Mailman 3 May 1999 - Python-announce-list

New french-speaking mailing-list about Python / Nouvelle liste de
by Olivier Berger June 1, 1999

June 1, 1999

(french version follows) Hello. I'm glad to announce the creation of a new mailing-list for discussion about Python in french. You're invited to join it and share all your opinions or ask for technical advice on the list. The list is operated through Mailman, thus you can subscribe by going to the following URL : http://liberte.inria.fr/mailman/listinfo/python or by sending a message to Python-request(a)liberte.inria.fr containing the 'help' keyword, and following the subscribing instruction sent in return by mailman. I can be contacted for any problems concerning the subscription to this mailing-list. Best regards. ====================== Bonjour. Je suis heureux de vous annoncer la création d'une nouvelle liste de diffusion concernant des discussions sur Python en français. Je vous invite à nous rejoindre et à partager vos idées ou à demander des conseils techniques sur la liste. La liste est gérée grace à Mailman, donc vous pouvez vous inscrire en visitant le site à l'URL suivante : http://liberte.inria.fr/mailman/listinfo/python ou en envoyant un message à Python-request(a)liberte.inria.fr contenant le mot-clé 'help' , et en suivant ensuite les instructions renvoyées par mailman. Vous pouvez me contacter directement pour tout problème concernant l'inscription à cette liste de diffusion. Cordialement. == Olivier Berger - olberger(a)club-internet.fr - membre de PARINUX Paris Linux User Group : http://www.parinux.org Vive Linux (www.linux.org) - Vive python (www.python.org) <A HREF="http://liberte.inria.fr/mailman/listinfo/python/">French Python mailing list</A> - new french-speaking mailing-list about Python. (29-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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PyBZLib 0.02b alpha
by Laurence Tratt June 1, 1999

June 1, 1999

An experimental Python interface to Julian Seward's increasingly popular bzip2 compression library is available from: http://eh.org/~laurie/comp/python/pybzlib/ The interface is at version 0.02b alpha (25 April 1999) and is distributed under a Python-esque licence. bzip2 is a compression library which gives better compression ratios than more common methods, and increasing amounts of data are now being shipped in the bzip2 format. eg the Linux kernel is shipped as both .gz and .bz2 files; for comparison the Linux 2.2.9 kernel is 13.2Mb as a .gz file and 10.7Mb as a .bz2 file. More information on bzip2 in general is available from: http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/ The Python bzip2 interface is in alpha form, and should be treated as such. However, it compresses and decompresses standard bzip2 files and is hopefully useful in it's current state. Two example programs which compress and decompress .bz2 files are included. The author is contactable at tratt(a)dcs.kcl.ac.uk. Laurie <A HREF="http://eh.org/~laurie/comp/python/pybzlib/">PyBZLlib 0.02b alpha</A> - experimental Python interface to the bzip2 compression library. (29-Apr-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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New german python book (Mit Python programmieren) is out!
by Michael Scharf May 27, 1999

May 27, 1999

Hello, On Saturday, I got the print a new german Python book "Mit Python programmieren" (I would translate it as "Programming with python"). I am still waiting for the "official" announcement, of the book, but here is my inofficial announcement. I am not one of the authors, but I read the book several times as reviewer and I saw all the hard work the authors put into the book ans the progress they made.... I became a very nice book and I personally like the Tkinter introduction a lot. http://starship.python.net/crew/scharf/Programmieren-mit-Python.html Authors: Tobias Himstedt and Klaus Mänzel Title: Mit Python programmieren Subtitle: Einfuehrung und Anwendung skriptorientierter Programmierung Pages: 271 Prize: DM 68 (about $38) ISBN: 3920993853 (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3920993853) Publisher: dpunkt.verlag (http://www.dpunkt.de) Until now, I was eager to have all books published on python in my bookshelf. Looking at all the announcements, this will soon become an expensive hobby ;-) Michael == ''''\ Michael Scharf ` c-@@ TakeFive Software ` > http://www.TakeFive.com \_ V mailto:Michael_Scharf@TakeFive.co.at <A HREF="http://starship.python.net/crew/scharf/Programmieren-mit-Python.html"> New German Python Book</A> - Mit Python programmieren, by Tobias Himstedt and Klaus Mänzel. (24-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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README: Python-URL! - the weekly guide to Python resources (May 24)
by Mike Orr May 26, 1999

