On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 12:10 PM Siddha 2305 wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I am trying to write a script to emulate mouse clicks.
> The script launches Google chrome, navigates to the website. But after that
> the script does not go to the specified coordinates.
>
> Also, I noticed that the screen coo
I am unfamiliar with pynput. I have had good experience with pyautogui. As your
script isn't yet advanced, you may consider it.
https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html
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Hello All,
I am trying to write a script to emulate mouse clicks.
The script launches Google chrome, navigates to the website. But after that the
script does not go to the specified coordinates.
Also, I noticed that the screen coordinate is different every time I tried to
check it.
Could some
On Tue, 2018-10-23 at 13:58 +0200, Brian J. Oney wrote:
> On Tue, 2018-10-23 at 10:31 +0100, Ali Rıza KELEŞ wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 09:07, Thomas Jollans wrote:
> Now that it seems that I will be writing this.
So I have gotten so far as to have a little package called 'maildog' working
On 2018-10-23 13:58, Brian J. Oney via Python-list wrote:
> Now that it seems that I will be writing this. What is the recommended way to
> set up a timer. I know 2 system options, systemd timers and cron jobs. I
> prefer the former for the handy logging options. What about a python solution?
cele
On Tue, 2018-10-23 at 10:31 +0100, Ali Rıza KELEŞ wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 09:07, Thomas Jollans wrote:
> > > After some basic research I have a few options:
> > >
> > > 1. Grapple with OpenEMM (interesting software, has python library,
> > > still alive and kicking, a bit overkill f
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 09:07, Thomas Jollans wrote:
> > After some basic research I have a few options:
> >
> > 1. Grapple with OpenEMM (interesting software, has python library,
> > still alive and kicking, a bit overkill for my use-case);
> > 2. build on the examples in 'Automate the
On 22/10/2018 18:35, Brian Oney via Python-list wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I would like to send out custom automated replies to email. In the future, I
> would like to be able to integrate nltk and fuzzy matching if necessary.
>
> After some basic research I have a few options:
>
> 1. Grapple
Consider a web service API…Not really sure about where you want to evaluate
your incoming emails, but perhaps MailChimp could help.
https://mailchimp.com/features/marketing-automation/
There are a bunch of ways to automate things with web services now, using
Zapier.
https://mailchimp.com
Dear List,
I would like to send out custom automated replies to email. In the future, I
would like to be able to integrate nltk and fuzzy matching if necessary.
After some basic research I have a few options:
1. Grapple with OpenEMM (interesting software, has python library, still
alive an
n D'Aprano" <
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:00:43 +0530, Prahallad Achar wrote:
>
> > Luckily application supports headless automation now question is how to
> > invoke those jar using python.
>
> I can see two approa
On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:00:43 +0530, Prahallad Achar wrote:
> Luckily application supports headless automation now question is how to
> invoke those jar using python.
I can see two approaches:
(1) Calling the jar directly from Python.
I don't think you can do that from CPython, but y
Luckily application supports headless automation now question is how to
> invoke those jar using python.
On 29 Jan 2018 10:45 pm, "Prahallad Achar" wrote:
Thanks for the kind response.
Sure.. Definitely I shall ask development team for the same.
Regards
Prahallad
On 29 Jan
Thanks for the kind response.
Sure.. Definitely I shall ask development team for the same.
Regards
Prahallad
On 29 Jan 2018 7:48 pm, "Steven D'Aprano" <
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 17:50:46 +0530, Prahallad Achar wrote:
>
> > No.. Not at all.
> >
> > Its CT
On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 17:50:46 +0530, Prahallad Achar wrote:
> No.. Not at all.
>
> Its CTP application.. Which is basically transport planner for networks
If you want to know whether CTP can be run headless, you should ask the
CTP support team or software maintainer, not Python forums.
Do you h
ends,
> >
> > There is an desktop application which runs on Windows and written in
> > java
> [...]
> > Is there a way to run this automation without launching the application
> > (headless)
>
> Is the name of the application a secret?
