setting variables in pdb
If I am in Pdb, I would like to set a temporary variable, for example: (Pdb) r = 1 The 'r' gets interpreted as 'return' by Pdb. Is there a Pdb instruction that guarantees the intended effect, like: (Pdb) let r = 1 I can usually avoid using such variable names, but if I am changing the value of a local variable, it is convenient to be able to make sure that trying to change that variable doesn't unintentionally call a Pdb routine. Thanks, Art. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
CSV DictReader loops when used with MySQLdb
I'm going crazy. Using python 2.5.2 on 64 bit Linux. I have a class which reads CSV files using the CSV DictReader. If I print the rows, everything works perfectly. If I insert the rows into a MySQL table using MySQLdb, the DictReader loops back and begins re-reading from the beginning of the file when it reaches EOF. Here's the code: class CsvLoader: """load data from a CSV file into a corresponding MySQL table""" def __init__(self, fname, schema, db, useCleanReader = False): self.schema = schema self.db = db if useCleanReader: self.reader = csv.DictReader(CleanReader(fname), delimiter=',', quotechar='"') else: self.reader = csv.DictReader(open(fname), delimiter=',', quotechar='"') def loadMysql(self): for row in self.reader: self.db.insertGeneric(self.schema.tableName(), row) def printRows(self): for row in self.reader: print "\n", row and here is the insertGeneric method: def insertGeneric(self, table, record): """execute a generic INSERT, given a dict as input""" fieldList = [] valueList = [] for k in record.keys(): fieldList.append(k) valueList.append(record[k]) fields = ", ".join(fieldList) m = ['%s'] valueMarkers = ", ".join(m * len(valueList)) # create a string like: %s, %s, %s... sql = 'insert into %s (%s) values (%s)' % (table, fields, valueMarkers) cursor = self.conn.cursor() print "+++ insert: %s <= %s" % (sql, valueList) cursor.execute(sql, valueList) cursor.close() useCleanReader is False CsvLoader.printRows() works fine. CsvLoader.loadMySql() keeps looping through the CSV file. Ideas? -- Art Z. -- Art Zemon, President Hen's Teeth Network <http://www.hens-teeth.net/> Phone: (866)HENS-NET or (636)447-3030 ext. 200 Twitter: AZemon <http://twitter.com/AZemon> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
isinstance(obj, type(obj)) == True?
I have the following problem: ipdb> p type(self) ipdb> isinstance(self, component.BiasComponent) False I thought that isinstance(obj, type(obj)) == True. The specific problem is when I try to call the super of a class and it only occurs after 'reload'ing the file in the interpreter. What am I messing up by reloading? It doesn't occur if I using for the first time in a fresh interpreter session. ---> 32 class BiasComponent(ModelComponent): 33 def __init__(self, g, model): 34 super(BiasComponent, self).__init__(g, model) TypeError: super(type, obj): obj must be an instance or subtype of type Seems like the self passed to __init__ is messed up in some way. Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: distutils extension configuration problem
On May 26, 11:10 pm, Ron Garret wrote: > I'm trying to build PyObjC on an Intel Mac running OS X 10.5.7. The > build is breaking because distutils seems to want to build extension > modules as universal binaries, but some of the libraries it depends on > are built for intel-only, i.e.: > > [...@mickey:~/Desktop/pyobjc-framework-ScreenSaver-2.2b2]$ python2.6 > setup.py build > /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/distutils > /dist.py:266: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'options' > warnings.warn(msg) > running build > running build_py > running build_ext > building 'ScreenSaver._inlines' extension > gcc -arch ppc -arch i386 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -g > -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup > build/temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.6/Modules/_ScreenSaver_inlines.o -o > build/lib.macosx-10.3-i386-2.6/ScreenSaver/_inlines.so -framework > ScreenSaver > ld: in /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/local/lib/libTIFF.dylib, file > is not of required architecture for architecture ppc > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > lipo: can't open input file: > /var/folders/nT/nTiypn-v2RatkU+BYncrKU+++TI/-Tmp-//ccMFYRkt.out (No such > file or directory) > error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 > > [...@mickey:~/Desktop/pyobjc-framework-ScreenSaver-2.2b2]$ file > build/temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.6/Modules/_ScreenSaver_inlines.o > build/temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.6/Modules/_ScreenSaver_inlines.o: Mach-O > universal binary with 2 architectures > build/temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.6/Modules/_ScreenSaver_inlines.o (for > architecture ppc): Mach-O object ppc > build/temp.macosx-10.3-i386-2.6/Modules/_ScreenSaver_inlines.o (for > architecture i386): Mach-O object i386 > > [...@mickey:~/Desktop/pyobjc-framework-ScreenSaver-2.2b2]$ file > /usr/local/lib/libtiff.dylib > /usr/local/lib/libtiff.dylib: Mach-O dynamically linked shared library > i386 > > How do I get distutils to stop trying to build extensions as universal > binaries? > > Thanks, > rg I have the same questions but haven't found anything. I got this idea from the apple site: http://developer.apple.com/releasenotes/OpenSource/PerlExtensionsRelNotes/index.html so I tried: env CFLAGS='-arch i386' LDFLAGS='-arch i386' python setup.py build and this removes the -arch ppc flags at least for the compiles but not the links. Maybe something in this direction will work. This didn't work: env ARCHFLAGS='-arch i386' python setup.py install Art -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
UnicodeEncodeError
Hello!
