Re: Detecting Ctrl-Alt-Del in Windows

2011-09-02 Thread sjm
On Sep 1, 12:52 pm, Den wrote: > Obviously, this is a windows-based question.  I know that Ctrl-Alt-Del > is handled deep inside the OS, and I'm not trying to interrupt that. > But is there some way to detect that a C-A-D has been pressed? If you manage to write a program that can detect CTRL-ALT

Re: ftplib - Did the whole file get sent?

2010-10-25 Thread sjm
was perfect but it goes a long way. It also provides useful information if there is a problem. HTH, SJM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Language mavens: Is there a programming with "if then else ENDIF" syntax?

2009-11-17 Thread sjm
On Nov 16, 12:54 pm, Steve Ferg wrote: > Does anybody know a language with this kind of syntax for > ifThenElseEndif? Modern-day COBOL: IF some-condition do-something ELSE do-something-else END-IF. The period is also meaningful as a statement terminator in COBOL, so it

Re: Annoying octal notation

2009-09-03 Thread sjm
On Aug 21, 2:45 pm, John Nagle wrote: >      In 2009, Unisys finally exited the mainframe hardware business, and the > last of the 36-bit machines, the ClearPath servers, are being phased out. > That line of machines goes back to the UNIVAC 2200 series, and the UNIVAC > 1100 series, all the way b

Re: Considering python - have a few questions.

2005-02-13 Thread sjm
Heather Stovold wrote: > I am a "retired" programmer, that started in the DOS world. (Well, I guess > I started pre-DOS...). I learned C++ (for DOS), and Pascal (for DOS) when I > was in school - and programmed for several years in Basic. (Ok - it wasn't > my choice - but it was what I was hire