam spam spam" > > the value of the variable "name" is a pointer, and not a string. Riiight. > Yes, it's a reference to an object of type string holding the value > def increment(n): > """Add one to the argument changing it in place.""" > # In Pas

Re: How can I load python script into Html ??

2005-12-13 Thread Steve M
Man, I don't even know where to start. There is no way this will work if you don't have a web browser that can interpret Python. I don't know of one, and I don't think anybody wants one because using a browser that would execute arbitrary Python code provided by the server would be an obscene secur

Re: Newbie: executing a system command from my Python app

2005-12-13 Thread Donn Cave
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (quoting someone) > > 4. If you only have one argument, you don't need a tuple > > for string formatting. > > 5. "(dateYest)" is not a tuple anyway--the parentheses are > > superfluous 6. Single item tuples can be created with "(ani

*tuple vs tuple example print os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.tmpnam()), *("a", "b", "c"))

2005-12-13 Thread Steve
I have been trying to find documentation on the behavior Can anyone tell me why the first example works and the second doesn't and where I can read about it in the language reference? Steve print os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.tmpnam()),*("a","b","c")) #works OUTPUT:/var/tmp/a/b/c and print os

Re: newbie: generate a function based on an expression

2005-12-13 Thread Mike Meyer
"Jacob Rael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In CppSim, classes are defined that allow various functions to be > defined, like amplifiers. In some cases they are linear: > > y = A*x > > some have offsets: > > y = A*x + off > > some are non-linear > > y = A*x - C*x**3 > > The coefficients and the func

Amara (XML) problem on Solaris

2005-12-13 Thread Doru-Catalin Togea
Hi! I have ActiveState Python 2.4.1 on Win XP Pro, with Amara 1.1.6. I have a script which works fine. I am trying to run the same script on a Solaris machine, with Python 2.4.2 and Amara 1.1.6. It gives me this error: bash-2.03$ python generateXML.py Traceback (most recent call last): File

Re: Visual Python, really "Visual"?

2005-12-13 Thread malv
Look at eric3. Has the QtDesigner. In my view Qt beats anything. http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric3.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

How can I load python script into Html ??

2005-12-13 Thread PatPoul
I want to do the same thing as but with a python script : == if xxx.py : def mytest(): alert("test") window.document.write('test') == and test.html : mytest() == I always got

Re: sql using characters like é and ã

2005-12-13 Thread Erik Max Francis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Utf-8 is the same as Unicode? No, UTF-8 is one (of several) possible encodings for expressing Unicode as a stream of bytes. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis Exercise

Re: Another newbie question

2005-12-13 Thread Mike Meyer
Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Op 2005-12-11, Steven D'Aprano schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:46:35 +, Antoon Pardon wrote: >> Do you really think that my class and some other class written by >> another person will have the same API? > If both writers try to

Re: Bug in python (Weird UnicodeDecodeError)

2005-12-13 Thread Fredrik Lundh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am getting somewhat random UnicodeDecodeError messages in my program. > > It is random in that I will be going through a pysqlite database of > records, manipulate > the results, and it will throw UnicodeDecodeError apparently without > regard > as to what data is bein

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Django might be the answer. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: newbie-name mangling?

2005-12-13 Thread bobueland
Good example Brian It shows clearly the special role that two underscores play in a class definition. Thanks Bob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: IsString

2005-12-13 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:28:32 +, Tom Anderson wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:51:36 -0600, Larry Bates wrote: >> >> [snippidy-doo-dah] >> >>> I had the same thought, but reread the post. He asks "if a given >>> variable is a character or a num

Re: Bug in python (Weird UnicodeDecodeError)

2005-12-13 Thread Scott David Daniels
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... partway through the database results I get something like this: > for item in list: > UnicodeDecodeError : 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 26-28: > invalid data It is quite likely that the position is not what you think it is. For one of the bad string

newbie-one more example of difficulty in van Rossum's tutorial

2005-12-13 Thread bobueland
This is from 9.6 (Private variables). I quote - "Notice that code passed to exec, eval() or evalfile() does not consider the classname of the invoking class to be the current class; this is similar to the effect of the global statement, the effect of which is likewise restricted to code that is by

Re: pyGTK gtk.Style obj

2005-12-13 Thread ivan.dm
Lawrence Oluyede ha scritto: > Il 2005-12-13, ivan.dm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > >>Hi all. >> >>in this sentence: >>self.area = gtk.DrawingArea() >>self.style = self.area.get_style() >>self.gc = self.style.fg_gc[gtk.STATE_NORMAL] >> >>where can I find about style and its property? > > > I

Re: newbie-name mangling?

