Thanks for your reply to Shashwat Anand & thomas.sub( Help on finding word is valid as per English Dictionary through python )
Let me try. On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:57 PM, <python-list-requ...@python.org> wrote: > Send Python-list mailing list submissions to > python-list@python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > python-list-requ...@python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > python-list-ow...@python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Python-list digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: best way to increment an IntVar? (Alan G Isaac) > 2. Re: Help on finding word is valid as per English Dictionary > through python (Shashwat Anand) > 3. Re: Why Is Escaping Data Considered So Magical? (Stephen Hansen) > 4. Re: GDAL-1.7.1 : vcvarsall.bat missing (kBob) > 5. Re: GDAL-1.7.1 : vcvarsall.bat missing (kBob) > 6. Re: Python dynamic attribute creation (Bruno Desthuilliers) > 7. python source code -> win/dos executable (on linux) (superpollo) > 8. Re: GDAL-1.7.1 : vcvarsall.bat missing (Christian Heimes) > 9. Re: python source code -> win/dos executable (on linux) > (Grant Edwards) > 10. os.system: string encoding (Peter Kleiweg) > 11. Re: deprecated string module issue (Stephen Hansen) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Alan G Isaac <alan.is...@gmail.com> > To: python-list@python.org > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:12:21 -0400 > Subject: Re: best way to increment an IntVar? > On 6/24/2010 1:59 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > >> It is NOT a numeric "variable" in Python realms. >> > > Sure, but why does it not behave more like one? > It seems both obvious and desirable, so I'm > guessing there is a good reason not to do it. > > So var+=increment can't be used because Python would rebind the >> name >> var to a new object >> > > import Tkinter as tk >>>> >>>> class IntVar2(tk.IntVar): >>>> >>> ... def __iadd__(self, val): > ... self.set(self.get()+val) > ... return self > ... > >> root = tk.Tk() >>>> myintvar2 = IntVar2() >>>> temp = myintvar2 >>>> myintvar2 += 5 >>>> print(myintvar2.get(),myintvar2 is temp) >>>> >>> (5, True) > > Alan Isaac > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Shashwat Anand <anand.shash...@gmail.com> > To: Thomas Jollans <tho...@jollans.com> > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:50:55 +0530 > Subject: Re: Help on finding word is valid as per English Dictionary > through python > why do you need that ? > which platform are you onto ? > > On OSX you can use 'DictionaryServices' API > eg., > > import sys > import DictionaryServices > word = " ".join(sys.argv[1:]) > print DictionaryServices.DCSCopyTextDefinition(None, word, (0, len(word))) > > Gives the meaning of the input word (works with python 2.5) > > You can use this script for Vi (~/.vimrc) if you want, control+a will do a > spell check. > > " Toggle Spell-Check > set spell spelllang= > function ToggleSpellCheck() > if &spelllang == "en" > set spelllang= > else > set spelllang=en > endif > endfunction > command! ToggleSpellChecking call ToggleSpellCheck() > nmap <c-a> :ToggleSpellChecking<cr> > > But again am not aware of your use case. > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Thomas Jollans <tho...@jollans.com>wrote: > >> On 06/25/2010 03:30 PM, anu python wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I have a text file , >> > a.txt >> > ------------------------ >> > >> > this is a lcose button >> > >> > where u can observer "lcose" is not a valid word.It's typing >> > mistake.Actual word is "close". >> > >> > How can i check that each word entered in txt file having correct >> > meaningful words as per English Dictionary. >> > >> > Do you have any package which can check "English Dictionary" >> >> In a pinch, I might use open("/usr/share/dict/words", "r") as a >> thesaurus, and check for words in there. Read the file and create a >> giant frozenset or something. For something a bit more civilized, I >> expect that there's a python package interfacing at least one of >> (ispell, aspell, hunspell, myspell) (and what they're all called. >> >> There is a multitude of "English dictionaries". Some don't even include >> "neighbour", imagine that! >> >> > >> > Please help me. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Anu >> > >> >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Stephen Hansen <me+list/pyt...@ixokai.io> > To: python-list@python.org > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:27:44 -0700 > Subject: Re: Why Is Escaping Data Considered So Magical? > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:15 AM, Jorgen Grahn > <grahn+n...@snipabacken.se<grahn%2bn...@snipabacken.se> > > wrote: > >> Am I missing something? If not, I can go back to sleep -- and keep >> avoiding SQL and web programming like the plague until that community >> has entered the 21st century. >> > > You're not missing anything. Its been the accepted industry practice for > years and years (and /years/), the taught industry practice, the advised > industry practice, the constantly repeated practice on every even vaguely > database related forum forever now. > > However: > > a) Some people are convinced of their own infallibility, and prefer a > clever construct generating a string that has to be parsed due to the > cleverness of said construct. > b) Some people don't listen / understand. > c) Some people don't care. > > And so, SQL injection attacks continue to persist. Then again, its not like > anyone in the C-ish world doesn't know about bounds checking on arrays, do > they? But buffer overflows persist. Probably for similar reasons as above > (with slightly different 'and prefer' clause) > > --Stephen > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: kBob <krd...@gmail.com> > To: python-list@python.org > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:29:07 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Re: GDAL-1.7.1 : vcvarsall.bat missing > On Jun 25, 1:26 am, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > On 24/06/2010 21:48, Christian Heimes wrote: > > > > >> I am attempting to install the GDAL bindings (GDAL-1.7.1) on a > > >> Windows XP Desktop with Python 2.6 and GDAL. During install, the > > >> script finishes with "error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat". > > > > >> What dependencies am I missing? > > > > > Visual Studio 2008 > > > > > Christian > > > > Not always, see my comment here. > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/python-wi...@python.org/msg06755.html > > > > Kindest regards. > > > > Mark Lawrence > > Thanks for the tips, gentlemen. > > I'll try my luck with Cygwin's ggc before I look into another C/C++ > compiler. > > Kelly Dean > Fort Collins, CO > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: kBob <krd...