Re: Logging module stopped working

2017-10-17 Thread llanitedave
On Monday, October 16, 2017 at 11:58:12 PM UTC-7, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 17 Oct 2017 03:06 pm, llanitedave wrote: > > [...] > > I set up the logging code at the very beginning of the app, before any other > > work is done. Here's the relevant code:

Re: Logging module stopped working

2017-10-17 Thread llanitedave
Those are some good suggestions, I've found that I won't be able to work on it today, but I'll definitely follow up tomorrow. As for not showing all the code, the main window and its associated code are definitely there and working. I didn't post it because of all the setup code for fields and

Logging module stopped working

2017-10-16 Thread llanitedave
I'm building an application that contains some long-running operations in a separate thread from the user interface. I've been using the logging module writing logging.info() statements to a .log file to keep track of the data interactions while it runs. In the midst of a recent run, the loggi

Re: The Incredible Growth of Python (stackoverflow.blog)

2017-09-10 Thread llanitedave
And not one mention of Unicode. I consider this progress. On Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 7:46:54 AM UTC-7, Rick Johnson wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > > Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > > [...] > > > > The clouds I see looming over Python's head are: > > > > > > * 2-to-3 migration > > > > If t

Re: asyncio Behaviour Difference 3.6 vs 3.5 (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)

2017-06-11 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 2:42:41 AM UTC-7, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > I tried the following very simple script under both versions 3.5.3 and 3.6.1 > of Python: > > import sys > import asyncio > > loop = asyncio.get_event_loop() > > async def idle() : > while True :

Re: Getting back into PyQt and not loving it.

2016-06-27 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 11:16:01 PM UTC-7, John Ladasky wrote: > On Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 7:41:17 PM UTC-7, Michael Torrie wrote: > > If GTK+ had first-class support on Windows and Mac, including native > > themes and seamless UI integration (file and print dialogs), I'd say > > GTK+ would b

Re: Getting back into PyQt and not loving it.

2016-06-26 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 2:45:18 PM UTC-7, Michael Torrie wrote: > I'm starting to question the advice I gave not long ago to for new users > to consider the Qt toolkit with Python. > > I just did a little project porting a simple graphical user interface > from GTK+ to Qt (PyQt4 for now as tha

Re: Which GUI?

2015-07-25 Thread llanitedave
On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 4:16:19 PM UTC-7, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/07/2015 23:20, Frank Miles wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:31:36 +0100, Paulo da Silva wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > >> Which technology is better? > >> matplotlib? > >> tkinter? > >> wxwidgets? > >> qt? > > > > Sadly -

Re: New to Python - block grouping (spaces)

2015-04-21 Thread llanitedave
On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 8:12:07 PM UTC-7, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 3:05:57 AM UTC+5:30, llanitedave wrote: > > On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 10:49:34 AM UTC-7, Rustom Mody wrote: > > > If only Galileo had had you as lawyer... > > >

Re: New to Python - block grouping (spaces)

2015-04-21 Thread llanitedave
On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 10:49:34 AM UTC-7, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 9:01:08 PM UTC+5:30, llanitedave wrote: > > On Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 7:09:02 PM UTC-7, Rustom Mody wrote: > > > > > > > > > let me spell it out: > > &

Re: New to Python - block grouping (spaces)

2015-04-21 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 7:09:02 PM UTC-7, Rustom Mody wrote: > > > let me spell it out: > Prestige of Aristotle stymies progress of physics of 2 millennia > likewise > Prestige of Unix development environment keeps us stuck with text files when > the world has moved on Difference is, Aristo

Re: HELP!! How to ask a girl out with a simple witty Python code??

