Re: Is this a legal / acceptable statement ?

bruno at modulix wrote: > Philippe Martin wrote: > (snip) >> >> l_init really is a boolean parameter and l_value a value that _might_ >> exist in a shelve. >> >> So I just want to have a parameter to a method so if the first value >> tested is false (

Re: Active Directory Authentication

Benji York wrote: > D wrote: >> Is it possible to have Python authenticate with Active Directory? >> Specifically what I'd like to do is have a user enter a >> username/password, then have Python check the credentials with AD - if >> what they entered is valid, for example, it returns a 1, otherwi

Re: Is this a legal / acceptable statement ?

bruno at modulix wrote: > Philippe Martin wrote: >> bruno at modulix wrote: >> >> >>>Philippe Martin wrote: >>>(snip) >>> >>>>l_init really is a boolean parameter and l_value a value that _might_ >>>>exist in a shelve.

Re: Is this a legal / acceptable statement ?

Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Philippe Martin wrote: > >> l_init really is a boolean parameter and l_value a value that _might_ >> exist in a shelve. >> >> So I just want to have a parameter to a method so if the first value >> tested is false (l_init) then the

Re: cross platform libraries

Through Wine maybe ? Philippe Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On 4 May 2006 09:57:15 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed the > following in comp.lang.python: > >> I am using python on a linux terminal. >> >> I want to shutdown a remote windows box. I found a script which does >> something like this

Re: How can I do this with python ?

Xiao Jianfeng wrote: > Tim N. van der Leeuw wrote: >> Your question is insufficiently clear for me to answer. >> >> Do you want to know how to read from standard-input in a Python >> program? >> >> Do you want to know how to start an external program from Python, and >> then connect something to t

Re: List Ctrl

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello together !! > > I have programmed a List Control and I introduced information in several > rows. What I want to do is, modify this information when i select a row > and press a button. > There two options: > - when i do this, a window appears and asks me to

Re: Python editor recommendation.

Looking at their flash demo made me want to try it, but after all dependencies installed, I get "Fatal Python error: can't initialise module gtksourceview Aborted (core dumped)" Is it stable ? Philippe mystilleef wrote: > The powerful no-nonsense, no-frills, no-hassle, no-fuzz editor, > S

nix logon in Python

Hi, Are there any (even prototypes/proof of concept) gdm/kdm/xdm.../-style packages written in Python ? Regards, Philippe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: nix logon in Python

Philippe Martin wrote: > Hi, > > Are there any (even prototypes/proof of concept) gdm/kdm/xdm.../-style > packages written in Python ? > > Regards, > > Philippe I guess to further define my problem: I am looking for clues as to how to launch an X11 session (remo

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>You can get Python sources from python.org > > I'm unable to locate a source file brings that will work with WinZip. > Can anybody please point me to the exact URL that will get me to the > source code? but it it is tar ball format or a gzip format, than that > will wor

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

John Machin wrote: >> http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/Python-2.4.3.tar.bz2 > > And the reason for posting that would be what? WinZip doesn't support > bzip2 compression. > > http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/Python-2.4.3.tgz (a gzipped tar > file) is what the OP would be better point

Re: creating a new database with mysqldb

John Salerno wrote: > Since the connect method of mysqldb requires a database name, it seems > like you can't use it without having a database already created. So is > there a way to connect to your mysql server (without a specified > database) in order to create a new database (i.e., the CREATE D

Re: Software Needs Philosophers

Xah Lee wrote: > Software Needs Philosophers > > by Steve Yegge, 2006-04-15. > > Software needs philosophers. > > This thought has been nagging at me for a year now, and recently it's > been growing like a tumor. One that plenty of folks on the 'net would > love to see kill me. > > People don'

image reduction script

Hi, I need to write a script to reduce the resolution/color depth of an image (ex: .jpg) based on a target size. The point is for the target picture to still be "understandable" - yet I target getting down to 5K. Are there libraries out there that could help me start ? Thanks Philippe -- ht

Re: image reduction script

Larry, I actually did not find what I needed in PIL (missed it ?) but found this package quite usefull: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php Philippe Larry Bates wrote: > Philippe Martin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I need to write a script to reduce the resolution/co

Re: image reduction script

Thanks, I'll give it a shot. Philippe Kamilche wrote: > > To reduce the color depth of an image in PIL: > im = im.convert(mode="P", palette=Image.ADAPTIVE) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: image reduction script

