Re: Interop between C# and Python

2007-04-28 Thread Ravi Teja
nvenient because working with typed systems is more convenient in dynamic languages than it is to work with untyped systems in typed languages. Of course, if the project is really small, none of this really matters. Pick your poison. Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Interop between C# and Python

2007-04-27 Thread Ravi Teja
; > thx, >Uriel Katz Use soaplib instead of ZSI. It has better WSDL support which makes it easier to create client stubs from other languages. http://trac.optio.webfactional.com/ Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Helpbook and CHM

2007-04-19 Thread Ravi Teja
> > > > Teja wrote: > > > > > how to generate CHM files in Boa(Python)??? > > > > >http://www.rutherfurd.net/software/rst2chm/index.html > > > > > TJG > > > > Can't I do it in Boa constructor ??? I have seen an option in Boa to > > > create a new helpbook and compile it to CHm and help files, B

Re: Helpbook and CHM

2007-04-19 Thread Ravi Teja
On Apr 19, 3:58 am, Teja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 19, 3:48 pm, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Teja wrote: > > > how to generate CHM files in Boa(Python)??? > > >http://www.rutherfurd.net/software/rst2chm/index.html > > > TJG > > Can't I do it in Boa constructor ??? I hav

Re: ZSI, SOAP and .NET web services - problem

2007-03-26 Thread Ravi Teja
, although I mainly used it as a server than a client. Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Help me with this!!!

2007-02-01 Thread Ravi Teja
ile in notepad (or other text editor)? You do not use regex to search binary files. Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Hi, I'm new to python

2007-01-27 Thread Ravi Teja
esources. If you have very basic questions, IRC (freenode has a Python channel), is a better option. When you post, make the question as specific as possible. Sometimes typing a good question itself gives you an answer. Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: While loop with "or"? Please help!

2007-01-25 Thread Ravi Teja
> while usrinp != "y" or "Y" or "N" or "n": <<<<PROBLEM Correct way: while usrinp != "y" or usrinp != "Y" or usrinp != "N" or usrinp != "n": There has to be a boolean evaluation on both

Re: How to convert a string into an integer

2007-01-22 Thread Ravi Teja
licitly convert yourself. In this case with int_value = int(string_value) Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: confused on python rpc with apache, is it possible?

2007-01-19 Thread Ravi Teja
there but I thought that if some > thing needs to be done in php in the future then apache better be > there but as I said that is no need if pythone can do it on a stand > alone basis. Use mod_python with some xmlrpc handler. There is more than one around. Google for them. That way

Re: Making a simple script standalone

2007-01-18 Thread Ravi Teja
, check out ShedSkin. Since you mentioned that you were using very few modules (ShedSkin supports os, stat, string, time), it might just work. ShedSkin translates your Python code to fast C++ code that can be compiled to a tight app. http://sourceforge.net/projects/shedskin/ Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: I need to consume a .NET web service in a Python client

2007-01-12 Thread Ravi Teja
e to the Python world so please be bear with my novice > queries. > > thanks in advance, > Mohit Start Here http://www.diveintopython.org/soap_web_services/index.html Example Client http://www.diveintopython.org/soap_web_services/first_steps.html Ravi Teja -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to write temporary data to file?

2007-01-08 Thread Ravi Teja
Thomas Ploch wrote: > Ravi Teja schrieb: > > Thomas Ploch wrote: > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> I have a data structure that looks like this: > >> > >> d = { > >>'url1': { > >>'emails':

Re: How to write temporary data to file?