2015-03-06 Thread llanitedave
On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 6:50:32 PM UTC-8, sohca...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 5:34:16 PM UTC-8, Xrrific wrote: > > Guys, please Help!!! > > > > I am trying to impress a girl who is learning python and want ask her out > > at the same time. > > > > Could you please c

Re: (Still OT) Nationalism, language and monoculture [was Re: Python Worst Practices]

2015-03-06 Thread llanitedave
On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 2:03:42 AM UTC-8, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Rustom Mody : > > > I really dont understand what we are communicating (or not) about... > > > > Can you hear my accent? > > If we met at a Python conference, I would hear it and hopefully even > understand it. > > > But more

Re: (Still OT) Nationalism, language and monoculture [was Re: Python Worst Practices]

2015-03-03 Thread llanitedave
Seems the ultimate in irony when a language invented by a Dutchman and named after a British comedy troupe gets bogged down in an argument about whether its users are sufficiently "American". -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: "**" in python

2014-11-23 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, November 23, 2014 5:49:05 PM UTC-8, Skip Montanaro wrote: > I want to add one more thing to the other responses. People new to Python > often seem unaware that being an interpreted language, often the best way to > figure something out is to simply try it at the interpreter prompt. The

Re: SQLite3 in Python 2.7 Rejecting Foreign Key Insert

2014-11-23 Thread llanitedave
On Saturday, November 22, 2014 6:11:22 PM UTC-8, llanitedave wrote: > I've built a database in SQLite3 to be embedded into a python application > using wxPython 2.8.12 and Python 2.7.6. I'm using Sqliteman to manage the > database directly and make changes to the struc

Re: SQLite3 in Python 2.7 Rejecting Foreign Key Insert

2014-11-23 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, November 23, 2014 12:22:30 AM UTC-8, Frank Millman wrote: > "Chris Angelico" wrote in message > news:captjjmp4y5zowwn5yftjutko4h5jvtqlantwqepa6b35xnd...@mail.gmail.com... > > > > Entirely possible. I never did track down the actual cause of the > > SQLite3 issues my students were havin

Re: SQLite3 in Python 2.7 Rejecting Foreign Key Insert

2014-11-22 Thread llanitedave
On Saturday, November 22, 2014 10:32:30 PM UTC-8, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 5:08 PM, llanitedave wrote: > > The application was working "correctly" earlier (meaning that I could enter > > and retrieve data with it; being a strictly user applica

Re: SQLite3 in Python 2.7 Rejecting Foreign Key Insert

2014-11-22 Thread llanitedave
On Saturday, November 22, 2014 9:41:55 PM UTC-8, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > > On 11/22/2014 08:54 PM, llanitedave wrote: > > Well that DID make a difference! I used the %r marker, and the logger > > line gave me bac

Re: SQLite3 in Python 2.7 Rejecting Foreign Key Insert

2014-11-22 Thread llanitedave
On Saturday, November 22, 2014 6:22:32 PM UTC-8, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:11 PM, llanitedave wrote: > > logging.info("Related borehole_id is %s, of_borehole is %s", relatedbh, > > runfields[1]) > > > > In this case, the displayed data

SQLite3 in Python 2.7 Rejecting Foreign Key Insert

2014-11-22 Thread llanitedave
I've built a database in SQLite3 to be embedded into a python application using wxPython 2.8.12 and Python 2.7.6. I'm using Sqliteman to manage the database directly and make changes to the structure when necessary. One item that's been bugging me is when I'm inserting records into one particu

Re: Python GUI?

2013-09-18 Thread llanitedave
On Friday, September 13, 2013 10:31:17 AM UTC-7, Eamonn Rea wrote: > I don't like the idea of being able to drag and drop anything in the > programming world. Outside of that, I use D&D programs a lot. I got into GUI > programming because I thought that I could get away from them, but I guess >

Re: Can I trust downloading Python?

