Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Speed up Python on the Mac?

2005-12-06 Thread Christopher Barker
ssion of optimizing numerical code in various places there. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] SWIG Install problem.

2005-12-07 Thread Christopher Barker
4, also using gcc 4.*, but SWIG compiles fine there. After all, SWIG has nothing to do with Fortran. Lou, Have you tried the SWIG lists? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 S

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Solution to some SWIG Install problems on Mac OS X

2005-12-13 Thread Christopher Barker
you to run as an admin user (we have some of this in-house!) and hardly anyone doesn't run as an admin user, and surprise surprise! viruses galore! Wow! I got carried away with that! > At least I got this far. I'll be interested in what you come up with, I think our needs are similar

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] pythonw and python with applescript

2005-12-14 Thread Christopher Barker
for a large-scale example! > on > swig home page, there is an example, it might work on linux/unix. But it > does not work well on Mac as I tried it. post that example, if we are to help you, that's exactly what we need, a simple example. And post exactly what you did to compi

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Solution to some SWIG Install problems on Mac OS X

2005-12-14 Thread Christopher Barker
than developing? Absolutely necessary for developing extensions. And not hard for simple set-ups. Bob Ippolito wrote: > However, setuptools is also useful for pure Python development,   Bob, what do you see as the future of setuptools? Will in be in the standard lib in future versions? -

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Newbie troubles with MacPython 2.4.1 / Tiger 10.4.3

2006-01-03 Thread Christopher Barker
Python versions. You can use packages for OS-X 10.3 on Tiger. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6

[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython documentation and webpages

2006-01-04 Thread Christopher Barker
ts main page needs to be updated. Once we've got that, we can try to get as many of the other pages to point to it as possible: maybe this would be a good use for a "google bomb". I am neither the web master of any of those sites, nor a guru of M

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython documentation and webpages

2006-01-04 Thread Christopher Barker
t's fine as it is, if pythonmac.org had a better page If you'd like to see it improved, there seems to be some interest in this group in doing the work. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 5

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] PIL for Python 2.4x? (Mac OS 2.4.x)

2006-01-05 Thread Christopher Barker
Brian Ray wrote: > -- a Python Binding for Quartz <http://tinyurl.com/9gfj8>. Now that may work for the OP's original goal: getting up a splash screen before initializing wx. I'd be interested to hear it it does. -Chris -- Christopher Barker,

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython documentation and webpages

2006-01-11 Thread Christopher Barker
to use? etc. And, of course, we need a pointer to a FAQ in the Wiki. I'd also suggest that we break the pythonmac.org/packages pages down into separate pages, one for each python version. I think that will make it much clearer to folks coming to it which set of packages they should l

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Best site to get Numeric and wxPython for new Tiger 10.4 install?

2006-01-11 Thread Christopher Barker
e pythonmac site at some point. It's also time for an update to Numeric, but the one there works fine. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-63

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Best site to get Numeric and wxPython for new Tiger 10.4 install?

2006-01-11 Thread Christopher Barker
most Tiger users are running Python 2.4 -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206)

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Best site to get Numeric and wxPython for new Tiger 10.4 install?

2006-01-11 Thread Christopher Barker
one, and you've saved time. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] State of DrawBot, missing features

2006-01-12 Thread Christopher Barker
, however. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] #!/usr/bin/env pythonw

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Best site to get Numeric and wxPython for new Tiger 10.4 install?