May 26, 1999

Python-URL is still looking for volunteers willing to create a weekly edition of this document. This will be a one- to two-month commitment. If interested, contact Mike Orr <mso(a)mso.oz.net>. ** ANY URL STARTING WITH "http://search.dejanews.com/msgid.xp?MID=", ENDS IN "%3e" **, even if it appears split into two lines on your screen. --------------- Python 1.5.2 (13-Apr-1999) is the current version. This, the new JPython website and the new Starship site are linked from the main Python page. http://www.python.org/ http://www.python.org/1.5/ http://www.jpython.org/ http://starship/python.net/ --------------- HTMLGen discussion group. Creating webpages from within a program. http://www.egroups.com/group/htmlgen/info.html --------------- CSV.py is a simple library for reading/writing comma-separated value files, which can be imported/exported from most databases. http://search.dejanews.com/msgid.xp?MID=%3cmt2.0-27216-926930575%40news.inf… http://yi.com/home/TrattLaurence/comp/python/csv/ --------------- Zope news (12-May-1999). Also, an alpha release of Zope 2 (2.0.0a1). http://search.dejanews.com/msgid.xp?MID=%3cmt2.0-27216-926930730%40news.inf… http://search.dejanews.com/msgid.xp?MID=%3cmt2.0-24223-927475324%40news.inf… http://www.zope.org/ --------------- Mahogany 0.22a is an open-source cross-platform mail & news client with a built-in Python interpreter for extensions. http://search.dejanews.com/msgid.xp?MID=%3cmt2.0-24223-927475400%40news.inf… --------------- Assignment operators (the "x += 1" syntax). Fredrik Lundh reposts an old message from Guido on one of those Controversies that Never Die. http://search.dejanews.com/msgid.xp?MID=%3c015301be9eeb%245dfc1fa0%24f29b12… --------------- Pager class for sending a message to different types of pagers. http://www.kazmier.com/computer/#python ========================================================================= Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing trick of the trade: http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&f… Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning (once we resume), ask <claird(a)neosoft.com> to subscribe. -- The Python-URL! Team-- -Mike Orr, mso(a)jimpick.com == Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html claird(a)NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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mxCGIPython project - Update
by M.-A. Lemburg May 26, 1999

May 26, 1999

Hi everybody, I just wanted to inform you of the current state of the single-file easy-to-install Python interpreter. This is the current set of binaries available: cgipython-1.5.2-AIX-2-000771064C00-.gz cgipython-1.5.2-FreeBSD-2.2.8-RELEASE-i386-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-FreeBSD-3.0-RELEASE-i386-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-FreeBSD-3.1-19990426-STABLE-i386-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-HP-UX-A.09.03-9000_715-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-HP-UX-B.10.20-9000_782-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-IRIX-5.3-IP19-mips.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.34-i586-RedHat-5.1.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.35-i586-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.35-i686-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.36-i586-Debian-2.1.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.36-i586-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.2.7-i586-SuSE60.gz cgipython-1.5.2-NetBSD-1.3.2-alpha.gz cgipython-1.5.2-NetBSD-1.3.3-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-SunOS-5.5.1-sun4u-sparc-alternate.gz cgipython-1.5.2-SunOS-5.5.1-sun4u-sparc.gz If you have access to other platforms not included in the list, feel free to contribute a binary. Compiling the binary is really easy and only takes about two minutes of your time (plus some five minutes CPU time). All the details and links to the binaries are available on the project web-page: http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxCGIPython.html BTW, the general technique used by the cgipython setup should also be applicable on Windows platforms... maybe someone could look into this and contribute a zipped exe file for Win95/98/NT. Note that even though these binaries are intended to ease CGI program writing, they are also usable as normal Python interpreters with the restriction that command line arguments cannot be passed to the interpreter, e.g. cgipython -u myscript.py does not work. This was done for CGI security reasons to prevent attacks of the form python -c "import os; os.system('rm -rf /')" being sent to the interpreter via CGI. Cheers, == Marc-Andre Lemburg ______________________________________________________________________ Y2000: 225 days left Business: http://www.lemburg.com/ Python Pages: http://www.lemburg.com/python/ <A HREF="http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxCGIPython.html"> mxCGIPython 1.5.2</A> - one-file Python interpreters, to simplify running of CGI scripts. (20-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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informixdb 1.2a1
by Stephen J. Turner May 24, 1999

