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

On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 09:12:07 UTC+1, Chris "Kwpolska" Warrick wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:58 AM, Twirlip2 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 have a bet

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

On Wednesday, 27 August 2014 05:55:28 UTC+1, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Rustom Mody 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 week

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

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:58 AM, Twirlip2 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 . > > It 'knows' what pages to visit, beca

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

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Rustom Mody 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 somewhere on

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

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.)

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

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 you're looking for hosting, I recommend one of the source control hosting sit

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

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 > t

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

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 > >> > pr

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

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 (don't get me started on the subject of the thrice-accursed B

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

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 t

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

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 suspend