Re: Calendar module question
- Phil [2013-02-17 17:47:15 +1000] - : > Thank you for reading this. > > My adventures with Python have just begun and during the few weeks I > have tried many IDEs. The following piece of code fails under all > IDEs, and the interpreter, except under the Wing IDE. > > Why would this code work under the Wing IDE and nowhere else? Could > there be a different calendar module included with Wing? > > import calendar > > cal = calendar.prcal(2013) > print cal > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "calendar.py", line 1, in > import calendar > File "/home/phil/calendar.py", line 3, in ^^^ There is your problem. Parsedatetime is a good calendar module. I've been using it recently for an email related script. -- Primary Key: 4096R/1D31DC38 2011-12-03 Key Fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: [Python-ideas] string.format() default variable assignment
[- Sat 2.Mar'13 at 17:54:57 +1100 Chris Angelico :-] > On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Devin Jeanpierre > wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > >>> No offence Chris, but you're the only person I know who *regularly* > >>> replies to the wrong list. Does your mail client not have a "Reply to > >>> List" command, or "Reply All"? If so, then you should use it rather than > >>> manually typing the (wrong) list address in. > >> > >> Correct, Gmail doesn't. I should switch to Thunderbird (or something > >> else, but I've heard a good many recommendations for Tbird) but have > >> yet to get around to setting it up. > > > > Actually, it has a few ways to reply-to-all. In this screenshot, there > > are three things I could click to reply-to-all: > > http://imgur.com/914BNuY > > Yes, but reply-all sends a copy to the poster as well as the list. > What I want is reply-list, acknowledging the list headers... and Gmail > simply doesn't have that. > > I also want to be able to change my mind as to whether it's > reply-all/reply-list/reply-sender after typing up a reply. Guess it's > time I grabbed Tbird to find out if it can do that... use mutt devel or [Al]pine. Text based MUA's and News readers are more efficient IMO. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: [Python-ideas] string.format() default variable assignment
[- Tue 5.Mar'13 at 2:42:07 + Steven D'Aprano :-] > On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:09:10 -0500, David Robinow wrote: > > > But here's what I don't understand. Why does somebody who posts as > > much as Steven (and thanks for that. Getting cussed at occasionally is a > > cheap price for all the free advice) not set up a simple mail filter > > which trashes all mail from python-list. Wouldn't that solve the > > problem? Or am I misunderstanding something? > > When I'm working in my backyard garden, it's a real drag to put garden > refuse into the green waste bin for collection. I have to cut it up into > manageable-sized pieces, put them in a big carry bag, carry it through > the house, then empty the bag into the green waste collection bin the > local council supplies. What a drag! Maybe I should have thought of this > before moving into my house, but I'm stuck with it now, moving to a new > house would be difficult and expensive. Besides, apart from this one > little difficulty, I like it here. Since I have all sorts of good excuses > why doing the right thing is too much trouble, I just toss any plant > trimmings over the fence into my neighbour's yard. It's easy for him to > deal with it, all he has to do is get a goat to eat the garden waste I > toss over the fence, and his problem is solved. > > I'm actually doing him a favour by tossing my garden trimmings into his > yard. If he doesn't get a goat, the trimmings will rot and turn into > compost, which improves the soil in his garden. He'll thank me some day. > > I really don't understand why he thinks I'm being rude. He should be > grateful, not upset. If anyone is being rude, it's him, expecting me to > carry all that garden waste through the house into the collection bin. > Doesn't he understand how hard that is for me? I'm sorry - i just had to reply :-) i've just got up and read this and it actually made me LOL. Thanks Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
