[Pythonmac-SIG] Python 2.4 in /usr/local/bin?

2005-01-26 Thread Pierre Thibault
Hello, I just made an install of Python 2.4 on my machine. The 'README' is saying that the install is going to take place on /usr/bin but in reality things were installed in /usr/local/bin'. Why is it like that? Regards. - Pierre __

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-26 Thread Jordan Krushen
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:16:05 -0500, Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously they're not going to repackage boxes when they're about to > clear them off the shelves. I think Apple *did* have a contingency for > users that had very recently purchased the prior release. Did you ask > th

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Categories for class methods

2005-01-26 Thread Dethe Elza
On 26-Jan-05, at 8:58 PM, Dethe Elza wrote: class NSImage(Category(NSImage)): def read_(cls, filepath): return NSImage.alloc().initWithhContentsOfFile_(filepath) read_ = classmethod(read_) er, that should be initWithContentsOfFile_, but still gets the same error even without the ty

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-26 Thread Nicholas Riley
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 09:37:49PM -0600, Skip Montanaro wrote: > > Bob> It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to buy 10.3 now, > Bob> because 10.4 is definitely more than a few weeks away, but you > Bob> certainly wouldn't be getting "full value" from it because it's 15 > Bo

[Pythonmac-SIG] Categories for class methods

2005-01-26 Thread Dethe Elza
Hi folks, Is it possible to add class methods to a class using Categories? when I try what appears to me to be the naive way to do it: from objc import Category from AppKit import NSImage class NSImage(Category(NSImage)): def read_(cls, filepath): return NSImage.alloc().initWithhContent

[Pythonmac-SIG] Just starting out - Python 2.3.3?

2005-01-26 Thread Richard Jones
I'm starting on the path to PyObjC, and have made some progress. I'm developing a very simple GUI control panel to allow starting, stopping and status display of a Zope server running on the machine. I've hit a nasty roadblock though - Zope (2.7.4) *requires* Python 2.3.3. Unfortunately, becaus

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-26 Thread Skip Montanaro
Bob> It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to buy 10.3 now, Bob> because 10.4 is definitely more than a few weeks away, but you Bob> certainly wouldn't be getting "full value" from it because it's 15 Bob> months old (Oct 24 2003) already. Where would an interested person fin

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-26 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 26, 2005, at 21:43, Skip Montanaro wrote: Thanks for all the responses w.r.t. upgrading Mac OSX. My bad experience was when migrating from 9->X on an older iMac. It couldn't have been more than a few weeks after buying 10.1 that 10.2 came out. It just never dawned on me at the time to

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-26 Thread Skip Montanaro
Thanks for all the responses w.r.t. upgrading Mac OSX. My bad experience was when migrating from 9->X on an older iMac. It couldn't have been more than a few weeks after buying 10.1 that 10.2 came out. It just never dawned on me at the time to do any sort of investigation of OSX release schedule

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] iTunes scripting/Python shilling opportunity?

2005-01-26 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 26, 2005, at 15:03, Bob Ippolito wrote: On Jan 26, 2005, at 2:48 PM, has wrote: Saw this via Boing Boing: http://carlo.typepad.com/clo/2005/01/the_milliondoll.html Got me wondering if there might be potential for cooking up, say, a Python-based web UI for iTunes that could operate across a

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] iTunes scripting/Python shilling opportunity?

2005-01-26 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 26, 2005, at 2:48 PM, has wrote: Saw this via Boing Boing: http://carlo.typepad.com/clo/2005/01/the_milliondoll.html Got me wondering if there might be potential for cooking up, say, a Python-based web UI for iTunes that could operate across a LAN? With appscript maturing and more webapp

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Collaborative pyObjC development

2005-01-26 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 26, 2005, at 6:52 AM, Pete wrote: Has anyone set up a Plone based site for collaborating on PyObjC software development? No If anyone is interested I could set up a site pretty quickly for the purpose. Or if there are Plone experts who would prefer to do this, let me know. I am still a

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] iTunes scripting/Python shilling opportunity?

2005-01-26 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 26, 2005, at 2:48 PM, has wrote: Saw this via Boing Boing: http://carlo.typepad.com/clo/2005/01/the_milliondoll.html Got me wondering if there might be potential for cooking up, say, a Python-based web UI for iTunes that could operate across a LAN? With appscript maturing and more webapp

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] iTunes scripting/Python shilling opportunity?

