Mailman 3 May 1999 - Python-announce-list

Fnorb 1.01 - A Python CORBA ORB
by Derek Thomson May 18, 1999

May 18, 1999

Announcing the release of version 1.01 of 'Fnorb' a Python CORBA ORB. This is a minor release, intended to fix two outstanding problems. 1) corrected IOR unmarshalling. This error had caused many people to have problems using Fnorb with Visibroker's naming service. 2) added handling of memory allocation errors during unmarshalling. Get more details and download Fnorb from:- http://www.dstc.edu.au/Fnorb c/o The Fnorb Development Team ---- From the Fnorb README ---- What is Fnorb? Fnorb is a CORBA 2.0 ORB written in Python (with just the eensiest-teensiest bit of C code for marshalling and parsing ;^). Python is a mature, interpreted, object-oriented programming language with powerful high-level datatypes that make it ideally suited as a scripting language for CORBA. Best of all Python is free so check it out! Like ILU from Xerox PARC, Fnorb gives the Python programmer access to the wonderful world of CORBA. It supports all CORBA 2.0 datatypes (including Any's) and provides a full implementation of IIOP. Unlike ILU, Fnorb is Python and CORBA/IDL specific which makes it simple, light-weight, and easy to install and use. Using Fnorb, you no longer have to use <insert your least favourite language here - who said C++ ;^)> to write CORBA clients and servers - you can now use, yep you guessed it, Python! This makes Fnorb ideal for prototyping complex CORBA architectures, for use as a scripting tool, and for building test harnesses for all your CORBA development projects. The Python language mapping used by Fnorb is based on the 'living' document that is being prepared by members of the DO-SIG. One goal of Fnorb is to allow the Python community to experiment with the mapping before we attempt to set it in stone via the OMG standardisation process. == __________________________________________________________ Derek Thomson derek(a)dstc.com DSTC Pty Ltd http://dstc.com University of Qld, 4072 tel +61 7 3365 4310 AUSTRALIA fax +61 7 3365 4311 http://dstc.com/Fnorb <A HREF="http://www.dstc.edu.au/Fnorb/">Fnorb 1.01</A> - a CORBA 2.0 ORB for Python written mostly in Python (bug fix release). (17-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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Scintilla 1.0 and SciTE 1.0
by neilh＠hare.net.au May 18, 1999

May 18, 1999

Announce: Release of Scintilla 1.0 and SciTE 1.0 Scintilla is a free source code editing component for Win32 and GTK+. SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. The name of the editor application has changed from "Tide" to "SciTE" to avoid confusion with a TCL based IDE. Scintilla and SciTE are no longer beta - this means that I think they are fairly stable and are unlikely to crash under normal use. There will certainly still be bugs in there so watch out for them and please send me mail if you see one. The GTK+/Linux version now contains approximately equivalent functionality to the Windows version. Because of some bug fixes, this release is not completely compatible with the current build 125 of PythonWin. It may be compatible with PythonWin 126 when it arrives, although it is best to use PythonWin with the version of Scintilla distributed with it. Web site: http://hare.net.au/~neilh/Scintilla.html Scintilla and SciTE come with complete C++ source code. The license for using Scintilla and Tide is similar to that of Python containing very few restrictions, and allowing use in any free project or commercial product. Neil Hodgson neilh(a)hare.net.au <A HREF="http://hare.net.au/~neilh/Scintilla.html">Scintilla 1.0</A> - a source code editing component and demonstration text editor. (17-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 Weekly News - Wed, 12 May 1999
by Markus Fleck May 17, 1999