>
>
>
>
On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:23:23 +0530, Prahallad Achar wrote:
> Hello friends,
>
> There is an desktop application which runs on Windows and written in
> java
[...]
> Is there a way to run this automation without launching the application
> (headless)
Is the name of the ap
Hello friends,
There is an desktop application which runs on Windows and written in java
There is a requirement to automate that application.
Am trying with pyautogui but it is very slow and lengthy code to compete.
Is there a way to run this automation without launching the application
Thank you Mr. Marvin
On 29 Jan 2018 12:02 pm, "Dale Marvin via Python-list" <
python-list@python.org> wrote:
> On 1/28/18 7:39 AM, Prahallad Achar wrote:
>
>> Hello team,
>> Could you please help me out in automation of IoT product end to end
>>
On 1/28/18 7:39 AM, Prahallad Achar wrote:
Hello team,
Could you please help me out in automation of IoT product end to end
Regards
Prahallad
<https://micropython.org/> ?
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Hello team,
Could you please help me out in automation of IoT product end to end
Regards
Prahallad
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On 05/03/2016 10:02 AM, musoke wilson wrote:
Hi Guys
Currently working with a team to automate business operations and client
support for a small enterprise.
Key requirements:
Clients to register, log queries and initiate service request through The Web
and/or Mobile APP
Clear tracking by the
Hi Guys
Currently working with a team to automate business operations and client
support for a small enterprise.
Key requirements:
Clients to register, log queries and initiate service request through The Web
and/or Mobile APP
Clear tracking by the CRM team (SR alert through email/mobile APP)
R
On 2015-08-30, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Sun, 30 Aug 2015 07:25:55 -0700, ryguy7272 writes:
>
>>I know this is an old post, but anyway, can't you just use Windows Scheduler?
>>http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/schedule-task#1TC=windows-7
>
> I think you may have missed the
In a message of Sun, 30 Aug 2015 07:25:55 -0700, ryguy7272 writes:
>I know this is an old post, but anyway, can't you just use Windows Scheduler?
>http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/schedule-task#1TC=windows-7
I think you may have missed the original post, where poor old
Grant Edwards sai
On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 9:14:38 PM UTC-4, alex23 wrote:
> On 23/03/2015 1:43 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
> > As near as I can tell the standard go-to utility for this is a program
> > called AutoIt. https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/
> >
> > Nothing to do with Python, and its scripting
On 23/03/2015 1:43 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
As near as I can tell the standard go-to utility for this is a program
called AutoIt. https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/
Nothing to do with Python, and its scripting language is maybe not that
appealing to many, but it does the job, and does i
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On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 6:41 PM CET Emile van Sebille wrote:
>On 3/20/2015 10:55 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> I need to automate operation of a Windows application.
>
>I've been productively using python to create macro scheduler [1] scripts to
>automate windows prog
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Torrie"
To:
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 5:43 AM
Subject: Re: Automation of Windows app?
Nothing to do with Python, and its scripting language is maybe not that
appealing to many, but it does the job, and does it pretty well. I
fir
On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 6:32:26 AM UTC+5:30, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 22/03/2015 23:54, vern.muhr wrote:
> > Check out Sikuli at www.sikuli.org. It is an amazing program, and it is
> > scripted in Python (Jython actually)!
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
>
> Only 2.7 again, when are we going to ban
On 03/20/2015 12:10 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2015-03-20, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> I need to automate operation of a Windows application.
>
> I should have mentioned that I've found and am going to experiment
> a bit with pywinauto-0.4.0, but if there is anything else I should
> look at, su
On 22/03/2015 23:54, vern.m...@gmail.com wrote:
Check out Sikuli at www.sikuli.org. It is an amazing program, and it is
scripted in Python (Jython actually)!
Good luck.
Only 2.7 again, when are we going to ban Luddites from this list? :)
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Check out Sikuli at www.sikuli.org. It is an amazing program, and it is
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On 3/20/2015 10:55 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
I need to automate operation of a Windows application.