2006-01-12 Thread Christopher Barker
of a python package once you have it all compiled. If all of us that got packages working on our machines contributed them, the pythonmac site would get much more comprehensive. As for me, I'm still running 10.3, and I try to contribute packages for Python2.3 and python2.4 -Chris -- C

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Problem with applets on MacPython

2006-01-13 Thread Christopher Barker
g a little money, WingIDE and Komodo are reported to work well. WingIDE has a non-commercial version that's pretty cheap. Or you can use the command line and an editor--that's served me well for years. Just make sure you get a good, python-aware editor, I'll leave that up to you t

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Trouble installing PIL package

2006-01-13 Thread Christopher Barker
.0) might work with your system, but you're probably better off installing python 2.4 from: http://undefined.org/python/ and using these: Mac OS X 10.3+ (Python 2.4.1 framework build) They'll work on 10.4 We really need to update the pythonmac.org web site! (and Jack's Page)

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Newbie environment questions

2006-01-17 Thread Christopher Barker
problem. You can start it with: $ python -i MyScript.py and you'll get the interpreter prompt when it's done running. -Chris - Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point W

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Problem with applets on MacPython

2006-01-17 Thread Christopher Barker
ni a Mac, and I know he's been submitting bug reports for various wxPython stuff on the Mac, so I imagine it's much better. I need to go give it a try some day. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Building multiple command-line( ( CLI ) programs with py2app

2006-01-17 Thread Christopher Barker
ons, etc. This sounds like a good idea to me, because I have a growing collection of small wxPython programs. Each one is pretty small, maybe a few hundred lines of code, but making a full Py2App bundle of each one results in a pretty darn set of bundles! Does a

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Building extensions on 10.4 that can be used on 10.3?

2006-01-17 Thread Christopher Barker
y part is external libs. For instance, for matplotlib, I need to make sure it statically linked libpng and libfreetype, so that the package would run on a stock OS-X. It would be great if you contributed some upgraded packages to pythonmac. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Building multiple command-line( ( CLI ) programs with py2app

2006-01-18 Thread Christopher Barker
learn is how to put a bunch of *.mpkgs together into one meta-mpkg, so that I can install a bunch of stuff with one click. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Wa

[Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python and eggs...

2006-01-19 Thread Christopher Barker
great! -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python and eggs...

2006-01-19 Thread Christopher Barker
your user as a > maintainer role, which should allow you to upload eggs. yes, that does look pretty cool. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python and eggs...

2006-01-20 Thread Christopher Barker
Bob Ippolito wrote: > Not yet. Not yet at all? or not yet with bdist_mpkg ? > We could mine Cheese Shop and list the pure python packages, the > packages that have Mac OS X eggs, and the mpkgs. And put the results on the pythonmac site? I like that. -Chris -- Christopher Bar

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python and eggs...

2006-01-20 Thread Christopher Barker
That was my question. I know nothing about pkg bundles. Thanks for all your work on this. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Sea

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Building extensions on 10.4 that can be used on 10.3?

2006-01-20 Thread Christopher Barker
achine around anyway for testing, so I might as > well build the application on that. Sigh. I think he said that you could build your app on 10.4, as long as all the python modules you use (and python itself) were built on 10.3. As long as you have a 10.3 machine around, you should be all set. -C

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python and eggs...

2006-01-23 Thread Christopher Barker
most compelling reason is the ability to install different versions. If Bob gets a chance to add egg support to bdist_mpkg, I think all we need to do is use that and put the resulting mpkgs on pythonmac. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python and eggs...

2006-01-23 Thread Christopher Barker
nkly, that doesn't do any more for me than Google, at least for packages I already know the name of. What that tells me is that there is a need for an OS-X package (or egg) repository on pythonmac. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python and eggs...

2006-01-23 Thread Christopher Barker
Another issue I wonder about is all the possible combinations of OS-X and Python versions that we're dealing with. Do they all need a separate egg? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python and eggs...

2006-01-24 Thread Christopher Barker
l matplotlib' and see what happens. This is all a bit of a mess now, but it looks very promising, and I think Bob has convinced me: For any package I need, I'll try to build an egg, and try to get it uploaded to cheeseshop. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python and eggs...

2006-01-24 Thread Christopher Barker
Christopher Barker wrote: > I guess I'll just try: 'easy_install matplotlib' and > see what happens. Well, first I had to get setuptools installed. cheeseshop has an egg, but how do I install that? So I downloaded the zip file, and in there found that I needed to do:

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Mac Python and eggs...