I am using Windows XP professional version 2002 Service pack 3. AMD
Athlon(TM)XP 2400+ 2.00GHz 992MB RAM.
I have downloaded Windows x86 MSI Instaler Python 3.0 (sig) (r30:67507, Dec 3
2008, 20:14:27) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables. System Variables
-> Path -> edit C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Python30
start -> programs -> python 3.0 -> IDLE(Python GUI)
-> IDLE 3.0 -> File -> New Window -> i wrote "print('ğüşçöı')" without qutes->
File -> Save -> Python30 -> i gave file name "d2.py" without qutes-> and Run ->
Run Module -> it gives error "invalid character in identifier"
then i tried second method
start -> run -> cmd -> d2.py and enter it gives the error
C:\>d2.pyTraceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python30\d2.py", line 4,
in print('\u011fü\u015fçö\u0131') File "C:\Python30\lib\io.py",
line 1491, in writeb = encoder.encode(s) File
"C:\Python30\lib\encodings\cp437.py", line 19, in encodereturn
codecs.charmap_encode(input,self.errors,encoding_map)[0]UnicodeEncodeError:
'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u011f' in position0: character maps to
C:\>
But if i write in Phyton Shell -> >>> print('ğüşçöı') and pressed enter ->
gives 'ğüşçöı' it works.
What is wrong?
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I am using Windows XP professional version 2002 Service pack 3. AMD
Athlon(TM)XP 2400+ 2.00GHz 992MB RAM.I have download Windows x86 MSI Instaler
(3.0rc2) Python 3.0rc2 Release: 06-Nov-2008.
I want to use source code file from Python Command line but I could not.
Firstly i opened IDLE and clicked on File → New Window and pasted
#!/usr/bin/python #Filename: helloworld.py print('Hello World')
and saved "helloworld.py" without quotes.Then i invoced pyton command line.
Python 3.0rc2 (r30rc2:67141, Nov 7 2008, 11:43:46) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)]on win32Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.>>> python helloworld.py
and pressed enterBut it did not work gives the error
Python 3.0rc2 (r30rc2:67141, Nov 7 2008, 11:43:46) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)]on win32Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.>>> python helloworld.py File "", line 1python
helloworld.py^SyntaxError: invalid syntax>>>
Did i meke any misteke? I tried Control Panel -> System -> Advanced ->
Environment Variables. System Variables -> C:\Python30
but it still gives same error.
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Re: What does this thread have to do with classical music,
ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Art Deco wrote: >> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>Art Deco wrote: >>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>>>>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Who wrote? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>What does that have to do with classical music, snuhwolf? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>What does that have to do with classical music, snuhwolf? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> How many more times will you be asking the same tired, lame >>>>>>>>>>>>>> questions, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tholen? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Till 2056? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> At that point, he will have made the Thirty Years Pset War look >>>>>>>>>>>> like >>>>>>>>>>>> 1967 in the Sinai. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>It must have been Hell to keep a garden during those times. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Did they all eat jerky, or what? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Worse -- worm-laden hardtack. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Luxury! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Why, I remember when I was a lad . . . we used to watch the local >>>>>>>>>churls >>>>>>>>>across the fences eating that well. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>We only had millings (and (occasionally) water) on Tuesdays and >>>>>>>>>Fridays. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Grog and hardtack, life is good! >>>>>>> >>>>>>>¡Viva la basura! >>>>>> >>>>>> Vivat les ordures! >>>>> >>>>>Vivara los trunctiato! >>>> >>>> das Leben ist gut! >>> >>>de Handel esta disgustipado! >> >> la vita è buona! > >que grupo da merda! het leven is goed! -- Official Overseer of Kooks and Saucerheads for alt.astronomy Wee Davie Tholen is a grade-school lamer Trainer and leash holder of: Honest "Clockbrain" John nightbat "fro0tbat" of alt.astronomy Tom "TommY Crackpotter" Potter <http://www.caballista.org/auk/kookle.php?search=deco> "Classic erroneous presupposition. Others developed websites so that they could have the Last Word, Deco. In the newsgroups, I could counter their lies." --David Tholen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What does this thread have to do with classical music,
ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Art Deco wrote: >> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>Art Deco wrote: >>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>>>>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Who wrote? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>What does that have to do with classical music, snuhwolf? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>What does that have to do with classical music, snuhwolf? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> How many more times will you be asking the same tired, lame >>>>>>>>>>>> questions, >>>>>>>>>>>> Tholen? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Till 2056? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> At that point, he will have made the Thirty Years Pset War look like >>>>>>>>>> 1967 in the Sinai. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>It must have been Hell to keep a garden during those times. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Did they all eat jerky, or what? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Worse -- worm-laden hardtack. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Luxury! >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Why, I remember when I was a lad . . . we used to watch the local churls >>>>>>>across the fences eating that well. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>We only had millings (and (occasionally) water) on Tuesdays and Fridays. >>>>>> >>>>>> Grog and hardtack, life is good! >>>>> >>>>>¡Viva la basura! >>>> >>>> Vivat les ordures! >>> >>>Vivara los trunctiato! >> >> das Leben ist gut! > >de Handel esta disgustipado! la vita è buona! -- Official Overseer of Kooks and Saucerheads for alt.astronomy Wee Davie Tholen is a grade-school lamer Trainer and leash holder of: Honest "Clockbrain" John nightbat "fro0tbat" of alt.astronomy Tom "TommY Crackpotter" Potter <http://www.caballista.org/auk/kookle.php?search=deco> "You really are one of the litsiest people I know, Mr. Deco." --Kali, quoted endlessly by David Tholen as evidence of "something" "I am claiming that you believe ah's family name is "ah", Deco, and I substantiated that claim." --David Tholen "Quite a kook-out, Deco. You've been frothing even more ever since I demonstrated how you believe that ah's family name is "ah"." --David Tholen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What does this thread have to do with classical music,
ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Art Deco wrote: >> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>Art Deco wrote: >>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Who wrote? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>What does that have to do with classical music, snuhwolf? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>What does that have to do with classical music, snuhwolf? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> How many more times will you be asking the same tired, lame >>>>>>>>>> questions, >>>>>>>>>> Tholen? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Till 2056? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> At that point, he will have made the Thirty Years Pset War look like >>>>>>>> 1967 in the Sinai. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>It must have been Hell to keep a garden during those times. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Did they all eat jerky, or what? >>>>>> >>>>>> Worse -- worm-laden hardtack. >>>>> >>>>>Luxury! >>>>> >>>>>Why, I remember when I was a lad . . . we used to watch the local churls >>>>>across the fences eating that well. >>>>> >>>>>We only had millings (and (occasionally) water) on Tuesdays and Fridays. >>>> >>>> Grog and hardtack, life is good! >>> >>>¡Viva la basura! >> >> Vivat les ordures! > >Vivara los trunctiato! das Leben ist gut! -- Official Overseer of Kooks and Saucerheads for alt.astronomy Trainer and leash holder of: Honest "Clockbrain" John nightbat "fro0tbat" of alt.astronomy Tom "TommY Crackpotter" Potter <http://www.caballista.org/auk/kookle.php?search=deco> "You really are one of the litsiest people I know, Mr. Deco." --Kali, quoted endlessly by David Tholen as evidence of "something" "I am claiming that you believe ah's family name is "ah", Deco, and I substantiated that claim." --David Tholen "Quite a kook-out, Deco. You've been frothing even more ever since I demonstrated how you believe that ah's family name is "ah"." --David Tholen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What does this thread have to do with classical music,
ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Art Deco wrote: >> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>Art Deco wrote: >>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>>>> Who wrote? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>What does that have to do with classical music, snuhwolf? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>What does that have to do with classical music, snuhwolf? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How many more times will you be asking the same tired, lame questions, >>>>>>>> Tholen? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Till 2056? >>>>>> >>>>>> At that point, he will have made the Thirty Years Pset War look like >>>>>> 1967 in the Sinai. >>>>> >>>>>It must have been Hell to keep a garden during those times. >>>>> >>>>>Did they all eat jerky, or what? >>>> >>>> Worse -- worm-laden hardtack. >>> >>>Luxury! >>> >>>Why, I remember when I was a lad . . . we used to watch the local churls >>>across the fences eating that well. >>> >>>We only had millings (and (occasionally) water) on Tuesdays and Fridays. >> >> Grog and hardtack, life is good! > >¡Viva la basura! Vivat les ordures! -- Official Overseer of Kooks and Saucerheads for alt.astronomy Trainer and leash holder of: Honest "Clockbrain" John nightbat "fro0tbat" of alt.astronomy Tom "TommY Crackpotter" Potter <http://www.caballista.org/auk/kookle.php?search=deco> "You really are one of the litsiest people I know, Mr. Deco." --Kali, quoted endlessly by David Tholen as evidence of "something" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What does this thread have to do with classical music,
ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Art Deco wrote: >> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>Art Deco wrote: >>>> ah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>Art Deco wrote: >>>>>> Who wrote? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>What does that have to do with classical music, snuhwolf? >>>>>> >>>>>>>What does that have to do with classical music, snuhwolf? >>>>>> >>>>>> How many more times will you be asking the same tired, lame questions, >>>>>> Tholen? >>>>> >>>>>Till 2056? >>>> >>>> At that point, he will have made the Thirty Years Pset War look like >>>> 1967 in the Sinai. >>> >>>It must have been Hell to keep a garden during those times. >>> >>>Did they all eat jerky, or what? >> >> Worse -- worm-laden hardtack. > >Luxury! > >Why, I remember when I was a lad . . . we used to watch the local churls >across the fences eating that well. > >We only had millings (and (occasionally) water) on Tuesdays and Fridays. Grog and hardtack, life is good! -- Official Overseer of Kooks and Saucerheads for alt.astronomy Trainer and leash holder of: Honest "Clockbrain" John nightbat "fro0tbat" of alt.astronomy Tom "TommY Crackpotter" Potter <http://www.caballista.org/auk/kookle.php?search=deco> "You really are one of the litsiest people I know, Mr. Deco." --Kali, quoted endlessly by David Tholen as evidence of "something" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Thirty-sixth release of PythonCAD now available
Hi. I'm pleased to announce the thirty-sixth development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The thirty-sixth release of PythonCAD is primarily a bug-fix release. A number or bugs relating to saving and loading user preferences that appeared in the thirty-fifth release have been fixed. Also, several number of bugs involving entity redrawing have been corrected, as well as bugs regarding the typing of various commands within the text entry box in the display. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: [PythonCAD] [ANNOUNCE] Thirty-fifth release of PythonCAD now available
Hi again. In addition to the thirty-fifth release of PythonCAD finally seeing the light of day, the PythonCAD website was given a long overdue makeover. I'd like to thank Jose Antonio Martin for doing the stylesheet and artwork. The new look is an vast improvement from the plain text layout the site has always had. Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Thirty-fifth release of PythonCAD now available
Hi. I'm pleased to announce the thirty-fifth development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The thirty-fifth release contains several improvements dealing with the storage and adjustment of user preferences and image settings. The global user preferences are now saved into a file kept in the user home directory, so the settings are now preserved between PythonCAD sessions. Individual drawing settings can be examined and adjusted via a new set of menus and dialogs. These new dialogs are more complete than the single dialog previously used as well as easier to use. In addition to the preference and setting changes, a variety of bug fixes and miscellaneous code improvements are also present in this new release. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Thirty-fourth release of PythonCAD now available
Hi. I'm pleased to announce the thirty-fourth development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The thirty-fourth release builds on the graphics improvements from the previous release. A number of small optimizations again reduce unneeded screen redraws, and a variety of redraw issues have been corrected. The newest PythonCAD release is the first release using Cairo graphics routines for entity drawing. If the Cairo routines are not available on the system then the existing GDK routines will be used, so only people running PythonCAD on recent PyGTK/GTK+ releases will see the change. The latest release includes the new ability to rotate objects around an arbitrary point in addition to the entity display improvements. Finally, a variety of other bug fixes and code improvements are included in the release. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Thirty-third release of PythonCAD now available
