Re: Best GUI for Python

2015-04-28 Thread Dave Cook
with only one Python binding is somewhat an advantage. I've gone back and forth between them, and could probably live with either one. Gtk is also worth looking at if you only care about Linux. Dave Cook -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Future of Pypy?

2015-02-23 Thread Dave Cook
On 2015-02-22, Dave Farrance wrote: > It's still quicker to do a re-write in the more cumbersome C You should try Cython. Dave -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: GUI toolkit(s) status

2014-11-26 Thread Dave Cook
for a project that was required to run on win32 and OS X, and for some reason my layout, wich was fine under win32, was screwed up on OS X. I switched back to wxpython 3.0, which looks very good under OS X. Dave Cook -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Mac vs. Linux for Python Development

2014-02-23 Thread Dave Cook
'll note that Macs are very popular among the members of pythonsd. I think this is particularly true of the Django developers. Dave Cook -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python GUI?

2013-09-15 Thread Dave Cook
eworks in the sense of, say, Django. Enthought has some interesting GUI framework projects which I haven't tried: http://code.enthought.com/projects/ Dabo would be another example. Dave Cook -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python GUI?

2013-09-12 Thread Dave Cook
On 2013-09-12, Robert Kern wrote: > There is nothing forcing you to use the GUI designers if you don't want to. There's also a markup language available, enaml: http://docs.enthought.com/enaml/ Dave Cook -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python GUI?

2013-09-12 Thread Dave Cook
On 2013-09-12, Dave Cook wrote: > There's also a markup language available, enaml: > > http://docs.enthought.com/enaml/ I should have mentioned that it's *Python*-based markup, not an XML horrorshow. http://pyvideo.org/video/1231/enaml-a-framework-for-building-declarat

Re: Python GUI?

2013-09-12 Thread Dave Cook
f signals and slots is by far the most powerful and > flexible. wxPython's event manager adds some flexibility. Dave Cook -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner - GUI devlopment in Tkinter - Any IDE with drag and drop feature like Visual Studio?

2013-07-21 Thread Dave Cook
y load the .ui files: http://srinikom.github.io/pyside-docs/PySide/QtUiTools/QUiLoader.html Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner - GUI devlopment in Tkinter - Any IDE with drag and drop feature like Visual Studio?

2013-07-21 Thread Dave Cook
://qt-project.org/wiki/Packaging_PySide_applications_on_Windows Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Ideal way to separate GUI and logic?

2013-07-13 Thread Dave Cook
On 2013-07-13, fronag...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm wondering what is the best, 'most pythonic' way I recommend PyPubsub: http://pubsub.sourceforge.net/ Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner - GUI devlopment in Tkinter - Any IDE with drag and drop feature like Visual Studio?

2013-07-05 Thread Dave Cook
. The only form builders for Eclipse that I'm aware of are for Swing or SWT. You would need to use Jython (if you want to stick with a Python implementation) to interface with these. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [ANN] IPython 0.13 is officially out!

2012-07-01 Thread Dave Cook
p install --upgrade ipython Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

multiprocessing: excepthook not getting called

2012-06-12 Thread Dave Cook
me__=='__main__': p = mp.Process(target=target) p.start() p.join() # try it here in main target() Thanks, Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: what gui designer is everyone using

2012-06-07 Thread Dave Cook
dates in over six years. I've been using wxFormBuilder since last summer. It's reasonably easy to use, and there are regular releases by the developers. I have a coworker who's had a lot of success using Boa for everything. It would be a shame if Boa is allowed to bitrot in to c

Re: Wgy isn't there a good RAD Gui tool fo python

2011-07-11 Thread Dave Cook
editor I like, I don't see the need to tie GUI layout to a code editor. If you want something with more sophisticated Python specific features, there's PyDev. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python gui builders

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Cook
On 2009-11-18, sturlamolden wrote: > GPL If it's an issue for your project, I suggest wxPython. It's cross-platform, fairly complete, and extensible. But the API is clunky compared to Qt. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python gui builders

2009-11-17 Thread Dave Cook
On 2009-11-16, me wrote: > Also looked at the frames/forms created with QtDesigner, which > can be used by Python via pyuic. That's what I would recommend. What did you not like about it? Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Choosing GUI Module for Python

2009-11-10 Thread Dave Cook
s, particularly when used with Qt Designer. For commercial work, I'd use wxPython, which has a very liberal license. It's fairly featureful, but not very pleasant to use. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Cross-platform GUI development

2007-10-13 Thread Dave Cook
gt; too). In that case I'd recommend kiwi as well http://www.async.com.br/projects/kiwi/ Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Cross-platform GUI development

2007-10-13 Thread Dave Cook
n, if you like the Java way of doing things. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Hot subject: a good python editor and/or IDE?

