Mailman 3 July 1999 - Python-announce-list

NatLink v001: Talk to your Python!
by Tim Peters July 31, 1999

July 31, 1999

Apologies if you've seen this before: a coworker posted it to the python and announce groups, but I never saw it come across on their mailing-list versions. So I'm mailing it to both. Original msg, w/ HTML citation appended: NatLink v001 by Joel Gould I would like to announce the availability of a package which allows Python programs to use large vocabulary speech recognition by interfacing to Dragon NaturallySpeaking. NatLink is a Python extension module which allows direct access and control of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the best selling large vocabulary (i.e. dictation) speech recognition program commercially available. NatLink requires that you already have a copy of Dragon NaturallySpeaking (sorry). It also only runs under Windows 95/98/NT (sorry again). But with NatLink, you can: (1) add speech recognition to your Python programs (2) control Dragon NaturallySpeaking from Python (3) write voice macros in Python for Dragon NaturallySpeaking For more details, visit: http://www.synapseadaptive.com/joel/natlink.htm Note: NatLink is not a product but a freely downloadable package. Joel Gould joelg(a)alum.mit.edu <A HREF="http://www.synapseadaptive.com/joel/natlink.htm">NatLink v001</A> - speech recognition via Dragon NaturallySpeaking. (31-Jul-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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[fm] The BeOpen.com OO-Browser
by Markus Fleck July 31, 1999

July 31, 1999

The BeOpen.com OO-Browser RSW - July 29th 1999, 23:15 EST The BeOpen.com OO-Browser is a multi-windowed, interactive object-oriented class browser similar in use to the well-known Smalltalk browsers. It is unique in a number of respects foremost of which is that it works well with a multiplicity of object-oriented languages. It provides both textual views within an editor and graphical views under the X window system and Windows. Support for C, C++, Common Lisp and its Object System (CLOS), Eiffel, Java, Objective-C, Python and Smalltalk class browsing is included. Download: http://www.BeOpen.com/products.html Homepage: http://www.BeOpen.com/ Changelog: http://www.BeOpen.com/BR-RELEASE Stable Version: 4.06 Author: BeOpen.com License: GPL Category: Development/Tools Depends on: BeOpen.com InfoDock, XEmacs or Emacs Appindex ID: 933304552 Freshmeat (c) 1999 scoop(a)freshmeat.net <A HREF="http://www.BeOpen.com/">BeOpen.com OO-Browser</A> - multi-windowed, interactive object-oriented class browser; includes support for Python class browsing. (30-Jul-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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[fm] Gnumeric 0.31
by Markus Fleck July 31, 1999

July 31, 1999

Gnumeric Miguel de Icaza - September 30th 1998, 17:52 EST Gnumeric is a powerful and easy to use spreadsheet program from the GNOME project. The goal for this spreadsheet is to compete with the commercial offerings. Users of Excel should be already familiar with Gnumeric advanced features. A plugin system lets you extend Gnumeric with GPL extensions, and an optional Python and Perl plugins let you define complex functions in those popular languages. Download: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnumeric/ Red Hat packages: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/redhat/ Mirror List: http://www.gnome.org/ftpmirrors.shtml Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/gnumeric/ Changelog: http://www.gnome.org/gnumeric/gnumeric-0.31 Stable Version: 0.27 Development Version: 0.31 Author: Miguel de Icaza License: GPL Category: GNOME/Applications Appindex ID: 907192372 Freshmeat (c) 1999 scoop(a)freshmeat.net <A HREF="http://www.gnome.org/gnumeric/">Gnumeric 0.31</A> - another snapshot of the GNOME project's spreadsheet application; allows writing complex functions in Python and Perl. (30-Jul-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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[fm] Pagecast 1.1.0
by Markus Fleck July 31, 1999