May 17, 1999

http://www.lwn.net/1999/0513/a/zope.html > > From: Amos Latteier <Amos(a)digicool.com> > To: "'editor(a)lwn.net'" <editor(a)lwn.net> > Subject: Zope Weekly News > Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 21:55:16 -0400 > > Hello: > > It's been a pretty busy week in Zopeland. Lots of announcements, lots of > activity on the Zope Documentation Project list, lots of questions, and > even some answers. > > (Note: Unfortunately this week there is a problem with the Zope mailing > list archive which prevents the listing of normal URLs to go along with > all news items. This should be fixed by next week. So this week I am > substituting egroups URLs as needed.) > > * Jim Fulton, technical director at Digital Creations, and Zope guru > number one, announced that on May 19 there will be a Zope 2.0 Alpha 1 > source release. This means we are getting closer to having a fully > threaded Zope! The only question is whether to hack Zope that day or see > that new movie, what's it called again... > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4913.html > > * Beehive held the first Berlin Zope Barbecue! Not only that, but it > was broadcast live on the net. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4716.html > > * Paul Everitt asked for help with work writing a short piece of Zope > for a forth-coming O'Reilly book on Python and Windows. He also posted a > partial implementation of a COM Method object. However, it seems that > perhaps the turnaround time on this project is too short for much of a > community effort. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4724.html > > * Many people discussed problems with IE and the latest Zope release. > It looks like its an issue of HTTP headers. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4732.html > > * Paul Everitt made a long post about Zope on an Infoworld forum about > open source and business and generated some interesting comments. > > http://forums.infoworld.com/threads/get.cgi?111585 > > There was also some related traffic on the mailing list > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4646.html > > * Zope showed up on Scripting News on Wednesday. > > http://news.userland.com/1999/05/12/ > > * Ty Sarna posted an experimental Symbolic Link Product. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4768.html > http://www.zope.org/Download/Contrib/Pointer.tar.gz > > * Luciano Ramalho offered an example of an External Method which helps > organize links to Documents inside Folders. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4908.html > > * Jordan B. Baker announced a DTML mode for XEmacs. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4764.html > ftp://ftp.spyderlab.com/pub/zope/dtml-mode-0.1.tar.gz > > * Amos Latteier posted a rough draft of a ZClasses tutorial. Lots of > folks are starting to use ZClasses now. Information is still scarce and > lots of things are still changing (witness CVS activity), however more > information is emerging and people are discovering cool things. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4700.html > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4757.html > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4846.html > > * Mark Hays offered some security enhancements to the CookieCutter > Product. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4776.html?raw=1 > > See you next week. > > -Amos > > -- > Amos Latteier mailto:amos@digicool.com > Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com -- ----------- 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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CSV 0.14
by Laurence Tratt May 17, 1999

May 17, 1999

A simple but effective CSV (Comma Separated Value) library for reading, manipulating and outputting CSV files is now available from: http://eh.org/~laurie/comp/python/csv/ It's at version 0.14 (25 April 1999) and is distributed under a Python-esque license. The package includes a simple to follow, fully commented test program which users have found to be a useful and suitable introduction to using the library. CSV files are essentially the lowest common denominator for databases, and are understood by virtually every database program currently available. There is currently no support for related file types (ie TSV), but these would be trivial to add in. CSV.py makes creating and manipulating CSV files easy by using a simple list / dictionary approach that will be pleasantly familiar to Python users. The author is contactable via e-mail at tratt(a)dcs.kcl.ac.uk. Laurie <A HREF="http://eh.org/~laurie/comp/python/csv/">CSV 0.14</A> - library for handling CSV (comma-separated value) files. (16-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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HTMLgen discussion group
by Robin Friedrich May 17, 1999

May 17, 1999

HTMLgen is a class library allowing you to synthesize HTML pages from Python programs. A new discussion group focused on this module and its application and improvement has been created on eGroups.com (htmlgen(a)eGroups.com for list members). If you would like to join the discussions just visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/htmlgen/info.html == Robin K. Friedrich Houston, Texas Python Professional Services, Inc. friedrich(a)pythonpros.com http://www.pythonpros.com <A HREF="http://www.egroups.com/group/htmlgen/info.html">HTMLgen discussion group</A> - discussion group for Python's HTML generation library. (14-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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AmigaPython 1.5.1 build 18
by Irmen de Jong May 17, 1999

May 17, 1999

ANNOUNCING: AmigaPython 1.5.1 - build 18 The Amiga version of Python. by Irmen de Jong - irmen(a)bigfoot.com WHAT IT IS: This is the Python interpreter (version 1.5.1) for AmigaDOS. It is provided as an easy to install package. WHAT'S NEW ? - Various small bugfixes - New strftime function - I-Net225 version is available (beta!) - Enhancements to ARexx modules. WHERE CAN I GET IT ? >From Aminet <http://www.aminet.org/~aminet/>, in the dev/lang directory: Python151.lha dev/lang 998K 0 Python language 1.5.1 (bin+lib) Python151_Doc.lha dev/lang 685K 1 Python 1.5.1 documentation (HTML) Python151_Src.lha dev/lang 708K 1 Python language 1.5 (source) It comes with a Python-style license, but is otherwise free for commercial and non-commercial use. WHY SHOULDN'T I GET 1.5.2 INSTEAD? Because this 1.5.1 release has been available longer - the 1.5.2 version of AmigaPython is just in its first incarnation. Furthermore, the 1.5.2 version is a lot bigger. But I do recommend switching to 1.5.2 eventually. REFERENCE: <A HREF="http://www.bigfoot.com/~irmen/python.html">AmigaPython 1.5.1</A> - AmigaDOS port of Python 1.5.1. (12-May-99) == Irmen de Jong - irmen(a)bigfoot.com - www.bigfoot.com/~irmen -- ----------- 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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little language framework 0.4
by aycock＠csc.UVic.CA May 17, 1999

