Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] weak-link libraries problem

2006-04-11 Thread William Kyngesburye
On Apr 11, 2006, at 9:24 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote: > > On Apr 11, 2006, at 6:46 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote: > >> I just ran into an odd and annoying problem - I'm building a Python >> library/extension thing for a package (MapServer) and have a library >> weak-linked (it's to a non-open source p

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] weak-link libraries problem

2006-04-11 Thread Saggau
One way to say what I'm thinking:There might be another way around this.  It's another way of using two modules, which might not be desirable, but not quite the "two versions of the same thing, one with expanded functionality" type.  Instead, it's "Two different (and more basic/plain-Jane) library

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] weak-link libraries problem

2006-04-11 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Apr 11, 2006, at 6:46 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote: > I just ran into an odd and annoying problem - I'm building a Python > library/extension thing for a package (MapServer) and have a library > weak-linked (it's to a non-open source product, this is so others > don't have to install that if

[Pythonmac-SIG] weak-link libraries problem

2006-04-11 Thread William Kyngesburye
I just ran into an odd and annoying problem - I'm building a Python library/extension thing for a package (MapServer) and have a library weak-linked (it's to a non-open source product, this is so others don't have to install that if they don't need it and I don't have to build multiple vers

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython -- some disappointment using it.

2006-04-11 Thread Kevin Ollivier
Hi Louis, On Apr 11, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Louis Pecora wrote: > I bought the wxPython in Action book and started trying the simple > examples in Chap. 1. One thing I have run into is rather > disappointing. Many errors (e.g. I typed return true, instead of > return > True) do not give the belove

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython -- some disappointment using it.

2006-04-11 Thread Saggau
Charles is right:http://www.wxpython.org/docs/api/wx.App-class.htmlHave you looked at boa-constructor on sourceforge? boa-constructor.sourceforge.netI used to use it when I was a bigger-than-I-am-now linux geek and found it quite useful for building one-off gui toys.  I found the learning curve mor

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython -- some disappointment using it.

2006-04-11 Thread Charles Hartman
If I recall correctly, this syndrome is covered in the book. It happens because the diagnostic's going to a window that closes when the app does. Look up wx.App(redirect=True) in the index -- you can write the diagnostic to a file and examine it at leisure. Sorry, I'm doing this from memory

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython -- some disappointment using it.

2006-04-11 Thread Saggau
are you running your scripts with pythonw from the command line?On 4/11/06, Louis Pecora <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:I bought the wxPython in Action book and started trying the simple examples in Chap. 1.  One thing I have run into is ratherdisappointing.  Many errors (e.g. I typed return true, inst

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython -- some disappointment using it.

2006-04-11 Thread Daniel Lord
Personally I am with Bill, I like Jython but it unfortunately has fallen way behind in Python versions. But it has teh advantage that Java is supported on all main 'cross' platforms. On Apr 11, 2006, at 14:43, Louis Pecora wrote: > I bought the wxPython in Action book and started trying the s

[Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython -- some disappointment using it.

2006-04-11 Thread Louis Pecora
I bought the wxPython in Action book and started trying the simple examples in Chap. 1. One thing I have run into is rather disappointing. Many errors (e.g. I typed return true, instead of return True) do not give the beloved Python tracback. That's one of the nice things that made me choose

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Help

2006-04-11 Thread Bill Janssen
> --unless you want to write cross-platform-capable GUI programs. Then > you're best off using wxPython, which isn't available as Universal > yet, though probably soon. Or Jython with Swing (my personal choice for portable GUIs). Bill ___ Pythonmac-

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup

2006-04-11 Thread has
Kenichi Yoshida wrote: >>Andrew Clover's icons have the virtue of doing this: http:// >>www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.png > >Very nice design :D. > >However, these icons for OS X? Windows. >Do you hope that we make the MacPython icon by using the new logo? There's still some debate on

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] needed: simple gui toolkit with "japaneseinput" support

2006-04-11 Thread has
Dethe Elza wrote: >Kent Quirk > > Which is kinda the point -- you already knew Cocoa and wanted to use it in > > a different context. > >Can't speak for Ronald (he's already spoken anyhow), but I learned >Cocoa from Python. Ditto here (art school graduate and self-taught coder, btw). I'm familia

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Help

2006-04-11 Thread Louis Pecora
> >> I am new to Python and find it fascinating but am having a >> difficult time finding out how to >> install it on my imac system. My operating system is Mac OSX 10.4. >> Any suggestion for a newbie? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> Mark >> ___ >>

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Help

2006-04-11 Thread Charles Hartman
--unless you want to write cross-platform-capable GUI programs. Then you're best off using wxPython, which isn't available as Universal yet, though probably soon. So for the moment, the current non-Universal (PPC) 2.4 is the more prudent bet. Charles Hartman On Apr 11, 2006, at 6:48 AM

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Help

2006-04-11 Thread Todd O'Bryan
www.python.org Find the Universal Mac OSX binary and install it. That's about it. Todd On Apr 10, 2006, at 7:15 AM, Mark Maly wrote: > I am new to Python and find it fascinating but am having a > difficult time finding out how to > install it on my imac system. My operating system is Mac OSX

[Pythonmac-SIG] Help

2006-04-11 Thread Mark Maly
I am new to Python and find it fascinating but am having a difficult time finding out how to install it on my imac system. My operating system is Mac OSX 10.4. Any suggestion for a newbie? Many thanks. Mark ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SI

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup

2006-04-11 Thread kenichi yoshida
Hi all, Bill, I'm Kenichi Yoshida, an interface icon designer for OS X. Nice to meet you! > Andrew Clover's icons have the virtue of doing this: http:// > www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.png Very nice design :D. However, these icons for OS X? This ignores Apple Human Interface Guidelines

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] py2app - apple gcc4.0.1 - universal binaries - problems and questions

2006-04-11 Thread Dan White
Dear Bob Zac and all, We are trying to use py2app to make a OSX .app (preferably universal) of our open source biomedical imaging software, BioImageXD. see http://www.bioimagexd.org for the source code I have a working source code version on a G5 machine, but I am having trouble getting a work