Re: [Tutor] Active Python
Bill Mill said unto the world upon 2005-02-18 20:29: On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:20:03 -0800 (PST), Terry Carroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Jeff Shannon wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:54:43 -0800 (PST), Terry Carroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting -- I prefer the CHM (Windows helpfile), because it's internally indexed. I feel that the internal search is more convenient than external searches would be. But I suppose that there's room for reasonable people to disagree, here. :) Sure, and I'd expect I'm in the minority. I use Agent Ransack for searching files on my system. I do a search for, for example, a filename of html$ containing the word socket and can get a pretty good look at what I'm looking for. I'll bet that the CHM file can do that at least as well, but since I use Agent Ransack for all my document searches (Python-related or otherwise), it's most convenient for me use one consistent mechanism. I'll tell you, if Google desktop had a way of limiting searches to specific directories, I'd be in heaven. How do you live without cygwin? Just 'cd' to the directory and 'grep -r' to search through it. It's the first thing I install on a windows box, even before python. Peace Bill Mill bill.mill at gmail.com Hi all, I like the html docs and Agent Ransack, too. (Not yet command line oriented.) I've lately been making use of pydoc's html documentation server. I started when wanting to use it on my own modules; I've been finding it is really useful to use for quick reference on built ins, too. Best, Brian vdB ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Active Python
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Jeff Shannon wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:54:43 -0800 (PST), Terry Carroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I prefer the HTML, because I can then run searches against it from outside the help system. Interesting -- I prefer the CHM (Windows helpfile), because it's internally indexed. I feel that the internal search is more convenient than external searches would be. But I suppose that there's room for reasonable people to disagree, here. :) Sure, and I'd expect I'm in the minority. I use Agent Ransack for searching files on my system. I do a search for, for example, a filename of html$ containing the word socket and can get a pretty good look at what I'm looking for. I'll bet that the CHM file can do that at least as well, but since I use Agent Ransack for all my document searches (Python-related or otherwise), it's most convenient for me use one consistent mechanism. I'll tell you, if Google desktop had a way of limiting searches to specific directories, I'd be in heaven. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Active Python
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Bill Mill wrote: How do you live without cygwin? I don't. I have it installed, too. But Agent Ransack is more convenient. If it wasn't free, I'd pay for it. It's primarily to search by filename, but the grep-like capability is a nice plus. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Active Python
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:54:43 -0800 (PST), Terry Carroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Robert Campbell wrote: I am not a programmer, but have decided to learn Python. I am wondering if anyone has used the Activestate ActivePython and what are the advantages/disadvantages of using it rather than the standard Python tools. If you're on Windows, I recommend it. It is the full Python, plus some Windows extensions. I fully agree. ActivePython contains everything that you'd get from the standard distribution, plus extra tools that are especially useful under Windows. (I like PythonWin a lot more than IDLE...) The only downside I've encountered is that, as of 2.4, it no longer includes the Help files in their original HTML format. Instead, there's just one big help file in Windows Help format. I prefer the HTML, because I can then run searches against it from outside the help system. Interesting -- I prefer the CHM (Windows helpfile), because it's internally indexed. I feel that the internal search is more convenient than external searches would be. But I suppose that there's room for reasonable people to disagree, here. :) Jeff Shannon ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Active Python
Hi, I am not a programmer, but have decided to learn Python. I am wondering if anyone has used the Activestate ActivePython and what are the advantages/disadvantages of using it rather than the standard Python tools. Robert ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
