how to save python interpreter's command history

this has been a problem for me for some time. I want to save the interpretters command history to a file, there is a history file in my user directory .pyhistory but it saves only like 500 or so how can I make it save all the commands and not delete it, any other suggestions that people use is w

catching doctype using xml.sax -- please

Hi I would really appreciate if soemone can point me to the direction. how can I use xml.sax to catch doctype entities. there is a xml.sax.DTDHandler , but how should i use it? thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

converting xmllib to xml.sax

Hi I am trying to convert an override of xmllib.XMLparser , in the handle_doctype method we are catching the entities using load_dtd(sysid).gen_ents how can I do the same with xml.sax, does xml.sax has anything to catch the entties thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: socket connetion to url with port 80

thanks for the help I got the response using s.send("GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n"), but this socket is being blocked by squid server that we have installed in our socket. do you know how can i configure the squid to stop blocking the socket thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l

socket connetion to url with port 80

Hi this is really a stupid question, how can i get page rsponse from a site e.g. google.com port 80 form socket, can i do something import socket s = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM ) s.connect( ( "www.google.com", 80 ) ) s.send( "Hello" ) # GET?? response = s.recv(8048) print

Credit card API Sol with python interface

Hi does anybody know of any credit card merchant slution with python API. we used to use cybercash long time ago, but are willing to switch to something good and not pricy. we want to accept credit cards and process them. something with python wrapper will be great , as I would not have to build

dynamic construction of variables / function names

python provides a great way of dynamically creating fuctions calls and class names from string a function/class name can be stored as string and called/initilzed e.g def foo(a,b): return a+b def blah(c,d): return c*d list = ["foo", "blah"] for func in list: print func(2,4) o

global namescape of multilevel hierarchy

Hi I have a script e.g. import package.module ID = "55" package.module.checkID() now in package.module.checkID function, i wnat to know what is the ID defiend in the calling scriipt if I dot globals(), it returns only items in module. is there a way to get the script level namesapce th

Re: html parser , unexpected '<' char in declaration

thanks for the suggestions, this is not happening frequently, actually this is the first time I have seen this exception in the system, which means that some spam message was generated with ill-formated html. i guess the best way would be to check using regular expression and delete the unclosed t

Re: html parser , unexpected '<' char in declaration

thanks for the reply well probabbly I should explain more. this is part of an email . after the mta delivers the email, it is stored in a local dir. After that the email is being parsed by the parser inside an web based imap client at display time. I dont think I have the choice of rewriting the

html parser , unexpected '<' char in declaration

html = ' \r\n Foo foo , blah blah ' >>> import htmllib >>> import formatter >>> parser=htmllib.HTMLParser(formatter.NullFormatter()) >>> parser.feed(html) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sgmllib.py", line 95, in feed self.goahead(0) File

.py vs .pyc

Hi all is execution of pyc files faster than py files? since both files are interpreted by python , is there any speedup in using one or other? what is difference if i type from cmd line, python test.py vs. python test.pyc thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

py vs pyc

Hi I want to know that is .pyc files execute faster than .py files,? since both are interpreted by python , is there any speedup in using one or other.? e.g. what is the difference between runing from cmd "python test.py" and "python test.pyc" thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listi

Re: xsl and unicode surrogate characters

, is it ok to strip it using regex re.complie(' [\xed|\xa0] ')? Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Sakcee wrote: > > Hi > > > > In one of the data files that I have , I am seeing these characters > > \xed\xa0\xa0 . They seem to break the xsl. > [...] >

xsl and unicode surrogate characters

Hi In one of the data files that I have , I am seeing these characters \xed\xa0\xa0 . They seem to break the xsl. --- Extra content at the end of the document XML/XSL Error:

rss parsing: sax or dom

hi I am trying to parse rss2 feeds in python, should I use sax and define handler and then functions for each tag or should I go for dom approach. thanks for any comments -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Rss/xml namespaces sgmllib, sax, minidom

I want to build a simple validator for rss2 feeds, that checks basic structure and reports channels , items , and their attributes etc. I have been reading Mark Pilgrims articles on xml.com, diveintopython and someother stuff on sgmllib, sax.handlers and content handlers, xml.dom.minidom why is a

Re: pyUnit and dynamic test functions

Excellent , your example is elegant and runs beautifully so the idea is to create a testcase which runs a general function "testRun" (which calls the function defined in file )and loads data based on type , add this testcase to suite and run suite. thanks , this is exactly what I was looking for

Re: pyUnit and dynamic test functions

s with inputs and expected outputs in a data file and this type of script will generate similar assert functions for all of them on fly and run them thanks for any input or any alternate approach to it Kent Johnson wrote: > Sakcee wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am trying to use

Re: pyUnit and dynamic test functions

Please anyone help, is this kind of dynamin thing possible? any suggestion for creating frameworks for automated testing , all comments appreciated thanks Sakcee wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to use pyUnit to create a framework for testing functions > > I am reading function

pyUnit and dynamic test functions

Hi I am trying to use pyUnit to create a framework for testing functions I am reading function name, expected output, from a text file. and in python generating dynamic test functions something like this class getUsStatesTest( unittest.TestCase ): self.setUp = lambda : function_call

ddd or eclipse with mod_python

Hi I am using mod_python for web development, I am in need of some ide , can i use ddd or eclipse with pydev with mod_python. can these ide's handle requests from mod_python and run server side scripts any help or pointers are greatly appreciated thanks clive -- http://mail.python.org/mailm

pydoc search in browser

Hi I am a newbie to pydoc and I need some help. I would really appreciate if some one can tell me how to add search box in a page generated by pydoc, e.g. I want to add serch like the one in pydoc.org thanks sakcee -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list