2013-09-08 Thread llanitedave
I capitalize "Free" to avoid confusing it with "free as in beer". On Sunday, September 8, 2013 3:01:58 AM UTC, Ben Finney wrote: > Aaron Martin writes: > > > > > Hi, I am thinking about getting a software but it requires python, so > > > that brought up a few questions. Is it safe do download

Re: PEP8 79 char max

2013-07-31 Thread llanitedave
It's not just the number of characters, it's the size and the font. Even fixed-width fonts differ greatly in their readability. I can handle different line widths just fine up til about 120 or so without losing the flow of the program, but some fonts simply make it more difficult at any widt

Re: A small question about PEP 8

2013-07-09 Thread llanitedave
I definitely prefer the 'fool' style. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: looking for a new router

2013-07-09 Thread llanitedave
On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 2:14:36 PM UTC-7, Dave Angel wrote: > On 07/09/2013 01:29 AM, Kumita Bruce wrote: > > > Agree. > > > > > > Sir, this mailing list is for Python discussion. :) > > > > > > > Save your breath. saadharana and saishreemathi are spambots, and are > > undoubtedly not "l

Re: Re-using copyrighted code

2013-06-10 Thread llanitedave
On Monday, June 10, 2013 12:40:57 PM UTC-7, zipher wrote: > > Weird Al can be a complex case, because sometimes his songs are true > > parodies, and sometimes they're more satires. Parody has a pretty firm > > history of being protected under fair use, and Weird Al's MJ-inspired songs > > ("Fat

Re: Re-using copyrighted code

2013-06-10 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, June 9, 2013 2:08:54 PM UTC-7, zipher wrote: > > > > Fair use has nothing to do with money. It depends on how the work is > > > used and how you've changed it. Weird Al's song parodies are fair use, > > > even though he sells them. > > > > That can't really be claimed without a ca

Re: Future standard GUI library

2013-05-22 Thread llanitedave
On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:24:15 AM UTC-7, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: > > > What other open-source cross-platform programming language choices do yo > > > have. > > > > > > Java? For GUIs? Excuse me while I vomit. > > > > > > C++? As a

Re: Future standard GUI library

2013-05-18 Thread llanitedave
I'm curious about how commonly tkinter is actually used among Python app developers as compared to wx, Pyside, or PyQT. I get the impression that more distributed apps are built with wxPython, at least, than tkinter. My impression is far from actual knowledge, of course. -- http://mail.python

Re: Fwd: Fwd: Python for philosophers

2013-05-16 Thread llanitedave
On Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:28:11 AM UTC-7, Citizen Kant wrote: > On May 16, 5:55 am, Citizen Kant wrote: > If someone's interested on thinking outside the box with me for the sake of helping me, that would be great and highly appreciated. Sorry, but you're asking for more than just thinking o

Re: Python for philosophers

2013-05-13 Thread llanitedave
On Monday, May 13, 2013 4:32:43 PM UTC-7, Citizen Kant wrote: >An entity named Python must be > somehow as a serpent. Moe like a dead parrot, actually. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python for philosophers

2013-05-12 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, May 12, 2013 7:51:28 AM UTC-7, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Citizen Kant wrote: > > > Maybe It'd be good if I explain myself a bit more. What I'm trying here is > > > to grasp Python from the game's abstraction point of view, as if it were, > > > for exam

Re: Why do Perl programmers make more money than Python programmers

2013-05-05 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:10:47 PM UTC-7, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > > Also, Perl programmers are an unprincipled, devious bunch, always looking > > for an opportunity to blackmail their employers into paying them extra. > > Python programmers are a decent, law-abiding people with a strong m

Re: Comparison Style

2013-04-25 Thread llanitedave
On Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:31:04 AM UTC-7, Steve Simmons wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > > With the sort of thinking you're demonstrating here, you > > should consider a job working with Spike Milligna (the well known typing > error). > > > > Errr , I think you'll find that he's

Re: Comparison Style

2013-04-25 Thread llanitedave
On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 10:57:49 PM UTC-7, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 3:49 PM, llanitedave wrote: > > > Given that > > > > > > s = some static value > > > i = a value incremented during a loop > > > > > &

Comparison Style

2013-04-24 Thread llanitedave
Given that s = some static value i = a value incremented during a loop I'm used to comparing them as if i == s: # some code But for some unknown reason I did a switch if s == i: # same code It didn't seem to make any difference at first glance, so I just got to wondering -- Is ther

