ANN: IPython 0.6.5 is out

2004-12-01 Thread Fernando Perez
Hi all, I'm glad to announce that IPython 0.6.5 is finally out. IPython's homepage is at: http://ipython.scipy.org and downloads are at: http://ipython.scipy.org/dist I've provided RPMs for Python 2.2 and 2.3, plus source downloads (.tar.gz and .zip). Debian, Fink and BSD packages for this ve

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-01 Thread Dave Benjamin
Steve Holden wrote: Brad Tilley wrote: Matt Gerrans wrote: Anyway, what's to worry about?When the time comes just whip out a little script that converts Python 1.6 (or whatever you like) to Python3K; it will only take seven lines of P3K code. How about 'import classic' ... or from __past__

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Matt Gerrans
You guessed correctly. Python is on HP (and Compaq now) PCs because I put it there. And yes, I did get the "I've found Python on my computer, what does it do and can I remove it" from the support group. How to answer that?You have a computer with Windows Script Host (JScript & VBScript)

xml.sax in Python 2.3.4

2004-12-01 Thread Gustaf Liljegren
After a long break with Python I'm trying to get started again. I need to do some SAX processing, but it seems things have changed, and I can't find any docs describing how to make things work *today*. The SAX example in the XML HOWTO [1] doesn't work anymore. I get this error: D:\Test>python c

Re: Delphi underrated, IDE clues for Python

2004-12-01 Thread Colin J. Williams
John wrote: "Caleb Hattingh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... thx, I already have and use PythonForDelphi (and am on the mailing list). It works very well indeed, my impression is that Python-Delphi connection is even easier than Python-C integration (e.g. via SWI

database questions ala newbie pythonist

2004-12-01 Thread chris
Hello, Just started with python and databases. I am making a small script to update a local database. Looked around and couldn't find to many links with info about python with databases. Any links or other resources anyone can recommend is appreciated. My question is in the following sma

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Peter Hansen
Matt Gerrans wrote: You guessed correctly. Python is on HP (and Compaq now) PCs because I put it there. Do you think you could expand on the brief description about this that is to be found in the following page? http://www.python.org/doc/faq/installed.html The python.org webmaster email address

Re: Python 2.4 and Tkinter

2004-12-01 Thread Jean Brouwers
FWIW, we just installed Python 2.4 (on RH Linx 8), rebuilt it from scratch and everything is fine. Tkinter is there, _tkinter as well and idle comes up as expected. /Jean Brouwers In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeffrey Barish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.python.org/moin/TkInter -

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-01 Thread Peter Hansen
Dave Benjamin wrote: Steve Holden wrote: from __past__ import __mistakes__ LOL! Better yet: import __past__ del __past__.__mistakes__ You can't change the past, as everyone knows, so the names in that module are constants, like None is in Python 2.4. It's better simply not to spend time looking at

Re: M2Crypto for 2.4

2004-12-01 Thread Ng Pheng Siong
According to Elbert Lev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Have somebody build M2Crypto for 2.4 on windows? If yes, please tell > if there are any problems. I will do it in the next day or two. (Remember, this is a programmer telling you his plan. ;-) Did you try doing it? Did you encounter a problem? Chee

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Brad Tilley
Peter Hansen wrote: ... innocent and ignorant users who are concerned about finding this thing called "Python" on their new machines, and most of them seem curiously more interested in removing it than in discovering what it actually is there for. This has been my experience as well. I don't have m

Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 2)

2004-12-01 Thread Cameron Laird
QOTW: "... why does Microsoft try so hard to protect its sources?" "To avoid embarrassment." -- Peter Maas and Grant Edwards http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=9a599152d8b23b54 "Sufficiently advanced cluelessness is indistinguishable from malice." -- Alex Martelli 2.4 is fina

Re: Python 2.4 and Tkinter

2004-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Barish
Jean Brouwers wrote: > > FWIW, we just installed Python 2.4 (on RH Linx 8), rebuilt it from > scratch and everything is fine. Tkinter is there, _tkinter as well > and idle comes up as expected. > > /Jean Brouwers > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Jeffrey Barish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: wxPython to build an HTML analyser/displayer?

