Re: How to set program name in Python? ($0 in Perl)

Thanks Fredrik for the info. It was not a must-have, I was just curious if it was possible. Thanks, Swaroop www.SwaroopCH.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Parrot Project for Python

See http://pirate.tangentcode.com/ - Swaroop -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Pipes of binaries - IPC::Run

Is there a Python equivalent of Perl's IPC::Run module [ http://search.cpan.org/dist/IPC-Run/lib/IPC/Run.pm ] ? Thanks! -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: file parsing/watching + qt

the Python binding to FAM (File Alteration Monitor): http://python-fam.sourceforge.net/ HTH, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python SQLite

For Linux/BSD, use your favorite package management software (yum in Fedora, urpmi in Mandrake, emerge in Gentoo, apt-get in Debian, pkg_add in FreeBSD), etc. For Mac, use Fink. HTH :-) -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: python+windows/linux - write stdout text to always on top text?

is on top. Why would you want to do that ? -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python+windows/linux - write stdout text to always on top text?

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Re: Calling a Perl Module from Python

limitation of Python (in my view) - it doesn't have a module repository to rival CPAN. AFAIK, there isn't any reliable way to call Perl modules from Python. -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: re module non-greedy matches broken

On Apr 4, 2005 10:06 PM, Terry Reedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what book or books on regexes A standard is Mastering Regular Expressions, 2nd ed, by xxx (sorry, forget) Mastering Regular Expressions, by Jeffrey Friedl See http://www.regex.info/ Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http

Re: pagecrawling websites with Python

particular question, but maybe you can have a look at how the HarvestMan works: http://freshmeat.net/projects/harvestman Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Unzipping Files

On Apr 1, 2005 8:14 PM, Greg Lindstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I read the data from a file in a zip archive? http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/Python-UnZipped Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: why and when we should do it?

add code later. why and when we should inherit Object? You can inherit from Object if you want to have a 'new-style class'. See http://www.python.org/doc/newstyle.html -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: how to apply mvc pattern to gui-design in python

/Main/Features -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: html tags and python

/Calendars/ IMHO, using Javascript is a better idea for this particular purpose instead of writing a lot of checking in Python. -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: passing input to running loop

a IRCbot. I am not sure if you want to write the program completely from scratch. If not, you could perhaps use the Twisted IRC module to do most of your work :) http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/api/twisted.protocols.irc.html Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book

Re: convert user input to Decimal objects using eval()?

('0.111') ? -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Submission for Python Limmerick Contest

On 22 Mar 2005 11:44:03 -0500, Roy Smith wrote: A tuple, a dict, and a list, And whitespace which mus'n't be missed. Imported together, And stirred with a feather, Yields a language whose name must be hissed! Nice! +1 -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http

Re: simultaneous copy to multiple media

://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?tee HTH, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to pass parameter when importing a module?

import * Suggestion: Maybe you use builtin `__import__` to load a module ? Note that in this way, you'll have to use the module name prefix. -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Database connection caching

? You can have any number of cursor objects and can run with a single connection object A good introduction is at http://www.amk.ca/python/writing/DB-API.html Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python

Re: Is Python like VB?

award this year (along with Python 2.4). I have heard Gambas to be a very good option too: http://gambas.sourceforge.net/ -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: syntax incorrect with regex

) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Please check the indentation you have used. Also, it should be re.VERBOSE (note the ending 'e') Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Simple XML-to-Python conversion

(4suite has it) to get the parts that you want. A really quick intro is at http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2003/10/21/xpathRocks Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: survey of modules to be added to stdlib

along with ChiPy (Chicago Pythonistas) and of course, the distutils-sig and catalog-sig. For details, please see http://www.swaroopch.info/archives/2005/03/13/uraga-the-cpan-for-python/ We welcome you to help us in this endeavour. Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http

Re: wxPython vs. pyQt

://www.trolltech.com/newsroom/announcements/0192.html I hope the PyQt guys are on top of this ;) Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python version anachronism

--- Xah Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so, python 2.3.5 is released about 2 months later than 2.4?? As far as I understand, 2.3.5 is a maintenance release in the 2.3 branch. It is independent of the 2.4 branch. Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info

RE: urllib (and urllib2) read all data from page on open()?

side of the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It is normally not used directly -- the module urllib uses it to handle URLs that use HTTP and HTTPS. HTH, Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: yum repository

--- Donald L. Dietmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What yum repository do you use to pick up python rpms? Search for 'Yum' at: http://www.python.org/2.4/rpms.html Cheers, Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Python info

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Re: variable arguments question

= d) doesnt work You need to use it as follows: def foo(**args): ... '''Takes in key=value parameters.''' ... for key, value in args.items(): ... print key, '-', value ... foo(a=1,b=2) a - 1 b - 2 Hope this makes some sense, Swaroop C H Blog

Re: Hey, How Do I Distribute my New Completed Python Project?

/release/install mechanics. Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Execute a list

Groleo Marius wrote: How can i execute a string in python? How can I execute the code that s keeps inside, considering that the code is correct? Use the exec statement : `exec s` Details at http://www.python.org/doc/ref/exec.html Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http

Re: Hello

subscribe to comp.lang.python. If you can't find a Usenet server, try news.gmane.org -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to input one char at a time from stdin?

with this? This is exactly what you need: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/134892 Title: getch()-like unbuffered character reading from stdin on both Windows and Unix This recipe was a lifesaver for me once :-) Regards, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book

Re: MySQLdb

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Re: MySQLdb

, the default behavior is the same as if IGNORE is specified; this is because the server has no way to stop transmission of the file in the middle of the operation. P.S. Its best to take this discussion off the list since its not directly related to Python. -- Swaroop C H Blog: http

Re: How to access database?

/writing/DB-API.html HTH, -- Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list