Re: Help needed with Windows Service in Python

In article , Ian Hobson wrote: > >I am attempting to create a Windows Service in Python. BTW, you probably want to subscribe to http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you think it's expensive to

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

In message , Antoine Pitrou wrote: > comp.lang.python doesn't handle Linux packaging [issues] ... Why not? We regularly seem to was^H^H^Hspend a lot of time with Windows- specific packaging problems, installation problems and configuration problems, why not Linux ones as well? -- http://mail.p

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

In message <87zkvbytnk@web.de>, Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > Of course, in a ideal world, distutils would hook into the distros > dependency system + simply say "please install python-dev first". > > But I'm not convinced that putting the weight here on the shoulders of > the python-communtiy to

Re: Python in Linux - barrier to Python 3.x

In message <2ab95324-4394-4510-b953-3c8555b0a...@q9g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>, Ant wrote: > Still, no Python 3 unless I upgrade to Fedora 13, and upgrading > an OS in order to get the latest version of one package is a bit much! You’re using Fedora, a distro that pretty much demands you upgrade

Re: Subprocess does not return for longer-running process

In message , Nobody wrote: > On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:25:53 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >>> And I can't think of any reason why you should use os.waitpid() or >>> similar; use the .wait() method. >> >> I have used WNOHANG to poll for completion of a subprocess while >> providing progress u

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Hello, I'm working on a script to read large numbers of mail list archives in mbox format and dump them into a database. I was happy to find mailbox.mbox because I like writing Python =) However I need to find email threads (replies, quoted test, Re: subjects etc) and it doesn't look like anythi

Call for proposals -- PyCon 2011

Call for proposals -- PyCon 2011 -- === Proposal Due date: November 1st, 2010 PyCon is back! With a rocking new website, a great location and more Python hackers and luminaries under one roof than you could po

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Is it possible / easy to use PyQt with portable python? I've done some googling and found one message that said this is coming in the next version, but I can't find anything on portablepython.com that mentions it. Has anyone done this before? Have any better information on how to set it up, or

Re: Best way for rotating a matrix of data?

On Sep 23, 1:50 am, Nobody wrote: > You can use arrays as indices, so applying a transformation to a set of > index arrays (e.g. np.indices) then using those as indices is equivalent > to applying a spatial transform to the data. I am not sure that this would do the trick, e.g. for extracting a

Re: lists and list item matches (ghost wodgame)

On Sep 23, 8:13 pm, nn wrote: > On Sep 23, 1:25 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > On Sep 23, 4:17 pm, nn wrote: > > > > On Sep 23, 10:56 am, nn wrote: > > > > > On Sep 22, 6:39 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 22, 9:18 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > > > On Sep 22, 3:38 pm, nn wrote: > > > > > > > > On

Re: lists and list item matches (ghost wodgame)

On Sep 23, 8:13 pm, nn wrote: > On Sep 23, 1:25 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > On Sep 23, 4:17 pm, nn wrote: > > > > On Sep 23, 10:56 am, nn wrote: > > > > > On Sep 22, 6:39 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 22, 9:18 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > > > On Sep 22, 3:38 pm, nn wrote: > > > > > > > > On

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Python 2.6: We're using the standard lib's cgitb module to provide diagnostic messages when unexpected exceptions occur. Unfortunately, this module raises a DeprecationWarning like below when it is used: C:\Python26\lib\cgitb.py:245: DeprecationWarning: BaseException.message has been deprecated

Re: Parsing error for ConfigParser

On Sep 23, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Andrew Z. wrote: > Is there a way to parse RealPlayer's realplayerrc in Python? I need > to support Python 2.5 - 2.7 > > Example code > > import urllib2 > import ConfigParser > f = urllib2.urlopen('http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=N1AcUg3w') > config = ConfigPars

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Hello list members I would like to create an IP tunnel using the IP protocol type 4 (socket.IPPROTO_IPIP) on a Linux host. (I also would be happy if I could create a GRE tunnel) The thing is, I just don't understand how I such a socket could be created and then later on handled. Regarding to hel