July 31, 1999

Pagecast Preston Landers - July 01st 1999, 20:27 EST Pagecast submits lists of URL's to various search engines such as AltaVista, Infoseek, Excite, Google, etc to be indexed. It can run from the command-line or as a mail-robot (email a list of URL's to pagecast@yourmachine). It has a few advanced features such as the ability to rate a URL's keyword-to-title relevance and fix broken meta tags. Pagecast requires Python (with threading.) Download: http://askpreston.com/projects/pagecast/pagecast-1.1.0.tar.gz Homepage: http://askpreston.com/projects/pagecast/index.html Changelog: http://askpreston.com/projects/pagecast/ChangeLog.txt Stable Version: 1.1.0 Author: Preston Landers License: GPL Category: Web/Tools Depends on: Python Appindex ID: 930875279 Announcements * Pagecast 1.1.0 - by Preston Landers on July 28th 1999, 05:12 * Pagecast 1.0.1 - by Preston Landers on July 05th 1999, 12:07 * Pagecast 1.0 - by Preston Landers on July 02nd 1999, 17:14 Comments: new mailing list for Pagecast Preston Landers - July 06th 1999, 23:06 EST Visit the Pagecast home page (listed above) for information about joining the new Pagecast mailing list. Possible incompatibility Preston Landers - July 15th 1999, 19:12 EST Some users are reporting problems with Pagecast and other Python software when they are running both the newest Python 1.5.2 *and* the Linux Kernel version 2.0.x. The solution pending further debugging is to either upgrade to Linux 2.2.x or downgrade Python to 1.5.1. Freshmeat (c) 1999 scoop(a)freshmeat.net <A HREF="http://askpreston.com/projects/pagecast/index.html">Pagecast 1.1.0</A> - submit lists of URLs to search engine spiders. (28-Jul-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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A Python SCSI hard drive development environment for Windows95/98/NT
by Sam Schulenburg July 31, 1999

July 31, 1999

ASPYPython is a environment for the testing and development of SCSI hard drives. Using Guido van Rossum's IDLE environment allows for the rapid development of test scripts that can be used in the evaluation and testing of SCSI hard drives using the ASPI (Advanced SCSI Programming Interface) that is available under Windows 95/98/NT. The low level SCSI interface functions are incorporated in a DLL (ASPIPy.dll) that behaves like a traffic cop between the user and the hard drive. all commands from the user are sent from Python to the dll, and all drive responses are sent from the dll to either the log file, the user via Python, or both. Higher level scripts and error messages are provided by ASPI.py. This file contains all the startup and initializing function needed by the DLL. Some of the following features are provided by the DLL,and ASPI.py 1) Six byte, Ten byte, and Twelve byte commands are supported with io6(),io10(),and io12() functions that take either hex or decimal parameters i.e Inquiry command would be io6(0x12,0x00,0x00,0x00,0xff,0x00) or io6(18,0,0,0,255,0). 2) Sensekey and Sensecode values are translated to English statements for the user. i.e 0x06,0x29,0x00 would be displayed as 'Unit Attention ', 'Power On Reset, Or Bus Device Reset Occurred ' 3) Added help has been placed in the help menu under IDLE this help contains the folling items: a) Help for ASPIPython. All functions are documented here and in documentation string within each function b) Help of Python itself. A link is provided to a public domain browser that brings up the Python Documentation c) A makedocs link that allows users to add their own help messages to their scripts (See Documentation) 4) All of the advantages of Python for rapid modification and development of test scripts 5) Sample script files that demonstrate the use of these libraries. For further information see the Documentation at http://starship.python.net/crew/schulenburg <A HREF="http://starship.python.net/crew/schulenburg/">ASPIPython</A> - an ACPI/SCSI hard drive development environment for Windows95/98/NT. (30-Jul-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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Mailman 1.0
by Barry A. Warsaw July 30, 1999