2007-01-08 Thread Ravi Teja
ard library modules that can persist data. But in this case, I would recommend ZODB/Durus. (Your code example scares me. I hope you have benevolent purposes for that application.) Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: private variables

2007-01-08 Thread Ravi Teja
by convention. See Python docs for a detailed explanation. Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Network failure when using urllib2

2007-01-08 Thread Ravi Teja
ting safeguards against DOS attacks from their network with normal users in mind. Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Network failure when using urllib2

2007-01-08 Thread Ravi Teja
vices/review.html especially 11.3.3. Last-Modified/If-Modified-Since in the next page Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: program deployment

2007-01-05 Thread Ravi Teja
king kikapu wrote: > hi to all folks here, > > i am learning Python, just finished a book and i am starting to write > programs. > I just want to ask, is the "correct" way to deploy my programs to other > computers, the .pyc files ?? > > I now that with the "-m compileall ." switch can compile a .

Re: How do I add users using Python scripts on a Linux machine

2007-01-02 Thread Ravi Teja
> > > > How about invoking scripts with SUID root set? > > Linux seems to ignore SUID bit on scripts: Yes. My bad. The work around was to use native launchers. I don't remember the details. Perhaps with the interpreter embedded to launch it in-process and to hard code the script paths (or at least

Re: How do I add users using Python scripts on a Linux machine

2007-01-02 Thread Ravi Teja
Ivan Voras wrote: > Ramdas wrote: > > Well, > > > > I need to add users from a web interface for a web server, which runs > > only Python. I need to add users, set quotas and in future even look at > > managing ip tables to limit bandwidth. > > > > I know os.system(), but this has to be done throu

Re: C app and Python

2006-12-31 Thread Ravi Teja
but a C > application. > or I need to embed Python in my C application. > > Thanks, > Vertilka A bit of both :-) http://www.python.org/doc/ext/extending-with-embedding.html Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: keypressed() function

2006-12-28 Thread Ravi Teja
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I need a function (blocking or non-blocking) that tells me if a key has > been pressed (even before it has been released etc.). Also, I would of > course like to know _which_ key has been pressed. > > I know that this probably does not exist in the Python library already

Re: Reverse of SendKeys??

2006-12-28 Thread Ravi Teja
Scripter47 wrote: > Hey! > > I know there is a module named SendKeys. > SendKeys module it can type strings as you where typing it, on the keyboard. > But is there a module that does the reverse. A module that gets > _anything_ what the keyboard writes. > For example. If i type "hey" on my keyboar

Re: Scaling pictures

2006-12-28 Thread Ravi Teja
Kajsa Anka wrote: > I would like some advice, I'm going to build a small app that will, among > other things, scale images so that they can be published on a web site. I've > never done any image processing in python before so I would like to ask what > is the best way of doing this, I will not do

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Introduction to 3D Graphics Programing

2006-12-27 Thread Ravi Teja
Xah Lee wrote: > Regarding VisualPython... i saw a demo in 2002 by a professor > friend. I think it is good. Though, why is its licensing not GPL or > otherwise Open Source? That's kinda odd since Pyhton is. You are confusing VPython with Activestate's Visual Python IDE plugin for Visual Studio.

Re: merits of Lisp vs Python

2006-12-17 Thread Ravi Teja
Jean-Paul Calderone wrote: > On 11 Dec 2006 03:01:32 -0800, Ravi Teja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Timofei Shatrov wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > >Of course, doctest is hardly the ultimate testing solution. But it does > >an admirable job for many

Re: merits of Lisp vs Python

2006-12-13 Thread Ravi Teja
Robert Uhl wrote: > "Ravi Teja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Mark Tarver wrote: > >> > >> seems to show that Python is a cut down (no macros) version of Lisp > >> with a worse performance. > > > > By that standard, every ot

Re: merits of Lisp vs Python

2006-12-11 Thread Ravi Teja
Mark Tarver wrote: > Paul Rubin wrote: > > "Mark Tarver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > How do you compare Python to Lisp? What specific advantages do you > > > think that one has over the other? > > > > > > Thanks; a quick re

Re: merits of Lisp vs Python

2006-12-11 Thread Ravi Teja
Timofei Shatrov wrote: > But, you have to admit that it looks horrible (at least at the first glance). > If > there's some programming style that I absolutely can't stand, it would be the > one where programmer writes a huge block of commentary describing what a > function does, followed by one-l

Re: merits of Lisp vs Python

2006-12-11 Thread Ravi Teja
Kaz Kylheku wrote: > Paddy wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctest > > I pity the hoplelessly anti-intellectual douche-bag who inflicted this > undergraduate misfeature upon the programming language. > > This must be some unofficial patch that still has a hope of being shot > down in fla

Re: SOAP Server with WSDL?