I've been productively using python to create macro scheduler [1]
scripts to automate windows programs for years.
A sample script:
Press Alt
Send Character/Text>cu
Release Alt
WaitWindowOpen>
On 2015-03-20, Jerry Hill wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Grant Edwards
> wrote:
>> I need to automate operation of a Windows application.
>
> I've used Sikuli (http://www.sikuli.org/) for similar things in the
> past. It's an automation framework
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I need to automate operation of a Windows application.
I've used Sikuli (http://www.sikuli.org/) for similar things in the
past. It's an automation framework built on Jython, and it worked
great for what I needed at the t
On 2015-03-20, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I need to automate operation of a Windows application.
I should have mentioned that I've found and am going to experiment
a bit with pywinauto-0.4.0, but if there is anything else I should
look at, suggestions would be welcome.
--
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[I thought I'd seen a discussion of this recently, but I can't seem to
find the right keyword.]
I need to automate operation of a Windows application. It's a
conformance test app from a standards organizaiton, and it's
_stunningly_ bad. You have to sit it front of it like some sort of
brainless
and technology teams and
provide on-going support and guidance.
- Develop scalable and reusable processes and automation frameworks
for analyzing data and delivering ongoing quality metrics (leveraging SQL, PL
SQL, UNIX, PYTHON and other tools)
Required Skills and Experience
was 1.177.
-
What Is 'tsshbatch'?
'tsshbatch' is a server automation tool to enable you to issue commands
to many servers without having to log into each one separately. When
writing scripts, this
nal mode. Those modes' prompts are '*>' and
> '*#'.
>
> Can somebody suggest me, if there is any module which I can use to execute
> commands inside a switch.
>
> I don't want to use 'socket' module as I am not connecting the box and
> executing co
not connecting the box and
executing commands. I am running the script inside switch.
Please give some clue to start my automation.
Thanks!
Anil Kumar A
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On Tuesday, 25 February 2014 03:52:29 UTC, Jaydeep Patil wrote:
> I need to use COM interface for PowerPoint generation.
The following will get you started
http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/sanand0/ipython-notebooks/blob/master/Office.ipynb
Then you'll need to interpret the Microsoft MSDN docs
powerpoint.
Is any link or document available which help me to do this work more effectivey
& faster.
Always remember, PyPi is your friend.
I've not used it but the following is available which works with Microsoft's
XML based document types. It is not automation per s
Hi,
Required help regarding python powerpoint automation using pywin32.
provide some reference or guides?
Regards
Jaydeep
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;
> >
>
> > Is any link or document available which help me to do this work more
> > effectivey & faster.
>
>
>
> Always remember, PyPi is your friend.
>
>
>
> I've not used it but the following is available which works with Microsoft&
mp; faster.
Always remember, PyPi is your friend.
I've not used it but the following is available which works with Microsoft's
XML based document types. It is not automation per se (and doesn't use pywin32)
but a library for pptx document manipulation.
https://pypi.python.or
I need to create a new powerpoint presentation. I need to add images, paste
some graphs, add texts, tables into powerpoint.
Is any link or document available which help me to do this work more effectivey
& faster.
Regards
Jay
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On Monday, December 16, 2013 12:40:56 PM UTC+1, larry@gmail.com wrote:
...
> Is this open source?
No. We quit our daytime jobs to work on this project and need the income to
sustain our development...
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On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Michael Herrmann
wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm working for a startup called BugFree Software and would like to announce
> that today we're launching our second product!
>
> Helium is a library that wraps around Selenium to simplify web
Hi everyone,
I'm working for a startup called BugFree Software and would like to announce
that today we're launching our second product!