2007-08-20 Thread Dave Cook
Python editor/IDE ? A tiny precision, I am on Ubuntu so I am looking > for a linux compatible editor. JED has a nice python mode for fast, simple editing. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: pygtk: how to make a screenlocking window?

2007-03-29 Thread Dave Cook
at gksu or > gnome-power-manager do? See the reference page for gtk.Window: http://pygtk.org/docs/pygtk/class-gtkwindow.html Methods of interest are fullscreen(), set_modal(), set_type_hint(), set_keep_above(). Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner GTK question

2007-03-25 Thread Dave Cook
On 2007-03-25, dashawn888 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gui.py:79: GtkWarning: Quit: missing action > menubar = uimanager.get_widget('/MenuBar') > This should probably be action="Quit". Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Help Required for Choosing Programming Language

2007-02-18 Thread Dave Cook
On 2007-02-16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have read about Python, Ruby and Visual C++. but i want to go > through with GUI based programming language like VB.net You might take a look at http://dabodev.com Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Which Python API for PostgreSQL?

2006-08-04 Thread Dave Cook
;s a windows installer. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [Linux] What toolkit for a good grid/spreadsheet widget?

2006-08-04 Thread Dave Cook
to display results? You can display combo boxes in cells in pygtk, as well as edit cells. But both pyqt and wxpython also offer that. Try running the demos for each. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python database access

2006-06-26 Thread Dave Cook
t if you search > "python mysql" on google or if you search "mysql" on python package > index <http://www.python.org/pypi> I think he meant Microsoft SQL Server. In which case, google searches on "python mssql" and "python odbc" should be helpful. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Entity GUI tool?

2006-06-25 Thread Dave Cook
On 2006-06-22, icebear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ubuntu Drake comes with or allows you to install something called "entity" > which sounds like it ought to be the world's ultimate Python GUI tool. Looks like it only supports gtk 1.2. Dave Cook -- http://mail.

Re: python texts?

2006-06-17 Thread Dave Cook
On 2006-06-17, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > reading Learning Python 2nd edition by O'Reilly. I am enjoying it at the I'd get the Python Cookbook, next. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: a good programming text editor (not IDE)

2006-06-15 Thread Dave Cook
(ubuntu/debian, but not newer fedoras) try xjed -fn mono -fs 16 Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: a good programming text editor (not IDE)

2006-06-15 Thread Dave Cook
't like the default behavior, a new user would probably have less of a problem with it. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python / glade fundamentals

2006-03-16 Thread Dave Cook
l. This might be relevant: http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/index.py?req=show&file=faq03.003.htp Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: PyGTK

2006-02-09 Thread Dave Cook
rth I have been testing out PyGTK & it appears to be quite > robust (that and I like the fact of cross-platform compatibility). This article may be of interest http://pygtk.org/articles/bitpodder/BitPodder.htm particularly the last section on how to create an EXE from your pygtk program. Fou

Re: Python, GUI, and GTK+

2006-02-06 Thread Dave Cook
ials on Glade, and then read up on actions. Then what Gazpacho is trying to do should be more clear. You should be able find everything you need at pygtk.org in the righthand sidebar. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: "wxPython in Action" book

2006-01-24 Thread Dave Cook
ist said it was delayed by 6 weeks. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Object-Relational Mapping API for Python

2005-11-01 Thread Dave Cook
Python ones); you usually lose a lot of the power of relational databases. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Any Pythonic GTK Undo library?

