[Pythonmac-SIG] porting VPython to OS X

2006-10-04 Thread Joe Heafner
Hello. I'm an astronomy/physics instructor who makes heavy use of VPython (http://www.vpython.org) in teaching introductory calculus-based physics. Currently, the only way to use VPython under OS X is via Fink, which indeed works very well. However, we *REALLY• need a native OS X port that

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] bugs in _Qtmodule

2006-10-04 Thread Jeff Senn
On Oct 4, 2006, at 5:12 AM, Jack Jansen wrote: > > A patch won't help much, because _Qtmodule is generated (through > qtscan.py/qtsupport.py). I assume that there's a one-line mistake > in qtsupport, which leads to one C type being handled as CmpObj in > stead of CmpInstObj. Ah, I see. Yes

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] bugs in _Qtmodule

2006-10-04 Thread Jack Jansen
On 4-okt-2006, at 3:58, Jeff Senn wrote: While attempting to use the QuickTime sequence grabber interfaces from Python I notice that there is some confusion between Component and ComponentInstance in _Qtmodule.c. I believe most of the instances of "CmpObj_{Convert,New}" in _Qtmodule should ac

[Pythonmac-SIG] bugs in _Qtmodule

2006-10-04 Thread Jeff Senn
While attempting to use the QuickTime sequence grabber interfaces from Python I notice that there is some confusion between Component and ComponentInstance in _Qtmodule.c. I believe most of the instances of "CmpObj_{Convert,New}" in _Qtmodule should actually be "CmpInstObj_{Convert,New}" (There a

[Pythonmac-SIG] IDLE (and others), 2.4.3 and Tkinter solution (for me)

2006-10-04 Thread LALOUX Martin
I work on 10.3.9 and since i upgrade to python 2.4.3 universal, i cannot run IDLE without freezing but also other apps like mayavi that I must use in my work. Ronald Oussoren writes "but IDLE in MacPython 2.4   doesn't work for me after all. I'm seeing the same behaviour as you:   IDLE starts,

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-10-04 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On Wednesday, October 04, 2006, at 09:28AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 03.10.2006, at 12:43, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > >> I'm rather happy with setuptools, there are some cosmetic problems >> (like the header-file thingy), but the core seems pretty well >> thought out. The main > >I woul

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-10-04 Thread konrad . hinsen
On 03.10.2006, at 19:09, Bob Ippolito wrote: >> Therefore, if it is possible to download and install eggs manually, >> then I am sure there would be a client base for a GUI-based installer >> associated with .egg files. > > It's still very atypical. You'd be coding a GUI client that three > peop

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Why Do I Explicitly Need MacPython

2006-10-04 Thread konrad . hinsen
On 03.10.2006, at 12:43, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > I have a patch for setuptools 0.7 that includes header files in > eggs and ensures that other setuptools-aware packages see those > during build_ext. PJE has indicated that something like this will > be added to setuptools in 0.7 timeframe.