July 30, 1999

On behalf of the rest of the Mailman Cabal, I'm very happy (and somewhat relieved) to announce the release of Mailman 1.0. I've just uploaded the tarball to www.list.org so follow the links there to download it. Mailman -- the GNU Mailing List Manager -- is software to help manage email discussion lists, much like Majordomo and Smartmail. Unlike most similar products, Mailman gives each mailing list a web page, and allows users to subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. over the web. Even the list manager can administer his or her list entirely from the web. Mailman also integrates most things people want to do with mailing lists, including archiving, mail-to-news gateways, and so on. Mailman is written almost completely in Python (there's a little bit of C for security purposes). Mailman is distributed under the terms of the GPL. >From the NEWS file, here are the list of changes since 1.0rc3: - Configure script now allows $PREFIX (by default /home/mailman) to be permissions 02755. Also, configure now tests for vsnprintf() - Workaround, taken from GNU screen, for systems missing vsnprintf() - Return-Receipt-To: and Disposition-Notification-To: headers are always removed from posted messages (they can be used to troll for list membership). - Workaround for MSIE4.01 (and possibly other versions) bug in the handling of cookies. - A small collection of other bug fixes. Enjoy, -Barry <A HREF="http://www.list.org/">Mailman 1.0</A> - the GNU Mailing List Manager, written in Python; features a web-based subscription and list maintenance interface. (30-Jul-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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Wash. D.C. Area: DCPIGgies Get Together
by Barry A. Warsaw July 30, 1999

July 30, 1999

Notice to all Washington DC area Python users: We are pleased to be resurrecting the DC area Python interest group meetings, now called DCPIGgies. We will be having our first meeting at CNRI in Reston, Virginia on Tuesday August 31, 1999 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. The aim is to keep this meeting pretty technical. To that goal, we're going to have two exciting presentations. For the first hour, the Digital Creations guys will be giving a talk on Zope 2.0's unique object model (acquisition, run-time classes, transactional objects, etc.) including how Python programmers might use this in their own non-Zope projects. In the second hour, Andrew Kuchling will be talking about something XML-ish, probably processing the Open Directory Project's (www.dmoz.org) RDF dumps. There will be question and answer periods after each talk, and we may have an "open phones" going later than 9:30 if there's interest and if Guido or I am still awake. :) Pizza, salad, and soda will be provided. We are asking for a voluntary $5 donation at the door to cover the costs of food. It is very important that you RSVP by email to bwarsaw(a)cnri.reston.va.us so that I can get an accurate head count (otherwise you may go hungry!). We also need to make sure that we can fit everyone into our conference room, so let me know if you're coming, even if you aren't going to eat. Directions to CNRI can be found on the Web: http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/directions.html See you then! -Barry -- ----------- 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/PostgreSQL interface module
by jonathan＠onegoodidea.com July 30, 1999

July 30, 1999

well after much lurking and occasional commenting on these groups, here is my first contribution to the community. it's a module for accessing PostgreSQL databases from Python. yes, i know there already is one, but i wanted to play with some different features and to get the hang of writing extension modules. you are free to not use this module. please don't email me to tell me i've wasted my time - all learning is worthwhile and maybe someone else will get something useful from this. i'm afraid it doesn't have a proper name yet because i can't think of one - a free copy of the source for the best idea ;-) i welcome feedback, :-j (extracted from the README:) Python/PostgreSQL Interface Module (Version: 1.0) ---------------------------------- Summary: -------- PostgreSQL is a neat, free, relational database system which can be found at: <http://www.postgresql.org/> This is a module that provides the PostgreSQL programmers' API to Python programmers. It is written in C and compiles down to a shared-object file that can be dynamically loaded into the Python interpreter. It is basically a wrapper around the 'libpq' library that comes with PostgreSQL. Limitations: ------------ This interface has not been used in anger yet. It's been written as part of a one good idea project and I'm releasing it more widely because it may be of use to other people and might result in some useful feedback. License: -------- There should be a LICENSE file accompanying this distribution (and at the top of each source file). I've used the Berkeley license because I've always liked it. This code is not copylefted, feel free to stick it into a commercial product and sell it, become rich, buy a small island in the pacific, retire young and happy. However, you have to retain the copyright on the code, and it would be polite to send me a note of thanks ;-) Obtaining The Latest Distribution: ---------------------------------- You should be able to find it by following the obvious links on the one good idea webpages for 'Projects': <http://www.onegoodidea.com/> As of this distribution, the appropriate URL was: <http://www.onegoodidea.com/downloads/python-postgresql-1.0.tgz> PyGreSQL -------- This module is not PyGreSQL. PyGreSQL is written by D'Arcy J.M. Cain, <darcy(a)druid.net>. It is another Python/PostgreSQL interface which has been around longer than this one. I wrote this module because I wanted a different mechanism for accessing named fields in query results (and partly as an exercise in extending Python). == jonathan hogg, one good idea limited, 25 clouston street, glasgow g20 8qr, uk jonathan(a)onegoodidea.com www.onegoodidea.com t:(0)976-614338 f:(0)7970-537451 <A HREF="http://www.onegoodidea.com/projects.html">Python/PostgreSQL API</A> - access PostgreSQL programmers' API from Python. (29-Jul-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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RTSP streaming media proxy
by jonathan＠onegoodidea.com July 30, 1999

