Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Question on user's directory ( ~ )

2006-03-20 Thread Schollnick, Benjamin
> > import os.path > > os.path.expanduser('~') > > you da man! That works perfectly. I mostly use Python on > WinXP, so I haven't been familiar with that function up until now. It's a common problem... I ran into that once when I was moving an PC based Python application over to MOSX...

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Question on user's directory ( ~ )

2006-03-20 Thread Scott Frankel
The tilde is just UNIX shorthand for the environment variable, "home." You can access environment variables in python like this: os.getenv("HOME") Scott On Mar 18, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Stewart Midwinter wrote: > I have a question on use of the tilde symbol (~) to access the current >

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [PATCH]: Python should use dlopen() on 10.3+

2006-03-20 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On 20-mrt-2006, at 4:13, Zachary Pincus wrote: > Hello folks, > > Here is a patch to make Python on OS X 10.3 and above use dlopen() > (via dynload_shlib.c) to load extension modules, and to make the dl > module avaliable. It ought to be incorporated into the SVN for python > 2.5, if not for furt

[Pythonmac-SIG] New Python icons.

2006-03-20 Thread Christopher Barker
Hi all, I just noticed on c.l.p that someone has whipped up a set of icons based on the new one on the website. I know Kevin O. is working to come up with something better, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to take a look at these: """ I've taken the opportunity to knock up some icons using it,