Kamilche, I am posting the code in another thread but am not certain that convert does anything to the picture color depth ... still searching in the doc. Philippe Kamilche wrote: > > To reduce the color depth of an image in PIL: > im = im.convert(mode="P", palette=Image.ADAPTIV

PIL & image size reduction script

Hi, Thanks to the NG, I got the script hereunder working. 1) I am not certain that the call to convert does much (checking the doc) 2) Can this be improved as far as the final image size in (X,Y) ? For instance, passing a large .jpg with a target byte size of 7000, I get final (X,Y) results aro

Re: image reduction script

Kamilche wrote: > Be sure and use mode = P instead of RGB, like you have in your other > code. P is for palettized images. Don't palettize if you're storing as > JPG, only if you're storing as PNG or some other format that can handle > 256 color images. My problem is this: 1) If I use a save to

Re: PIL & image size reduction script

nikie wrote: > Philippe Martin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Thanks to the NG, I got the script hereunder working. >> >> 1) I am not certain that the call to convert does much (checking the doc) > > I think you only need it if your source image comes in a format

Re: PIL & image size reduction script

PS: where can I find those extra parameters in the doc (ex: quality) ... I must be blind. Philippe nikie wrote: > Philippe Martin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Thanks to the NG, I got the script hereunder working. >> >> 1) I am not certain that the call to convert do

Re: PIL & image size reduction script

Many thanks nikie wrote: > Philippe Martin wrote: >> PS: where can I find those extra parameters in the doc (ex: quality) ... >> I must be blind. > In the http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/formats.htm page. > Look in the "JPEG" section. Different

Re: wx.checklistbox

Not sure I understand: a wx.CheckBox has up to three states (on, off ... does not apply/greyed) Is that what you read from your file ? Philippe luca72 wrote: > Hello > I write one file using:...(i think that is ok for write all the > lines of my list) > luca = open('/tmp/luca', 'w') > luc

Re: wx.checklistbox

Hi, I do not see where you close the file: I beleve you need to close it to flush information prior to reading again. Philippe luca72 wrote: > i have again one simple problem: > the script is this: > > def output(self): > global lista2 > lista2 = open('/lista2', 'w') >

Re: Python 2.5 licensing: stop this change

That was nasty Steve - at least I'm ready for any kind of bad new today ;-) Regards, Philippe Steve Holden wrote: > As the only director of the Python Software Foundation to vote against a > recent Board motion to implement the change in licensing terms described > in > >http://pyfound.b

Re: Registration Code

Hi, A suggestion: I would use encryption (ex: AES): Hide a secret key in your code and generate an encrypted (readable: ex 07 7B 6F ) version of the correct info (such as full release, or demo expire in ...) with that very same key. Have your software input that encrypted info (some GUI di

Re: Registration Code

Hi, Use the DES example here (DES has been cracked but is definitly secure enough for your need): http://www.amk.ca/python/writing/pycrypt/pycrypt.html Can't help you with the Dutch ;-) Philippe Math wrote: > P..Philippe.. > Where can I find some sample code if any? > And I'm not

Re: COM Server & wxPython

Hi, I do not know what your constraints are ... but, having been through the same thought process (because there is not VB6 _free_ calendar) ... I feel that getting to that stage _might_ justify rewriting the application in Python/wxPython (and potentially gain cross-platform compatibility in the

Loading a default browser under Windows

Hi, Is there (maybe through pywin) a way to call the default browser with a url as param ? Regards, Philippe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Loading a default browser under Windows

BartlebyScrivener wrote: > Philippe, > > import webbrowser > > webbrowser.open("http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python";) > > rpd Many thanks, Philippe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Standalone Python functions in UML?

Roman Susi wrote: > Hi! > > Out of curiosity, how do I draw functions outside classes with UML? How > module could be drawn in this case? > I'm not up to par on the latest UML specs (or not too old) - but I don't believe UML handles that: it is called a class diagram after all. > More theoretic

Re: Standalone Python functions in UML?

But not in UML: a class diagram will represent classes while a sequence diagram objects. Philippe bruno at modulix wrote: > Philippe Martin wrote: >> Roman Susi wrote: >> > (snip) > >>>More theoretical question is if I create classes on the fly, how UML can &

Re: Python Decompilers?

I needed a laugh: funny but why ? Felipe Almeida Lessa wrote: > Em Ter, 2006-04-04 às 16:42 -0700, flamesrock escreveu: >> Hi, > > Hi > >> Are there any good decompilers for python? > > Yes > >> -Thanks > > You're welcome =) > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python Decompilers?