2005-10-29 Thread Dave Cook
ld be great to have this feature in the Gtk C API, though. I do see some relevant bugzilla entries: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316551 You might want to make a new request for a general undo/redo interface. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python vs Ruby

2005-10-19 Thread Dave Cook
On 2005-10-20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Languages are very similar but Python has more cale avaliable. Much > more. Cale? You mean Python has more ruffage? Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: O'Reilly book on Twisted

2005-09-14 Thread Dave Cook
log/2005/06/30/my-book-on-twisted/ http://fettig.net/weblog/ Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: PyGTK or wxPython (not a flame war) on Windows

2005-07-24 Thread Dave Cook
ocoa's elegant delegates. There is a higher level interface for pygtk called kiwi: http://async.com.br/projects/kiwi/ Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: PyGTK or wxPython (not a flame war) on Windows

2005-07-22 Thread Dave Cook
ative there, though that's where I do a lot of my pygtk development. > I be able to make an executable (using Py2Exe) of an application that > uses PyGTK? Yes. http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/index.py?req=show&file=faq21.005.htp Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: OO design

2005-07-19 Thread Dave Cook
_oriented_framework/index.html http://www.ibiblio.org/g2swap/byteofpython/read/oops.html http://www.pasteur.fr/formation/infobio/python/ch18.html fraca7 series on design patterns, where the moral of the story is often "You don't need to do that in Python.": http://fraca7.free.fr/blog/

Re: Web Framework Reviews

2005-07-19 Thread Dave Cook
d's features available. http://divmod.org/users/wiki.twistd/nevow/moin.cgi/FrequentlyAskedQuestions Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python IDE

2005-07-19 Thread Dave Cook
ut last time I tried to set it up I got frustrated and gave up, so put aside some time to learn your way around Eclipse if you intend to use this. I still don't feel quite at home there. Personally, I don't find code completion compelling enough a feature to give up my beloved XEmacs a

Re: What is your favorite Python web framework?

2005-07-18 Thread Dave Cook
iences with other frameworks. The documentation is not very good, but folks on IRC have been helpful. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: pygtk does ... ?

2005-07-09 Thread Dave Cook
o you can specify which major version of pygtk you want to use, assuming you have multiple versions: import pygtk pygtk.require('2.0') import gtk Otherwise, you don't need to import pygtk, just gtk. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Defending Python

2005-07-09 Thread Dave Cook
On 2005-07-08, Charlie Calvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I perhaps rather foolishly wrote two article that mentioned Python as a > good alternative language to more popular tools such as C# or Java. I Sounds like a really hidebound bunch over there. Good luck. Dave C

Re: ANN: PyDev 0.9.5 released

2005-06-28 Thread Dave Cook
On 2005-06-28, Fabio Zadrozny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PyDev - Python IDE (Python Development Enviroment for Eclipse) version > 0.9.5 has just been released. Does it work with the newly released Eclipse 3.1? Dave COok -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: a dictionary from a list

2005-06-24 Thread Dave Cook
On 2005-06-24, infidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dict((x, None) for x in alist) Whoa, I thought dictionary comprehensions were still planned feature. I guess I gotta start paying closer attention. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Database recommendations for Windows app

2005-06-23 Thread Dave Cook
y_result_callbacks=1" (pysqlite 1.x doesn't have the problem). But apsw also requires data to be avaliable before you can get column descriptions. However, the tracing stuff and the various hooks you can set look really interesting. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Database recommendations for Windows app

2005-06-22 Thread Dave Cook
e currently supports > neither. sqlite3 has a "strict affinity" mode, but I'm not exactly sure how one sets it. http://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Database recommendations for Windows app

2005-06-22 Thread Dave Cook
ws-oriented development patterns? If not, > then, ... well then I truly don't get your point. Maybe the point is the downside of depending on installed DLLs rather than shipping your own. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Database recommendations for Windows app

2005-06-22 Thread Dave Cook
> efficient and can be shipped without restrictions or extra downloads? http://pysqlite.org Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: extreme newbie

2005-06-19 Thread Dave Cook
how prospective employers or clients: "I wrote and maintained blahblah.sourceforge.net and foobar.sourceforge.net." Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: extreme newbie

2005-06-19 Thread Dave Cook
On 2005-06-18, cpunerd4 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks all for the advice. The reason I was thinking about using java > (or C or something) was that it is a little more secure than > distributing the source code isn't it? 14 and he already wants to horde his sou

Re: pysqlite - Checking the existance of a table

2005-06-19 Thread Dave Cook
to query the database schema"): http://sqlite.org/pragma.html Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Migrating from Windows to OS X

2005-06-19 Thread Dave Cook
r Eric3: http://www.wordtech-software.com/python.html Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newbie Here

2005-06-02 Thread Dave Cook
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Re: Which IDE is recommended?