2006-12-07 Thread Ravi Teja
u need a stateful remoting mechanism. The choice is Pyro if both the server and all the clients are written in Python. Else, use CORBA or ICE with DMI. All of these are simple to use for simple remote object invocations although distributed computing in general does have a learning curve. Ravi Teja. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to compile omniORBpy on Windows?

2006-12-04 Thread Ravi Teja
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How do I compile omniORBpy 3.0 on Windows? The readme.txt file seems > to talk only about how to do this on Unix. Unfortenuately, I can not > use the binary because I need to use Python 2.3.5. (and the binary > requires that I use Python 2.4). > > I tried to copy the o

Re: How to realize the interactive python in Eclipse?

2006-12-03 Thread Ravi Teja
purple wrote: > I have installed the Eclipse and the plug-in Pydev. Also, I have add an > python program in the external tools. When I run the python program in > the external tools, i can type python command just like in the python > shell.But when I finished running a python file, in the console

Re: Python script and C++

2006-11-27 Thread Ravi Teja
Thuan Seah Tan wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to python and currently I am working on a traffic simulation > which I plan to define the various agents using scripting. It's kind of like > scripting for non-playable character in games. I am thinking of using python > for this but I am concerned

Re: How good is CORBA?

2006-11-27 Thread Ravi Teja
On Nov 21, 11:20 am, "Sai Krishna M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > there are certainly client/server interactions. But are they cross-language interactions? This is how I would choose to distribute code. Same machine, all in Python - organize in modules in Python path. Different machines, all in P

Re: Will GPL Java eat into Python marketshare?

2006-11-16 Thread Ravi Teja
> Personally, I've never gotten jpype to work. Is it just me, or is it > a troublesome install? > > Harry George > PLM Engineering Architecture It works fine for me now. However, I do recall having an issue a while ago (most likely me, rather than JPype). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listi

Re: Programming Language that is Spreadsheet/Table Based

2006-11-05 Thread Ravi Teja
Omar wrote: > I'm looking for a programming language or module that sorta looks and > feels like MS Excel (I love and think in tables), yet has the power and > open-endedness of python or javascript. I'm still pretty new to > python. PyCells http://pycells.pdxcb.net/ http://pycells.pdxcb.net/wiki

Re: Rapid desktop application development

2006-10-19 Thread Ravi Teja
Stephen Eilert wrote: > Hi all, > > There has been much hype lately about web "megaframeworks", like > TurboGears, Django and Rails(Ruby side). Those are all fantastic > frameworks, nicely integrated so that the user can focus on solving his > problem, instead of doing all the scaffolding and fram

Re: More Noob Questions

2006-10-19 Thread Ravi Teja
> 1) I'm also learning to program flash movies while I learn to do > python. How can one implement flash movies into their python code? Depending on what "implementing flash movies into Python code" means. Python and Flash can be complementary. You can develop the UI in Flash and have it talk to

Re: ADO with Python

2006-10-16 Thread Ravi Teja
Ralf wrote: > Is their anybody with xperience in using the both and can provide me with > some xamples. Googling for python ado returns this simple tutorial http://www.markcarter.me.uk/computing/python/ado.html COM access in Python is straight forward with win32all. -- http://mail.python.org/ma

Re: newbie IronPython compiled scripts speed question

2006-09-24 Thread Ravi Teja
In most cases, carefully examine why you need native code at all. Since a good number of performance sensitive CPython modules are in fact written in C to begin with, the improvements may not always be significant. I don't know about your application but here are some general observations. Beginer