Re: ctypes

My apologies! I worte the email while doing 3 other things. I haven't really tried anything to access this struct other than trying to find different elements with ctypes.c_int.in_dll(dll, 'symbol') and access the elements in the same way I do in C. I didn't think either of these would work but ho

Re: lists and list item matches (ghost wodgame)

On Sep 23, 1:25 pm, Baba wrote: > On Sep 23, 4:17 pm, nn wrote: > > > > > On Sep 23, 10:56 am, nn wrote: > > > > On Sep 22, 6:39 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > On Sep 22, 9:18 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 22, 3:38 pm, nn wrote: > > > > > > > On Sep 21, 6:39 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > > > > H

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Re: collections.namedtuple: conflicting instances?

On Sep 23, 1:40 pm, Chris Rebert wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:28 AM, David A. Barrett > wrote: > > > > >  I've noticed that it's possible to create conflicting instances of the > > collections.namedtuple class: > > >  from collections  import namedtuple as nt > >  IX = nt('X', 'a b') > >  

Re: collections.namedtuple: conflicting instances?

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:28 AM, David A. Barrett wrote: >  I've noticed that it's possible to create conflicting instances of the > collections.namedtuple class: > >  from collections  import namedtuple as nt >  IX = nt('X', 'a b') >  IY = nt('Y', 'c d') >  x = IX(0, 1) >  y = IY(2, 3) > > The ab

Re: lists and list item matches (ghost wodgame)

On Sep 23, 4:17 pm, nn wrote: > On Sep 23, 10:56 am, nn wrote: > > > > > On Sep 22, 6:39 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > On Sep 22, 9:18 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > On Sep 22, 3:38 pm, nn wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 21, 6:39 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > query level: beginner > > > > > >

Re: Check whether file is being written to

On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:55:52 +0200, Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > Last time I checked, file-locking in unix was co-operative. Linux supports mandatory locking, but it's seldom enabled. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Parsing error for ConfigParser

Is there a way to parse RealPlayer's realplayerrc in Python? I need to support Python 2.5 - 2.7 Example code import urllib2 import ConfigParser f = urllib2.urlopen('http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=N1AcUg3w') config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser() config.readfp(f) Error Traceback (most rece

Re: Subprocess does not return for longer-running process

On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:25:53 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> And I can't think of any reason why you should use os.waitpid() or >> similar; use the .wait() method. > > I have used WNOHANG to poll for completion of a subprocess while providing > progress updates to the user. This can be don

collections.namedtuple: conflicting instances?

I've noticed that it's possible to create conflicting instances of the collections.namedtuple class: from collections import namedtuple as nt IX = nt('X', 'a b') IY = nt('Y', 'c d') x = IX(0, 1) y = IY(2, 3) The above are non-conflicting class instances and of two distinct namedtup

Re: Playing sounds at time indexes

"OKB (not okblacke)" writes: > I'm looking for an audio library for Python. I googled and found a > few, but none of them seem to have a simple way to play a particular > sound file from a particular start-time to an end-time. Like, I'd want > to load a file and say "Play the section of

Re: Check whether file is being written to

Thomas Jollans writes: > On Thursday 23 September 2010, it occurred to loial to exclaim: >> How can I check whether a file is being written to by another process >> before I access it? >> >> Platform is unix. > > As such, you can't. But you can lock the file using the functions in the > fcntl

Re: Scheduling in python

loial writes: > I want to enable my end users to be able to schedule a task(actually > running another python or shell script). Rather than scheduling it > directly in cron, are there any python modules I could use? First hit when googling "python schedule"? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/li

Re: Too much code - slicing

On 2010-09-23, Andreas Waldenburger wrote: > On 23 Sep 2010 03:54:52 GMT Seebs wrote: >> I don't generally like constructs where important structural >> information comes late in the construct. [snip] > I think that is precisely the reason that the elements of the list come > *first* in the list

Re: Playing sounds at time indexes

On Wednesday 22 September 2010, it occurred to OKB (not okblacke) to exclaim: > I'm looking for an audio library for Python. I googled and found a > few, but none of them seem to have a simple way to play a particular > sound file from a particular start-time to an end-time. Like, I'd want