2005-12-13 Thread bobueland
Thanks Diez, Everything becomes very clear from this example Bob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Visual Python, really "Visual"?

2005-12-13 Thread Luis M. Gonzalez
> You're poorly informed. Komodo, for instance, does indeed offer a GUI > designer for tkinter. You're right. Sorry... I guess I exagerated a little bit :-) I tried Komodo and WingIDE some time ago, but it was just a quick look. I had the impression that they didn't offer much more than other fre

Re: newbie-name mangling?

2005-12-13 Thread Brian van den Broek
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 2005-12-13 15:05: > I'm reading van Rossum's tutorial. Mostly it is well written and > examples are given. However sometimes I get lost in a text, when it > doesn't give any examples and no clues. There are several examples of > this in chapter 9 about cla

simple TkInter question - labels

2005-12-13 Thread headspin
I know how to switch a label from text to an image; simply config the image property to an existing image. But how do you do the opposite? Once a label displays an image, how do you switch it back to displaying text? Setting the image property to None doesn't seem to do the trick. By the way, I i

Re: Newbie: executing a system command from my Python app

2005-12-13 Thread Dan M
> Few points points: > > 1. Generally: I would try to minimize system calls. They make your code less > portable. Excellent point. In this case the app will never live anywhere other than one specific FreeBSD machine, but I do appreciate the value of the advice anyway. Therefore... > 2. Look

Re: "0 in [True,False]" returns True

2005-12-13 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:46:30 +, Steve Holden wrote: > Paul Rubin wrote: >> Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>>The really interesting question your post raises, though, is "Why do >>>you feel it's necessary to test to see whether a variable is a >>>Boolean?". >> >> >> What's the

Re: newbie-name mangling?

2005-12-13 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
> > Could someone provide an example of the above or direct me to a page > where it is used. class MangledMembers: def __init__(self): self.__mangled_propertyname = "fooo" mm = MangledMembers() try: print mm.__mangled_propertyname except AttributeError: print "It's pr

Bug in python (Weird UnicodeDecodeError)

2005-12-13 Thread dbri . tcc
Hello I am getting somewhat random UnicodeDecodeError messages in my program. It is random in that I will be going through a pysqlite database of records, manipulate the results, and it will throw UnicodeDecodeError apparently without regard as to what data is being used. For example I am readin

Re: how can i change the default python?

2005-12-13 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Another thread touched on the dangers of doing this, if other applications depend on the older version of Python. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/51c8fba4098879ad/734b6bdac1d74b89?lnk=st&q=&rnum=10#734b6bdac1d74b89 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyth

Re: How can I refresh the windows desktop using the python script?

2005-12-13 Thread Dieter Deyke
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi Everybody > > > Here i have a query for you, that is > > How can I refresh the windows desktop using the python script? > > Thanks in advance for having given a thought on my query. > > Regards > yogi > SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER = 20 ctypes.windll.user32.SystemParamete

newbie-name mangling?

2005-12-13 Thread bobueland
I'm reading van Rossum's tutorial. Mostly it is well written and examples are given. However sometimes I get lost in a text, when it doesn't give any examples and no clues. There are several examples of this in chapter 9 about classes. Here's one from 9.6 (Private Variables). I quote "There is lim

Re: Python Graph API

2005-12-13 Thread Nathan Gilbert
Steven Bethard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> once said: > Nathan Gilbert wrote: >> Has there been any work done lately on the Python Graph API? > > Well there doesn't really seem to be a standard one. The wiki was last > updated in August. > > http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonGraphApi > > STeVe Y

Re: How To Read Excel Files In Python?

2005-12-13 Thread Do Re Mi chel La Si Do
Hi! I had few modif. your code : import time from win32com.client import Dispatch xlApp = Dispatch("Excel.Application") xlApp.Visible=True xlWb = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("Read.xls") print "D3:",xlWb.ActiveSheet.Cells(3,4).Value time.sleep(2) xlWb.Close(SaveChanges=0) xlApp.Quit() This run OK on my

Re: Bad marshal data

2005-12-13 Thread Paul Rubin
"Michael McGarry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Marshal should save the data in a readable text format, but I guess it > does not. > > Any help would be appreciated, RTFM. Marshal is not intended for what you're doing. Use Pickle, which is. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-lis

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