I use LibreOffice. Yes, it looks like I have to switch to Python 3 in this case. I'll try v.3 then Thank you Leonid
> On 27-07-2016, at 21:01, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > > On 7/27/2016 12:37 PM, Chris Kaynor wrote: >> def __init__(self, name: str): >> >> That "name: str" syntax is called function annotations, and was added in >> Python 3, and you are trying to use the module in Python 2.7. >> >> There may be another variation of the module compatible with Python 2, or >> you'll need to upgrade your Python to a version of Python 3. >> >> Chris >> >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Crane Ugly <vostrus...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I try to create some scripts that will help me to open and manipulate >>> OpenOffice documents. Calc in particular. But I have some problems finding >>> right packages or libraries that offer such interface. >>> So far I was trying uno and unotools but the first step is to import them >>> failed. Here is the output: >>> >>> UNO tools are installed: >>> $ pip list | grep uno >>> uno (0.3.3) >>> unotools (0.3.3) >>> >>> Try to import them: >>> $ python >>> Python 2.7.12 (default, Jun 29 2016, 12:53:15) >>> [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.1.0 (clang-602.0.53)] on darwin >>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>>>> import uno >>>>>> import unotools >>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >>> File >>> "/Volumes/home/lshanin/Dropbox/Python/ve/accounting/lib/python2.7/site-packages/unotools/__init__.py", >>> line 16 >>> def __init__(self, name: str): >>> ^ >>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>>>>> >>> >>> I would appreciate is somebody help me to find what is wrong with untools >>> package. >>> Or point me to some other available libraries. I expect to work with >>> OpenOffice (LibreOffice) files only not with MS Excel files. > > Are you working with OpenOffice or LibreOffice? There are *different > programs*. Last I know, current LibreOffice comes with python 3.3.3 in its > program directory and you need at least Python 3.3.3 for its UNO bridge, as > it used the FSR unicode representation introduced in 3.3. > > -- > Terry Jan Reedy > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