May 24, 1999

Announcing ---------- Release 1.2alpha1 of informixdb, a DB-API 1.0 compliant package for Informix: http://starship.python.net/crew/sturner/informixdb.html This is the first new release of informixdb since March 1997. == Stephen J. Turner <sjturner(a)ix.netcom.com> <A HREF="http://starship.python.net/crew/sturner/informixdb.html">informixdb 1.2a1</A> - An Informix implementation of the Python Database API 1.0. (21-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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win32netapi module -version 1.0beta1 (on Windows NT4/5)
by Asang Dani May 24, 1999

May 24, 1999

hi, I have written a module win32netapi to provide simplified access to various networking APIs (Net* functions) on windows NT. The module can be downloaded from http://members.tripod.com/asangdani/public/ It includes extensive documentation (html and ASCII) and examples. Following are the contents of README included with the release :- This python module is inspired by 'Win32::Lanman' module for Perl written by Jens Helberg (jens.helberg(a)bosch.com). I have made no changes to the basic interface. It's a port from perl XS to python extensions. I have also used SWIG (Simple Wrapper Interface Generator) to simplify some of the type mappings. SWIG can be freely downloaded from (http://www.swig.org). It implements most of the commonly used Net API's. Documentation about these can be found at MSDN (http://www.microsoft.com/msdn). It works on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT 5 (Now Win2K). This software is used under the terms of GPL. (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html). First read the documentation in doc\win32netpi_doc.txt. It contains information about building, installing and using the module. This file was automatically generated by using SWIG's embeded documentation facility. HTML documentation is also included with the distribution. The sources are in "src" directory and the precompiled binaries for (NT 5) are present in "bin" directory. I have not done much testing on NT4, but all the APIs are supposed to be available on NT4 as well (according to MSDN documentation!). Most recent version is avaialable at: http://members.tripod.com/asangdani/public/ I will fix bugs and support this module. Any suggestions and bug reports are welcome. I will post all patches at the above site. --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.--- <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/asangdani/public/">win32netapi 1.0beta1</A> - simplified access to Windows NT 4/5 networking API (Net* functions). (21-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Mahogany 0.22a
by Karsten Ballueder May 24, 1999

May 24, 1999

A new release of Mahogany has been made. Binaries for Linux-x86-glibc2.0 and source are available immediately, binaries for Solaris and Linux-axp as well as RedHat rpm and Debian deb packages are following soon. Announcing Mahogany Version 0.22a ===================================================================== Mahogany is an OpenSource(TM) cross-platform mail and news client. It is available for X11/Unix and MS Windows platforms, supporting a wide range of protocols and standards, including POP3, IMAP and full MIME support. Thanks to its built-in Python interpreter it can be extended far beyond its original functionality. Mahogany's wealth of features and ease of use make it one of the most powerful clients available, providing a consistent and intuitive interface across all supported platforms. It aims at supporting GNOME (and KDE for that matter) and includes an extendable address book system supporting hierarchical organisation of entries, group aliases, searching the database and easy editing, with support for other program`s address database formats. Currently Mahogany`s native format and (X)Emacs` BBDB address books are supported. Mahogany is being developed using the free wxWindows application framework, building on the GTK+ toolkit on Unix. Mahogany is constantly being tested on Linux-x86, Linux-alpha, Solaris-sparc and MS Windows. It should compile and work on any major Unix platform. A binary release for MS Windows will follow soon. CHANGES AGAINST RELEASE 0.21a: ===================================================================== Release 0.22a is mainly a bugfix release against 0.21a. - All known (crash-inducing) bugs fixed. - Message editor/viewer improvements, adding clipboard support and selections. - Message editor bug fixes - wxGTK layout bug fixes - German, French, Spanish translations - Text-search in messages - Several minor usability fixes, sub-folder support fixed. - Addressbook fixes - TCP timeouts configurable - Support for setting the Reply-To: header from To: field in message replies. - Minor addressbook bug fixes (better handling of special characters in address or name) DOWNLOAD ===================================================================== http://mahogany.home.dhs.org/ http://www.phy.hw.ac.uk/~karsten/Mahogany/ ftp://ronnie.phy.hw.ac.uk/pub/Mahogany/ (UK, Europe) ftp://ftp.gdev.net/pub/Mahogany/ (US) NEXT ===================================================================== For the next release we are currently working on the following: completion of filtering rules/scoring code subscription management for NNTP/IMAP/newsspool DND with KDE/Gnome filemanagers (now supported by wxGTK) Templates/style-sheets for message composition and flexible reply handling Messages sorting, threading, scoring and searching multi-threading to avoid delays and timeouts possibly also: GPG/PGP support built-in HTML viewer Finish the new message editor code: rich-text editing == Karsten Ballüder http://Ballueder.home.dhs.org/ mailto:karste-@phy.hw.ac.uk Physics Department, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, Scotland Tel. +44-(0)-131-4513068 Fax. +44-(0)-131-4513136 "In a world without fences, who needs Gates?" <A HREF="http://mahogany.home.dhs.org/">Mahogany 0.22a</A> - open-source graphical mail/news client for Unix and MS Windows, using the wxWindows toolkit. (20-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Zope 2.0.0a1 alpha release
by Chris Petrilli May 24, 1999