Helium is a library that wraps around Selenium to simplify web automation. It
does away with many of the technicalities involved with web scri
I mentioned some time ago about a program to calculate PID constants for
tuning controllers, follow the link to its online version algorithm for
anyone interested http://pastebin.com/wAqZmVnR
I thank you for the help I received from many here on the list. ;D
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On 21 November 2013 11:58, Steven D'Aprano <
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
>
> For a serious look at Australian placenames named after Australian
> Aboriginal words, see wikipedia:
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_place_names_of_Aboriginal_origin
Just noticed t
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:58:27 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:48:10 +1100, Chris Angelico
> declaimed the following:
>
>>Anyway, we Aussies know more about your geography than you know about
>>ours, I reckon. Which of these is not a real place: Parramatta,
>>Warrnambool,
On 2013-11-20, Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 03:33:02 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> But the actual fake is Cerinabbin
>
> You might have included Woolloomooloo in the list!
Anybody from the early days of TCP/IP networking on PC-DOS and Mac OS
would also recognize Wollongong even i
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 03:33:02 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> But the actual fake is Cerinabbin
You might have included Woolloomooloo in the list!
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Tim Golden wrote:
> On 20/11/2013 16:19, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Grant Edwards
>> wrote:
>>> On 2013-11-19, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>
Anyway, we Aussies know more about your geography than you know about
ours, I reckon
On 20/11/2013 16:19, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Grant Edwards
> wrote:
>> On 2013-11-19, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>> Anyway, we Aussies know more about your geography than you know about
>>> ours, I reckon. Which of these is not a real place: Parramatta,
>>> Warrna
On 2013-11-19, Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Alister wrote:
>> and if you haven't seen it before :-
>>
>> Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
>> waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht
>> the frist and lsat l
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2013-11-19, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> Anyway, we Aussies know more about your geography than you know about
>> ours, I reckon. Which of these is not a real place: Parramatta,
>> Warrnambool, Cerinabbin, Mordialloc? No fair Googling them,
On 2013-11-19, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Anyway, we Aussies know more about your geography than you know about
> ours, I reckon. Which of these is not a real place: Parramatta,
> Warrnambool, Cerinabbin, Mordialloc? No fair Googling them, see if you
> can call it.
Next thing you'll be telling us t
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 2:11 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 2:06 AM, MRAB wrote:
>> You need to distinguish between "Scottish English" and "Scots", the
>> latter being related to English, but isn't English, much as Danish is
>> related to Swedish, but isn't Swedish.
>
> Ah. W
Here's a response from a full-blooded Scot on the subject.
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Derrick McCLURE wrote:
> No, Chris, you haven't been led astray. The language is referred to as
> Scots, not Scottish. There is an academic journal called Scottish Language,
> which I edited for many yea
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 2:06 AM, MRAB wrote:
> You need to distinguish between "Scottish English" and "Scots", the
> latter being related to English, but isn't English, much as Danish is
> related to Swedish, but isn't Swedish.
Ah. When I referred to a "Scots" word, I was talking about the Gaelic
On 19/11/2013 12:59, Alister wrote:
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:52:09 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Alister
wrote:
the language & nationality is Scottish, the people are Scots & Scotch
is a type of whisky.
Hmm, I don't know that it's that clear-cut (other than th
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:55 AM, Tim Golden wrote:
> On 19/11/2013 13:50, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>> On 19/11/2013 10:48, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyway, we Aussies know more about your geography than you know about
>>> ours, I reckon. Which of these is not a real place: Parramatta,
>>> Warrna
On 19/11/2013 13:55, Tim Golden wrote:
On 19/11/2013 13:50, Mark Lawrence wrote:
On 19/11/2013 10:48, Chris Angelico wrote:
Anyway, we Aussies know more about your geography than you know about
ours, I reckon. Which of these is not a real place: Parramatta,
Warrnambool, Cerinabbin, Mordialloc?
On 19/11/2013 13:50, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 19/11/2013 10:48, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> Anyway, we Aussies know more about your geography than you know about
>> ours, I reckon. Which of these is not a real place: Parramatta,
>> Warrnambool, Cerinabbin, Mordialloc? No fair Googling them, see if
On 19/11/2013 10:48, Chris Angelico wrote:
Anyway, we Aussies know more about your geography than you know about
ours, I reckon. Which of these is not a real place: Parramatta,
Warrnambool, Cerinabbin, Mordialloc? No fair Googling them, see if you
can call it. I've been to three of the above pla
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:52:09 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Alister
> wrote:
>> the language & nationality is Scottish, the people are Scots & Scotch
>> is a type of whisky.