Re: Running Python script from C++ code(.NET)

2006-09-23 Thread Ravi Teja
> A trivial question - I have a working Python script that I have to > invoke from C++ code. No fancy stuff - just run the whole script with > its parameters. No callbacks, no signalling - nada, just > stupid,primitive, straightforward call. > > And while there is a lot of help on embedding, I coul

Re: Running Python script from C++ code(.NET)

2006-09-23 Thread Ravi Teja
> A trivial question - I have a working Python script that I have to > invoke from C++ code. No fancy stuff - just run the whole script with > its parameters. No callbacks, no signalling - nada, just > stupid,primitive, straightforward call. > > And while there is a lot of help on embedding, I coul

Re: Writing Video conference software for Windows

2006-09-22 Thread Ravi Teja
> Someone said about VNC... I'll take a look, but since it is an > exercise I need to do it, Exercises typically need you to implement, not invent (leave that for a thesis or a dissertation). Rather than invent VNC, you could just implement it on your own from the specs. http://realvnc.com/docs/r

Re: Writing Video conference software for Windows

2006-09-21 Thread Ravi Teja
> I need to write a software that allow to see the desktop That would be the VNC protocol. Don't reinvent the wheel. VNC is relatively efficient in that it only updates the portions of the screen that changed. Maybe this project could be your starting point. PyVNC http://bdash.net.nz/blog/2005/0

Re: include statement

2006-09-19 Thread Ravi Teja
> is it possible in python to include another python source file into the > current namespace, i.e.completely analogous to the #include statement > in C. By using a pre-processor, like C does. http://www.freenet.org.nz/python/pyp/ If you are new to Python, keep in mind that this is for special ca

Re: RegexBuddy (anyone use this?)

2006-09-16 Thread Ravi Teja
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone tried this thing.. > http://www.regular-expressions.info/regexbuddy.html > > If I had $30 would this be worth getting or should I just try to learn > the manual. (I was hopeing the essential refrence would clear things > up but I am downloading a gilgillion p

Re: auto fill out web form

2006-09-02 Thread Ravi Teja
Chris Smith wrote: > Does anyone know of any python scripts that can help me automatically > navigate through some forms so I can schedule the download the file at the > end of all the questions? ClientForm http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/ClientForm/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: Python web service ...

2006-08-26 Thread Ravi Teja
Tim Williams wrote: > > At this time right now I prefer to do something that works the quickest > > possible... > > I never had any experience with CGI, do I need to set up a web server > > for that ? > > can you point me some usefull reading material so I can get a start ? > > I will post for a c

Re: text editor suggestion?

2006-08-23 Thread Ravi Teja
John Salerno wrote: > Ravi Teja wrote: > > > ??? > > > > In the same file, near the top. > > > > keywordclass.python=and assert break class continue def del elif \ > > else except exec finally for from global if import in is lambda None \ > >

Re: text editor suggestion?

2006-08-22 Thread Ravi Teja
John Salerno wrote: > Ravi Teja wrote: > > > Stick to SciTE. It takes almost no learning effort and meets everyone > > of those requirements. As far as customerization goes, SciTE can be > > customerized quite well. In fact, it can even be scripted with Lua. You > &g

Re: text editor suggestion?

