Mailman 3 May 1999 - Python-announce-list

New release of pygtk-0.6.0 and gnome-python-1.0.2
by James Henstridge 05 May '99

05 May '99

I have made new releases of pygtk (my bindings for the GTK+ widget toolkit for X windows) and gnome-python (my bindings for the base libraries of GNOME (the GNU network object model environment)). These packages allow you to write GTK+ or GNOME applications easily in python. Note that the gnome-python package contains pygtk, so there is no point in downloading both packages. There are a number of bugs fixed in this release, but the main new feature is that the GTK main loop no longer blocks other python threads, so it is now possible to write multithreaded python programs that use pygtk for their interface. Some care must be taken though, since GTK is not totally thread safe. For this reason, you must call threads_enter() before and threads_leave() after pygtk calls from outside the gtk thread (ie. anywhere other than in a callback). Thanks go to Duncan Grisby for this feature. For more information about pygtk and gnome-python, you can go to my (slightly out of date) web site at http://www.daa.com.au/~james/pygtk/ gnome-python is available at: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-python/ and pygtk will soon be available at: ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/python/ Both packages are also available from my FTP site at ftp://ftp.daa.com.au/pub/james/python/ James Henstridge. == Email: james(a)daa.com.au WWW: http://www.daa.com.au/~james/ <A HREF="http://www.daa.com.au/~james/pygtk/">pygtk-0.6.0 and gnome-python-1.0.2</A> - bindings for the GTK+ widget set and GNOME libraries. (25-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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rsiidl module V0.01 released (interface with RSI's IDL programs)
by Holger Duerer 05 May '99

05 May '99

This is to announce the first release of a simple python module to interface with Reseach Systems's IDL programs. (IDL is their visualisation program and has nothing to do with CORBA IDL etc.) This first version allows only cooperation with the idlrpc server and only allows setting variables and executing commands in the server. (That is all I needed so far.) You will need IDL, NumPy and swig installed to build the module. Find this (and hopefully later versions) on my WWW page on the starship: http://starship.python.net/crew/holly/ The software is under the same copyright as python (I hope that I manged to copy the text fully and sufficicently). I would like to hear of any improvements you make or bugs you find. Enjoy! Holger == Holger D"urer / Universit"at Bremen, FB 3 / Postfach 330 440 / D - 28334 Bremen Tel.: +49 421 218-2867 | Fax.: +49 421 218-3404 | <H.Duerer(a)ZAIT.Uni-Bremen.DE> WWW: <http://www.zait.uni-bremen.de/Duerer/Holger.html> !*Esperanto*! PGP: Id: 6BB556A9 Fingerprint: D902A5ED94738B12 5128676B62A82486!* parolata*! <A HREF="http://starship.python.net/crew/holly/">rsiidl module 0.01</A> - Python interface to Reseach Systems's visualization program called IDL. (23-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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Hear ye! Snippets! Python-DX 1.5.2!
by Hans Nowak 05 May '99

05 May '99

Howdy y'all, A short announcement: *) Python-DX, my Python version for DOS, is now updated to 1.5.2 (was: 1.5). The binaries are there, I will probably upload some makefiles too, and am still thinking about uploading the complete source somewhere (but I don't have so much homepage space, and the code really isn't that different from the original...) Go to http://www.cuci.nl/~hnowak/html/python-dx.html *) The Python Snippets page has been updated. It now has 62 snippets. Not really a vast collection yet, but it's growing. (And YOU can help, too. ;^) Of course it's still under construction, but the snippets should be visible all right. Go to http://www.hvision.nl/~ivnowa/snippets/ or http://browse.to/python.snippets Veel liefs, + Hans Nowak (Zephyr Falcon) + Homepage (under construction): http://www.cuci.nl/~hnowak/ + You call me a masterless man. You are wrong. I am my own master. + May Chickenlittle shoot at your college radio! <A HREF="http://www.cuci.nl/~hnowak/html/python-dx.html">Python-DX 1.5.2</A> - new version of Python for DOS. (22-Apr-99) <A HREF="http://www.hvision.nl/~ivnowa/snippets/">Python Snippets</A> - collection of Python code snippets/idioms (updated). (22-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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LLNL distribution 11 available
by Paul F. Dubois 05 May '99

05 May '99

xfiles.llnl.gov and ftp-icf.llnl.gov are now back up, and I have fought my way back through the security changes so I was able to fix the links to make them point to version 11. Versions 9 and 10 are also available via the ftp site. At version 11 the Windows distribution changes from a .exe file (an installer) to a .zip file that has a simple installation script you run with Python. This installation procedure requires Python 1.5. If you do not have Python 1.5 you will have to install by hand in whatever way you choose. Those of you who tried to use the link to LLNLDistribution.zip and failed were victims of the sudden LLNL shutdown, for which we are sorry. I also discovered that I had failed to upload the gifs and style sheet for the HTML version of the Numerical Python document. That is fixed too. Another reason to prefer PDF.(:->. <A HREF="ftp://ftp-icf.llnl.gov/pub/python/">LLNLPython 11</A> - new release of LLNL extensions (NumPy, RNG, Graphics, PyHistory, PyDB, CXX). (19-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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Python for OpenVMS
by claird＠Starbase.NeoSoft.COM 05 May '99

05 May '99

See <URL:http://www.decus.de/~zessin/docu/refman/INTRO_REF.HTML>. I have no connection with this project, apart from enthusiasm. I'm posting this notice only because the project aparts to have the marketing effectiveness the world has come to expect of DEC. I haven't even yet taken the minimal step of contacting the maintainer, which I'm doing just now. Thanks to Geoff Eldridge, who reported on it in <URL:http://www.elj.com/>. == Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html claird(a)NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX <A HREF="http://www.decus.de/~zessin/docu/refman/INTRO_REF.HTML">PYVMS</A> - Manual: Python 1.5.1 for OpenVMS. (19-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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