May 24, 1999

>From a web paradigm far far away... [ANNOUNCEMENT TEXT] Zope is a free, Open Source application server and portal toolkit used to build, deploy and manage dynamic, high-performance Web sites. As a true open source solution, Zope is available free of charge and comes with comprehensive source code and a powerful array of application development tools and utilities. Zope 2.0 measurably improves the scalability and collaborative features of the original Zope Web application platform. Some of the new capabilities released with Zope 2 are: * ZODB 3, the next generation of the Zope Object Database * Z Classes, a new mechanism for building Zope applications * WebDAV support * ZServer, the integration of Zope and Medusa Many other sundry significant items that were changed: * Look and feel improvements, * Tighter security, * Simpler creation of Python products. Unfortunately, there are a number of incompatabilities between Zope and Python 1.5.2 that have been reported but not yet fixed. Zope 2.0 alpha 2, which will be released the week of May 26, will fix most or all of these. Zope 2.0.0 alpha 1, featuring the next generation of the Zope Object Database, is now available at: http://www.zope.org/Download/Releases/Zope-2.0.0a1 Among other things, this page gives a roadmap for the release of Zope 2.0.0. An updated version of the Zope Object Database UML model is available at: http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Models/ZODB In keeping with Python tradition, Zope 2.0.0 alpha 1 is being released as most of the Digital Creations engineers leave for Linux Expo and will be away from email for several days. Chris == | Christopher Petrilli Digital Creations | petrilli(a)digicool.com http://www.digicool.com <A HREF="http://www.zope.org/">Zope 2.0.0a1</A> - Zope is a free, open source web application platform used for building high-performance, dynamic web sites. (19-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Sketch 0.6.0 - A vector drawing program
by Bernhard Herzog May 24, 1999

May 24, 1999

Sketch 0.6.0 - A vector drawing program Sketch is a vector drawing program for Linux and other unices. Its user interface is similar to the interfaces typically found in drawing programs for MS Windows, i.e direct manipulation to move and transform objects, the notion of a currently selected object, etc. Sketch is implemented almost completely in python, with the rest written in C for performance reasons. Sketch is still incomplete, but the current versions are quite usable and stable, I think. Changes since version 0.5.5: * Support for non-english messages via gettext. So far, there's only support for German. * The AI-filters can handle embedded raster images to some degree now, and the export filter has support for text. License: -------- Sketch is released under GNU Library General Public License. Features: --------- o Drawing primitives: o Rectangles o Ellipses o Bezier curves o Bitmap images: JPEG, GIF,... (all types the Python Imaging Library can read) o Encapsulated PostScript o Text o All objects, including images and text, can be rotated, scaled, sheared, etc. (all affine transformations are possible) o Gradient fills o Special Effects and Features: o Use rectangles, ellipses and bezier objects as guides o Blend Groups: Automatically updated interpolations of arbitrary objects o Text can be converted to bezier objects. o Text along Path o Exports Encapsulated PostScript and Adobe Illustrator files o Imports XFig, Adobe Illustrator, Corel CMX and WMF files For more information, have a look at the sketch webpage. Contact: ---------- Web: http://www.online.de/home/sketch Email: sketch(a)online.de <A HREF="http://www.online.de/home/sketch/">Sketch 0.6.0</A> - a vector drawing program for Unix written in Python. (19-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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