Block Diagram / digraph Editor

2006-09-29 Thread MakaMaka
Hi, Does anybody know of a good widget for wxpython, gtk, etc. that allows the editing of block diagrams and make it easy to export the diagram as a digraph? It has to be available under Windows. I want the user to draw a series of blocks on a canvas, connect them with directional arrows, and the

SPE / winpdb problem

2006-04-30 Thread MakaMaka
Hi All, I'm having a problem with Stani's Python Editor (SPE) that I'm hoping somebody has run into before. If I create a simple hello world program: print "hello" and try and run it in winpdb via the SPE command ALT-F9, the program does not launch and the following results (It's at the bottom):

Re: boost python tutorial

2006-03-23 Thread MakaMaka
I checked and it is. I can't use news servers at work b/c of the firewall. Is there another way to access this mailing list? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

boost python tutorial

2006-03-23 Thread MakaMaka
Hi, I'm trying to build the basic boost.python tutorial that comes with the distribution. I'm using bjam and mingw. It builds the module, but upon import, it gives this error: ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (inithello) I've found other threads with this problem as a t

Re: creating variable in root namespace from module

2006-03-10 Thread MakaMaka
Ok, but it seems to be working exactly as I need it to right now under win32. I'll try it on linux. Can you suggest an alternative method? Or suggest when this won't work? Thanks, -Justin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: creating variable in root namespace from module

2006-03-10 Thread MakaMaka
Ok, I figured it out. Thanks for your help guys. If anybody else is searching this group looking for the answer, you want the sys._getframe() function. sys._getframe(1).f_locals['a'] = 1 if you put the above in a function in a module, it creates a variable 'a' in the namespace of whatever calls

Re: creating variable in root namespace from module

2006-03-10 Thread MakaMaka
Steve, I think I actually need to get the caller's local namespace. How do I do that using sys? I read the documentation and can't find anything specific. For example, if I have module A and it imports module B, I want module B to add variables to A's global namespace. Python has to store this

Re: creating variable in root namespace from module

2006-03-10 Thread MakaMaka
Hi again, Steve- I'm trying to use python to model reliability. Basically, I want to read an XML file in that defines a bunch of variables, that are then accessible from the python interpreter. For example: import reliability reliability.read_xml("c:\\somefile.xml") #<== defines x1, x2, x3 resu

creating variable in root namespace from module

2006-03-09 Thread MakaMaka
Hi, I have a scope related question that I haven't been able to find an answer to anywhere. Is there a way to have a function in an imported module add variables to the scope of the calling script? Basically, can I have the following: #root.py import some_module.py some_module.afunction() # <==