2006-01-24 Thread Christopher Barker
didn't see any mention of the script_dir value in the Easy_Install doc. None of those options are particularly newbie-friendly. * Change the default script_dir in the "official unofficial" Framework builds to /usr/local/bin That's more newbie-friendly, but I'm sure has

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] best way to install packages?

2006-02-03 Thread Christopher Barker
How could we accomplish that? Or should we just tell people to add the Framework bin directory to their PATH. Mostly I feel strongly that, as a community, we need to establish standard ways of doing Python on OS-X, and publish them somewhere. I'm not picky about what those standards are, as

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] best way to install packages?

2006-02-03 Thread Christopher Barker
t means is that the real goal is to make sure that the patches required to build for OS-X get applied by the package maintainers. Then things will "just work" -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&a

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython build issue

2006-02-03 Thread Christopher Barker
tick with the older python build and use Robin's binaries? thanks, -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] best way to install packages?

2006-02-03 Thread Christopher Barker
ly backwards... How is that? Robin provided binaries built for both 2.3 and 2.4 for OS-X 10.3, but not for 10.4, so I think that means I need to use the python built for 10.3. In addition, there is a thread in this group right now about trouble building wxPython on 10.4 -Chris

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] not appear

2006-02-06 Thread Christopher Barker
he OP didn't do a Framework build. What all this means is that you shouldn't build from source unless you know what you are doing, and have a good reason to. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] install again?

2006-02-06 Thread Christopher Barker
t ready yet. I was thinking of a decision tree, based on what version of OS-X you're running, and what you want to do (web development, GUI programming, etc), but I think we can, in fact have a single setup that will be best for most people running 10.3 and greater, so we can keep it simple

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] install again?

2006-02-06 Thread Christopher Barker
tion of stuff one the universal build comes out. Maybe none of them will be tested on Intel, but so be it! Bob, what do you think the timescale is for a universal build? If it's soon, then we should work on re-0writing the web site as though it's ready to go. -Chris -- Christopher B

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] install again?

2006-02-06 Thread Christopher Barker
lt until someone who is capable of building it wants it enough to put the time it. I suspect that that will only happen if someone decides to try to make money from it. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] install again?

2006-02-07 Thread Christopher Barker
her million to start marketing it. Anyone want to fund my new company? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] a beginner's list

2006-02-07 Thread Christopher Barker
stalled Python, chances are it would keep working. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception __

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] New Page, first proposal

2006-02-08 Thread Christopher Barker
> > and you will see "Hello, World!" written back to you. > > 4) To do this in a window, enter the following lines at the ">>>" > prompt: > >>>> import wx app = wx.PySimpleApp() frame = wx.Fra

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] a beginner's list

2006-02-08 Thread Christopher Barker
uggested earlier. > Instant gratification has been found, in some instances ;-), to have a > positive impact on peoples' first impression of your product or service. > ;-) I do think that's a good idea too, but don't let them get too far before

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] a beginner's list

2006-02-08 Thread Christopher Barker
thon will most likely work, but that's it. If you think Apple will keep 2.3.* around, in addition to a newer 2.4.*, then tell us why. They didn't keep 2.2* around when 10.3 came out. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] New Page, first proposal

2006-02-08 Thread Christopher Barker
s to learn a bit about using the terminal and an editor. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] a beginner's list

2006-02-08 Thread Christopher Barker
ne on OS-X as it does on any other *nix. The MacPython page should focus on what is different or special about using python on OS-X -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] a beginner's list

2006-02-08 Thread Christopher Barker
kind of like having apps linked against certain versions of shared libs, except that I think Apple makes a point of keeping old versions of their system libs around when the put out new ones. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] a beginner's list (Or: everyone's talking; no-one's listening)

