Re: What IDE support python 3.0.1 ?

2009-04-24 Thread Peter Anderson
ething that is really worth getting to know. A copy of Python (Second Edition) by Toby Donaldson (ISBN 13: 978-0-321-58544-8) is another good thing to have when you are learning. Regards, Peter -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more u

Re: Python 3 and easygui problem

2009-02-22 Thread Peter Anderson
cript is still being tested and any comments would be appreciated. NOTE: This version of the script is not from Steve Ferg although his contribution of the original script is acknowledged. This script is released under the same Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License as the original script. Modified

Re: Python 3 and easygui problem

2009-02-22 Thread Peter Anderson
I will certainly look at a 'public' release. Regards, Peter -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things—Niccolo Machiavelli, /The Pr

Re: Python 3 and easygui problem

2009-02-22 Thread Peter Anderson
ve a personal need not to plagiarise or usurp the rights and skills of another developer. I was happy to make my simple effort available, unofficially, in return for help from other list members. I hope that resolves the issue. Regards, Peter -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to ta

Re: Python 3 and easygui problem

2009-02-22 Thread Peter Anderson
eeds a bit more testing. Regards, Peter -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things—Niccolo Machiavelli, /The Prince/, ch. 6 -- http://mail.

Python 3 and easygui problem

2009-02-21 Thread Peter Anderson
ixing this is a bit beyond my skills and I was wondering whether anyone has any thoughts. I am happy to post a copy of my revised easygui.py script. Regards, Peter -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success,

Re: what IDE is the best to write python?

2009-02-02 Thread Peter Anderson
es. This is such a simple concept but is so very productive. Who needs an IDE?. I would love to have a Linux text editor (like Scite or GEdit) that could do this. Regards, Peter -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in

Re: Emacs vs. Eclipse vs. Vim

2008-12-01 Thread Peter Anderson
f you use Windows its really worth a try. Regards, Peter -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things—Niccolo Machiavelli, /The Prince/, ch. 6

Re: Emacs vs. Eclipse vs. Vim

2008-12-01 Thread Peter Anderson
brary function (I would be really pleased to be proven wrong on this last point :-) ). However, the best advice I think that can be given about editors is keep trying them until you find the one YOU like. We all like different things, especially when it comes to editors. Regards, Peter -- *

Re: IDE Question

2008-10-16 Thread Peter Anderson
I have been using the two following Python IDE's on both Windows and Ubuntu: * PyScripter - http://mmm-experts.com/ * DrPython - http://sourceforge.net/projects/drpython/ PyScripter is, I think, the better but both are nice editors and easy to use. Regards, Peter -- *Peter And

Mail delivery problems

2008-09-06 Thread Peter Anderson
Deshpande Subject: Re: Learning Python From: Peter Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:41:03 +1000 To: python-list@python.org The text of my message... Is this a problem? Peter -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more pe

Re: Learning Python

2008-09-06 Thread Peter Anderson
539). These are equivalent to Python 101 and 201. Regards, Peter -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things—Niccolo Machiavelli, /The Pr

Re: wxPython problem

2008-09-06 Thread Peter Anderson
uot; link under the "Packages" column at Sourceforge. You will be shown a list of Rpyc versions. For Python 2.5.2 choose Relese "2.60". This will save you the several hours its cost me. Thanks again Stef. Regards, Peter -- Peter Anderson There is nothing more difficult to t

wxPython problem

2008-09-06 Thread Peter Anderson
code\wx\_windows.py", line 505, in __init__ _windows_.Frame_swiginit(self,_windows_.new_Frame(*args, **kwargs)) PyNoAppError: The wx.App object must be created first! -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its su

Re: Books about Python.

2008-08-24 Thread Peter Anderson
understand it, a second year text. See the book's home page for content details. I hope that helps, Peter -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new or

Re: programming toolbox

2008-08-22 Thread Peter Anderson
than it ought to be. While I'm rambling on; I recently purchased "Python Programming: An introduction to Computer Science" by John Zelle (ISBN: 1-887902-99-6) a really good book, best Python text I have read. Regards, Peter -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult t

RE: very newbie question

2008-08-07 Thread Peter Anderson
ot;) The variables "the_number" and "tries" were not available outside the "ask_number()" module. Alternatively drop the def function and lump it all into a simple script. -- *Peter Anderson* There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to con

Python Written in C?

2008-07-21 Thread Peter Anderson
interesting, what's it for?" Seeing an opportunity I replied "Its a new bit of technology that allows you to write directly to your floppy disks when you are away from your computer!" "What a great idea!" he replied in all seriousness! Maybe our friend could fi

Re: Python internals question

2008-07-15 Thread Peter Anderson
understand what I was asking or didn't read the question and simply proceeded to re-state what I had quoted from Beazley - well I understood what he was saying, I simply wanted to find out how Python did it at a lower level. Your reference answered the question ;-) Thanks, Peter -- Peter And

Re: Python internals

2008-07-15 Thread Peter Anderson
ad to support personally but my staff did). I found that most programmers write bad code because they don't understand what the machine is doing with their code. Probably doesn't matter any more but old habits die hard! ;-) Regards, Peter -- Peter Anderson There is nothing more d

Python internals question

2008-07-15 Thread Peter Anderson
can help I would be most interested in your thoughts. Regards, Peter -- Peter Anderson There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things — Niccolo Machiave

Python internals

2008-07-15 Thread Peter Anderson
guru that can help I would be most interested in your thoughts. Regards, Peter -- Peter Anderson There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things -- Niccolo Machi

Re: python shell

2007-05-19 Thread Peter Anderson
lus the tool looks something like: Menu text: Python Command: C:\Python25\python.exe Argument: "$(FileName)" Initial directory: $(FileDir) Capture output: [X] Output from the program run is captured in an "output window". A full blown IDE it ain't but handy it is. Rega