Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-21 Thread Franck Ditter
Ok I can make my way with jstmovie. Some remarks and questions : - Use encoding='utf-8' inside open of method __init__ of class Tutorial in jstmovie.py. Otherwise foreign languages are stuck. - To use the software outside Python, we need to have proper indentation as real spaces. We should

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-21 Thread Mitya Sirenef
On 01/21/2013 02:30 AM, rusi wrote: On Jan 13, 12:08 pm, Mitya Sirenef msire...@lightbird.net wrote: Sure: they play back a list of instructions on use of string methods and list comprehensions along with demonstration in a mock-up of the interpreter with a different display effect for

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-21 Thread Mitya Sirenef
On 01/21/2013 03:07 AM, Franck Ditter wrote: Ok I can make my way with jstmovie. Some remarks and questions : - Use encoding='utf-8' inside open of method __init__ of class Tutorial in jstmovie.py. Otherwise foreign languages are stuck. - To use the software outside Python, we need to

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-21 Thread Mitya Sirenef
On 01/21/2013 03:07 AM, Franck Ditter wrote: Ok I can make my way with jstmovie. Some remarks and questions : - Use encoding='utf-8' inside open of method __init__ of class Tutorial in jstmovie.py. Otherwise foreign languages are stuck. Thanks, will fix this.. -m -- Lark's Tongue Guide

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-21 Thread Franck Ditter
In article mailman.731.1358757093.2939.python-l...@python.org, Mitya Sirenef msire...@lightbird.net wrote: - To use the software outside Python, we need to have proper indentation as real spaces. We should be able to distinguish Arial type for usual text and fixed font for code.

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-21 Thread Mitya Sirenef
On 01/21/2013 06:30 AM, Franck Ditter wrote: In article mailman.731.1358757093.2939.python-l...@python.org, Mitya Sirenef msire...@lightbird.net wrote: - To use the software outside Python, we need to have proper indentation as real spaces. We should be able to distinguish Arial type

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-20 Thread Franck Ditter
In article mailman.696.1358622153.2939.python-l...@python.org, Mitya Sirenef msire...@lightbird.net wrote: On 01/19/2013 04:32 AM, Franck Ditter wrote: In article mailman.488.1358146579.2939.python-l...@python.org, Mitya Sirenef msire...@lightbird.net wrote: On 01/14/2013 01:34 AM,

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-20 Thread Franck Ditter
In article nobody-b6cd7f.18373820012...@news.free.fr, Franck Ditter nob...@nowhere.org wrote: In article mailman.696.1358622153.2939.python-l...@python.org, Mitya Sirenef msire...@lightbird.net wrote: On 01/19/2013 04:32 AM, Franck Ditter wrote: In article

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-20 Thread Franck Ditter
In article nobody-a71b2d.18413120012...@news.free.fr, Franck Ditter nob...@nowhere.org wrote: In article nobody-b6cd7f.18373820012...@news.free.fr, Franck Ditter nob...@nowhere.org wrote: In article mailman.696.1358622153.2939.python-l...@python.org, Mitya Sirenef

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-20 Thread Mitya Sirenef
On 01/20/2013 12:54 PM, Franck Ditter wrote: In article nobody-a71b2d.18413120012...@news.free.fr, Franck Ditter nob...@nowhere.org wrote: In article nobody-b6cd7f.18373820012...@news.free.fr, Franck Ditter nob...@nowhere.org wrote: In article

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-20 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:54:03 +0100, Franck Ditter wrote: [snip quoting NINE levels deep] When executing jstmovie.py, it complains : 'template.html' not found in tmovies... Please trim unnecessary quoted text out of your replies. We don't need to read page after page of irrelevant comments

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-20 Thread rusi
On Jan 13, 12:08 pm, Mitya Sirenef msire...@lightbird.net wrote: Sure: they play back a list of instructions on use of string methods and list comprehensions along with demonstration in a mock-up of the interpreter with a different display effect for commands typed into (and printed out by)

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-19 Thread Franck Ditter
In article mailman.488.1358146579.2939.python-l...@python.org, Mitya Sirenef msire...@lightbird.net wrote: On 01/14/2013 01:34 AM, Franck Ditter wrote: In article mailman.469.1358088303.2939.python-l...@python.org, Jason Friedman ja...@powerpull.net wrote: That is right; I would also

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-19 Thread Mitya Sirenef
On 01/19/2013 04:32 AM, Franck Ditter wrote: In article mailman.488.1358146579.2939.python-l...@python.org, Mitya Sirenef msire...@lightbird.net wrote: On 01/14/2013 01:34 AM, Franck Ditter wrote: In article mailman.469.1358088303.2939.python-l...@python.org, Jason Friedman

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-13 Thread Jason Friedman
That is right; I would also add that it may be overwhelming for a newbie to be reading through a large wall of text -- here you have blank space after the current paragraph so the attention is focused even more on the last few lines. Additionally, since instructions scroll automatically, I

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-13 Thread Franck Ditter
In article mailman.469.1358088303.2939.python-l...@python.org, Jason Friedman ja...@powerpull.net wrote: That is right; I would also add that it may be overwhelming for a newbie to be reading through a large wall of text -- here you have blank space after the current paragraph so the

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-13 Thread Mitya Sirenef
On 01/14/2013 01:34 AM, Franck Ditter wrote: In article mailman.469.1358088303.2939.python-l...@python.org, Jason Friedman ja...@powerpull.net wrote: That is right; I would also add that it may be overwhelming for a newbie to be reading through a large wall of text -- here you have blank

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-12 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:11:53 -0500, AK wrote: I don't know what to call these, so for now I'll call them training text movies until I come up with a better name.. I hope these will be helpful, especially to new students of Python. http://lightbird.net/larks/tmovies.html For the benefit

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-12 Thread Mitya Sirenef
On 01/13/2013 01:35 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:11:53 -0500, AK wrote: I don't know what to call these, so for now I'll call them training text movies until I come up with a better name.. I hope these will be helpful, especially to new students of Python.

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-12 Thread Terry Reedy
On 1/13/2013 2:08 AM, Mitya Sirenef wrote: On 01/13/2013 01:35 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:11:53 -0500, AK wrote: I don't know what to call these, so for now I'll call them training text movies until I come up with a better name.. I hope these will be helpful,

Re: ANN: Python training text movies

2013-01-12 Thread Mitya Sirenef
On 01/13/2013 02:28 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: On 1/13/2013 2:08 AM, Mitya Sirenef wrote: On 01/13/2013 01:35 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:11:53 -0500, AK wrote: I don't know what to call these, so for now I'll call them training text movies until I come up with a