Re: Distributing programs

2005-10-02 Thread Wouter van Ooijen (www.voti.nl)
>A non-python programming friend of mine has said that any programs made >with Python must be distributed with, or an alternative link, to the >source of the program. Yes, and you must also include a blank sheet, signed by you in blood. Seriously, whatever the license of Python itself is, a pro

Re: micro-python - is it possible?

2005-08-30 Thread Wouter van Ooijen (www.voti.nl)
>No, not a tiny microcontroller environment. In the >microcontroller world, "tiny" means 100 bytes of ram and 4KB of >code space. That's medium :) PIC10F200: 256 12-bit instructions, 16 bytes RAM. Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Webshop for PICs

Re: python image thumbnail generator?

2005-08-28 Thread Wouter van Ooijen (www.voti.nl)
>I'm thinking it would be nice and easy, if we could just upload a jpg into >a dir called "gallery/". When the client clicks the "gallery" link, a >cgi script could search the gallery/ dir, and create thumbnails of any >jpeg images that don't already have a thumbnail associated with them. The >scr

Re: Doubt C and Python

2005-08-28 Thread Wouter van Ooijen (www.voti.nl)
>> I use Python when my time is most valuable (in most cases it is), in >> the very few cases the computer's time is more valuable I write in >> C/C++. > >In cases when the computer's time is more valuable, why not use CPython >with C/C++ API? Only most time consuming parts can be replaced to C/C+

Re: file access dialog

2005-08-26 Thread Wouter van Ooijen (www.voti.nl)
>Tkinter has a file acces dialog available with the same API on all platforms. >It is also mapped to the standard dialog on Windows. > Since Tkinter is certainly installed by default with Python, if a file dialog > is everything you need, you probably don't have to look further. Great :) Wout

file access dialog

2005-08-26 Thread Wouter van Ooijen (www.voti.nl)
I have a tool in Python to which I want to add a small GUI. The tools currently runs everywhere PySerial is supported. I need a file-access dialog. What is the preffered way to to this? Is there a platform-independent file-access dialog available, or should I use the windows native version when run

Re: Should I move to Amsterdam?

2005-08-26 Thread Wouter van Ooijen (www.voti.nl)
>True. Unless you have two proper locks. In that case your bike will >last a very long time. Nope. You will probably retrieve your two locks from the fencing you attached them to (if you did!), with your bike gone. Wouter van Ooijen -- http://www.voti.nl Web

Re: Should I move to Amsterdam?

2005-08-24 Thread Wouter van Ooijen (www.voti.nl)
>Nice little series by Seth Stevenson for Americans daydreaming about >emigration. Somewhere, anywhere ... maybe Amsterdam? > >I've never been to the Netherlands myself, but it sounds very >civilized. It used to be, until some lunatic (alledged to be a left-winger) killed an (alledged right-wing)

Re: Doubt C and Python

2005-08-23 Thread Wouter van Ooijen (www.voti.nl)
>For me, the choice is typically among C++, Perl, Python, and Java. The >arguments for Python relative to these languages are: > add: I develop on my platform (which happens to be XP, but that is irrelevant), I put the Python source on my website, and I never worry about the platform my users wi

Re: Doubt C and Python

2005-08-23 Thread Wouter van Ooijen (www.voti.nl)
> I want to know the link between c and python. Apart from the fact that the inner part of Python is written in C I know no link? > Some people with C background use Python instead >of programming in C.why? I use Python when my time is most valuable (in most cases it is), in the very few