Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Apple installed vs. Manual

2005-02-09 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Feb 9, 2005, at 9:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is currently Essential Reading on Python, I mean in print rather Of course, "it depends". Dive into Python looks pretty good. Python I've been beating on people with, err, recommending Dive Into Python, for two reasons - you can read it o

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Apple installed vs. Manual

2005-02-09 Thread eichin
> what is currently Essential Reading on Python, I mean in print rather > Of course, "it depends". Dive into Python looks pretty good. Python I've been beating on people with, err, recommending Dive Into Python, for two reasons - you can read it online to see if it suits you, *and* it's *very*

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Apple installed vs. Manual

2005-02-09 Thread Michael Hudson
Charles Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Feb 9, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Troy Rollins wrote: > >> (Amazon, hurry that shipment of knowledge please!!) > > Speaking of which, I'd really like to hear people's judgment about > what is currently Essential Reading on Python, I mean in print rather > t

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Apple installed vs. Manual

2005-02-09 Thread John P Speno
On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 11:34:30AM -0500, Troy Rollins wrote: > developer to make. Now if I just had an IDE ! I know, it isn't > required, but I LIKE them. Especially for apps which have a GUI. I > plan to have a look at Eclipse next. As another python programmer who doesn't use an IDE, allow me t

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Apple installed vs. Manual

2005-02-09 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Feb 9, 2005, at 10:15, Troy Rollins wrote: The next inevitable MacPython newbie question is regarding Apple's Python vs. a manual installation. It seems that Apple's is not in the same path location it would be if it were installed manually, and also that it is now at least a dot revision behind

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Apple installed vs. Manual

2005-02-09 Thread Troy Rollins
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:10:11 -0700, michael geary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Troy, I didn't realize you were on this list too. Hah. Mac > Director/Python users unite! > Yep. Personally, I see Python as a natural movement for a Director developer to make. Now if I just had an IDE ! I know, i

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Apple installed vs. Manual

2005-02-09 Thread Charles Hartman
On Feb 9, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Troy Rollins wrote: (Amazon, hurry that shipment of knowledge please!!) Speaking of which, I'd really like to hear people's judgment about what is currently Essential Reading on Python, I mean in print rather than online. (I always feel better if I have something to *

[Pythonmac-SIG] Apple installed vs. Manual

2005-02-09 Thread Troy Rollins
The next inevitable MacPython newbie question is regarding Apple's Python vs. a manual installation. It seems that Apple's is not in the same path location it would be if it were installed manually, and also that it is now at least a dot revision behind. I'm not really concerned about one or the o