Hi. I'm pleased to announce the thirty-third development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The thirty-third release contains several major updates to the program. Drawing operations have been greatly sped up when entities are added to a drawing, modified, or deleted from a drawing. Users on older hardware or machines with slower video systems will notice this change immediately. A second large change in this release is the completion of separating the interface code from the core code by using the internal messaging system in place of object inheritance. The third big change in this release is the formatting of the interface text strings for internationalization, and a Spanish translation is now available for users to install. It is hoped that more translations appear in future releases. Additionally, a large number of smaller improvements, enhancements, and bug fixes are also present in this release. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Thirty-second release of PythonCAD now available
Hi. I'm pleased to announce the thirty-second development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The thirty-second release fixes a configuration problem where the newly added autosplitting feature would not be activated properly or could disable autosplitting in a Layer. A small bug in the reworked splitting code was also fixed, as well as a few other small errors. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Thirty-first release of PythonCAD now available
Hi. I'm pleased to announce the thirty-first development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The latest release features improvements to the entity splitting code and a new split operation, automatic entity splitting. The splitting code has been rewritten which fixed several bugs while making the code simpler and clearer to understand. The new autosplitting code is a feature that, when activated, will make the program split existing entities in a drawing when a newly added point lands on the entity. Various code cleanups are also present in this release, including the ability to set and later change the default style values for the different entities used within PythonCAD. Finally, a number of bug fixes and other code improvements are present in this release. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Thirtieth release of PythonCAD now available
Hi. I'm pleased to announce the thirtieth development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The thirtieth PythonCAD release addresses a number of issues that appeared in the rewritten entity transfer code made available in the previous release. By once again rewriting the entity transfer code, the problems found in the last release have been fixed and additionally a number of latent problems for handling undo/redo operations on Dimension entities were addressed. In addition to the reworked entity transfer code, a number of internal code enhancements appear in this release. The use of the 'weakref' module has been eliminated, and a number of other bug fixes and improvements have been applied to the code. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Twenty-ninth release of PythonCAD now available
Hi. I'm pleased to announce the twenty-ninth development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The twenty-ninth release of PythonCAD contains various improvements to the internal entity creation and manipulation code. The routines for transferring entities between layers has been reworked, as have the routines for deleting entities. This code rework flushed out a number of bugs and sub-optimal code issues which have been resolved. The code for creating and modifying Dimension entities was both simplified by removing redundant arguments to various methods and some missing undo/redo abilities were added as well. In addition to internal code improvements, the ability to toggle RadialDimension entities to display diameter values and the ability to invert an AngularDimension entity have been added to the interface. Lastly, a variety of miscellaneous bug fixes and code improvements are present in this release. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Twenty-eighth release of PythonCAD now available
Hi. I'm pleased to announce the twenty-eighth development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The twenty-eighth release of PythonCAD offers improved abilities to edit entities in a drawing. Previous releases had inconsistent behavior for entity modification as some operations first required selecting then entities to change and then selecting the operation to perform, where other changes were accomplished by first selecting the action and then selecting entities. The latest release allows for entity modifications to be performed in either mode, thus making the code more consistent as well as easier to use. For people familiar with AutoCAD, PythonCAD now has 'NOUN->VERB' and 'VERB->NOUN' entity modification behavior. Numerous internal changes to the code utilizing more current functionality are also included in this release, in particular a rewrite of the entity moving code. Also, the ability to adjust the attributes of the text objects in a Dimension have been improved as well as simplified. And as usual, a wide number of bug fixes and other code enhancements are present in the release. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Twenty-seventh release of PythonCAD now available
Hi. I'm pleased to announce the twenty-seventh development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The twenty-seventh release contains primarily bug fixes and internal code enhancements. A long-standing interface problem where the display of selected entities was not clear has been fixed. When you select an entity it is redrawn in a highlighting color, making it clear which entities are selected at any one time. Also, the ability to deselect a selected entity has been added to the interface. The bug fixes included in this release address a few problems introduced in the previous release as well as various older issues. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Twenty-sixth release of PythonCAD now available
I'm pleased to announce the twenty-sixth development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The twenty-sixth release includes a few interface enhancements. More of the menus can be activated from the keyboard, and stretch/move operations now accept entry box values when performing either task. A significant amount of work has been applied to the internal routines used for storing the entities in a drawing, the result of which required numerous changes throughout the code. The primary change was adjusting the Quadtree search and storage routines to handle the case where multiple instances of equivalent entities are stored. In earlier releases of PythonCAD this scenario would result in strange errors if it were to occur. As is always the case, a large number of smaller bug fixes and code enhancements are also present in this release. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Twenty-fifth release of PythonCAD now available
