On 21/05/12 01:41, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
That is insanity! There is only One True EDitor, ed! It is right there
in the name, it's an EDitor! ed is the true unix editor:
http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html
Having once had no alternative to ed and a 3500 line C program to write,
I don't
On 21/05/12 06:57, Modulok wrote:
Learning to use a command line at first feels really clunky and primitive, but
eventually it eclipses most GUI's and IDE's in terms of speed and the tools
An old colleague of mine used to say: A GUI makes easy things trivial
and hard things impossible :-)
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 11:57:14PM -0600, Modulok wrote:
Learning to use a command line at first feels really clunky and primitive, but
eventually it eclipses most GUI's and IDE's in terms of speed and the tools
available. You can also ooze right into system administration without much
All, I have had a curious idea for awhile, and was wondering the best
way to implement it in Python and if it is even possible. The concept
is this, a file that is actually a folder that contains multiple files
(Like an Archive format). The actual files are really un-important.
What I want is for
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:38 AM, wolfrage8...@gmail.com
wolfrage8...@gmail.com wrote:
All, I have had a curious idea for awhile, and was wondering the best
way to implement it in Python and if it is even possible. The concept
is this, a file that is actually a folder that contains multiple
wolfrage8...@gmail.com wrote:
All, I have had a curious idea for awhile, and was wondering the best
way to implement it in Python and if it is even possible. The concept
is this, a file that is actually a folder that contains multiple files
(Like an Archive format). The actual files are really
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 11:57:14PM -0600, Modulok wrote:
Learning to use a command line at first feels really clunky and primitive,
but
eventually it eclipses most GUI's and IDE's in terms of speed and the tools
Joel Goldstick wrote:
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but python
handles tar files (various compression formats) with this module:
http://docs.python.org/library/tarfile.html.
Technically, tar is not a compression format. It just combines multiple files
into a
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote:
Joel Goldstick wrote:
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but python
handles tar files (various compression formats) with this module:
http://docs.python.org/library/tarfile.html.
Technically,
On 05/21/2012 06:38 AM, wolfrage8...@gmail.com wrote:
All, I have had a curious idea for awhile, and was wondering the best
way to implement it in Python and if it is even possible. The concept
is this, a file that is actually a folder that contains multiple files
(Like an Archive format). The
When I started learning Python I was pleased to discover Python For
Windows. I probably would have given up if this tool were not available.
Perhaps this is because I had spent many years working with other IDEs
in other languages/applications. (VBA, FoxPro, Advanced Revelation to
name
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Date: Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Is this possible and should it be done?
To: Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info
Thank you for the information. Sorry if I implied I wanted to
Forwarded because I did not reply to the list properly. Hopefully I
did not forward wrong.
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Date: Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Is this possible and should it be done?
To: Joel Goldstick
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:06 PM, William R. Wing (Bill Wing)
w...@mac.com wrote:
On May 21, 2012, at 6:38 AM, wolfrage8...@gmail.com wrote:
All, I have had a curious idea for awhile, and was wondering the best
way to implement it in Python and if it is even possible. The concept
is this, a
Hey all,
Being new to programming, I've found that my learning is accelerated when
I've been asked to write scripts and deliver them in a specified time
frame...Then, have those scripts critiqued.
My question: Would the moderators of this list be interested in creating a
monthly challenge of
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Malcolm Newsome
malcolm.news...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
Being new to programming, I've found that my learning is accelerated when
I've been asked to write scripts and deliver them in a specified time
frame...Then, have those scripts critiqued.
My question:
Hello,
: Being new to programming, I've found that my learning is
: accelerated when I've been asked to write scripts and deliver
: them in a specified time frame...Then, have those scripts
: critiqued.
