Re: Prevalent Python/Django academic software

On Aug 21, 7:39 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron Laird) wrote: I don't understand the question. YES, there are MANY Python-based applications doing service in a variety of academic contexts. No, there is no central index of all such programs. Sorry if I was unclear. If there are many such

Prevalent Python/Django academic software

Is anyone working on any software at present, using django or python in general, which serves various academic/course functions, or else that of student-instructor arbitration? A popular example which my university uses is the Blackboard Academic Suite (wpedia:Blackboard Inc.), which offers a wide

ANN: pyISBNdb 0.1

Package: pyISBNdb Version: 0.1 Pre-Alpha Author: Daniel Bickett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://heureusement.org/programming/pyISBNdb/ ABOUT: pyISBNdb is a library that serves as a pythonic interface with the ISBNdb.com API, a service that provides a vast database of book information free

ANN: pyISBNdb 0.1

Package: pyISBNdb Version: 0.1 Pre-Alpha Author: Daniel Bickett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://heureusement.org/programming/pyISBNdb/ ABOUT: pyISBNdb is a library that serves as a pythonic interface with the ISBNdb.com API, a service that provides a vast database of book information

Re: python tutorial: popular/informative Python sites ?

I read c.l.py and (the Unofficial) Planet Python (and that's it), so perhaps that's an appropriate suggestion: http://www.planetpython.org/ (From the Starship: If you want to join the crew, we only require your PSA membership) -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail dot com http

Re: Safest manner to extend search path for modules?

/using-pth-files-for-python-development/ -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Yet Another Python Web Programming Question

of interfacing with MySQL databases. Thanks for your time, -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Yet Another Python Web Programming Question

I neglected to mention an important fact, and that is the fact that I am limited to Apache, which elminates several suggestions (that are appreciated none-the-less). -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

ANN: Concurrence 0.0.5.2 Alpha

, or on the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: passing arguments

An even better way would be to use the optparse module.-- Daniel Bickettdbickett at gmail.comhttp://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: very simple tkinter demo program

! -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Safe string escaping?

There is very likely a more reasonable solution than this, but it was the first one that came to mind: IDLE 1.0.3 string = foo\\n\\0 string = string.replace( \\n , \n ) string = string.replace( \\0 , \0 ) string 'foo\n\x00' print string foo Hope this helps. -- Daniel Bickett

Re: quick question

[1:] print string If thou wert my fool, nuncle... if string.endswith(\): string = string[:-1] print string If thou wert my fool, nuncle... Does this suffice? -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [NooB] Using Escape Sesquences with Strings...

administrata wrote: print \trock Your problem lies in this line. The escape sequence \t is not a variable, so to speak. It is just that, an escape sequence, so it must be located inside of a string: print \t + rock -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http

Re: pygame.mixer.music not playing

Marian Aldenhövel wrote: Maybe some way to remote control another player would be in order. Leave it to software that is specialized and all. But I would want something that runs on Windows and Linux which narrows down my options. Perhaps Zinf? http://www.zinf.org/ -- Daniel Bickett

Re: Alternative to standard C for

): while start stop: yield start start += step for x in range( 5 ): print %s % str( x ), 0 1 2 3 4 for x in genrange( 0 , 5 ): print %s % str( x ), 0 1 2 3 4 -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http

Re: Alternative to standard C for

Paul Rubin wrote: use xrange instead of range. Woops ;) I wasn't aware such a function existed. apologies-for-reinventing-the-wheel-ly y'rs, -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Which IDE supports python and wxpython?

I know of two: Boa Constructor: http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net/ wxGlade: http://wxglade.sourceforge.net/ -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Definitive documentation on newstyle classes? (WAS: Pickling and inheritance are making me hurt)

classes, and explains what they all do? If so, can anyone provide me with such a link? Thanks :-) -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Definitive documentation on newstyle classes? (WAS: Pickling and inheritance are making me hurt)

Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: Well, the fact is that __[get|set]state__() have nothing to do with new style classes, but with the Pickle protocol: http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/lib/pickle-inst.html Thank you for pointing that out, but all the same ;) -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com

Re: Possible additions to the standard library? (WAS: About standard library improvement)

module... (hint). I wasn't aware that was even on our plate ;) Is the intent for it just to have wrappers around the _winreg functions, or were there things planned for it? -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: returning True, False or None

, None , None , False ] l2 = [ None , False , False , None ] l3 = [ False , True , True , True ] boolhunt( l1 ) True boolhunt( l2 ) False boolhunt( l3 ) True It isn't elegant or clever, but it gets the job done :) -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http

Re: returning True, False or None

Jeremy Bowers wrote: The defense rests, your honor. :-) I stand corrected :-) My apologies. -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: bytecode obfuscation

/decompyle/ Other than that link, which I stumbled upon at some point (at python-eggs), I'm decidedly uninformed on this subject. -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Where are list methods documented?

) Help on class list in module __builtin__: [big snip] It goes into good detail about all of the methods, etcetera. -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Possible additions to the standard library? (WAS: About standard library improvement)

please bring to my attention any errors or inconsistencies you see -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Go visit Xah Lee's home page

by what he is doing with perl-python, and how he intentionally makes those mistakes, but then when we have a real conversation it just makes me angry. -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Easy Q: dealing with object type

for. -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Q: quoting string without escapes

= ' ' ' ' \ string ' \' \' \' \' ' string = ... ... ... ... ' ... ' ... ' ... \ ... \ ... \ ... string '\n\n\n\n\'\n\'\n\'\n\n\n\n' -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: gmail access with python!

gmail-specific libraries, really. -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: gmail access with python!

