Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On Thu, 15 Apr 2021, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: In the main() function the block of code starting with the 'with' statement should be indented to be part of main(). It has been left at the outermost indentation level. The source code file is correct so check against that. Thanks, Alan. Rich -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On 14/04/2021 19:55, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 14 Apr 2021, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: > >> The paper version should be fine (apart from one error on p44 which has >> now been fixed!). > > Alan, > > What's the error and correction so I can change it in my dead tree version? > > Rich In the main() function the block of code starting with the 'with' statement should be indented to be part of main(). It has been left at the outermost indentation level. The source code file is correct so check against that. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: The paper version should be fine (apart from one error on p44 which has now been fixed!). Alan, What's the error and correction so I can change it in my dead tree version? Rich -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On 30/03/2021 12:12, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: > I've just published, in Kindle and paperback formats, I've just noticed that the kindle version has several indentation problems in the code listings. I can't do anything to fix it because it is all perfectly aligned in the Word file I submit, it's caused somewhere in the Amazon conversion process. (In fact it's possibly its OK on some Kindle devices/apps, just not the web reader I was using!) Hopefully the expected readership will be smart enough to: a) figure it out from the context and b) download the sample code which is correctly formatted. The paper version should be fine (apart from one error on p44 which has now been fixed!). Apologies to anyone who got stung by this. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On 12/04/2021 00:53, Daniel Nelson wrote: >> (It should be available in most other Amazon stores too) > > This looks handy, I'd love to buy a copy but I don't do business with > Amazon if I can avoid it. Any chance this will be available from other > locations? I tried to publish it on several open-source web sites but none of them responded to me so I went with Amazon as the commercial site most people turn to first and with the widest reach. Also the Amazon publishing tools are very easy to use. However, one of their conditions for low cost books is exclusivity, so no it won't appear anywhere else unless I increase the price significantly which I don't want to do. What I might do is host the original translation of the C document as a PDF on my own web site. But that's not likely to show up in many searches! If I get round to that I'll announce it here. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 12:12:19PM +0100, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: > I've just published, in Kindle and paperback formats, > my book on "Programming curses with Python". > > https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B091B85B77/ > > (It should be available in most other Amazon stores too) This looks handy, I'd love to buy a copy but I don't do business with Amazon if I can avoid it. Any chance this will be available from other locations? signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On 4/10/21 4:29 PM, Russell via Python-list wrote: I believe this is it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091CL3DTK/ref=cm_sw_su_dp But for some reason the ASIN is different. William Ray Wing wrote: I???ve ordered the book (physical volume). It will fulfill a need I???ve had for some time. Unfortunately, it is only available in the UK store, so the shipping cost by far outweighs the book???s cost. Hope for other???s sake, it migrates to the other Amazon stores fairly quickly. Thanks, Bill On Mar 30, 2021, at 7:12 AM, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: I've just published, in Kindle and paperback formats, my book on "Programming curses with Python". https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B091B85B77/ (It should be available in most other Amazon stores too) I just found it and put it in the cart, and got this on checkout - Items:$5.99 Shipping & handling:$0.00 Total before tax:$5.99 Estimated tax to be collected:$0.36 Order total:$6.35 It must be available here as well, now. (I'm in the US). -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
I believe this is it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091CL3DTK/ref=cm_sw_su_dp But for some reason the ASIN is different. William Ray Wing wrote: > I???ve ordered the book (physical volume). It will fulfill a need I???ve had > for some time. Unfortunately, it is only available in the UK store, so the > shipping cost by far outweighs the book???s cost. Hope for other???s sake, > it migrates to the other Amazon stores fairly quickly. > > Thanks, > Bill > >> On Mar 30, 2021, at 7:12 AM, Alan Gauld via Python-list >> wrote: >> >> I've just published, in Kindle and paperback formats, >> my book on "Programming curses with Python". >> >> https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B091B85B77/ >> >> (It should be available in most other Amazon stores too) > -- rust 0x68caecc97f6a90122e51c0692c88d9cb6b58a3dc -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Source code link was: Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On 31/03/2021 00:09, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: > Watch this space. Hopefully tomorrow. The source code is now available in a zip file at: http://www.alan-g.me.uk/hills/PythonCursesCode.zip Or via a link on the programming section of my home page http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ It is licensed using a Creative Commons license. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On 30/03/2021 19:52, Grant Edwards wrote: > It is. I just bought the kindle version on the US site, and it renders > fine in the cloud reader. It would be cool if you could cut/paste code > examples from the book into IDLE or a text editor, but I've never been > able to get the cloud reader to allow that sort of thing. Blast! You just reminded me I meant to add a link to where the source code zip lives! (Or will live once I put it there) I'll do an update of the kindle book but I don't know if you can get the update for free... I'll also post the zip file url here once I've put it up. Thanks for that reminder. As for cut n paste, the requirement to write in MS Word and convert to PDF/Kindle means that quotes etc get all messed up. And as for Python indentation I shudder to think. That's why I intended to put the source code up. Watch this space. Hopefully tomorrow. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On 2021-03-30, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: > On 30/03/2021 17:14, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> Is the kindle format readable via a web browser pointed at >> read.amazon.com (AKA "Kindle Cloud Reader)? > > It seems to be, I downloaded the free sample and could > read the first 2 chapters on the web reader. It is. I just bought the kindle version on the US site, and it renders fine in the cloud reader. It would be cool if you could cut/paste code examples from the book into IDLE or a text editor, but I've never been able to get the cloud reader to allow that sort of thing. -- Grant -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
RE: Ann: New Python curses book
Bill, I went afterward to the US Amazon Site and the prices are in dollars and ordered the paperback for $5.99, no shipping cost with PRIME but I ordered, paradoxically, an assortment of mice alongside so it would have been free anyway. The Kindle version is $1.49 https://www.amazon.com/Programming-curses-Python-Alan-Gauld-ebook/dp/B091B85B77/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1=alan+gauld=1617129871=8-2 The paperback has a different "cover" that says "Welcome to curses!" which sounds ominous. I might have chosen to call it a "Course on curses and cures" ... So depending on what country you are interested in, it may well be there but you need to not use the supplied URL and go there directly. -Original Message- From: Python-list On Behalf Of William Ray Wing via Python-list Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 2:06 PM To: Python Cc: William Ray Wing ; Python Subject: Re: Ann: New Python curses book I’ve ordered the book (physical volume). It will fulfill a need I’ve had for some time. Unfortunately, it is only available in the UK store, so the shipping cost by far outweighs the book’s cost. Hope for other’s sake, it migrates to the other Amazon stores fairly quickly. Thanks, Bill > On Mar 30, 2021, at 7:12 AM, Alan Gauld via Python-list > wrote: > > I've just published, in Kindle and paperback formats, my book on > "Programming curses with Python". > > https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B091B85B77/ > > (It should be available in most other Amazon stores too) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On 30/03/2021 17:14, Grant Edwards wrote: > Is the kindle format readable via a web browser pointed at > read.amazon.com (AKA "Kindle Cloud Reader)? It seems to be, I downloaded the free sample and could read the first 2 chapters on the web reader. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On 2021-03-30, William Ray Wing via Python-list wrote: > I’ve ordered the book (physical volume). It will fulfill a need I’ve > had for some time. Unfortunately, it is only available in the UK > store, so the shipping cost by far outweighs the book’s cost. Hope > for other’s sake, it migrates to the other Amazon stores fairly > quickly. It's available in the US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091B85B77/ $1.49 kindle $5.99 paperback -- Grant -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
I’ve ordered the book (physical volume). It will fulfill a need I’ve had for some time. Unfortunately, it is only available in the UK store, so the shipping cost by far outweighs the book’s cost. Hope for other’s sake, it migrates to the other Amazon stores fairly quickly. Thanks, Bill > On Mar 30, 2021, at 7:12 AM, Alan Gauld via Python-list > wrote: > > I've just published, in Kindle and paperback formats, > my book on "Programming curses with Python". > > https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B091B85B77/ > > (It should be available in most other Amazon stores too) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Ann: New Python curses book
On 2021-03-30, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: > I've just published, in Kindle and paperback formats, > my book on "Programming curses with Python". > > https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B091B85B77/ > > (It should be available in most other Amazon stores too) Cool. Is the kindle format readable via a web browser pointed at read.amazon.com (AKA "Kindle Cloud Reader)? The last kindle format programming book I bought[1] wasn't (which wasn't made clear in the item description). It had to be read on an actual kindle device or app (which made it virtually useless to me). [1] Linux Driver Development for Embedded Processors - Second Edition -- Grant -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Ann: New Python curses book
I've just published, in Kindle and paperback formats, my book on "Programming curses with Python". https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B091B85B77/ (It should be available in most other Amazon stores too) It is a complete rewrite of the Linux Documentation Project's HowTo for the C ncurses library. It has the same structure but all-new text and several new chapters. All specific to the Python curses package. I've kept the prices as low as Amazon permits (and allowing for fluctuations in their costs). As such, I will therefore make a few cents profit per book from sales (full disclosure). However, I felt this was the easiest and most effective way to get it "out there" where it could be found. I hope it's useful to somebody. Special thanks to all who provided me with feedback on its various iterations, especially Alex Kleider and Bob Stepp who stuck with it right to the end. Thanks guys. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