>
> Hmm, I don't know that it's that clear-cut (other than the drink).
> Derrick McClure
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:52:09 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Alister
> wrote:
>> the language & nationality is Scottish, the people are Scots & Scotch
>> is a type of whisky.
>
> Hmm, I don't know that it's that clear-cut (other than the drink).
> Derrick McClure
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:52:09 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Alister
> wrote:
>> the language & nationality is Scottish, the people are Scots & Scotch
>> is a type of whisky.
>
> Hmm, I don't know that it's that clear-cut (other than the drink).
> Derrick McClure
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:52:09 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Alister
> wrote:
>> the language & nationality is Scottish, the people are Scots & Scotch
>> is a type of whisky.
>
> Hmm, I don't know that it's that clear-cut (other than the drink).
> Derrick McClure
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Alister wrote:
> the language & nationality is Scottish, the people are Scots & Scotch is
> a type of whisky.
Hmm, I don't know that it's that clear-cut (other than the drink).
Derrick McClure is himself a Scot, and he posted this on Savoynet:
https://mailman.br
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:58:35 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Walter Hurry
> wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:48:10 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>> I guessed Scots for the second one because it didn't look Welsh and it
>>> seemed plausible to get a mostly-Engli
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:48:10 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> I guessed Scots for the second one because it
>> didn't look Welsh and it seemed plausible to get a mostly-English
>> paragraph with one Welsh name and one Scots word.
>
> The wor
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:48:10 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> I guessed Scots for the second one because it
> didn't look Welsh and it seemed plausible to get a mostly-English
> paragraph with one Welsh name and one Scots word.
The word is *Scottish*. I think that's what Mark was driving at.
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On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 19/11/2013 09:26, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>
>> It couldn't figure out "Absytrytewh", "picsbeliud", or
>> "hnasoa/tw.nartswdbvweos/utrtek:p./il". That's not a bad result. (And
>> as a human, I'm guessing that the second one isn't an Engli
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 19/11/2013 09:26, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>
>> It couldn't figure out "Absytrytewh", "picsbeliud", or
>> "hnasoa/tw.nartswdbvweos/utrtek:p./il". That's not a bad result. (And
>> as a human, I'm guessing that the second one isn't an Engli
On 19/11/2013 09:26, Chris Angelico wrote:
It couldn't figure out "Absytrytewh", "picsbeliud", or
"hnasoa/tw.nartswdbvweos/utrtek:p./il". That's not a bad result. (And
as a human, I'm guessing that the second one isn't an English word -
maybe it's Scots?) Here's the code:
I sense another lett
On 19/11/2013 08:53, Ian Kelly wrote:
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Alister wrote:
and if you haven't seen it before :-
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht
the frist and lsat ltteer be
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 2:26 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> It couldn't figure out "Absytrytewh", "picsbeliud", or
> "hnasoa/tw.nartswdbvweos/utrtek:p./il". That's not a bad result. (And
> as a human, I'm guessing that the second one isn't an English word -
> maybe it's Scots?) Here's the code:
It's
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
> Aoilegpos for aidnoptg a cdocianorttry vwpiienot but, ttoheliacrley
> spkeaing, lgitehnneng the words can mnartafucue an iocnuurgons
> samenttet that is vlrtiauly isbpilechmoenrne.
isbpilechmoenrne. I totally want to find an excuse to use that w
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Alister wrote:
> and if you haven't seen it before :-
>
> Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
> waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht
> the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset ca
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:23:11 +1300, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Neil Cerutti wrote:
>> Written English probably changes much slower than spoken English, and
>> we have the curmudgeon's to thank.
>
> The curmudgeon's what? :-)
The curmudgeon's cudgel of course.
