Re: [Tutor] need help opening a file in idle

Meital Amitai meital.ami...@gmail.com wrote I am not sure how to open a file in my computer in idle. You need to be clear what you are doing. You are not opening the file in IDLE you are opening the file in Python. IDLE is just the tool you use to write Ptython programs. For my python class

Re: [Tutor] strings using Czech language characters

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Leon Williams gsumalenu...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello, I wish to make a dictionary of english to czech words.  I thought I would first see if python will print a czech character.  I used the example in the tutorial (it uses a euro symbol, and a different iso

[Tutor] A few very basic questions

Hello all ... I've started trying ot learn about Python because I'm intrigued by what I've read about Gramps, a genealogical data manager. To run Gramps on a Mac, I need to get GTK up and running. Here's where I have a few, hopefully basic, questions. (FYI, I have a Mac, running OS X

[Tutor] Find a good linux distribution with python.

Hi there. I'm on an eternal quest to find the perfect linux distro to base my work on. I'm currently running Ubuntu because its told that the Ubuntu creator Mark Shuttleworth is a python hacker. Therefore there's a lot of python stuff in the repository. What distro do you run? Another point:

[Tutor] serious problem with graphics module

hello everyone i have a problem with python 3.0 graphics module: no problem while importing the module import turtle but when i issue any command like: t = turtle.pen() t = turtle.forward(60) nothing appears on the screen, only a blank window, with nothing inside; may you give me some hint ?

Re: [Tutor] Find a good linux distribution with python.

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Michael Bernhard Arp Sørensen mich...@arpsorensen.dk wrote: What distro do you run? Debian GNU/Linux Another point: There's so many modules on the Internet, that it's difficult to get some sort of overview. That's why a distro is such a great idea because

Re: [Tutor] A few very basic questions

M Tramp mysterytr...@yahoo.com wrote I've started trying ot learn about Python because ... Gramps, a genealogical To run Gramps on a Mac, I need to get GTK up and running. Have you checked fink? There's a MacOS Gimp toolkit package available. (Well 3 actually, gtk, gtk-data and gtk-shlibs) I

Re: [Tutor] Find a good linux distribution with python.

Michael Bernhard Arp Sørensen mich...@arpsorensen.dk wrote I'm on an eternal quest to find the perfect linux distro Don't wste your time. The distro doesn't make much difference beyond: - The basic file system structure and if it sticks to (one of) the standard then thats not a big issue -

Re: [Tutor] strings using Czech language characters

[ wish to make a dictionary of english to czech words / Unsupported characters in input / ISO-8859-2 ] have a look at the manual, in my case, section 4.9.2 on stand encodings p. 149 of the 2.4.3 (lib.pdf) Python Library Reference and at the python prompt try help('modules codecs') -- vy

Re: [Tutor] Find a good linux distribution with python.

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Alan Gauld alan.ga...@btinternet.com wrote: Michael Bernhard Arp Sørensen mich...@arpsorensen.dk wrote Most folks get by with the standard libraryb and a small number of specialist modules to meet their specific needs. If you need a new one install it, but