2005-05-02 Thread Dave Cook
On 2005-04-29, John J. Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Pydev has some compelling features, but I wish I didn't have to run eclipse >> On 2005-04-27, monkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What are those compelling f

Re: OOP

2005-04-28 Thread Dave Cook
would be nice to have something like that for Python. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python equivalent of php implode

2005-04-27 Thread Dave Cook
".join(keys) valueList = ["%%(%s)s" % key for keys] sql = "INSERT INTO %s (%s) VALUES (%s)" % (table, columnList, valueList) cursor.execute(sql, params) Though you would probably want to go further and filter out keys that don't belong in the table, something li

Re: Which IDE is recommended?

2005-04-27 Thread Dave Cook
pse to get them. I use XEmacs. Once upon a time emacs was considered bloated, but it's tiny compared to eclipse. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Glade for Windows and Python

2005-04-15 Thread Dave Cook
On 2005-04-15, Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone been successful in using Glade for Windows with Python? Yes, it works fine. http://gladewin32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/ Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: workaround for generating gui tools

2005-04-10 Thread Dave Cook
XRC files instead of Python? I admit I've never tried it with wxGlade, so I don't know how well it works, but with the original Glade one only uses XML, you can't generate Python at all. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Distributing Python Apps and MySQL

2005-04-10 Thread Dave Cook
gle DLL for the engine, a single file for the data, and the license couldn't be more liberal. http://www.sqlite.org Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What's the best GUI toolkit in Python,Tkinter,wxPython,QT,GTK?

2005-03-28 Thread Dave Cook
e best cross-platform support among CPython toolkits, but it never seemed very Pythonic to me. There's a higher-level package called wax that aims to remedy that. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: FS: O'Reilly Python Pocket Reference

2005-02-14 Thread Dave Cook
eve it > just came out of the bookstore. Asking price is US$4 plus shipping The 3rd edition is already out. Why not give your old one to a friend. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: advice needed for simple python web app

2005-02-04 Thread Dave Cook
of documentation and API stability are an issue with Nevow. Inspired by an example on Bruce Eckel's blog, I tried writing a web app with only the server that comes with the standard lib, but it was just too hard for me to build an app starting from that low a level. The frameworks help a

Re: what would you like to see in a 2nd edition Nutshell?

2004-12-30 Thread Dave Cook
On 2004-12-29, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the coverage of Twisted and adding just a few things (numarray -- I'd rather have a whole book on Twisted :p. But I'll take a more extensive section in PiaN if I can't have it. Dave Cook -- http://mail.pyt

Re: Best GUI for small-scale accounting app?

2004-12-23 Thread Dave Cook
On 2004-12-21, Paul Rubin wrote: > Dave Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Web browser "widgets" seem pretty limited to me, though. > > You might not care. And in that case Tk is much simpler than just about anything else, unless looks are really important. &

Re: Best GUI for small-scale accounting app?

2004-12-21 Thread Dave Cook
as simple as a combo box (i.e. an editable entry with a drop down), let alone the rich set of widgets something like wxwidgets offers. Also web development doesn't seem as coherent to me as development with a good GUI framework. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Best GUI for small-scale accounting app?

2004-12-21 Thread Dave Cook
evelopment (particularly the new UIManager), and that the list widget is relatively slow. Lately I've been evaluating jython and Swing, though. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python Design Patterns

2004-12-02 Thread Dave Cook
guru out there translate the Java examples in For anyone translating Java to Python, I think this article has good advice: http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: comment out more than 1 line at once?

2004-11-30 Thread Dave Cook
once you've marked the rectangle.) Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python GTK import error

2004-11-30 Thread Dave Cook
config -v Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python Design Patterns

2004-11-30 Thread Dave Cook
sure is this the right news group to post this request. Yup, this is the place. Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list