Re: [Tutor] Changing the interpreter prompt symbol from ">>>" to ???

2016-03-15 Thread eryk sun
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:45 PM, boB Stepp wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:35 PM, boB Stepp wrote: >> Is the following result in PowerShell related to what Eryk has been >> discussing? >> >> Windows PowerShell >> Copyright (C) 2009 Microsoft

Re: [Tutor] Citing Python

2016-03-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 06:43:44PM +, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 15/03/16 11:45, Holderness, Ellie wrote: > > > How do I cite Python for my dissertation bibliography? > > I used version 3.5.1. > > I'm not sure a citation is strictly necessary for a programming > language, but if you want to you

Re: [Tutor] Citing Python

2016-03-15 Thread Matt Williams
No, but in his defence, I can imagine someone reading the dissertation and asking for a citation.. (Apologies for TP). M On 15/03/2016 18:43, Alan Gauld wrote: On 15/03/16 11:45, Holderness, Ellie wrote: How do I cite Python for my dissertation bibliography? I used version 3.5.1. I'm not

Re: [Tutor] Changing the interpreter prompt symbol from ">>>" to ???

2016-03-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 16/03/16 01:31, Alan Gauld wrote: > If you now unix then you owe it to yourself to install cygwin. now -> know sorry. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at:

Re: [Tutor] Citing Python

2016-03-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:45:56AM +, Holderness, Ellie wrote: > Hi, > > How do I cite Python for my dissertation bibliography? I used version 3.5.1. What a fantastic question! I have no idea! I googled for "how to cite programming language" and found these:

Re: [Tutor] Changing the interpreter prompt symbol from ">>>" to ???

2016-03-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 16/03/16 00:45, boB Stepp wrote: > doing something more drastic, like installing Cygwin. What are the > cons in doing the latter? Will I achieve Unicode harmony under > Windows by using Cygwin? If you now unix then you owe it to yourself to install cygwin. It will give you a Linux box on

Re: [Tutor] Changing the interpreter prompt symbol from ">>>" to ???

2016-03-15 Thread eryk sun
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 15/03/16 19:51, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > >> Sheesh, so much room for errors. Why not everything utf-8, like in linux? >> Is cmd.exe that impopular that Microsoft does not replace it with something >> better? > >

Re: [Tutor] Changing the interpreter prompt symbol from ">>>" to ???

2016-03-15 Thread boB Stepp
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 7:35 PM, boB Stepp wrote: > Is the following result in PowerShell related to what Eryk has been > discussing? > > Windows PowerShell > Copyright (C) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > PS C:\Windows\system32> py > Python 3.5.1

Re: [Tutor] Changing the interpreter prompt symbol from ">>>" to ???

2016-03-15 Thread boB Stepp
Is the following result in PowerShell related to what Eryk has been discussing? Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. PS C:\Windows\system32> py Python 3.5.1 (v3.5.1:37a07cee5969, Dec 6 2015, 01:54:25) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on w in32 Type

Re: [Tutor] Changing the interpreter prompt symbol from ">>>" to ???

2016-03-15 Thread eryk sun
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > > So windows uses the following (Western locales): > console: cp437 (OEM codepage) > "bytes": cp1252 (ANSI codepage) The console defaults to the OEM codepage, but you can separately switch the input and output

Re: [Tutor] Best way to install Python 3 onto Windows 10 [RESOLVED]

2016-03-15 Thread Ken G.
On 03/15/2016 05:45 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: On 15/03/16 21:31, Ken G. wrote: Having acquired a new laptop yesterday with Windows 10 installed and up-to-date, what would be the best way to install the latest version of Python 3? Personally I always install ActiveState Python on Windows so that I

Re: [Tutor] Best way to install Python 3 onto Windows 10

2016-03-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 15/03/16 21:31, Ken G. wrote: > Having acquired a new laptop yesterday with > Windows 10 installed and up-to-date, what > would be the best way to install the latest > version of Python 3? Personally I always install ActiveState Python on Windows so that I can set up the Pythonwin IDE and use

Re: [Tutor] Changing the interpreter prompt symbol from ">>>" to ???

2016-03-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 15/03/16 19:51, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > So windows uses the following (Western locales): > console: cp437 (OEM codepage) > "bytes": cp1252 (ANSI codepage) > unicode: utf-16-le (is 'mbcs' equivalent to utf-16-*?) > > > Sheesh, so much room for errors. Why not everything utf-8, like in

[Tutor] Best way to install Python 3 onto Windows 10

2016-03-15 Thread Ken G.
Having acquired a new laptop yesterday with Windows 10 installed and up-to-date, what would be the best way to install the latest version of Python 3? The laptop is an Dell Latitude E5500 and I am still learning the bells and whistles of it. I last used Windows XP 3-4 years back so this usage is

Re: [Tutor] Changing the interpreter prompt symbol from ">>>" to ???

2016-03-15 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
> From: eryk...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 13:58:46 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Changing the interpreter prompt symbol from ">>>" to ??? > To: tutor@python.org > CC: sjeik_ap...@hotmail.com > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 3:14 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam > wrote: > > I

Re: [Tutor] Pmw/Tkinter question

2016-03-15 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:19:55 -0500 > From: robertvst...@gmail.com > To: tutor@python.org > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Pmw/Tkinter question > > I just cannot leave this problem alone; however, I *do* believe I have > found the correct way to do what Albert-Jan desires within the > publicly

[Tutor] Citing Python

2016-03-15 Thread Holderness, Ellie
Hi, How do I cite Python for my dissertation bibliography? I used version 3.5.1. Thanks Ellie ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Citing Python

2016-03-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 15/03/16 11:45, Holderness, Ellie wrote: > How do I cite Python for my dissertation bibliography? > I used version 3.5.1. I'm not sure a citation is strictly necessary for a programming language, but if you want to you could cite the Python web site. Would you cite JavaScript, CSS or HTML if

Re: [Tutor] Concerning relative import paths

2016-03-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 14/03/16 17:19, David Aldrich wrote: > myproj - gui > > | > > |-- python > > My gui/main.py contains this sort of import code: > > import os, sys > sys.path.append('../python') > import MyClass > > > The thing is that I am using Microsoft's Visual Studio... > My