[Pythonmac-SIG] Free Python code and Licenses

2005-05-19 Thread Kenneth McDonald
I have nothing against the GPL (well, yes I do, I think it makes the free and commercial software sides enemies, but that's a completely different topic), but I do think it would be nice if all free Python software was released under the same license as Python itself. Python is an elegant language,

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] On posting long urls

2005-05-19 Thread Dethe Elza
> Using tinyurl isn't very search engine friendly and if tinyurl ever > goes down then the links are gone... I only really use tinyurl for > pathologically long transient URLs, like a mapquest map or > something :) > > -bob It's not an either-or proposition. You can include the original URL

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] On posting long urls

2005-05-19 Thread Bob Ippolito
On May 19, 2005, at 3:38 PM, François Granger wrote: > Le 19/05/05 12:35, « Jack Nutting » <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > >> Better yet, use a URL-shortening service like tinyurl.com. I've got >> the following javascript snippet in a bookmark in Safari's bookmark >> bar: >> >> javascript:void

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] On posting long urls

2005-05-19 Thread François Granger
Le 19/05/05 12:35, « Jack Nutting » <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Better yet, use a URL-shortening service like tinyurl.com. I've got > the following javascript snippet in a bookmark in Safari's bookmark > bar: > > javascript:void(location.href='http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url='+location.hr

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ANN: Python Metadata Importer

2005-05-19 Thread Bob Ippolito
On May 19, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Jonathan Wight wrote: > > On May 19, 2005, at 13:48, Bob Ippolito wrote: > > >> >> On May 19, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 19-mei-2005, at 17:49, Jonathan Wight wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> And again with long URLs fixed ;-) I rele

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ANN: Python Metadata Importer

2005-05-19 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On 19-mei-2005, at 19:39, Jonathan Wight wrote: On May 19, 2005, at 13:32, Ronald Oussoren wrote: On 19-mei-2005, at 17:49, Jonathan Wight wrote: And again with long URLs fixed ;-) I released the code under the GPL Why GPL? Why not? That's as good an answer as any. I was just wondering. One rea

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ANN: Python Metadata Importer

2005-05-19 Thread Jonathan Wight
On May 19, 2005, at 13:48, Bob Ippolito wrote: > > On May 19, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > > >> On 19-mei-2005, at 17:49, Jonathan Wight wrote: >> >> >> >>> And again with long URLs fixed ;-) >>> >>> I released the code under the GPL >>> >>> >> Why GPL? >> > > Probably because he wa

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ANN: Python Metadata Importer

2005-05-19 Thread Bob Ippolito
On May 19, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > On 19-mei-2005, at 17:49, Jonathan Wight wrote: > > >> And again with long URLs fixed ;-) >> >> I released the code under the GPL >> > Why GPL? Probably because he wants someone else to re-implement it :) >> - with minor modifications to the

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ANN: Python Metadata Importer

2005-05-19 Thread Jonathan Wight
On May 19, 2005, at 13:32, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > On 19-mei-2005, at 17:49, Jonathan Wight wrote: > > >> And again with long URLs fixed ;-) >> >> I released the code under the GPL >> >> > Why GPL? > Why not? Suggest something different. >> - with minor modifications to the >> code I think a

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] ANN: Python Metadata Importer

2005-05-19 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On 19-mei-2005, at 17:49, Jonathan Wight wrote: And again with long URLs fixed ;-) I released the code under the GPL Why GPL? - with minor modifications to the code I think anyone should be able to create Spotlight Importers using python (without depending on PyObjC)... Is that a challenge? You can

[Pythonmac-SIG] ANN: PyObjC 1.3.6

2005-05-19 Thread Ronald Oussoren
PyObjC 1.3.5 contains a bug that makes most plugins unuseable. PyObjC 1.3.6 fixes this bug. Ronald smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/py

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] On posting long urls

2005-05-19 Thread Skip Montanaro
Jack> I've got the following javascript snippet in a bookmark in Jack> Safari's bookmark bar: Jack> javascript:void(location.href='http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url='+location.href) Cool. Seems to work with Firefox as well (1.0.3 on Solaris/Intell in my case). Skip ___

[Pythonmac-SIG] ANN: Python Metadata Importer

2005-05-19 Thread Jonathan Wight
And again with long URLs fixed ;-) I released the code under the GPL - with minor modifications to the code I think anyone should be able to create Spotlight Importers using python (without depending on PyObjC)... - Version 0.9 (everything done exception final documentation tidy-up) is onlin

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxversion disappeared?