2006-02-08 Thread Christopher Barker
define the Framework installer for 2.4 as the "standard" and most supported python for OS-X. (the existing build for 10.3 and the universal build for 10.4) -- also provide at least a quick tutorial for newbies, based on the built-in Python, and put a link to it near

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] New Page, first proposal

2006-02-08 Thread Christopher Barker
"Easy start for Newbies" page, we don't have to know what to write in it before writing the rest. Let's not get too ambitious right now. If we can just clean up and make clear that main page on PythonMac.org and we'll have made some good progress. -Chris -- Christophe

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] a beginner's list

2006-02-08 Thread Christopher Barker
should do that, and if they did, I'm not sure how long they should keep it up -- you could get a lot of python versions lying around after a while! By the way, Kevin, do you have any idea how hard it's going to be to build wxPython far and with the universal python Bob

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] install again?

2006-02-09 Thread Christopher Barker
Ronald Oussoren wrote: > That's not really a problem, I need some kind of test to determine if we > can get away with loading C++ code compiled with g++-3.3 into a python > build with gcc 4. Boost might also be an option for testing. matplotlib has a lot of C++ in it. -Chris -

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] install again?

2006-02-09 Thread Christopher Barker
Christopher Barker wrote: > matplotlib has a lot of C++ in it. and there are binaries built for 2.4 on 10.3 on pythonmac.org, if that helps. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] New Page, first proposal

2006-02-09 Thread Christopher Barker
aren't currently answered, feel > free to contribute. Exactly. the page we are working on should be just the main page. All the various suggestions for other sections are good, but should be Wiki pages, maintenance is much easier that way. > check if /opt/local/bin is in the pa

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] My stab at a new page

2006-02-10 Thread Christopher Barker
the best people to write newbie docs, when you still remember what questions you have. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] New Page, first proposal

2006-02-10 Thread Christopher Barker
same time, without speaking down to any of them. I think the solution is to start out with a decision tree right at the start: If you are an experienced programmer who understand the Mac: If you are Python programmers coming from Windows or Linux: etc -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] My stab at a new page

2006-02-10 Thread Christopher Barker
d how to install a new version. The goal is to show just enough to get newbies interested, then set them up with a system that will carry them well into their python career. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] My stab at a new page

2006-02-10 Thread Christopher Barker
. It's not like anyone but Linux users expects everything to be pre-installed on their machine! You have to download something to try out RealBasic, or whatever, as well. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] My stab at a new page

2006-02-10 Thread Christopher Barker
, I say we go with that. There does need to be a mention of other Python installers somewhere anyway, and ActiveState should certainly be listed. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voi

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] My stab at a new page

2006-02-10 Thread Christopher Barker
hout tweaking config files. ;-) Mac users expect to have to buy it or download it and install it, but then expect it to "just work". That's changed a bit with OS-X and all the nice i* apps, but you still can't get that much "real work" done on a Mac without installing

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Debugger

2006-02-13 Thread Christopher Barker
d it can be used on its own. Does PyOxide have a debugger? You'd also be amazed at how far you can get with the command line and a bunch of sprinkled print statements. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] My stab at a new page

2006-02-13 Thread Christopher Barker
way to specify multiple versions in order of preference, and a python launcher that would sort that out for you. This would be particularly nice on Windows, where you can only associate *.py with one thing. Maybe some day I'll want that enoug

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Build script for Universal Python

2006-02-13 Thread Christopher Barker
And I second that: I love it! -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main recept

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] final? try at new MacPython download page

2006-02-14 Thread Christopher Barker
. > I see wxPython > mentioned there, very much in passing, and with a virtual deprecation > in the same sentence That may be out of date info. wxPython has improved a LOT in recent releases. It's a Wiki, we can update it. -Chris

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Build script for Universal Python

2006-02-14 Thread Christopher Barker
site -- perhaps they've already done done icon work, or other graphic work that could be adapted. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Build script for Universal Python

2006-02-15 Thread Christopher Barker
rg/ I don't love it, but it's fine, and it would scale well to different sizes. Using the same icon as the web site is a very good idea. Does anyone know how final that look for the web site is? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread Christopher Barker
Donovan Preston wrote: > Stop with the 16 ton weight/snakes/apples debate. Just use the new, > official, python logo, +1 -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Po

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] simple help?