2004-12-01 Thread Roger Binns
"Luke Skywalker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Does wxWidgets offer an HTML displayer widget, Yes. In general it is highly recommended to download wxPython and the associated demo app. The demo app shows every single widget so you get an idea of what is available

Re: database questions ala newbie pythonist

2004-12-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
chris wrote: > Hello, > Just started with python and databases. > I am making a small script to update a local database. > Looked around and couldn't find to many links with info about python with > databases. > Any links or other resources anyone can recommend is appreciated. > > My que

Re: non blocking read()

2004-12-01 Thread Greg Ewing
Donn Cave wrote: If we are indeed talking about a pipe or something that really can block, and you call fileobject.read(1024), it will block until it gets 1024 bytes. No, it won't, it will block until *some* data is available, and then return that (up to a maximum of 1024). If the fd has just been

Re: non blocking read()

2004-12-01 Thread Greg Ewing
Steve Holden wrote: When access is made to a file object in non-blocking mode it will return whatever data there are immediately available in the buffers, up to the number of bytes requested. If the buffers are currently empty the process will generate an error Are you sure that's right? If so,

Re: Video Catalogue

2004-12-01 Thread Tom B.
"Rodney Dangerfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Greetz! > > Recently I started creating a CGI application for my gf that > she would use for indexing and keeping track of her video > collection. > > I am relatively new to python so I started with the basics. > I

[PIL] import error

2004-12-01 Thread Egor Bolonev
import image gives Traceback (most recent call last): File "image1.py", line 7, in ? import image ImportError: No module named image i've installed python 2.3.4 and PIL for python 2.3 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [PIL] import error

2004-12-01 Thread Egor Bolonev
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 13:10:25 +1000, Egor Bolonev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ho error is bad case. there must be import Image import image gives Traceback (most recent call last): File "image1.py", line 7, in ? import image ImportError: No module named image i've installed python 2.3.4 and P

Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

2004-12-01 Thread Kurt B. Kaiser
Patch / Bug Summary ___ Patches : 258 open ( +4) / 2701 closed ( +1) / 2959 total ( +5) Bugs: 812 open (+28) / 4642 closed (+13) / 5454 total (+41) RFE : 160 open ( +4) / 136 closed ( +1) / 296 total ( +5) New / Reopened Patches __ #1074261

Re: wxPython to build an HTML analyser/displayer?

2004-12-01 Thread Luke Skywalker
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 16:57:45 -0800, "Roger Binns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (snip) Thx the links. Luke. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: recombination variations

2004-12-01 Thread Hung Jung Lu
alphabet = { 'A': 'A', 'T': 'T', 'C': 'C', 'G': 'G', 'W': 'AT', 'M': 'AC', 'R': 'AG', 'Y': 'TC', 'K': 'TG', 'S': 'CG', 'H': 'ATC', 'D': 'ATG', 'V': 'AGC', 'B': 'CTG', 'N': 'ATCG'

Re: Python 2.4 and Tkinter

2004-12-01 Thread Jean Brouwers
Here is how we understand this (which may be incomplete and/or incorrect). The _tkinter module is a shared library _tkinter.o and that is built from C source file _tkinter.c. That C file and a few other tk related C files are included in the Python distribution. But the Tcl/Tk libraries to buil

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread David Ascher
Luke Skywalker wrote: On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:15:38 -0500, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You are right about ActiveState, the copy you download from their web site is licensed to prohibit redistribution. They might be prepared to cut you a special license, but you'd have to ask them abou

Delphi/Kylix and Python

2004-12-01 Thread John Tiedeman
Translating to Kylix might be quite easy. There have been articles about writing code so that it will run on either by sensing whether Windows or Linux and automatically using the appropriate directives. My problem with both Delphi and Kylix is in getting them to connect with PostgreSQL

Re: ANN: IPython 0.6.5 is out

2004-12-01 Thread CarlosRivera
Looks cool. I will have to check it out. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: pre-PEP generic objects

2004-12-01 Thread Nick Craig-Wood
Steven Bethard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Craig-Wood wrote: > > Steven Bethard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I promised I'd put together a PEP for a 'generic object' data type for > >> Python 2.5 that allows one to replace __getitem__ style access with > >> dotted-attribute style a

Re: database questions ala newbie pythonist

2004-12-01 Thread Weinhandl Herbert
chris wrote: ... This works fine using the literals 0 (For Delstatus) and 1190 (for ProductID) But when I try to use a variable such as: ### ... varA = '0' varB = '1190' mycursor.execute('Update Categories Set DelStatus = ' varA 'Wher

Re: Pythons Mcmillan Installer : cannot load shared lib

2004-12-01 Thread Irit
Hi I have the same problem Have you found out what is the reason for this error message, and how it can be solved ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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