Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-15 Thread Kenneth McDonald
The two are equivalent; time=money, at least in terms of work. 5 minutesto install = easy. 2 days to install = hard.Thanks for the note about Komodo for OS X, I'll take a look...On 15-Dec-05, at 8:56 AM, Kevin Walzer wrote:I'll grant that PyQt is a pain. It takes a couple of days to build, andisn't

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-15 Thread gene tani
Kenneth McDonald wrote: > At the moment I'm doing most of my stuff on a Mac, but I've been > considering also getting > a Windows laptop. One of the reasons is that I've found it very > difficult to get certain > Python related things running on the Mac; for example, if one wants > to use the most

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-15 Thread Kevin Walzer
Re: package installers: I misspoke. The address for them is http://pythonmac.org/packages/ -- Cheers, Kevin Walzer, PhD WordTech Software - "Tame the Terminal" http://www.wordtech-software.com sw at wordtech-software.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-15 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Mike, I nosed around after reading the posts herein. Have you heard of monad, the new Windows Command Shell in beta? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2ac59b30-5a44-4782-b0b7-79fe2efd1280&DisplayLang=en http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSH_(shell) Or a better article: http:/

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-15 Thread Kevin Walzer
Kenneth McDonald wrote: > At the moment I'm doing most of my stuff on a Mac, but I've been > considering also getting > a Windows laptop. One of the reasons is that I've found it very > difficult to get certain > Python related things running on the Mac; for example, if one wants to > use the most

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-15 Thread Roel Schroeven
BartlebyScrivener wrote: > I'm curious about this part of the post. Any fluent Pythoners actually > happy using Windows XP and, if so, do they use ipython as a kind of > bash shell substitute? Other alternatives to compensate for the widely > derided command line in windows? I often use cygwin's b

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-14 Thread Kenneth McDonald
If the amount of time it saved me justified it, I wouldn't hesitate to spend250 pounds. To put it in a more measurable manner, I've found myselfspending so much time attempting to get packages compiled underUNIXes (OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, etc.) that I would have no difficultywhatsoever in spending $5

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-14 Thread Kenneth McDonald
I've often found the Linux world to be like falling off a log,specifically, a log above a deep chasm with sharp rocksat the bottom :-)Linux has its place (though I tended to use FreeBSD more),but it's been several years since I've wanted to actually knowhow to manage my own system. I'd suggest that

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-14 Thread Mike Meyer
Scott David Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BartlebyScrivener wrote: > The tough part on Windows (for the Linux/Unix/*ix bigots) is that > each program scans the command line that invoked it in its own > inimitable way. This is not really the fault of the windows command > line processor; th

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-14 Thread Cameron Laird
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kenneth McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . . . >And on a somewhat related note, do people find ipython to be a decent >replacement >on Windows for the fact that the Windows shell is brainde

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-14 Thread Scott David Daniels
BartlebyScrivener wrote: > I'm curious about this part of the post. Any fluent Pythoners actually > happy using Windows XP and, if so, do they use ipython as a kind of > bash shell substitute? Other alternatives to compensate for the widely > derided command line in windows? The widely derided comm

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-14 Thread BartlebyScrivener
> And on a somewhat related note, do people find ipython to be a decent > replacement > on Windows for the fact that the Windows shell is braindead? I'm curious about this part of the post. Any fluent Pythoners actually happy using Windows XP and, if so, do they use ipython as a kind of bash shell

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-14 Thread Bugs
Have you tried the ActiveState version of Python? http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Download.plex?id=ActivePython -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-14 Thread Alex Martelli
Kenneth McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At the moment I'm doing most of my stuff on a Mac, but I've been > considering also getting > a Windows laptop. One of the reasons is that I've found it very > difficult to get certain > Python related things running on the Mac; for example, if one

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-14 Thread SPE - Stani's Python Editor
With some good guidance, it goes much more smooth than I thought, even for a total Mac newbie like me. For example to install the latest Python 2.4.2 and wxPython2.6 on the Mac was very easy. You can find instructions in the SPE Python IDE manual and also how to install SPE on the Mac in case you w

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-14 Thread Mike Meyer
Kenneth McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At the moment I'm doing most of my stuff on a Mac, but I've been > considering also getting > a Windows laptop. One of the reasons is that I've found it very > difficult to get certain > Python related things running on the Mac; for example, if one wan

Re: Python packages on OS X vs Windows

2005-12-14 Thread Dan Sommers
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:50:47 -0600, Kenneth McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... I've found it very difficult to get certain Python related things > running on the Mac ... if one wants to go PyQT/wxPy/etc, it can get > even worse with trying to get all the compiling/linking to work. Have you