2006-08-21 Thread Ravi Teja
> I also just started using Scite, and I really like it, except I find its > syntax highlighting to be very inflexible. You aren't able to define > your own groups of words -- you have to use what's given, basically. One > thing I like about UltraEdit is that you simply define as many groups of > k

Re: Python Editor with Autocorrection

2006-08-21 Thread Ravi Teja
Laurentiu wrote: > hello! > > > i am searching for a free python editor with > autocorrection capabillities. > > for example:" the wrong setfocus() call to become > SetFocus(), etc." > > > thanks Python is a dynamic language, which means that methods that may not exist in your source code may spr

Re: What would be the best way to run python client in the background

2006-08-21 Thread Ravi Teja
> The reason for the a seperate persistant check is because it will be > used to enable software to be installed in whole lab of PCs but only > allow a predifined number to run the software at any time one time. > And then when a user stop using the software a licence will become > available to for

Re: What would be the best way to run python client in the background

2006-08-20 Thread Ravi Teja
gel wrote: > Hi > I have written a python client server app that keeps an eye on > processes starting and ending on a client and makes decision on what to > do based on information from the server end. I want to run the client > end of the app more or less invisibly (no console) on the XP clients

Re: How to catch these kind of bugs in Python?

2006-08-19 Thread Ravi Teja
asincero wrote: > Is there anyway to catch the following type of bug in Python code: > > message = 'This is a message' > # some code > # some more code > if some_obscure_condition: >nessage = 'Some obscure condition occured.' > # yet more code > # still more code > print message > > > In the ab

Re: Text to MP3 using pyTTS - Non-programmer question

2006-08-19 Thread Ravi Teja
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for the script. Are there any online python intrepreters? > > I'd like to play around with the script. I don't have access to my home > PC. You probably will have to wait till you get to yours. There were some AJAXian ones but I doubt that you will find a free (a

Re: sqlite3 or mysqldb?

2006-08-18 Thread Ravi Teja
> To learn SQL SQLite should be enough - it has all the basics, just as > MySQL, while it doesn't require any server/client configuration > (encoding configuration in MySQL is real PITA). But if you want any > "serious SQL", go with any freely available *real SQL server*, like > Firebird or Postgre

Re: recommended general-purpose string template packages?

2006-08-13 Thread Ravi Teja
> In general, I'm mainly interested in a template engine for dynamic web > pages but would like a general purpose one to avoid learning yet > another package for generating e-mail messages, form letters, source > code, whatever. > > In particular, does anyone have much experience with the Python >

Re: Easy to use distributed system?

2006-08-13 Thread Ravi Teja
Jim Jones wrote: > I am looking for a system in Python that will easily allow me to distribute > processes across multiple systems?So, if I have a function 'foo', I'd > like to be able to call something along the lines of > > distribute(foo(x)) > > And have the system figure out which node is a

Re: The decentralized nature of the Python community is driving me crazy

2006-08-09 Thread Ravi Teja
> But I must say the one thing I miss about Perl is my ability to stay on > top of all the latest modules and apps in one place: CPAN. With Python, > code is EVERYWHERE - people's local boxes, sourceforge, freshmeat, > codezoo, parnassus, etc, etc. Python CheeseShop is equivalent to CPAN http://ww

Re: New to Python-- Help

2006-08-08 Thread Ravi Teja
Philippe Martin wrote: > John & Mary Cook wrote: > > > I just installed Python on Windows XP Pro. When I enter 'python' at the > > >>> prompt in Pythonwin IDE I get the following: > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > >File "", line 1, in ? > > Name Error: name 'python' is not defined

Re: Programming newbie coming from Ruby: a few Python questions

2006-08-02 Thread Ravi Teja
> Is this kind of cleverness what is usually known as "magic"? > I suspect that this has something to do with it, but not completely > sure... :-). It must be. Now Django has a "magic removal branch". -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Programming newbie coming from Ruby: a few Python questions

2006-08-01 Thread Ravi Teja
> 'Clever is not considered a compliment in Python.' (don't know where I > read that...) On a similar note. "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." -- Br

Re: python and JMS

2006-07-30 Thread Ravi Teja
Alan Kennedy wrote: > [tksri2000] > > I am looking to use python to talk to JMS. Can some please point me to > > such resources if this is possible. > > PyHJB is the python-to-JMS gateway. ... via HJB, the HTTP JMS bridge. > http://hjb.python-hosting.com/ > > HJB (HTTP JMS Bridge) > http://hjb.ber