:
: My question: Would the moderators of this list be interested in
: creating a
On 21 May 2012 03:39, Steven Dapos;Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote:
boB Stepp wrote:
snip
now on learning an IDE if it will save me time overall. IF it would be
beneficial now to learn an IDE, then it begs the question
No it doesn't. It RAISES the question -- begging the question means
Hello,
Is there a module available for python to convert datetime into an
array of integers. For example, I have date where the first column is
a datetime string (i.e. '2010-10-10 01:10:00') and I would like to
convert that into an array with 5 columns corresponding to the integer
values of
On Monday 21 May 2012, Martin A. Brown wrote:
Hello,
: Being new to programming, I've found that my learning is
: accelerated when I've been asked to write scripts and deliver
: them in a specified time frame...Then, have those scripts
: critiqued.
:
: My question: Would the
This should do what you want.
import time
timestring = '2010-10-10 01:10:00'
time_format = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
timestruct = time.strptime(timestring, time_format)
print [x for x in timestruct]
For complex date parsing I would recommend checking out the dateutil.parser
On 5/21/2012 3:38 AM wolfrage8...@gmail.com said...
All, I have had a curious idea for awhile, and was wondering the best
way to implement it in Python and if it is even possible. The concept
is this, a file that is actually a folder that contains multiple files
(Like an Archive format). The
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Jeremy Traurig
jeremy.trau...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Is there a module available for python to convert datetime into an
array of integers. For example, I have date where the first column is
a datetime string (i.e. '2010-10-10 01:10:00') and I would like to
Hi Jeremy,
On 21 May 2012 16:47, Jeremy Traurig jeremy.trau...@gmail.com wrote:
Is there a module available for python to convert datetime into an
I presume you mean, convert a datetime *string* into an array of integers?
array of integers. For example, I have date where the first column is
On 21 May 2012 01:19, boB Stepp robertvst...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Brian van den Broek
brian.van.den.br...@gmail.com wrote:
snip
With you polyglot agenda, I would say you would be much better off to
learn
a powerful multipurpose editor well than to try to find
In my humble opinion, I think what is important is to get familiar with python
for now. The free version of Komodo is what I have been using and its been
cool.
When you're comfortable with the language and you want to start writing some
apps and all of that, you would be matured and
On 21/05/12 15:23, wolfrage8...@gmail.com wrote:
if any of these formats offer file locking with in them, ;et me say
that better. Can I open a, as example, tar file and lock a file with
in it, with out locking the entire tar archive?
No and you probably shouldn't.
If two users are accessing
Pop onto http://ubuntuforums.org and find the programming talk sub-forum.
One of the stickies there is an index of beginner programming challenges.
It's a rolling process where the winner of the previous challenge posts a
new one and then picks a winning entry who goes on to post the next
Hello,
I am reading a data file with a string time stamp as the first column,
example below:
'03/10/2010 02:00:00'
'03/10/2010 02:10:00'
'03/10/2010 02:20:00'
'03/10/2010 02:30:00'
etc to n number of rows.
I'm using the numpy function genfromtxt to read this data:
import numpy as np
On 05/21/2012 07:24 PM, Alan Gauld wrote:
On 21/05/12 15:23, wolfrage8...@gmail.com wrote:
if any of these formats offer file locking with in them, ;et me say
that better. Can I open a, as example, tar file and lock a file with
in it, with out locking the entire tar archive?
No and you
Hi,
On 21 May 2012 15:17, bob gailer bgai...@gmail.com wrote:
There are numerous IDES for Python that run on Linux systems (most are
free).
I'd like to add that if/when you do decide to pick up an IDE, I suggest you
try Eclipse. For one it will allow you to use it for other languages also
On 5/21/2012 1:04 PM Jeremy Traurig said...
Hello,
I am reading a data file with a string time stamp as the first column,
example below:
'03/10/2010 02:00:00'
'03/10/2010 02:10:00'
'03/10/2010 02:20:00'
'03/10/2010 02:30:00'
etc to n number of rows.
I'm using the numpy function genfromtxt to
Many thanks for all of the helpful input to my original questions. The
deciding factors came down to the fact that GNU Emacs, vintage year
2001, is available on the Sun Blade at work, I already own the book
Learning GNU Emacs and it would be nice to have my fingers trained
the same way for both
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