Re: Too much code - slicing

On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:45:55 -0500 John Bokma wrote: > What surprises me is that this is still discussed. It's like argueing > about significant whitespace. :-) Which is evil! /W -- INVALID? DE! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Too much code - slicing

On 23 Sep 2010 00:33:28 GMT Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:26:29 -0400, Andreas Waldenburger wrote: > > > On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:09:33 -0700 (PDT) Carl Banks > > wrote: > > > >> On Sep 17, 1:01 pm, Andreas Waldenburger > >> wrote: > >> > On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:20:33 -0400 AK

Re: Too much code - slicing

On 23 Sep 2010 03:54:52 GMT Seebs wrote: > On 2010-09-23, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: > [snip] > > I don't see anyone bitching about: > > > for x in seq: > > if x: > > f(x) > > > vs > > > [f(x) for x in seq if x] > > In my case, that's because I only ran into that syntax about an h

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Re: Scheduling in python

On Thursday 23 September 2010, it occurred to loial to exclaim: > I want to enable my end users to be able to schedule a task(actually > running another python or shell script). Rather than scheduling it > directly in cron, are there any python modules I could use? If you have a "master" process r

Re: Check whether file is being written to

On Thursday 23 September 2010, it occurred to loial to exclaim: > How can I check whether a file is being written to by another process > before I access it? > > Platform is unix. As such, you can't. But you can lock the file using the functions in the fcntl module. -- http://mail.python.org/ma

Re: Check whether file is being written to

On 2010-09-23, loial wrote: > How can I check whether a file is being written to by another process > before I access it? You mean "written to" or "open for possible writing"? It may be possible (with sufficient privileges) to determine that a file has been opened for writing. I don't think you

Re: lists and list item matches (ghost wodgame)

On Sep 23, 10:56 am, nn wrote: > On Sep 22, 6:39 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > On Sep 22, 9:18 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > On Sep 22, 3:38 pm, nn wrote: > > > > > On Sep 21, 6:39 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > query level: beginner > > > > > > as part of a learning exercise i have written

Re: lists and list item matches (ghost wodgame)

On Sep 22, 6:39 pm, Baba wrote: > On Sep 22, 9:18 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > On Sep 22, 3:38 pm, nn wrote: > > > > On Sep 21, 6:39 pm, Baba wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > query level: beginner > > > > > as part of a learning exercise i have written code that: > > > > > a) asks for a single letter

Scheduling in python

I want to enable my end users to be able to schedule a task(actually running another python or shell script). Rather than scheduling it directly in cron, are there any python modules I could use? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python Macros's Not the Power in OOo they should be ?

On Sep 23, 10:12 am, Boris Borcic wrote: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > > flebber wrote: > > >> Has anyone had much success with python macro's. Or developing powerful > >> macro's in an language? > > > I did an application for my own use recently, involving automatically > > generating invoices i

Re: Python Macros's Not the Power in OOo they should be ?

In message , Tim Harig wrote: > The UNO architecture seems to have been rather mishandled. While the > general idea was nice, the implementation seems to be overly complicated > and poorly documented. For an example of a much nicer way of doing things, compare the Python support in Blender: it’s

Re: HTML6 proposal (Re: sexp xml syntax transformation)

On Sep 23, 1:18 am, smh wrote: > The following is not exactly what you are looking for, but you might > find it interesting. > > http://www.franz.com/support/tech_corner/xml-generator-blurb.html > > This blurb is an example of a self-embedding document. > I've used this XML generator in many appli

Re: Python Macros's Not the Power in OOo they should be ?

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: flebber wrote: Has anyone had much success with python macro's. Or developing powerful macro's in an language? I did an application for my own use recently, involving automatically generating invoices in editable OOWriter format from my billing database. I gave up o

Re: HTML6 proposal (Re: sexp xml syntax transformation)

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Re: ctypes

On 22 September 2010 21:13, jay thompson wrote: > Hello, > > I posted in regard to this in the past but it didn't go very far, no ones > fault, but I'm again atempting to make this work and could use some help. > > I would like to use libraw.dll (http://www.libraw.org/  version 0.10) from > python