Re: Pros/Cons of Turbogears/Rails?

2006-09-01 Thread paron
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was initially leaning towards Rails due to maturity, but the most recent version of TurboGears seem to have fixed a lot of the ad hoc feeling I got from previous versions. But I'm still very much up in the air. Thanks, Ken I've found that familiarity with

Re: MS word document generator

2006-03-16 Thread paron
You might also consider OpenOffice, which writes to ODF. That way, you're working to a standard. You can script OpenOffice in Python (http://udk.openoffice.org/python/python-bridge.html) . OpenOffice can save in .doc, and does a pretty good job of making a file that most MS Word versions will

Re: Please, I Have A Question before I get started

2006-03-14 Thread paron
Well, Nicholas Chase just posted an OpenLaszlo tutorial/app that shows how OpenLaszlo handles sounds. Try http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-os-php-openlaszlo1-i.html You have to register, but it's free, and they don't bug you. It's PHP driven, but that part's easily ported to Python.

Re: Please, I Have A Question before I get started

2006-03-13 Thread paron
Since you are comfortable with HTML, you could use the browser as your GUI, and use a lightweight python server like Karrigell (or CherryPy, or Turbogears) to serve the pages. A little javascript to move the highlighting around, and . . . Well, frankly, it's still harder than it ought to be. (I

Re: Please, I Have A Question before I get started

2006-03-13 Thread paron
Well, there's OpenLaszlo, which handles the sounds/animation for http:www.pandora.com, I understand. It may be overkill for a desktop app, but it's free. It was originally written in Python, I think, but it uses ECMAScript for scripting. It's free, and reportedly handles sounds and animations,

Re: Write a GUI for a python script?

2006-03-06 Thread paron
If you are already familiar with html, you might consider using the browser for the UI. It's pretty much cross-platform, if you ever need that, and users are accustomed to browser look/feel. If your installation doesn't already have a python-enabled http server running, there are several options

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-16 Thread paron
From the OP: snipAs for the application it has to be able display simple animated graphics such as circles, lines and squares. However if someone clicks on a shape it should open up another application, such as Word. Thanks, Rod Python Newbie /snip snipThe application itself can sit on the

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-15 Thread paron
You may already know this, but I don't think anyone has mentioned it explicitly. You can run a Python web server (I like CherryPy) on the local machine, and serve pages to localhost. Everything else is just plain old Python, and talking to the OS is no problem. Ron --

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-15 Thread paron
I forgot -- I like the idea of Kerrigell, too. It runs on top of CherryPy, and lets you use python either in the server (which is just a little program on your local machine) or embedded in the html pages, or in a Kerrigell service, which is an application server based on Python. So, a script to

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-15 Thread paron
I forgot -- I like the idea of Kerrigell, too. It runs on top of CherryPy, and lets you use python either in the server (which is just a little program on your local machine) or embedded in the html pages, or in a Kerrigell service, which is an application server based on Python. So, a script to

Re: Embedding an Application in a Web browser

2006-02-15 Thread paron
Thanks, Kent -- you're right. That'll teach me to work from memory! Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to generate graphics dynamically on the web using Python CGI script?

2006-01-23 Thread paron
Steve Holden wrote: Debashis Dey wrote: Hello, I have a python CGI program. I would like to show a graph within a HTML plage. I would like to dynamically generate the graph using the python CGI script on the web server side and send it to the browser. My question is how can I do

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-20 Thread paron
Wow! You´re right, at least at first reading. It looks REALLY simple, and almost anything you can dream up will work. Python scripts, python-in-html, html-in-python, and karrigell services ( based on CherryPy). Seems to support smart urls, sessions, authentication, and internationalization

Re: Which Python web framework is most like Ruby on Rails?

2005-12-20 Thread paron
Oops! Second line on the home page: snipWith Karrigell you have . . . * a pure-Python database engine : KirbyBase Karrigell can also work with . . . all the databases for which a Python API exists (sqlite, mySql, PostGreSQL, ZODB, etc). /snip Well, off to reread and work the tut! My

Re: How to get started in GUI Programming?

2005-11-28 Thread paron
I think the best route is through the browser. Good cross-platform, has a reasonable toolkit, and it's familiar for users. You could look at TurboGears. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Creating Pie Chart from Python

2005-09-16 Thread paron
If you can wait a week or two, you can use svg and it will work for IE or Firefox. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: PyGTK or wXPython?

2005-09-14 Thread paron
Just a thought -- you might consider using a HTTP/browser UI. It's graphically ugly, but it's familiar for users, and it goes cross-platform very well. Plus, if you decide to move the app to a Web server, you're already done. Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What XML lib to use?

2005-09-14 Thread paron
One more vote for Amara! I think it's unmatched for ease of use, if you already know Python. Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python for Webscripting (like PHP)

2005-08-19 Thread paron
Yes the stdlib offers all the basic functions, but why work so hard? Get CherryPy (http://www.cherrypy.org) and relax a bit. You'll be able to concentrate on Python for the backend, HTML for the frontend, without a lot of directory-diddling. Also, check out

Re: Python for Webscripting (like PHP)

2005-08-19 Thread paron
Yes, there's a tutorial about that -- there are several options depending on the URL structure you want to expose, and your version of Apache. None of them are torturous, though. Start at http://www.cherrypy.org/wiki/CherryPyProductionSetup and follow the links down. Ron --

Re: GUI - Windows: Where to get started

2005-07-27 Thread paron
Ernesto wrote: Hi all, Would anyone know a good place to start for learning how to build simple GUI's in Windows XP? I just want users to be able to select a few parameters from a pull-down menu, then be able to run some batch files using the parameters from the pull down menus. I would

Re: What is your favorite Python web framework?

2005-07-18 Thread paron
Admin: I have kept the following: - PyWork - http://pywork.sourceforge.net (Not sure if it's mature) - Django - http://www.djangoproject.com (Looks interesting) - CherryPy - http://www.cherrypy.org (Unsure) I have also found a more comprehensive list here:

Re: f*cking re module

2005-07-08 Thread paron
That is so handy!! Thanks! Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Looking For Geodetic Python Software

2005-06-24 Thread paron
Howard Butler http://hobu.biz/ has some nice Python wrappers for gdal and Frank Warmerdam's other tools. I have to say, though, that geodesy is inherently complicated. Python makes it easy to program, but not easy to understand. http://maps.hobu.net:7080/RPC2 is an XMLRPC service that he exposes

Re: Python, Perl PDF files

2005-04-27 Thread paron
Hopefully, Adobe will choose to support SVG as a response to Microsoft's Metro, and take us all off the hook with respect to cracking open their proprietary format. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list