Re: python and JMS

2006-07-30 Thread Ravi Teja
> I am looking to use python to talk to JMS. Can some please point me to > such resources if this is possible. JPype http://jpype.sourceforge.net/ Jython http://www.jython.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python for Lazarus (not Delphi)

2006-07-23 Thread Ravi Teja
Uwe Grauer wrote: > Does anyone know if something similar to Python for Delphi > does exist for lazarus? > > Thanks for any pointers, > Uwe Python for Delphi does support Lazarus since Version 3.29 http://mmm-experts.com/VersionHistory.aspx?ProductId=3 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/li

Re: Web Browser Pygame Plug-in?

2006-07-10 Thread Ravi Teja
Gregory Piñero wrote: > That's interesting, Ben. So we'd be better off making a new library > similiar to Pygame in functionality but designed from the ground up to > work in a browser. In open source community, that would be YOU since you are the one with the need :-). Maybe you can make "Python

Re: python - regex handling

2006-07-04 Thread Ravi Teja
bruce wrote: > hi... > > does python provide regex handling similar to perl. can't find anything in > the docs i've seen to indicate it does... > > -bruce It helps to learn to search before asking for help. Typing the words - python regex (words from your post) into Google gives you plenty of res

Re: beautifulsoup .vs tidy

2006-07-01 Thread Ravi Teja
Paul Boddie wrote: > Ravi Teja wrote: > > > > 1.) XPath is not a good idea at all with "malformed" HTML or perhaps > > web pages in general. > > import libxml2dom > import urllib > f = urllib.urlopen("http://wiki.python.org/moin/";) > s = f

Re: building/installing python libs/modules...

2006-07-01 Thread Ravi Teja
> Here is a click and go installer built for Windows that I found from > Google. > http://users.skynet.be/sbi/libxml-python/binaries/libxml2-python-2.6.22.win32-py2.4.exe Oops! That is for libxml2, not libxml2dom. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: I have 100 servers which need a new backup server added to a text file, and then the backup agent restarted.

2006-07-01 Thread Ravi Teja
gavino wrote: > list of servers L.txt > #cat L.txt > config file is /var/bkupexec/agent.cfg need to add "tell epobackup" to > bottom of file > # cat "tell epobackup" >> /var/bkupexec/agent.cfg > agent is /etc/init.d/agent.ini stop (and then start) > # /etc/init.d/agent.init stop > # /etc/init.d/ag

Re: building/installing python libs/modules...

2006-07-01 Thread Ravi Teja
> i've got the python app: > http://www.boddie.org.uk/python/downloads/libxml2dom-0.3.3.tar.gz > > and i've downloaded it, an untarred it... > i have the dir structure, but i don't know what needs to be done now!!! i > have a setup.py. does it get run? > > the Readme file didn't tell me how to buil

Re: I have 100 servers which need a new backup server added to a text file, and then the backup agent restarted.

2006-07-01 Thread Ravi Teja
LittlePython wrote: > Does this require a ssh client or server? > > I use authpf to open up my PF firewall for internet use. Generally I just > open up putty and make a connection to the FW ( which open the ports) and > minize it till I am done. When I close putty authpf losses the ssh session > h

Re: I have 100 servers which need a new backup server added to a text file, and then the backup agent restarted.

2006-07-01 Thread Ravi Teja
gavino wrote: > This seems easy but I have been asking tcl and python IRC chat all day > and no one gave an answer. > I have 100 servers which need a new backup server added to a text file, > and then the backup agent restarted. > If I have a list of the servers, all with same root password, and

Re: beautifulsoup .vs tidy

2006-06-30 Thread Ravi Teja
bruce wrote: > hi... > > never used perl, but i have an issue trying to resolve some html that > appears to be "dirty/malformed" regarding the overall structure. in > researching validators, i came across the beautifulsoup app and wanted to > know if anybody could give me pros/cons of the app as it

Re: code is data

2006-06-29 Thread Ravi Teja
I missed this reply earlier. Fredrik Lundh wrote: > there might be cognitive theories that argue that the length of the > symbols used to describe something is more important than the symbols > you use and how they can be "chunked" by the brain Expert communication is known to work differently. F

Re: what do you guys prefer for ajax?

