Re: Finding non ascii characters in a set of files

2007-02-24 Thread Toby A Inkster
s also operates on binary files like images, etc, so you may want to be more specific with the wildcard. e.g.: perl -ne 'print "$ARGV:$.\n" if /[\x80-\xFF]/;' *.py *.txt *.*htm* -- Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact Geek of ~ HTML/

Re: Rational numbers

2007-02-24 Thread Toby A Inkster
led. If you tell me how, I'd be happy to compile it for you. Contact me through the feedback form on the site below. -- Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact Geek of ~ HTML/SQL/Perl/PHP/Python*/Apache/Linux * = I'm getting there! -- http://mai

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread Toby A Inkster
Jorge Vargas wrote: > shouldn't it mention Linus, Larry Wall, others?[3] Despite the link you posted, I don't think Linus, Larry Wall, Rasmus Lerdorf, etc describe themselves as BDFLs, even if they fulfil similar roles within their respective development communities. -- Toby

Re: BDFL in wikipedia

2007-02-21 Thread Toby A Inkster
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Carl Banks wrote: >> >> Since when is Larry Wall benevolent? He should be called the SDFL. > > I can't think what the S stands for... if it was M, I'd say Malevolent, > but S? Scented, Sexy, Spanish... no, probably not those. I

Re: Thanks for the help

2007-02-09 Thread Toby A Inkster
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Reid wrote: > >> I do not need 3d stuff. Just a couple of buttons and menu's. > > That's not "3D", that's GUI (Graphical User Interface). "3D" usually > refers to "3D graphics"... Hence the original

Re: lambda functions ?

2007-02-05 Thread Toby A Inkster
Maxim Veksler wrote: > And what is the "f" object? An integer? a pointer? an Object? A function. -- Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact Geek of ~ HTML/CSS/Javascript/SQL/Perl/PHP/Python*/Apache/Linux * = I'm getting there! -- http

Re: "Subscribing" to topics?

2007-02-04 Thread Toby A Inkster
e Agent. So you just need a server. "pubnews.gradwell.net" still seems to exist -- it's free. Alternatively, "news.individual.net" offers a good service for a fairly low yearly cost. -- Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact Geek of ~ HT

Re: Writing "pythonish" code

2007-02-02 Thread Toby A Inkster
re "mangled" which makes it more difficult for other code (even subclasses!) to access the member. Difficult though -- not impossible. -- Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact Geek of ~ HTML/CSS/Javascript/SQL/Perl/PHP/Python*/Apache/Linux * = I'

Re: Web File System

2007-01-31 Thread Toby A Inkster
anthony.cutrone wrote: > Files and folders have to be in an SQL database, mounted in ext3-like > system. File would be identified by a single ID, and links with names > should be connected on these IDs. Take a look at FUSE. Also, have you considered subversion? -- Toby A Inkster

Re: Ip address

2007-01-28 Thread Toby A Inkster
IP address of your router. If you're not using NAT, then you shouldn't need to worry about your router, as IP addresses alone provide full end-to-end routing. (Indeed that's the whole point of IP.) -- Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact Geek

Re: Ip address

2007-01-28 Thread Toby A Inkster
you can't get off-net because there aren't > any routers. ... or you can't get off-net because you don't *know* the routers. -- Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact Geek of ~ HTML/CSS/Javascript/SQL/Perl/PHP/Python*/Apache/Linux * =

Re: Commandline wrapper: help needed

2007-01-28 Thread Toby A Inkster
Toby wrote: > Any idea how to improve the script and solve this problem? Hello Toby, excellent name you have there. What advantage (if any) does this method have over standard UNIX-style pipes? -- Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact -- h