I'm pleased to announce the twenty-fifth development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The twenty-fifth release consists primarily of bug fixes. The compatibility code for the GTK Action and ActionGroup classes introduced in the previous release had a number of bugs which have been fixed. People running PythonCAD on PyGTK releases prior to 2.4 should find this latest release working correctly due to these fixes. Thanks go to Wilbert Knol for helping identify and test the proposed fixes for this problem. A number of changes to the event handling code also are include in this release. Previously various event handling routines either returned an incorrect value, or returned a value when not needed. This release cleans up many of these issues, making the event handling code easier to follow as well as better conforming to GTK/PyGTK requirements. Various other bug fixes and code enhancements are present in this release as well. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Twenty-fourth release of PythonCAD now available
I'm pleased to announce the twenty-fourth development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The twenty-fourth release contains numerous improvements to the code used for constructing the user interface and the entity drawing routines. This release utilizes the GTK Action and ActionGroup classes for building and controlling the menubar and menus. Using these classes greatly simplifies and enhances the ability to manipulate the menu items, and these features are used extensively in this release. Many menu choices are now activated when the functionality they provide can be used, and deactivated when their use is not possible. More enhancements of this nature will be appearing in future releases. Another significant improvement is the refactoring of the entity drawing routines. These routines are now provided as methods for each entity class, making their usage much clearer and simpler. Changing the drawing routines has allowed significant simplification of the code responsible for drawing as well as fixing several drawing bugs. Future releases of PythonCAD will build on this change to enhance and improve the graphical behavior of the program even further. A number of PyGTK deprecation warnings that slipped by in the previous release have been removed, and a good number of bug fixes and code enhancements are present in this release as well. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Twenty-third release of PythonCAD now available
I'm pleased to announce the twenty-third development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The twenty-third release contains a several bug fixes, the largest of which is the correct restoration of dimension string text properties when the deletion of a dimension is undone. Another fix included in this release is the removal of some deprecated constants flagged by the 2.6 PyGTK release when they are encountered. This release also features the beginnings of the scripting enhancements planned for PythonCAD. The evaluation of user-entered expressions is now more powerful by utilizing Python's exec keyword and invoking the eval() command with an argument storing variables to be utilized during expression evaluation. More enhancements and improvements in expression evaluation and overall scriptability will appear in future releases. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Twenty-second release of PythonCAD now available
I'm pleased to announce the twenty-second development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The twenty-second release contains primarily internal code enhancements in regards to the Python language. PythonCAD running under PyGTK releases after the 2.4.0 release will now utilize the gtk.ComboBox and the gtk.ColorButton widgets, while PythonCAD running under older releases will still utilize the same widgets as before. This change removes the DeprecatationWarning users with the newer PyGTK release would see. A problem where restoring a deleted TextBlock entity was fixed, and a variety of other fixes and improvements are also included in this release. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Twenty-first release of PythonCAD now available
I'm pleased to announce the twenty-first development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or newer. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The twenty-first release of PythonCAD adds the ability to save the visibility and locked status of entities when saving a drawing. This release also includes improved code for handling the undo/redo operations by simplifying various routines as well as making similiar routines in various modules consistent. Like all previous releases, numerous bug fixes and code improvements have been applied. A mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
[ANNOUNCE] Twentieth release of PythonCAD now available
Hi. I'm pleased to announce the twentieth development release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2 or Python 2.3. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other PythonCAD interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The twentieth release of PythonCAD improves the undo/redo abilities of the program by making layer creation and deletion actions that can be undone or redone. Also, the addition and removal of chamfers and fillets is now an undoable and redoable action. The code for managing undo/redo operations has been improved, and various bug fixes for these actions have been applied. Another improvement in this release is a reworked set of file saving operations. The code for saving a file onto disk has been made more robust by adding additional error checks and by ensuring the new version of a file is stored successfully prior to replacing the existing copy. A good number of bug fixes and code improvements are included in this release as well. PythonCAD is now two years old! The first public release was on December 21, 2002. Celebrate PythonCAD's second birthday by downloading and installing the twentieth release! The mailing list for the development and use of PythonCAD is available. Visit the following page for information about subscribing and viewing the mailing list archive: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythoncad Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org/ Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. -Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
