Re: Python conquors the BBC [was Re: IDLE has suddenly become FAWLTY - so should I be hitting it with a big stick, or what?]

2014-08-27 Thread Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:58 AM, Twirlip2 ahr...@googlemail.com wrote: It just pulls a lot of HTML and XML from the website, and extracts the addresses of various other pages, and eventually *.WMA streams, and hands the stream URLs over to XMPlay http://www.un4seen.com/. It 'knows' what pages

Re: Python conquors the BBC [was Re: IDLE has suddenly become FAWLTY - so should I be hitting it with a big stick, or what?]

2014-08-27 Thread Twirlip2
On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 05:55:28 UTC+1, Chris Angelico wrote: On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Rustom Mody rus...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 8:06:24 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Twirlip2 wrote: So, please give me a few

Re: Python conquors the BBC [was Re: IDLE has suddenly become FAWLTY - so should I be hitting it with a big stick, or what?]

2014-08-27 Thread Twirlip2
On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 09:12:07 UTC+1, Chris Kwpolska Warrick wrote: On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:58 AM, Twirlip2 ahr...@googlemail.com wrote: I have plenty of ideas for improving the program, but first I have to re-organise the present spaghetti code in a more logical fashion. I

Python conquors the BBC [was Re: IDLE has suddenly become FAWLTY - so should I be hitting it with a big stick, or what?]

2014-08-26 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Twirlip2 wrote: Since I require Python in order to listen to my beloved radio programmes reliably (don't get me started on the subject of the thrice-accursed BBC website!), I therefore have IDLE running all the time, very probably sometimes for weeks on end. Well, don't keep us in

Re: Python conquors the BBC [was Re: IDLE has suddenly become FAWLTY - so should I be hitting it with a big stick, or what?]

2014-08-26 Thread Twirlip2
On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 01:04:18 UTC+1, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Twirlip2 wrote: Since I require Python in order to listen to my beloved radio programmes reliably (don't get me started on the subject of the thrice-accursed BBC website!), I therefore have IDLE running all the time,

Re: Python conquors the BBC [was Re: IDLE has suddenly become FAWLTY - so should I be hitting it with a big stick, or what?]

2014-08-26 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Twirlip2 ahr...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 01:04:18 UTC+1, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Twirlip2 wrote: Since I require Python in order to listen to my beloved radio programmes reliably (don't get me started on the subject of the

Re: Python conquors the BBC [was Re: IDLE has suddenly become FAWLTY - so should I be hitting it with a big stick, or what?]

2014-08-26 Thread Twirlip2
On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 01:21:32 UTC+1, Chris Angelico wrote: On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Twirlip2 wrote: On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 01:04:18 UTC+1, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Twirlip2 wrote: Since I require Python in order to listen to my beloved radio programmes reliably

Re: Python conquors the BBC [was Re: IDLE has suddenly become FAWLTY - so should I be hitting it with a big stick, or what?]

2014-08-26 Thread Twirlip2
On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 01:58:16 UTC+1, Twirlip2 wrote: It's a mess, but it does at least keep local dependencies in a configuration file. (I had no trouble getting it to run on two different PCs, under both XP and Win98SE - and, if I recall correctly, also Vista, but I never use that

Re: Python conquors the BBC [was Re: IDLE has suddenly become FAWLTY - so should I be hitting it with a big stick, or what?]

2014-08-26 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Twirlip2 ahr...@googlemail.com wrote: So, please give me a few weeks to improve my code, before posting it. (I recently came across somewhere on the Web where you can post code, but I forget where.) If you're looking for hosting, I recommend one of the source

Re: Python conquors the BBC [was Re: IDLE has suddenly become FAWLTY - so should I be hitting it with a big stick, or what?]

2014-08-26 Thread Rustom Mody
On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 8:06:24 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Twirlip2 wrote: So, please give me a few weeks to improve my code, before posting it. (I recently came across somewhere on the Web where you can post code, but I forget where.) If

Re: Python conquors the BBC [was Re: IDLE has suddenly become FAWLTY - so should I be hitting it with a big stick, or what?]

2014-08-26 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Rustom Mody rustompm...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, August 27, 2014 8:06:24 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Twirlip2 wrote: So, please give me a few weeks to improve my code, before posting it. (I recently came across