May 17, 1999

The latest version of a framework for implementing little languages, in 100% pure Python. New features: - A class which automagically constructs either parse trees or abstract syntax trees (ASTs) with minimal effort. - A class for tree pattern matching, good for sophisticated code generation or interpreter implementation. Old features: - A generic scanner class. - A generic parser class, which parses any context-free grammar. - A class for traversing ASTs, useful in semantic checking and code generation. Mixing and matching various components is possible; you're not locked into using the whole thing if you don't want to. Available from http://csr.uvic.ca/~aycock/python. John <A HREF="http://csr.uvic.ca/~aycock/python/">Little Language Framework 0.4</A> - compile Little Languages with Python (cf. IPC7 paper). (11-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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ExpectPy 1.8 - Expect extension for Python
by Michael P. Reilly May 11, 1999

May 11, 1999

[This was originally posted April 26th, but didn't get to the moderator.] I've finally gotten time to work on the next release of ExpectPy; the release is also delayed so I could test against Python 1.5.2. The major change is the addition of a simple interact function (and method) which links the I/O of two data streams (sockets, file, spawned objects, etc.). There is also a new interface for accessing the Expect variables and a stty method. The documentation is bundled alongside the extension tarfile. I'll be making Python-standard (LaTeX based) docs soon. The new version replaces the old at the URL http://www.shore.net/~arcege/python/ExpectPy/. My address is arcege(a)shore.net. I'm sure there will be some bugs (I just found a minor one this morning and have already documented it); please let me know what they are. I have been asked if ExpectPy runs on NT. There is no official, supported version of Expect on NT, but someone has ported it; I have no plans to port ExpectPy to a NT release. I'm neither a NT programmer, nor (as a release manager) do I like the idea of making an unofficial port on top of an unofficial port. -Arcege Changes since 1.7.1: * Move shared declarations into header files (a sign that the module is getting larger). * Fix a number of pathname problems within the configure.in and Makefile.in files. * Allow --with-python=<dir> to specify a build directory instead of an installation. * Add a rudimentary version of Expect's interact function. This is added as a module function and a method to spawn and spawnfile objects. * The module is now "Python-thread safe". * Add new interface to Expect variables: settings. The old function "set" still exists for backward compatibility. * Add a method to allow changes to terminal parameters (baudrate, raw, no-echo). * Use patchlevel.h protocol for version number changes. * Have configure better determine what can be built. * Bring documentation up to date and fix some typos. * Add more __doc__ strings. <A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~arcege/python/ExpectPy/">ExpectPy 1.8</A> - Python adaptation of Don Libes's "Expect" library for automation of interactive UNIX processes. (10-May-99) == ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Michael P. Reilly, Release Engineer | Email: arcege(a)shore.net | | Salem, Mass. USA 01970 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ----------- 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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python https support
by Val Shkolnikov May 10, 1999

May 10, 1999

The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) wrapper (http://home.att.net/~nvsoft1/ssl_wrapper.html) allows accessing https://... URLs from Python. <A HREF="http://home.att.net/~nvsoft1/ssl_wrapper.html">ssl_wrapper</A> - support for https:// URLs using SSL. (09-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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wxPython 2.0b9
by Robin Dunn May 8, 1999

May 8, 1999

A new version of wxPython is available at http://alldunn.com/wxPython/. wxPython is an extension module for Python that wraps the wxWindows cross platform GUI library, and is quickly becoming a very popular alternative to Tkinter and PythonWin. Currently supported GUIs are Win32 and GTK/X-Windows. This release fixes a number of bugs and other minor problems. In addition support for wxWindow's GL Canvas has been added, as well as a new Demo Framework for showing off and to assist in learning the package. At the website you will find sources, documentation, and pre-built binaries for Win95/98/NT and an RPM for i386 Linux with GTK 1.2. Have fun and Happy Pythoning! == Robin Dunn robin(a)AllDunn.com http://AllDunn.com/robin/ http://AllDunn.com/wxPython/ Check it out! Try http://AllDunn.com/laughworks/ for a good laugh. <A HREF="http://alldunn.com/wxPython/">wxPython 2.0b9</A> - interface to the wxWindows v2 free cross-platform GUI library. (06-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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