2005-01-26 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 26, 2005, at 2:48 PM, has wrote: Saw this via Boing Boing: http://carlo.typepad.com/clo/2005/01/the_milliondoll.html Got me wondering if there might be potential for cooking up, say, a Python-based web UI for iTunes that could operate across a LAN? With appscript maturing and more webapp

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Collaborative pyObjC development

2005-01-26 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 26, 2005, at 6:52 AM, Pete wrote: Has anyone set up a Plone based site for collaborating on PyObjC software development? No If anyone is interested I could set up a site pretty quickly for the purpose. Or if there are Plone experts who would prefer to do this, let me know. I am still a

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-26 Thread Eric
Skip Montanaro wrote: > > I really hate to say this, but in this respect backward compatibility in > Windows seems to be much better. Am I missing something? > I think you will find that Windows will quickly catch up in this regard when they (finally) release LONGHORN and they, too, discover t

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] iTunes scripting/Python shilling opportunity?

2005-01-26 Thread Pete
Got me wondering if there might be potential for cooking up, say, a Python-based web UI for iTunes that could operate across a LAN? With appscript maturing and more webapp frameworks than you can shake a stick at, it might make a nice opportunity for (Mac)Python to promote itself if somebody wi

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] iTunes scripting/Python shilling opportunity?

2005-01-26 Thread has
Bob wrote: It doesn't sound like that's what he wants. Yeah I know, I was thinking laterally; throwing random ideas into the ring 'n that. iTunes... Mac Mini... media centers... cross-platform... LANs... etc... seems a very wide field; perhaps there's opportunities there for MacPython to do int

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] iTunes scripting/Python shilling opportunity?

2005-01-26 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 26, 2005, at 14:48, has wrote: Saw this via Boing Boing: http://carlo.typepad.com/clo/2005/01/the_milliondoll.html Got me wondering if there might be potential for cooking up, say, a Python-based web UI for iTunes that could operate across a LAN? With appscript maturing and more webapp fra

[Pythonmac-SIG] iTunes scripting/Python shilling opportunity?

2005-01-26 Thread has
Hey, Saw this via Boing Boing: http://carlo.typepad.com/clo/2005/01/the_milliondoll.html Got me wondering if there might be potential for cooking up, say, a Python-based web UI for iTunes that could operate across a LAN? With appscript maturing and more webapp frameworks than you can shake a sti

Fwd: [Pythonmac-SIG] Collaborative pyObjC development

2005-01-26 Thread Pete
Begin forwarded message: From: Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 26 January 2005 14:36:16 GMT To: Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Collaborative pyObjC development On 26 Jan 2005, at 12:56, Bob Ippolito wrote: On Jan 26, 2005, at 7:24 AM, Pete wrote: What's wrong wi

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Collaborative pyObjC development

2005-01-26 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 26, 2005, at 7:24 AM, Pete wrote: What's wrong with using http://pythonmac.org/wiki ? I think a Plone site is a bit much. Well you have the possibility of developing and sharing Plone Archetypes as well man. My feeling right now for new development : start with a new web-based app that

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Collaborative pyObjC development

2005-01-26 Thread Pete
What's wrong with using http://pythonmac.org/wiki ? I think a Plone site is a bit much. -bob Well you have the possibility of developing and sharing Plone Archetypes as well man. My feeling right now for new development : start with a new web-based app that suits all clients-platforms, then bu

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [OT] To upgrade Mac OSX or not?

2005-01-26 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Jan 26, 2005, at 1:14 AM, Brian Lenihan wrote: On Jan 25, 2005, at 7:53 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote: This is probably a bit off-topic for this list, but is the only Mac-specific mailing list I subscribe to, and Mac OSX versioning seems to affect MacPython and many apps built with it. I was promp

[Pythonmac-SIG] Collaborative pyObjC development

2005-01-26 Thread Pete
Hi Mac fellows Has anyone set up a Plone based site for collaborating on PyObjC software development? If anyone is interested I could set up a site pretty quickly for the purpose. Or if there are Plone experts who would prefer to do this, let me know. I am still a beginner, currently learning h