Be sure to include @gmail.com for your username. For the incoming server (the topic at hand, if I'm not mistaken,) It instructs you to use an SSL connection and port 995, so that is sure to change some things. I believe that's all. -- Daniel Bickett dbickett at gmail.com http://heureusement.org

Help! Host is reluctant to install Python

accumulated any answers) Thank you all for your help :) Wishing-to-be-liberated-from-the-clutches-of-PHP-ly y'rs, Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Help! Host is reluctant to install Python

On [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Bickett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been trying to convince my host to install python/mod_python on his server for a while now, however there are a number of reasons he is reluctant to do so, which I will outline here: I'm surprised that you're

Re: What YAML engine do you use?

Doug Holton wrote: You might like programming in XML then: http://www.meta-language.net/ :) http://www.meta-language.net/sample.html#class-metal I'm not so sure ;-) Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: how to write a tutorial

. Then please be so kind as to give us all a pleasant surprise, and take the place of the productive reformer rather than the angsty criticizer. Your vision as to the errors in the tutorial is *clearly* less clouded than ours, so only *you* are in the position to write the proper replacement. Daniel

Re: compile python to binary

in the linux magazine,) but I hope this helps. Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: compile python to binary

these binary code get generated by python compiler? Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: on the way to find pi!

Python 2.3.4 (#53, May 25 2004, 21:17:02) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information. import math math.pi 3.1415926535897931 Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

OT: problems mirroring python-list to c.l.py?

that Google Groups isn't mirroring python-list exactly like it used to, or is it simply a conspiracy I'm not in on? perfectly-capable-of-conspiring-ly y'rs, Daniel Bickett NOTES: [1] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-January/261966.html [2] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list

Re: OT: problems mirroring python-list to c.l.py?

John Lenton wrote: On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 01:53:52PM -0500, Daniel Bickett wrote: Is there a reason that Google Groups isn't mirroring python-list exactly like it used to, or is it simply a conspiracy I'm not in on? You should not ask this kind of question in a public forum

Re: how to write a tutorial

Lucas Raab wrote: Daniel Bickett wrote: Most texts in computing are written by authors to defend and showcase their existence against their peers. When you aren't busy `showcasing' your ignorance, this is *all* i see in everything you write. snip Um, maybe that was his point

Re: how to write a tutorial

of negative attention. You guys are just begging for a YHBT ;-) Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: how to write a tutorial

Daniel Bickett wrote: [snip] You guys are just begging for a YHBT ;-) I apologize, that should have been we -- I was criticizing him too. no-one-wants-to-be-a-hypocrite-ly y'rs, Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What YAML engine do you use?

, I don't need to. Long live elementtree (once again) :-) Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: shutil.move has a mind of its own

Oh, I'm sorry, that was my mistake. The example contained that error, but my code does not. Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: shutil.move has a mind of its own

. Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

shutil.move has a mind of its own

, Daniel Bickett P.S. I know I said I didn't need to post code, but I will anyway. You never know :) http://rafb.net/paste/results/FcwlEw86.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: DOS problem (simple fix??)

) into the command line, and you can just hit enter. I wouldn't recommend this, though, because the cwd wouldn't be that of the script, and it could cause instability for some apps that use relative paths. Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Problem remotely shutting down a windows computer with python

While I have no solution for the recipe you cited, it seems like alot of trouble could be avoided by simply importing the os module and running the following command using os.system: shutdown -s Daniel Bickett On 2 Jan 2005 20:13:35 -0800, EW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a problem when

Re: screen clear question

import os # windows os.system(cls) # bash ( mac, linux ) os.system(clear) That's all I can account for. Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Event-Driven Woes: making wxPython and Twisted work together

a solution to this problem. Any help would be very much appreciated, Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: need some help with threading module...

by one thread amd printed by the other.) Daniel Bickett NOTES: [1] Google killed my whitespace (as spaces _and_ tabs...) in the previews, so I pasted it on Nopaste: http://rafb.net/paste/results/KilM6t70.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Tricks to install/run Python on Windows ?

and manually adding them) but I seriously doubt it involves any that your system's stability balances on. Daniel Bickett NOTES: [1] http://drpython.sf.net/ On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:43:24 +0100, StepH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm new to Python. I'm working under XP, and I've alot of prob

Re: IDLE problem :-(

is not limited to the beginning of the prompt, and 'home' sends you beyond it. The only 'work around', so to speak, I can think to recommend is simply using a different shell for your purposes, i.e. python.exe (on windows). Daniel Bickett On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:55:10 +1030, Ishwor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Skinnable/Stylable windows in wxPython?

in a try..except..pass. Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Skinnable/Stylable windows in wxPython?

that. I've combed through the demo countless times, but I really can't find any answers. So, the question: what is the best way (or is there one, rather) to achieve an end comparable to skinning my wx windows? Thanks for your help, Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Best book on Python?

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Re: pickle and py2exe

While looking into this, I had seen some mention of protocol option in pickle. I hadnt specified anything for protocol, so it defaults to 0 though I dont know what that is. Its my first time using pickle and second with py2exe. If you think this might be your problem, then it would be best

Re: installing wxPython on Linux and Windows

I have no way to build it on Windows though, as I don't have Visual C++ 7.1, for that we must wait for Robin Dunn. Would it be too difficult of a task to try getting the build working with Dev-C++? That way those without enough incentive for purchasing Visual C++ (in excess of $100, I believe)