2006-03-06 Thread Christopher Barker
ox right now). You may want to add that to your PATH too. The upcoming new installer is going to do that for you. good luck, -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] simple help?

2006-03-07 Thread Christopher Barker
ckages). That's probably the case for almost all people that are the primary user of their machine. The main exception is if you have a bunch of modules you want to use that you don't want to install in the system python. I've never had a need for that, but some do.

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wx.ART_NEW, 'module' object has no attribute 'ART_NEW'

2006-03-07 Thread Christopher Barker
pt change it for all *.pyw scripts? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] simple help?

2006-03-09 Thread Christopher Barker
bit easier for some folks, and what's the harm? -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception ___

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] simple help?

2006-03-09 Thread Christopher Barker
hon/2.4/site-packages It would be nice if that directory existed. On the other hand, when the installer runs, do we create one only in the user's directory that's installing, or all users directories, or??? Maybe it's just as easy to just tell people to create it if they

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Recurring question - which python should I use?

2006-03-14 Thread Christopher Barker
ussion about what version of python the macpython community should endorse centered around the advantages of using a non-Apple build with py2app. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 76

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Recurring question - which python should I use?

2006-03-14 Thread Christopher Barker
lRunTime) and put a few links into usr/local/bin to whatever you need in: /Library/FrameWorks.MySpecialRuntime.framework/Version/2.4/bin/ Would this work? I may just try this some day. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer

[Pythonmac-SIG] New Python icons.

2006-03-20 Thread Christopher Barker
s crazy new enormo-icons. Also contains the vector graphics source file in Xara format. You can also see a preview here: http://www.doxdesk.com/img/software/py/icons.png -- And Clover mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.doxdesk.com/ """

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] py2app is building semi-standalone package only.

2006-03-22 Thread Christopher Barker
sr/local/bin to your PATH instead, but adding a line something like this to your /Users/YourName/.profile file: export PATH="usr/local/bin/:$PATH" That will tell your shell (if it's the default bash shell) to look in /usr/local/bin for executables before the other places

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] py2app is building semi-standalone package only.

2006-03-22 Thread Christopher Barker
ntosh, various flavors of Windows, KDE, etc -- I still keep going back to the command line for some things. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-63

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Upgrading to Python 2.4 and handling packages (e.g. Numeric, wxPython, etc.)

2006-03-23 Thread Christopher Barker
t need a *.pth file. I think all you need to do is have a __init__.py file in the package directory. I'd encourage the kinds developers to update their setup. by the way, what is kinds? the word "kinds" is so common I'm having a

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Upgrading to Python 2.4 and handling packages (e.g. Numeric, wxPython, etc.)

2006-03-23 Thread Christopher Barker
Louis Pecora wrote: > Any ideas? yup. Py2App should have installed a script in /usr/local/bin called bdist_mpkg. If that's on your PATH, you should be able to run: bdist_mpkg in the directory that your setup.py lives in. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Ocean

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Installing numpy 0.9.6 problems

2006-03-23 Thread Christopher Barker
y need to upgrade your XCode tools to do this. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 m

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Upgrading to Python 2.4 and handling packages (e.g. Numeric, wxPython, etc.)

2006-03-23 Thread Christopher Barker
in, it should use it. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [ann] Appscript Installer 1.3 released

2006-03-23 Thread Christopher Barker
we need to update pythonmac.org/packages with some information about what packages will work with it, and start building new universal packages! I know I need: wxPython numpy matplotlib At the very least, so I'll help with those, though wxPython is beyond my skills. -Chris

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Upgrading to Python 2.4 and handling packages (e.g. Numeric, wxPython, etc.)