@gmail.com> > To: python-list@python.org > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:29:07 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Re: GDAL-1.7.1 : vcvarsall.bat missing > On Jun 25, 1:26 am, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > On 24/06/2010 21:48, Christian Heimes wrote: > > > > >> I am attempting to install the GDAL bindings (GDAL-1.7.1) on a > > >> Windows XP Desktop with Python 2.6 and GDAL. During install, the > > >> script finishes with "error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat". > > > > >> What dependencies am I missing? > > > > > Visual Studio 2008 > > > > > Christian > > > > Not always, see my comment here. > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/python-wi...@python.org/msg06755.html > > > > Kindest regards. > > > > Mark Lawrence > > Thanks for the tips, gentlemen. > > I'll try my luck with Cygwin's ggc before I look into another C/C++ > compiler. > > Kelly Dean > Fort Collins, CO > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bruno Desthuilliers <bruno.42.desthuilli...@websiteburo.invalid> > To: python-list@python.org > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:34:23 +0200 > Subject: Re: Python dynamic attribute creation > WANG Cong a écrit : > >> Hi, list! >> >> I have a doubt about the design of dynamic attribute creation by >> assignments in Python. >> >> As we know, in Python, we are able to create a new attribute of >> a class dynamically by an assignment: >> >> class test: pass >>>>> >>>> ... >> >>> test.a = "hello" >>>>> test.a >>>>> >>>> 'hello' >> >> However, I still don't get the points why Python designs it like this. >> >> My points are: >> >> (snip) > > Python's classes are plain objects, and like any other object are created > at runtime. Having to special-case them would break the simplicity and > uniformity of Python for no good reason. Just like there's no good reason to > make setattr() working differently for class and non-class objects. > > FWIW, what you call "metaprogramming" is just ordinary programming - at > least in Python. All your fears and concerns about Python's dynamism are > just a priori learned from the "mainstream" B&D culture. From experience, > these are non-issues - unless of course misused by some fool, but then > there's no way to prevent stupids from doing stupid things. So, yes, Python > rely quite a lot on programmer's common sense and discipline. Now the good > news is that is JustWork(tm). > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: superpollo <ute...@esempio.net> > To: python-list@python.org > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:46:41 +0200 > Subject: python source code -> win/dos executable (on linux) > hi. > > suppose i work in a linux environment, but i would like to ship a win/dos > executable file from time to time, just for test purposes (my "testers" are > windows users and don't want to go through the hassle of installing python > on their win boxes). what is the best way to do that? (the application > should be a simple console app, but my question applies to gui/tkinter apps > too) > > hint: when i do the same in C, i usually do something like: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhe6N7FB1D4 > > bye > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Christian Heimes <li...@cheimes.de> > To: python-list@python.org > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:53:30 +0200 > Subject: Re: GDAL-1.7.1 : vcvarsall.bat missing > > I'll try my luck with Cygwin's ggc before I look into another C/C++ > > compiler. > > Better grab a recent build of MinGW32. Python's build system has native > support for mingw32. IIRC Cygwin's GCC is only supported for Cygwin > builds of Python. > > Christian > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Grant Edwards <inva...@invalid.invalid> > To: python-list@python.org > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:53:21 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: python source code -> win/dos executable (on linux) > On 2010-06-25, superpollo <ute...@esempio.net> wrote: > > > suppose i work in a linux environment, but i would like to ship a > > win/dos executable file from time to time, just for test purposes (my > > "testers" are windows users and don't want to go through the hassle > > of installing python on their win boxes). what is the best way to do > > that? (the application should be a simple console app, but my > > question applies to gui/tkinter apps too) > > http://www.google.com/search?q=python+windows+executable > > You're not going to be able to do it on linux. A virtual machine > running win2k works fine, though. > > -- > Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I left my WALLET in > at the BATHROOM!! > gmail.com > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Peter Kleiweg <p.c.j.klei...@rug.nl> > To: python-list@python.org > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:13:19 +0200 > Subject: os.system: string encoding > > How do I set the string encoding for os.system to anything other then > UTF-8? > > > (peter) ~ echo $LANG > nl...@euro > (peter) ~ python3 > Python 3.1.1 (r311:74480, Oct 2 2009, 11:50:52) > >>> '\N{EURO SIGN}' > '€' > >>> import os > >>> os.system('echo \N{EURO SIGN}') > â?¬ > 0 > >>> > > > -- > Peter Kleiweg > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Stephen Hansen <me+list/pyt...@ixokai.io> > To: python-list@python.org > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:26:39 -0700 > Subject: Re: deprecated string module issue > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 7:02 AM, GrayShark <howe.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for the suggestion. I gave it a quick try. Same 'warning'. No, >> using the string module is the issue. Perhaps I'll just ignore it. >> > > Perhaps? Why perhaps? The warning is simply factually wrong-- therefore, > there's no reason in the world not to ignore it. You can submit a bug to the > pylint people though, that may be nice :) > > Remember that pylint is a third-party tool made by a group of people who > have a certain understanding and set of expectations for what's good / bad / > right / wrong. It isn't *really* an authoritative voice of "what is > supported by Python" or "what is good Python code" -- and they even know > that, which is why exactly what warnings and such it spits out are *very* > configurable, so it can be adjusted to different peoples needs and > standards. > > Its a very useful metric, but consider what it spits out advice and not > necessarily errors or problems that need addressing. You have to decide that > for yourself on a case-by-case basis. > > --S > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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