Re: Mac OS 9.2

2009-08-18 Thread madzientist
ok, i found macpython 2.3 at this site: http://homepages.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/macpython-older.html is this the best option for me in terms of using python on os 9.2 ? thanks much !! suresh On Aug 18, 6:04 pm, madzientist wrote: > hi, > > i have to work with mac OS 9.2 for legac

Mac OS 9.2

2009-08-18 Thread madzientist
hi, i have to work with mac OS 9.2 for legacy reasons...is there a compiled version of python for this os ? i need to get input about variable values from the user and then print out some text files that make use of this input. a gui would be nice, but keyboard based input would be ok too... than

Re: newbie: self.member syntax seems /really/ annoying

2007-09-12 Thread madzientist
As a newbie to Python (and OOP), I would love to hear what people think of Steven's suggestion below. Is there a reason why classes would be useful for the OP's question ? If you can point me to a brief online tutorial addressing this, I would happily go there to read it too :) Thanks, Suresh On

Re: Python code-writing for the blind. Was (Re: newbie: stani's python editor if-else)

2007-09-11 Thread madzientist
Thanks, Gregor. Very helpful thread. Suresh On Sep 11, 1:26 pm, Gregor Horvath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > madzientist schrieb: > > > > > Is Python a bad choice for the blind programmer, as a result of a > > tight linkage between visual aspects of the code and

Python code-writing for the blind. Was (Re: newbie: stani's python editor if-else)

2007-09-11 Thread madzientist
Thanks, everybody, for the very very useful and kind responses. There is a second reason why I asked the question about automatic de- indenting. I am teaching myself Python partly so I can then help my technically astute, but blind friend learn programming. For the many reasons that Pythonistas l

newbie: stani's python editor if-else

2007-09-10 Thread madzientist
hi, two quick questions: a) i am using SPE (latest version) and for some reason, when i type, say if 1==2: print "not equal" else: print "equal" the else is at the same indentation level as the preceding print statement, and i get a syntax error why doesn't spe automatically