[BangPypers] converting utf to octal

2010-11-23 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, say I have an indic (tamil) string like நான். This is actually represented by the following: 0x0ba8,0x0bbe,0x0ba9,0x0bcd. How can I convert the above string into these characters - or at least into base 10 integers? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves

Re: [BangPypers] converting utf to octal

2010-11-23 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: say I have an indic (tamil) string like நான். This is actually represented by the following: 0x0ba8,0x0bbe,0x0ba9,0x0bcd. Under which encoding? How can I convert the above string into these characters - or at least

Re: [BangPypers] converting utf to octal

2010-11-23 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 19:21 +0800, Senthil Kumaran wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: say I have an indic (tamil) string like நான். This is actually represented by the following: 0x0ba8,0x0bbe,0x0ba9,0x0bcd. Under which encoding? I am not

Re: [BangPypers] converting utf to octal

2010-11-23 Thread JAGANADH G
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.orgwrote: hi, say I have an indic (tamil) string like நான். This is actually represented by the following: 0x0ba8,0x0bbe,0x0ba9,0x0bcd. How can I convert the above string into these characters - or at least into base 10

[BangPypers] [Announcement] Training on Extending Python using C

2010-11-23 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Hello everyone, I've been working on a project to conduct public trainings on technologies/applications that I use on a semi-daily basis (Emacs, Git, Python etc.) As part of this, I'm organising my first training in Bangalore. It's on extending Python using C. I have a blog post

Re: [BangPypers] [Announcement] Training on Extending Python using C

2010-11-23 Thread Roshan Mathews
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 18:08, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote:        As part of this, I'm organising my first training in Bangalore. It's on extending Python using C. I have a blog post detailing the course and with links to register at

Re: [BangPypers] [Announcement] Training on Extending Python using C

2010-11-23 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 19:18 +0530, Roshan Mathews wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 18:08, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: As part of this, I'm organising my first training in Bangalore. It's on extending Python using C. I have a blog post detailing the course and with links to

Re: [BangPypers] [Announcement] Training on Extending Python using C

2010-11-23 Thread Roshan Mathews
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:08, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 19:18 +0530, Roshan Mathews wrote: This sounds fantastic.  I wish was in Bangalore (or able to travel to Bangalore) to attend.  Do post slides, or any other material you present later on. did you

Re: [BangPypers] [Announcement] Training on Extending Python using C

2010-11-23 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 08:26 +0530, Roshan Mathews wrote: On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:08, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 19:18 +0530, Roshan Mathews wrote: This sounds fantastic. I wish was in Bangalore (or able to travel to Bangalore) to attend. Do post

Re: [BangPypers] converting utf to octal

2010-11-23 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 17:36 +0530, JAGANADH G wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.orgwrote: hi, say I have an indic (tamil) string like நான். This is actually represented by the following: 0x0ba8,0x0bbe,0x0ba9,0x0bcd. How can I convert the above

[BangPypers] Random hacks of kindness 4th 5th Dec Bangalore

2010-11-23 Thread Santosh Rajan
On December 4th and 5th, 2010 Random Hacks of Kindness, in collaboration with partners worldwide, is hosting its third hackathon–a global gathering of hackers in many locations around the world, coming together in real time for a marathon weekend of coding around problems relating to natural

Re: [BangPypers] [Announcement] Training on Extending Python using C

2010-11-23 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
On Wed, Nov 24 2010, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: [...] well, if it is paid lecture, normally slides are only available to those who pay. And anyway, having watched Noufal teaching python at last year's conference, I would say his lectures would be worth every paisa. We are desperately short

Re: [BangPypers] [Announcement] Training on Extending Python using C

2010-11-23 Thread Roshan Mathews
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 09:54, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: I considered making it a free thing but dropped the idea. Preparing something complete with notes and stuff takes up a considerable amount of time (as I've found out) and I simply cannot just do it in my free time. I've

Re: [BangPypers] [Announcement] Training on Extending Python using C

2010-11-23 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Roshan Mathews rmath...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 09:54, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@gmail.com wrote: I considered making it a free thing but dropped the idea. Preparing something complete with notes and stuff takes up a considerable amount of

Re: [BangPypers] [Announcement] Training on Extending Python using C

2010-11-23 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai abpil...@gmail.com wrote: IMHO, now a days, the right thing to do is to actually share the material even if the actual talk is a paid one. People are paying mainly for being in the class and getting taught by the speaker, not only