Using Python to set desktop background image under Windows XP
Does anyone have any code that would allow setting the desktop background image under Windows XP? Thank you, lance Lance Ellinghaus mailto:lance.ellingh...@hp.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
odfpy examples
Has anyone created any complex spreadsheets using odfpy? The samples that come with odfpy are pretty simple and I need some examples of more complex spreadsheets. Thank you, lance -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
RE: Python's popularity
I just look at the stats for comp.lang.python, and i am 9th place for most post this month. That makes me completely sad. With just 50 post so far, i am showing up on the high count. Sad, very sad. Now i have much reason to believe that only 100 or so people follow this list :(. Python is slipping. We must try harder, or all of Guido's work will be for nothing! Maybe most of us are doing real things with Python and not spending our time on the list posting. (I normally do not post on here, but I felt I had to now). I have used Python since 0.9.x and have brought it into every project/contract that I have worked on. The current project I am on tried to get rid of it and move to Perl for all of my code.. All of those people are gone and I am still here and so is Python. As a matter of fact, Python use has grown greatly and we rely on it for so many of our day to day operations, monitoring, data collection, etc. Python is not going away just because people are not posting here. Wake up! BEA and IBM have converted all of their custom script language support for WebLogic and WebSphere over to Jython because they felt Python (interfacing with Java) was the best solution to their script language issues. Everyone on the project I am on that works with WebLogic and WebSphere are learning Python so they can work with it. So far, no real complaints. People are moving away from Perl to Python for much of their scripting, but it will take a long time to complete. There is a lot of training, re-coding, and trying to figure out what the original Perl code did (ever try to go back and look at Perl code that is 2-3 years old!!!). Yes, Ruby has taken some of the popularity out of Python, but they are also hitting different markets. I have also read in a couple of magazine articles that RoR is losing momentum. From what I have read, RoR is great to create your first version, but if you need to maintain a large codebase, it is not as easy as they thought it would be and the reuse numbers are much lower than Python. But hey, what do I know Google, Yahoo!, YouTube... I know.. tiny little tinker-toy web applications.. right? Lance Ellinghaus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
RE: Python's popularity
Alvin ONeal wrote: Also worthy of mention: I've seen python pre-installed on consumer HP desktops (I think as part of a backup/restore script, but I'm not sure) It's pre-installed on every Mac (both desktop and laptop), too. I am using a Vista HP right now that came pre-installed with Python. Blew my mind when i found out :). This single reason just reinforced my belief in Python. Now if we can get Python on every windows platform... Check out IronPython. Fully supported and FUNDED by Micro$oft! http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=IronPython Lance Ellinghaus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
SpreadsheetML writer??
Does anyone have or know of a module to write out Excel spreadsheets in SpreadsheetML format? Thank you, lance Lance Ellinghaus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Wrapper for EMC SYMAPI library
Title: Wrapper for EMC SYMAPI library Has anyone ever created a python wrapper for the EMC SYMAPI library??? Any information would be very much appreciated!! Thank you, Lance Ellinghaus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Pure Python Oracle module
Title: Pure Python Oracle module Does anyone know of a pure Python module for Oracle similar to Java's pure Oracle module? Thank you! Lance Ellinghaus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Removing RuntimeWarning
Title: Removing RuntimeWarning I have a simple question When I use os.tempnam() I receive a RuntimeWarning. How can I not have that show up? I know I should not use tempnam() and I will move away from it in the near future, but for now I have to use it. Thank you, Lance -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
RE: Is Python suitable for a huge, enterprise size app?
That is why you can distribute only the .pyc files and not the .py files. This would be like distributing the .class files and not giving out the .java files. I had this issue at a company in the late 1980's and why I submitted the patches to make Python not require the .py files if the .pyc files existed. Now days, you can go one step further and zip up the .pyc files into a single zip file and distribute that instead of individual .pyc files. If you really want to go further, you can also modify the module loading code and encrypt the .pyc files when they are generated from the .py files. Your module loading code can then decrypt the .pyc files at load time. Lance Ellinghaus I speak for myself and not for the company I work for. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maurice LING Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:20 AM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Is Python suitable for a huge, enterprise size app? You can see Python going down the sewer pipes, right on their faces. Two, security. This python sounds pretty interesting. Tell me about the security. How can we prevent people from stealing our source code, which we just spent millions developing? ... Hmm, trust the developers out there not to peek? Oh, sure, let's use it. Just like Java, which is so easy to reverse-engineer... It makes big difference (legally) to if the codes are there and someone sees it, to if the codes are locked in some packaged or zipped form and someone reverse-engineer it. It is legally as different as if you drop money on the ground and I pick it up, to pick-pocketing you and take the money. Nobody seems to be able to understand this simple logic. Yes, Java class files can be reverse-engineered quite easily but the act of doing that is criminal, unless performed under specified Council Directives (in EU) or under any statutory law in specific countries. But the act of looking at the codes if it is there is not criminal, just like reading a book in bookstore. If anyone can program in binary today, no codes will be safe with them anyway... maurice -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
PyGreSQL binary for Windows
Title: PyGreSQL binary for Windows Has anyone built PyGreSQL for windows 2000 that would be willing to send me the binary version? I do not have a windows compiler and need to run it. Thank you, lance Lance Ellinghaus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