2006-03-24 Thread Christopher Barker
suspect that you installed a PY2App that doesn't match the python you are using, so it's installed in the wrong place. I'm really looking forward to when (soon!) we have the Universal 2.4.3 and we can all just work hard to support that ONE version! -Chris -- Christopher

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Installing numpy 0.9.6 problems

2006-03-27 Thread Christopher Barker
Ronald Oussoren wrote: > I'd prefer to have 1 installer for python on OSX, that makes support > a lot easier. And we would like to by able to use Py2App to build apps that will run under both 10.3.9 and 10.4.* -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oc

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] [ann] Appscript Installer 1.3 released

2006-03-27 Thread Christopher Barker
Even a wishlist for packages would be useful. wxPython numpy Numeric numarray matplotlib PIL I can work on all of those. Then: PyGTK : Is there a version that can work entirely fink (or darwinports) free? PyQT: that's going to be fun! -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanograph

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Marking the pre-built extensions as Intel-capable...

2006-03-27 Thread Christopher Barker
to call the 2.4.3 Universal build the "officially recommended" build, and we can have a collection of packages there for it. I now I'll contribute a few, and I'm sure others will as well. One question is: should they be eggs or traditional *.mp

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Marking the pre-built extensions as Intel-capable...

2006-03-27 Thread Christopher Barker
ges for .mpkgs and binary eggs? What happens if you double-click on a *.egg? I like that anyone with OS-X can figure out how to install from a *.mpkg -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959

[Pythonmac-SIG] The Universal Buld and py2app

2006-03-27 Thread Christopher Barker
This means that for those of us on PPC machine, we can have all the old packages while we test and build new ones. Very cool. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Marking the pre-built extensions as Intel-capable...

2006-03-28 Thread Christopher Barker
start a Wiki page with a list of packages and an indication of what was needed to do to build them. -Chris --- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fa

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Marking the pre-built extensions as Intel-capable...

2006-03-28 Thread Christopher Barker
oesn't the wxPython package? Anyway, another advantage of eggs is that they can be versioned, so that users can have different versions of a package installed at once. Couldn't we put a *.egg into a *.mpkg? and get the best of both worlds?

[Pythonmac-SIG] Bulding numpy with the Universal Build

2006-03-28 Thread Christopher Barker
alPackages -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [E

[Pythonmac-SIG] Wiki Formatting

2006-03-29 Thread Christopher Barker
thing wrong? -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Wiki Formatting

2006-03-30 Thread Christopher Barker
an start making packages for all to use. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Wiki Formatting

2006-03-30 Thread Christopher Barker
and then linked MPL against them, getting a nice self-contained package. However, I have no idea how I would go about building Universal static libs, or two sets of libs, or Any suggestions? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer

[Pythonmac-SIG] Has anyone built PIL with the Universal Python?

2006-03-30 Thread Christopher Barker
libs in various packages, maybe we should make a "libs package", that might even install into the Python tree, and they can all use that. libfreetype is needed for both matplotlib and PIL, for instance. Thoughts? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oce

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython universal (was Re: Wiki Formatting)

2006-03-30 Thread Christopher Barker
e, think it would be a good start to get a Tiger only one out there. Did you need to do anything special to get that working? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] future of python/w

2006-04-04 Thread Christopher Barker
thon, on various platforms. I hope you'll put it on the wiki or somewhere for all to see. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seat

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] PyXML install problems

2006-04-04 Thread Christopher Barker
Bob Ippolito wrote: > When using the universal build, you need to have the universal SDK > installed. It looks like you don't. Do you get that if you install the latest XCode tools? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] PyXML install problems

2006-04-04 Thread Christopher Barker
ng yourself, and I don't know how universally that works. I'd be inclined to wait until we have a core of commonly used packages available. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-695

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