Re: Converting Python

2013-09-19 Thread Monte Goulding
> ...so your thinking is that modifying the shell function is somehow > better than modifying the do as function? I haven't been following this much but If you did decide to mess with shell it would be really handy having a shell command that was safe to use on Windows. At the moment it's possi

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-19 Thread Mark Wieder
Björnke- Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 4:34:20 AM, you wrote: > I'm on Waddinghams side here. "Do as " is > integrated with the "alternateLanguages". If something isn't in the > alternateLanguages, it does not belong into "do as language>". So what you'd probably need to convince him (and me) o

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-18 Thread Björnke von Gierke
I'm on Waddinghams side here. "Do as " is integrated with the "alternateLanguages". If something isn't in the alternateLanguages, it does not belong into "do as ". So what you'd probably need to convince him (and me) of, is to find a reliable way to get available languages into the "alternateLa

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Alex Tweedly
Dan, I've done a partial calendar library, but I only did a subset (maybe even a trivial subset, don't remember) of RRULE cases. I'll dig it up and see if it has anything useful. If not, I have done quite a lot in Python, so may be able to help out with a conversion (or even a re-write based

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Richmond
On 09/17/2013 08:41 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richmond- Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 10:15:05 AM, you wrote: It probably is about time, after all the "Hoo-Ha" from RunRev anent Open Source, and us stumping up our crinklies, and they being totally bl**dy slow about fulfilling their Kickstarter Goa

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Wieder wrote: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 9:21:29 AM, Richard wrote: Mark Wieder wrote: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 7:37:41 AM, Richmond wrote: http://newsletters.livecode.com/june/issue50/newsletter1.php I'd forgotten about that article. But bear in mind that I have it on good autho

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Dan Friedman
Thanks for the replies... Since I need to run this on a mobile device, I don't think installing Python is really an option. Outside of learning a new language or hiring someone to convert it, looks like I'm SOL. I'll continue to search for another answer. My project requires that I list even

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond- Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 10:15:05 AM, you wrote: > It probably is about time, after all the "Hoo-Ha" from RunRev anent Open > Source, and us stumping up our crinklies, and they being totally bl**dy > slow about fulfilling their Kickstarter Goals, that some sort of pressure > was bro

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Richard- Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 10:51:44 AM, you wrote: > In the meantime, what could we do with "do...as..." that we can't do by > calling Python/Perl/etc. from the command line via shell? To avoid repeating myself, see my last comment in the forum thread. The tl;dr: probably nothing, esp

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Dan Friedman wrote: > Thanks for the replies... Since I need to run this on a mobile > device, I don't think installing Python is really an option. > Outside of learning a new language or hiring someone to convert > it, looks like I'm SOL. You might consider posting an RFP for the conversion to

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond- Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 10:49:56 AM, you wrote: > Well at the moment 'DeadRichmond' is nearer the mark as have > the "jolly headache" of timetabling as I gear up to the start of my EFL > ( English as a Funny Language) school year on Monday. Ha! For some reason I am reminded of Ric

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Richard- Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 10:58:08 AM, you wrote: > You might consider posting an RFP for the conversion to the forums. IIRC Andre made an iCal library a while back, no? -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing l

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Richmond
On 09/17/2013 07:31 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richard- Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 9:21:29 AM, you wrote: Mark Wieder wrote: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 7:37:41 AM, Richmond wrote: http://newsletters.livecode.com/june/issue50/newsletter1.php I'd forgotten about that article. But bear in mi

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Richard- Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 9:21:29 AM, you wrote: > Mark Wieder wrote: >> Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 7:37:41 AM, Richmond wrote: >> >>> http://newsletters.livecode.com/june/issue50/newsletter1.php >> >> I'd forgotten about that article. But bear in mind that I have it >> on good au

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Richmond
On 09/17/2013 06:35 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richmond- Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 7:37:41 AM, you wrote: http://newsletters.livecode.com/june/issue50/newsletter1.php I'd forgotten about that article. But bear in mind that I have it on good authority that the alternatelanguages function and t

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Wieder wrote: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 7:37:41 AM, Richmond wrote: http://newsletters.livecode.com/june/issue50/newsletter1.php I'd forgotten about that article. But bear in mind that I have it on good authority that the alternatelanguages function and the "do as" functionality wil

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond- Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 7:37:41 AM, you wrote: > http://newsletters.livecode.com/june/issue50/newsletter1.php I'd forgotten about that article. But bear in mind that I have it on good authority that the alternatelanguages function and the "do as" functionality will never be suppo

Re: Converting Python

2013-09-17 Thread Richmond
On 09/17/2013 05:30 PM, Dan Friedman wrote: Greetings! Anyone have any experience with Python? I am looking to convert some routines that are written in Python to LiveCode. What I am tying to do is deal with the RRULE (Recurrence Rule) when reading a iCal Calendar. I found several projects i