[Tutor] common multiples question

2006-08-27 Thread Danny Yoo
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, mike viceano wrote: > hello i need a little help with a common multiple module i am haveing > problems with the best i can get it is to show the least common multiple i > think the problem is eather the and command ot the if command [question cut] Mike, you asked this ques

Re: [Tutor] How to use getch()?

2006-08-27 Thread Dick Moores
So now I have keyPress-b.py. It works well, except that I have to ^C to quit it. == #keyPress-b.py import msvcrt, time print \ """ After pressing Enter to start, press Space to get first and subsequent measurements of spin. Use Ctrl+C to quit. """ answer = raw_

Re: [Tutor] How to use getch()?

2006-08-27 Thread Dick Moores
Alan Gauld has also been trying to help me by direct email. But his suggested = import msvcrt c = 0 while True: c += 1 if msvcrt.kbhit(): if msvcrt.getch() == 'k': break else: continue print c didn't work for me eithe

[Tutor] Package problem

2006-08-27 Thread Dave S
I am having a problem with packaging. I have setup the PYTHONPATH to the core dir with __init__.py in the sub directories. It all worked as expected - then I hit a problem :( I have a module scanDBFs in dir main with a def of getDbfData The module I am executing is DocViewDoc in QT DocViewDoc c

Re: [Tutor] How to use getch()?

2006-08-27 Thread Dick Moores
At 11:48 AM 8/27/2006, Kent Johnson wrote: >Blocking I/O is an I/O operation that doesn't return to the caller until >it completes. In the case of blocking input, the input call (getch() in >this case) won't return until some data is available. This is not what >you want - you don't want to press a

[Tutor] Banner

2006-08-27 Thread János Juhász
Hi all, I just profiled a little my banner.py. # PIL_Banner import Image, ImageFont, ImageDraw ShowText = 'Python :)' font = ImageFont.load(r'courier-bold-12.pil') size = font.getsize(ShowText) image = Image.new('1', size, 1) draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image) draw.text((0, 0), ShowText, font=font)

Re: [Tutor] How to use getch()?

2006-08-27 Thread Kent Johnson
Dick Moores wrote: > At 10:55 AM 8/27/2006, Kent Johnson wrote: > >> getch is a callable object (it implements __call__()) and is used like a >> function. >> >> If you only want to run on Windows, as your code suggests, just call >> msvcrt.getch() directly. This is a blocking call - it won't ret

Re: [Tutor] How to use getch()?

2006-08-27 Thread Dick Moores
At 10:55 AM 8/27/2006, Kent Johnson wrote: >getch is a callable object (it implements __call__()) and is used like a >function. > >If you only want to run on Windows, as your code suggests, just call >msvcrt.getch() directly. This is a blocking call - it won't return until >a key is pressed. If you

Re: [Tutor] How to use getch()?

2006-08-27 Thread Kent Johnson
Dick Moores wrote: > At 09:51 AM 8/27/2006, Kent Johnson wrote: > >> Dick Moores wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to figure out how to change what a script does while it is >>> running, by pressing a key, such as "k". Can getch() be used for >>> this? >>> >> Google 'python getch' or see this

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter Icon Suse 10

2006-08-27 Thread Henry Finucane
I found this mailing list message to be enlightening: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-March/273123.html On 8/27/06, Alberto Troiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried that but still the same error. Any other idea? > > Rgds, > > Alberto > > > 2006/8/25, Alberto Troiano <[EMAIL PR

Re: [Tutor] How to use getch()?

2006-08-27 Thread Dick Moores
At 09:51 AM 8/27/2006, Kent Johnson wrote: >Dick Moores wrote: > > I'm trying to figure out how to change what a script does while it is > > running, by pressing a key, such as "k". Can getch() be used for > > this? >Google 'python getch' or see this recipe by our very own Danny Yoo: So now I have

Re: [Tutor] How to use getch()?

2006-08-27 Thread Kent Johnson
Dick Moores wrote: > I'm trying to figure out how to change what a script does while it is > running, by pressing a key, such as "k". Can getch() be used for > this? Google 'python getch' or see this recipe by our very own Danny Yoo: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/134892

Re: [Tutor] program that 'waits' for file?

2006-08-27 Thread Kent Johnson
Kay White wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to make a program that will wait for a specific file to be > made by another program, and when that happens it opens and modifies > that file. > > I want my program to run "behind the scenes" so to speak. The user > will start it, enter the highest number

[Tutor] How to use getch()?

2006-08-27 Thread Dick Moores
I'm trying to figure out how to change what a script does while it is running, by pressing a key, such as "k". Can getch() be used for this? As a first test: == c = 0 while True: c += 1 if getch() == "k": break print c === This produces "NameEr

Re: [Tutor] Tkinter Icon Suse 10

2006-08-27 Thread Alberto Troiano
I tried that but still the same error. Any other idea?Rgds,Alberto2006/8/25, Alberto Troiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >:Hi everyoneIt's been a long time since I left Python for .NET 2003, but then again I need it to make an app under Linux Suse 10 and I have a question I'm trying to put an icon to my win

[Tutor] program that 'waits' for file?

2006-08-27 Thread Kay White
Hello, I'm trying to make a program that will wait for a specific file to be made by another program, and when that happens it opens and modifies that file. The other program is a commercial game that allows the player to take screenshots. It saves the screenshots in a particular directory,

[Tutor] banners

2006-08-27 Thread Juhász János
I have continued to work on making banners:) Here is a solution with PIL (http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm): import Image, ImageFont, ImageDraw ShowText = 'Hi all' font = ImageFont.load(r'c:\Python24\Lib\site- packages\enthought\kiva\pil_fonts\courier-bold-10.pil') size = font