Re: [pygame] Good code

2007-12-09 Thread David Gowers
Hi Laura On Dec 9, 2007 6:04 PM, Laura Creighton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think one of the most useful places to write comments -- and one which I think is rarely done -- is # hack hack hack ! this function should really do XXX instead of YYY # that it does now This is a great use of

[pygame] Playing MP3 problem (background noise)

2007-12-09 Thread Nelson
Hi, The scenario is an fully updated FC6, with the SDL.mixer recompiled to enable mp3 support like this: 1) download SDL_mixer-1.2.7-2.fc6.src.rpm from source rpm repository. 2) rpm -i SDL_mixer-1.2.7-2.fc6.src.rpm 3) cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS 4) edit SDL_mixer.spec, and change line 48 from:

[pygame] Hi I'm New

2007-12-09 Thread earlylight publishing
Hello Everyone, I'm new to the list, new to Python/Pygame, and new to programming in general. I'm learning Python/Pygame because I want to make educational games. I'm a single mom with a full time job so it goes without saying that I'll be doing this part time and with next to zero

Re: [pygame] Hi I'm New

2007-12-09 Thread Laura Creighton
Welcome. Another place to find us is in the channel #pygame on irc.freenode.net turnaround is somewhat faster. Laura

Re: [pygame] Playing MP3 problem (background noise)

2007-12-09 Thread Casey Duncan
On Dec 9, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Nelson wrote: while 1: pass This may have absolutely nothing to do with it, but this code will completely consume a cpu while doing nothing, which may adversely effect other operations that need cpu, such as mp3 decoding. You might try replacing it

Re: [pygame] Playing MP3 problem (background noise)

2007-12-09 Thread Luke Paireepinart
Nelson wrote: Hi, The scenario is an fully updated FC6, with the SDL.mixer recompiled to enable mp3 support like this: 1) download SDL_mixer-1.2.7-2.fc6.src.rpm from source rpm repository. 2) rpm -i SDL_mixer-1.2.7-2.fc6.src.rpm 3) cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS 4) edit SDL_mixer.spec, and

Re: [pygame] Hi I'm New

2007-12-09 Thread Luke Paireepinart
earlylight publishing wrote: Hello Everyone, I'm new to the list, new to Python/Pygame, and new to programming in general. I'm learning Python/Pygame because I want to make educational games. I'm a single mom with a full time job so it goes without saying that I'll be doing this part time