*wack* "Will you speak proper now or wo
Neil Cerutti wrote:
Written English probably changes much slower than spoken English,
and we have the curmudgeon's to thank.
The curmudgeon's what? :-)
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On 16/11/2013 17:02, Paul Smith wrote:
On Sat, 2013-11-16 at 10:11 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:
In article ,
William Ray Wing wrote:
And my personal peeve - using it's (contraction) when its (possessive)
should have been used; occasionally vice-versa.
And one of mine is when people write, "H
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> ...
> I don't make those mistakes typing on a phone (where I have to
> actually think about the act of typing), but I do make them with a
> regular keyboard, where I don't have to think about mechanics of
> typing the words.
>
> OTOH, maybe
On 2013-11-16, Larry Hudson wrote:
>> And yes, people can _easily_ tell the difference between errors
>> caused by being lazy/sloppy and errors caused by writing in a second
>> language.
>>
> Not to start another flame-war (I hope), but our Greek friend is a
> good example of that. It's not surp
On 2013-11-16, Larry Hudson wrote:
> However, that's just a side comment. I wanted to mention my
> personal peeve...
>
> I notice it's surprisingly common for people who are native
> English-speakers to use 'to' in place of 'too' (to little, to
> late.), "your" in place of "you're" (Your an idiot
On 2013.11.16 22:16, Chris Angelico wrote:
> I decided a while ago that my life would be alot better[1]
For those who haven't yet seen it:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
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On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 3:07 PM, MRAB wrote:
> On 17/11/2013 03:44, Andrew Berg wrote:
>>
>> On 2013.11.16 11:02, Paul Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> The one that really irks me is people using "loose" when they mean
>>> "lose". These words are not related, and they don't sound the
>>> same. Plus this mist
On 17/11/2013 03:44, Andrew Berg wrote:
On 2013.11.16 11:02, Paul Smith wrote:
The one that really irks me is people using "loose" when they mean
"lose". These words are not related, and they don't sound the
same. Plus this mistake is very common; I typically see it at least
once a day.
Don't
On 2013.11.16 11:02, Paul Smith wrote:
> The one that really irks me is people using "loose" when they mean
> "lose". These words are not related, and they don't sound the same.
> Plus this mistake is very common; I typically see it at least once a
> day.
Don't be surprised if such people pronounc
On Sat, 2013-11-16 at 10:11 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article ,
> William Ray Wing wrote:
>
> > And my personal peeve - using it's (contraction) when its (possessive)
> > should have been used; occasionally vice-versa.
> And one of mine is when people write, "Here, here!" to signify
> agr
In article ,
William Ray Wing wrote:
> And my personal peeve - using it's (contraction) when its (possessive)
> should have been used; occasionally vice-versa.
And one of mine is when people write, "Here, here!" to signify
agreement. What they really mean to write is, "Hear, hear!", meaning
On Nov 16, 2013, at 1:17 AM, Larry Hudson wrote:
[byte]
>
> However, that's just a side comment. I wanted to mention my personal peeve...
>
> I notice it's surprisingly common for people who are native English-speakers
> to use 'to' in place of 'too' (to little, to late.), "your" in place of
On 16/11/2013 02:01, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
Given that "English" contains remnants of latin (from the Roman
occupation), saxons (a germanic tribe), angles (another germanic tribe),
danish (after the joining of the anglo-saxon), other vikings (norse), then
the norman invasion (which was
On 11/15/2013 07:02 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2013-11-15, Paul Rudin wrote:
Steven D'Aprano writes:
A few minor errors is one thing, but when you see people whose posts are
full of error after error and an apparent inability to get English syntax
right, you have to wonder how on earth they
On 2013-11-15 13:43, xDog Walker wrote:
> On Friday 2013 November 15 06:58, Grant Edwards wrote:
> > There are people (not many in this group) who grew up speaking
> > English and really ought to apologize for their writing -- but
> > they never do.
>
> Can you supply an example of the form such
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