2006-06-29 Thread Ravi Teja
a wrote: > what do you guys prefer for ajax? > dojo > mochikit > prototype > or somehting else/ I am using OpenLaszlo for a project with a Karrigell (Python) ReST backend. Now strictly speaking, this is not AJAX at the moment. It uses Flash but has the same "asynchronous updates from the server"

Re: Import Issue

2006-06-29 Thread Ravi Teja
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the difference between >import string > and >from string import * Here is an explanation. http://effbot.org/zone/import-confusion.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: code is data

2006-06-22 Thread Ravi Teja
> I don't think that distinction is very meaningful. As a programmer I > have to understand both. > I understand the Python compiler well, and it gives me reasonably good > feedback when I > get things wrong, and it has a lot of flexibility along several > orthogonal lines. > We're talking about

Re: code is data

2006-06-20 Thread Ravi Teja
> Or... maybe to be more specific, the hard work later on goes into > *code*. If you are enhancing your model, you do so with methods on the > model classes, and those methods don't effect the DSL, they are just > "code". You create some raw XML in the beginning, but quickly it's > just a matter

Re: code is data

2006-06-19 Thread Ravi Teja
Kay Schluehr wrote: > Ravi Teja wrote: > > > People have however written various language interpreters (Scheme, > > Forth and yes, even Basic) in Python, just for kicks. Still does not > > make it a DSL language anymore than it makes C a DSL language. > > > &

Re: code is data

2006-06-19 Thread Ravi Teja
BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > > > > community has no interest in it. When I absolutely need macros, I will > > > > go elsewhere. > > I *like* 1..5 (ada, ruby) instead of range(5). If I had macros, I would > > have done it myself for *my* code. > I think this example more is a symptom of a childish nee

Re: code is data

2006-06-18 Thread Ravi Teja
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Ravi Teja wrote: > > > Web frameworks, which seem to be the rage now in Python community could > > have benefited tremendously from Macro capabilities since they have a > > lot of boiler plate. > > they do? methinks you haven't done much

Re: code is data

2006-06-18 Thread Ravi Teja
Paddy wrote: > Ravi Teja wrote: > > BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > > > > Personally, I would like to see macros in Python (actually Logix > > > > succeeding is good enough). But I am no language designer and the > > > > community has no interest in it. Whe

Re: code is data

2006-06-17 Thread Ravi Teja
BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > > Personally, I would like to see macros in Python (actually Logix > > succeeding is good enough). But I am no language designer and the > > community has no interest in it. When I absolutely need macros, I will > > go elsewhere. > > One must wonder, when is that? When do

Re: Standard Yes / No Windows Dialog box creation

2006-06-17 Thread Ravi Teja
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I found a way to create "Open File" or "Open Folder" windows dialog > boxes, but not to create an easier Yes / No dialog box... > Maybe someone has a solution for this? Assuming you are on MS Windows. import win32api, win32con win32api.MessageBox(0, "Question", "Title",

Re: code is data

2006-06-17 Thread Ravi Teja
Anton Vredegoor wrote: > With the inclusion of ElementTree (an XML-parser) in Python25 and recent > developments concerning JSON (a very Pythonesque but somewhat limited > XML notation scheme, let's call it statically typed XML) Python seems to > have reached a stage where it now seems to be possi

Re: code is data

2006-06-17 Thread Ravi Teja
Paddy wrote: > Anton Vredegoor wrote: > > With the inclusion of ElementTree (an XML-parser) in Python25 and recent > > developments concerning JSON (a very Pythonesque but somewhat limited > > XML notation scheme, let's call it statically typed XML) > > > > Your thoughts please. > > > > Anton > >

Re: Combining The Best Of Python, Ruby, & Java??????