Re: In defence of 80-char lines

2013-04-04 Thread llanitedave
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 4:52:38 AM UTC-7, Roy Smith wrote: > In article , > > llanitedave wrote: > > > > > I would hate to have to break up this line, for instance: > > > > > > self.mainLabel.SetFont(wx.Font(12, wx.DEFAULT, wx.NORMAL,

Re: In defence of 80-char lines

2013-04-03 Thread llanitedave
I also tend to prefer a maximum between 110 and 120 characters. I find continuation lines confusing, and when you use some third-party tools, such as wxPython, for example, the boilerplate code leads to some long lines. I would hate to have to break up this line, for instance: self.mainLabel.S

Re: PSF News: Guido van Rossum quitting Python to develop new, more difficult to learn, language.

2013-04-01 Thread llanitedave
On Monday, April 1, 2013 12:59:04 PM UTC-7, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > On 04/01/2013 01:32 PM, llanitedave wrote: > > > Another detail about the new language: the Btrees used in Python's > > persistent object data structures have been replaced by... > > > > &

Re: PSF News: Guido van Rossum quitting Python to develop new, more difficult to learn, language.

2013-04-01 Thread llanitedave
Another detail about the new language: the Btrees used in Python's persistent object data structures have been replaced by... A SHRUBBERY! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How can i create a random array of floats from 0 to 5 in python

2013-03-12 Thread llanitedave
On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 2:59:29 PM UTC-7, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > On 12 March 2013 20:21, llanitedave wrote: > > > On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:47:25 AM UTC-7, Maarten wrote: > > >> On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 6:11:10 PM UTC+1, Norah Jones wrote: > > >>

Re: How can i create a random array of floats from 0 to 5 in python

2013-03-12 Thread llanitedave
On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:47:25 AM UTC-7, Maarten wrote: > On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 6:11:10 PM UTC+1, Norah Jones wrote: > > > I want to create a random float array of size 100, with the values in the > > array ranging from 0 to 5. I have tried random.sample(range(5),100) but > > that does

Re: Do you feel bad because of the Python docs?

2013-02-27 Thread llanitedave
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:43:58 PM UTC-8, Rick Johnson wrote: > > Python is a great language, but we need diverse ideas to keep the cogs of > evolution turning. Guido can start the ball rolling 10 minutes from now, all > it will take is for him to make a public announcement... Geez, dud

Re: Project Based python tutorials

2013-02-27 Thread llanitedave
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:40:41 PM UTC-8, Rick Johnson wrote: > > Before you decide to start participating in outside projects may we have a > list of some of the software you've written for yourself? (With all due > respect) I very seriously doubt that someone with only a "few months" o

Re: Project Based python tutorials

2013-02-27 Thread llanitedave
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:31:11 AM UTC-8, Alvin Ghouas wrote: > Hi everyone! > > > > First of all: Im new to this group and i dont know if there are any "rules" > or jargon around her. If so; pleas fill me in. > > > > So, I desided to start learning programming a few months ago and

Re: Do you feel bad because of the Python docs?

2013-02-27 Thread llanitedave
I just completed my first Python app for public consumption, and I was learning as I was coding. I've played on the outskirts of the language for a few years, but until this project I'd never really immersed myself in it. I ended up being confused a lot. So, I DO have some relevant thoughts:

Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows

2013-02-24 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:35:17 PM UTC-8, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 2/24/2013 4:35 AM, Chris Rebert wrote: > > > > > Sounds like this might be your problem: > > > http://bugs.python.org/issue8936 > > > > I just closed that issue an invalid. Here is most of what I wrote. > > ''' > > Afte

Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows

2013-02-24 Thread llanitedave
Well, we can mark this one as solved. Simple enough, actually -- thanks to Chris and Demian for leading me to water. The following code works on both Linux and Windows 7: def OnDocs(self, event): """Opens the User's Guide in the default web browser""" fullpath = os.path.abspath('

Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows

2013-02-24 Thread llanitedave
her than using a relative path, try using > > > webbrowser.open('{}/documentation/help.html'.format(os.path.dirname(__file__))). > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 1:17 AM, llanitedave wrote: > > >> I created an html help page for my Python 2.7.3

Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows

2013-02-24 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, February 24, 2013 2:15:10 PM UTC-8, MRAB wrote: > On 2013-02-24 20:28, llanitedave wrote: > > > On Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:35:31 AM UTC-8, Chris Rebert wrote: > > [snip] > > >> Sounds like this might be your problem: > > >>

Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows

2013-02-24 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, February 24, 2013 12:50:02 PM UTC-8, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/02/2013 20:28, llanitedave wrote: > > > On Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:35:31 AM UTC-8, Chris Rebert wrote: > > >> On Feb 24, 2013 1:21 AM, "llanitedave" wrote: > > >> &g

Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows

2013-02-24 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, February 24, 2013 12:48:40 PM UTC-8, Chris Rebert wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 12:28 PM, llanitedave wrote: > > > On Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:35:31 AM UTC-8, Chris Rebert wrote: > > >> On Feb 24, 2013 1:21 AM, "llanitedave" wrote: > >

Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows

2013-02-24 Thread llanitedave
On Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:35:31 AM UTC-8, Chris Rebert wrote: > On Feb 24, 2013 1:21 AM, "llanitedave" wrote: > > > > > > I created an html help page for my Python 2.7.3 application and put it in a > > documentation folder.  I used webbrowser.open(

webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows

2013-02-24 Thread llanitedave
I created an html help page for my Python 2.7.3 application and put it in a documentation folder. I used webbrowser.open() to fetch the page. On linux -- KDE specifically, the command opens the local file on my default browser with no issues. However, on Windows 7, it opens Internet Explorer,

Re: Python trademark under attack -- the PSF needs your help

2013-02-15 Thread llanitedave
The news is featured as an article on Groklaw now. Those folks are on it... http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130215074839583 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: The best, friendly and easy use Python Editor.

2013-01-24 Thread llanitedave
On Thursday, January 24, 2013 7:54:55 AM UTC-8, rusi wrote: > > [I personally use emacs. It would be sadistic to make that into a > > recommendation] Lol! That's just too true. It's also true for Eclipse, which I use very comfortably on Windows 7, but has proven to be a nightmare to set up o

Re: sqlite3 puzzle

2013-01-15 Thread llanitedave
; > diff yesterday's-version today's-version` and see exactly what the > > changes were. > > > > > > On 15 January 2013 20:29, llanitedave wrote: > > > On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:13:13 AM UTC-8, Rob Day wrote: > > >> On 15 January 201

Re: sqlite3 puzzle

2013-01-15 Thread llanitedave
On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:13:13 AM UTC-8, Rob Day wrote: > On 15 January 2013 15:51, llanitedave wrote: > > > Thanks for the suggestion, Rob, but that didn't make any difference. I've > > never had an issue with putting the execute object into a variable and

Re: sqlite3 puzzle

2013-01-15 Thread llanitedave
On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 6:36:51 AM UTC-8, Rob Day wrote: > On 15 January 2013 07:09, llanitedave wrote: > > > > > So I put the following test code in my initialization method: > > > > > > # open database file > > > self.

sqlite3 puzzle

2013-01-14 Thread llanitedave
I'm trying to get an application working in Python 2.7 and wx.Python which contains an embedded sqlite3 file. There are a few tables with foreign keys defined. In looking at the sqlite3 documentation, it says "Assuming the library is compiled with foreign key constraints enabled, it must sti

Re: HTML - WEB FORM running PYTHON SCRIPT

2012-12-23 Thread llanitedave
I'll second this. Javascript is pretty comparable to Python in ease of learning, so that should be no obstacle. As for keeping the code from being accessible, you can put the javascript in a separate file that's called from the guest's web page, but that's far from a foolproof method. If you

Pragmas, foreign keys in sqlite3?

2012-03-15 Thread llanitedave
Several questions here, but they're related. I'm trying to incorporate an sqlite3 database that was created using Sqliteman1.2.2. I don't know what version of sqlite3 that one uses, but it seems to have ignored any attempts to create foreign keys for its tables. I'm using Python 2.7.2, and I kno