I have read that book. It starts with Python 3 but when you get to the chapters that use pygame it instructs you to switch to python 2.6.
--- James Paige On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 11:46:49PM -0400, Khono Hackland wrote: > It is indeed for python 3.1. The book tells the user, on page 5, > specifically to get 3.1 and gives this link: > http://www.delmarlearning.com/companions/index.asp?isbn=1435455002 > > Presumeably the downloads link there allows the reader to get a > working set of programs but the link's not working for me. > > On 17 April 2010 23:29, Luke Paireepinart <rabidpoob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hence why I asked for the names of the books... He says they are for > > py3.1 and pygame which I thought was quite odd. I'm on my phone so I > > can't check. Not many people use py3 yet. > > > > On 4/17/10, Greg Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > >> Luke Paireepinart wrote: > >>> Pygame 1.9 was written for 2.x. python 3.x is not backwards > >>> compatible. > >>> > >>> On 4/17/10, Pierces <pier...@midcoast.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>>I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu 10.04 machine so my son can follow a book > >>>> on > >>>>learning Python programming with pygame 1.9 and python 3.1. > >> > >> If the book talks about PyGame, it's probably also > >> talking about Python 2.x, in which case giving him > >> a 3.x Python will only lead to confusion. > >> > >> -- > >> Greg > >> > > > > -- > > Sent from my mobile device > > > >