, Philippe Felipe Almeida Lessa wrote: > Em Ter, 2006-04-04 às 20:40 -0500, Philippe Martin escreveu: >> I needed a laugh: funny but why ? > > I made a simple answer for a simple question. =) > > Sometimes the way people ask things annoys me a lot, they seem to think > that

Re: PIL question about crop method

Yes John Salerno wrote: > John Salerno wrote: >> Diez B. Roggisch wrote: >> >>> Alternatively you can see it as boundary lines, in the order left, >>> top, right, bottom. >>> >>> (10, 20, 30, 100) >> >> So in the above, from where are the numbers being counted? 10 is ten >> pixels from the l

Where python looks for path

Hi, I am currently packaging python and a few libraries: PyWin32, PySerial, PIL, wxPython, HTML generator, numarray for U3 distribution. Basically that means that the complete system initially in $path1\host will be moved dynamically to $path2\at execution. To take PIL as an example, I notice w

Re: Where python looks for path

PS: I forgot to say that on the win32api import I get a "DLL load failed" Philippe Philippe Martin wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently packaging python and a few libraries: PyWin32, PySerial, > PIL, wxPython, HTML generator, numarray for U3 distribution. > > B

Re: Where python looks for path

Hi, I had to move the dlls from pywin32_system32 to where python.exe is. PS: if someone has a great desire to have another library included in the package, let me know. Regards, Philippe Philippe Martin wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently packaging python and a few libraries

Re: how relevant is C today?

Hi, It is very hard to avoid C in embedded/low-level/industrial programming. Philippe John Salerno wrote: > Because of my 'novice-ness' in programming, I had always thought that C > was replaced by C++ and wasn't really used anymore today. I know that's > not the case at all now, but I'm stil

python + access + odbc + linux

Hi, I understand that access can be accessed through an ODBC driver under windows (instead of Jet). I am wondering if the same can be done under Linux. Regards, Philippe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python + access + odbc + linux

Thanks a lot Felipe. Regards, Philippe Felipe Almeida Lessa wrote: > Em Seg, 2006-04-10 às 10:38 -0500, Philippe Martin escreveu: >> I understand that access can be accessed through an ODBC driver under >> windows (instead of Jet). >> >> I am wondering if the s

RE: python + access + odbc + linux

Thanks TIM. Philippe Tim Golden wrote: > [Philippe Martin] > > | I understand that access can be accessed through an ODBC driver under > | windows (instead of Jet). > | > | I am wondering if the same can be done under Linux. > > You need to look at the mdb

swig-style utility

Hi, I need to add a feature to an existing C wrapper that is not based on swig (pycsc:http://homepage.mac.com/jlgiraud/pycsc/Pycsc.html) I'm not the best with C wrapper and would love it if there were some type of utility that would generate the correct code (most) for a specific C function that

Re: Help needed on COM issue

Hi, First I'd check if the type is indeed tuple. How about converting the tuple to a list, modifying the list, then making it a tuple again ? Philippe Mike Howard wrote: > Should read ... > I'm doing some conversion of vb code to python code and I have a > problem with a COM object > > Spec

Passing a packed C structure to a c module

Hi, Is it possible to define a packed C structure in python and pass it to the c module, or should the wrapper do that ? Regards, Philippe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Passing a packed C structure to a c module

Thanks, It's a pretty big structure: painfull to pass each item as a param. Regards, Philippe "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Philippe Martin wrote: >> Is it possible to define a packed C structure in python and pass it to >> the c module, or should the wrapper d

Re: Passing a packed C structure to a c module

is that ? PS: the wrapper also has to work under multiple OSs Regards, Philippe "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Philippe Martin wrote: >> It's a pretty big structure: painfull to pass each item as a param. > > So how else would you like to pass them? Define the

Re: Passing a packed C structure to a c module

I misslead you: it is a smart card-style ioctl ... Philippe "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Philippe Martin wrote: >> The call actually is an IOCtl: depending on the control code, the >> structure has a different format. > > Ah. In that case, I recommend to use the

Re: Passing a packed C structure to a c module

I'll take a look, thanks. Jay Parlar wrote: > > On Apr 14, 2006, at 9:44 AM, Philippe Martin wrote: > >> Thanks, >> >> It's a pretty big structure: painfull to pass each item as a param. >> >> Regards, >> >> Ph

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