2006-06-13 Thread Ravi Teja
Luis M. González wrote: > Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > > > But semantically it is a proper functional language. The features may > > > not attract Python users who might prefer Boo/Jython/IronPython. But it > > > does offer something to disillusioned Groovy users. > > > > Are they disillusioned? Just

Re: Combining The Best Of Python, Ruby, & Java??????

2006-06-13 Thread Ravi Teja
Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > > But semantically it is a proper functional language. The features may > > not attract Python users who might prefer Boo/Jython/IronPython. But it > > does offer something to disillusioned Groovy users. > > Are they disillusioned? Just wondering. Nah! Just a poor passin

Re: Combining The Best Of Python, Ruby, & Java??????

2006-06-12 Thread Ravi Teja
> Ok, here's the Hello World example from the Scala website: > > object HelloWorld { > def main(args: Array[String]) = { > Console.println("Hello, world!") > } > } > > Opening and closing braces? > "def main(args: Array[String])"? > Console.println? > > About the only Pythonic thing I can s

Re: Combining The Best Of Python, Ruby, & Java??????

2006-06-12 Thread Ravi Teja
Tim Daneliuk wrote: > So it is claimed: > > > http://www.infoq.com/news/Scala--combing-the-best-of-Ruby-;jsessionid=CC7C8366455E67B04EE5864B7319F5EC > > Has anyone taken a look at this that can provide a meaningful contrast > with Python? I find the language very interesting but it is not like

Re: Python or Ajax?

2006-06-09 Thread Ravi Teja
> I've been hearing a ot about AJAX lately. I may have to build a web > application in the near future, and I was curoius: > > How does a web application that uses Python compare with one that uses AJAX? > > I've done some basic web page design with HTML and CSS, but never any > web applications. I

Re: in python , could I accomplish the purpose that "a=Console.read()" used in C?

2006-06-05 Thread Ravi Teja
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > python a écrit : > > in python , could I accomplish the purpose that "a=Console.read()" used > > in C? > > > There's nothing like "Console.read()" in ansi-C. > He probably got it mixed up with C# which ( almost - Console.Read() ) has that. -- http://mail.python.or

Re: New to Python: Do we have the concept of Hash in Python?

2006-06-02 Thread Ravi Teja
A.M wrote: > "Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > A.M wrote: > > > >> This is my 1st day that I am seriously diving into Python and I have to > >> finish this application by the end of today. Maybe it wasn't a good idea > >> to choose the language that

Re: How to access the content of notepad with Python?

2006-05-31 Thread Ravi Teja
> I have a software running on my computer that really looks like notepad > ( same interface, different name). I need to write a script that will > capture the content of this software --> the text written inside. > > Is it possible using win32 libs? any clue? http://www.openqa.org/pywinauto/ The

Re: Need C# Coding for MD5 Algorithm...

2006-05-28 Thread Ravi Teja
> I need C# code for Implementing MD5 Algorithm. So ask in a C# group. Python's is here http://docs.python.org/lib/module-md5.html > please Send... ITs URgent http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#urgent -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: html 2 plain text

2006-05-28 Thread Ravi Teja
> i remember seeing this simple python function which would take raw html > and output the content (body?) of the page as plain text (no <..> tags > etc) http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/html2text/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Fancy GUI with Python

2006-05-28 Thread Ravi Teja
> Hi all. I just downloaded and installed the new Office suite from MS > with their new 'ribbon' based UI. I think it's pretty cool and AFT* > for a new UI paradigm. I hope it sticks. > Anyway, I'm wondering how to implement a gui like this with Python. I haven't seen their new Office suit (ap

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