Re: Pyhon (with wxPython) on Windows' cygwin: can it be done fully ?

2008-12-02 Thread Jeremiah Dodds
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Fernando H. Sanches < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At first I also disliked print's new syntax, but later I realised it > could be useful. > > However, I agree that the parentheses are annoying. Not because of the > parens theirselves, but because of the Shift key.

Re: Pyhon (with wxPython) on Windows' cygwin: can it be done fully ?

2008-12-01 Thread Fernando H. Sanches
At first I also disliked print's new syntax, but later I realised it could be useful. However, I agree that the parentheses are annoying. Not because of the parens theirselves, but because of the Shift key. Why programmers stilll can't have special keyboards with parens keys that doesn't need pre

Re: Pyhon (with wxPython) on Windows' cygwin: can it be done fully ?

2008-12-01 Thread J. Cliff Dyer
On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 13:31 -0800, Lie wrote: > pdb and logging is too much for beginners, which most likely does not > yet understand the workings of the debugger and logger (and pdb's many > quirks). Don't forget that we're all beginners once. Python's learning > curve shouldn't raise with time,

Re: Pyhon (with wxPython) on Windows' cygwin: can it be done fully ?

2008-11-30 Thread Carl Banks
On Nov 29, 3:31 pm, Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python's learning > curve shouldn't raise with time, it should get lower so more people > can join in the board. print function should give a newbie less to learn than a print statement, since statements have their own syntax (and the print sta

Re: Pyhon (with wxPython) on Windows' cygwin: can it be done fully ?

2008-11-29 Thread alex23
On Nov 30, 7:31 am, Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python's learning > curve shouldn't raise with time, it should get lower so more people > can join in the board. I understand the altruistic urge present in such a desire. At the risk of being considered an elitist, as a professional programmer

Re: Pyhon (with wxPython) on Windows' cygwin: can it be done fully ?

2008-11-29 Thread Lie
On Nov 26, 1:45 pm, "Barak, Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Pythonistas, > > I read diaz's comments with interest, but - in my current configuration, I'm > unable to use pdb. > > I'm developing on cygwin and use wxPython. > Consequently, I cannot use native cygwin Python, but my Python is act

Re: Pyhon (with wxPython) on Windows' cygwin: can it be done fully ?

2008-11-26 Thread Steve Holden
Barak, Ron wrote: > Hi Pythonistas, > > I read diaz's comments with interest, but - in my current configuration, I'm > unable to use pdb. > > I'm developing on cygwin and use wxPython. > Consequently, I cannot use native cygwin Python, but my Python is actually > the Windows XP Python (i.e., /

Pyhon (with wxPython) on Windows' cygwin: can it be done fully ?

2008-11-25 Thread Barak, Ron
Hi Pythonistas, I read diaz's comments with interest, but - in my current configuration, I'm unable to use pdb. I'm developing on cygwin and use wxPython. Consequently, I cannot use native cygwin Python, but my Python is actually the Windows XP Python (i.e., /cygdrive/c/Python25/python.exe). T