2005-05-19 Thread Charles Hartman
I knew I was missing something obvious. Duh! Right, now everything works. Thanks for your patient help!Charles HartmanOn May 19, 2005, at 11:03 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: python2.3 correctly picks up the new version of wxPython. If you want to use wxPython 2.6 in python 2.3 and in python 2.4 you'll

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxversion disappeared?

2005-05-19 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On 19-mei-2005, at 16:28, Charles Hartman wrote: > > I did install TigerPython23Compat, but I just reinstalled to be > sure. Then I moved Extras.pth out of /Library/Python/2.3/site- > packages. Now when I run Python (2.4.1), wxversion still can't be > found for import; wxPython can be import

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxversion disappeared?

2005-05-19 Thread Charles Hartman
I did install TigerPython23Compat, but I just reinstalled to be sure. Then I moved Extras.pth out of /Library/Python/2.3/site-packages. Now when I run Python (2.4.1), wxversion still can't be found for import; wxPython can be imported, but it's still 2.5.5.1, not 2.6.0. On May 19, 2005, at

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxversion disappeared?

2005-05-19 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On 19-mei-2005, at 16:09, Charles Hartman wrote: > On May 19, 2005, at 9:55 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > > >> On 19-mei-2005, at 15:51, Charles Hartman wrote: >> >>> >>> (I also want the Tiger-distributed Python 2.3.5 to be able to call >>> wxPython 2.6 rather than the seriously hobbled 2.5.3.1,

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxversion disappeared?

2005-05-19 Thread Charles Hartman
On May 19, 2005, at 9:55 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > On 19-mei-2005, at 15:51, Charles Hartman wrote: >> >> (I also want the Tiger-distributed Python 2.3.5 to be able to call >> wxPython 2.6 rather than the seriously hobbled 2.5.3.1, and I'm not >> having much luck with that either.) > > "rm /Lib

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxversion disappeared?

2005-05-19 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On 19-mei-2005, at 15:51, Charles Hartman wrote: > > (I also want the Tiger-distributed Python 2.3.5 to be able to call > wxPython 2.6 rather than the seriously hobbled 2.5.3.1, and I'm not > having much luck with that either.) "rm /Library/Python/2.3/site-packages/Extras.pth" will remove the v

[Pythonmac-SIG] wxversion disappeared?

2005-05-19 Thread Charles Hartman
I must have screwed something up, but I can't retrace where. I'm running 10.4.1. I've installed wxPython 2.6.0. But: 1. when (from Terminal) I run Python (I get the Python 2.4.1 I installed from the framework distributable), and 'import wx' I still get wxPython version 2.5.5.1. 2. if I try

[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython IDE in 2.4.1

2005-05-19 Thread Jason Foreman
Hey all, In an effort to learn Python, I picked up the 'Official Unofficial' MacPython 2.4.1 from http://undefined.org/python/ and installed it, along with the Tiger fix. It works great. However is there not supposed to be a MacPython folder in /Applications with some goodies like the Python IDE

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] On posting long urls

2005-05-19 Thread Arthur Elsenaar
On May 19, 2005, at 11:14 AM, Robert Kern wrote: > > Nope. Didn't work. Probably I should have added that depending on your mail client YMMV. Arthur ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] On posting long urls

2005-05-19 Thread Jack Nutting
On 5/19/05, Arthur Elsenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi list, > > to prevent clickable urls to be broken by wrapping, surround the url > by <>. > > alongurlthatwillnotbebroken.alongurlthatwillnotbebroken.alongurlthatwill > notbebroken.alongurlthatwillnotbebroken.alongurlthatwillnotbebroke

[Pythonmac-SIG] On posting long urls

2005-05-19 Thread Arthur Elsenaar
Hi list, to prevent clickable urls to be broken by wrapping, surround the url by <>. Arthur ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig