Danny Yoo wrote: >>ok, got the package installed, but it seems to not be working, or the >>examples are messed up. >>here is the source >> >>from pychart import * >>theme.get_options() >>data = [["Jan", 10], ["Feb", 22], ["Mar", 30]] >> >>ar = area.T(x_coord = category_coord.T(data, 0), >> y_range = (0, None), >> x_axis = axis.X(label="Month"), >> y_axis = axis.Y(label="Value")) >>ar.add_plot(bar_plot.T(data = data, label = "Something")) >>ar.draw() >> >>and here is what i get when i run it. >> >>from: can't read /var/mail/pychart >> >> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Ah! You're running into an issue with your Unix environment, not Python. > >Unix doesn't care about file names: without any hints, it'll think that >your program is a mere shell script. The error message above means that >'/bin/sh' is trying to interpret your program. That is, it's trying to >run the Unix 'from' command! > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=from&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html > >And the subsequent error messages are pretty much '/bin/sh' error >messages. > > >To avoid this problem, try: > > $ python categbar.py > >Alternatively, make sure the first line in your Python program contains >the "magic" line: > > #!/usr/bin/env python > >to tell the Unix (or Linux) kernel that the program you're running is >meant to be run through Python. > > > > yup, the examples did not have the #!/usr/bin/python line. i have been at python for about 5 months now. How did i miss this?
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