July 30, 1999

hot on the heels of my last post, here is my next contribution. again, it can be found on the projects page of our company web-site: <http://www.onegoodidea.com/projectscore.html> RTSP_Proxy is a proxy server for the RTSP/RTP streaming media protocols. this is a quick-and-dirty hack i threw together a couple of weekends ago in order to be able to watch the MacWorld keynote address which was netcast using QuickTime 4 video/audio streaming. for information on QuickTime 4, take a look at: <http://www.apple.com/quicktime/> unfortunately, whilst apple chose a non-proprietry standard protocol for implementing their streaming architecture, they also chose one which is not particularly established and is not IP masquerading friendly. apple provide a proxy server for running on a firewall/NAT machine, but it's pretty flaky so i had a stab at writing my own. i've only run it on an i386 linux box, but i've been told it works on freebsd too. it requires threads and sockets, but should work on anything that provides them. it's not a pretty program, but it worked enough for me to watch the new iBook being launched :-) i'm in the process of writing a new version, but thought this might be of interest/amusement. again, all comments welcome, :-j == jonathan hogg, one good idea limited, 25 clouston street, glasgow g20 8qr, uk jonathan(a)onegoodidea.com www.onegoodidea.com t:(0)976-614338 f:(0)7970-537451 <A HREF="http://www.onegoodidea.com/projectscore.html">RTSP proxy</A> - quick-and-dirty proxy server for the RTSP/RTP streaming media protocols, written in Python. (29-Jul-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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mxTextTools Package - Version 1.1.0
by M.-A. Lemburg July 30, 1999

July 30, 1999

ANNOUNCING: mxTextTools Version 1.1.0 A Python extension package providing fast text scanning and processing tools WHAT IT IS: mxTextTools is an extension package for Python that provides * a fast text search type (using a modified Boyer-Moore algorithm) * a finite state machine for marking and analysing text (the Tagging Engine) * a set of specialized text processing functions * a set of functions that work with character sets Applications include parsing structured text, finding and extracting text (either exact or using translation tables) and recombining strings to form new text. Everything was implemented having high performance in mind. WHAT'S NEW ? The 1.1.0 release adds several new text processing functions to the already large set: splitlines(), countlines(), suffix(), prefix(), str2hex() and hex2str(). Many existing functions/objects were enhanced to work in a more general context. All the details are available at: http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxTextTools.html#History This release also includes a precompiled Windows DLL so that you can use the package right away. Installing on that platform boils down to a simple unzip in the \Python\Lib directory. WHERE CAN I GET IT ? The full documentation and instructions for downloading and installing can be found at: http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxTextTools.html WHAT DOES IT COST ? It comes with a Python-type license, but is free otherwise. WHERE CAN I GET SUPPORT ? I am offering commercial support for this package through Python Professional Services Inc. (http://www.pythonpros.com). Look on their support pages for details or contact me directly. REFERENCE: <A HREF="http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxTextTools.html> mxTextTools 1.1.0</A> - fast text processing tools. (29-Jul-99) == Marc-Andre Lemburg ______________________________________________________________________ Y2000: 155 days left Business: http://www.lemburg.com/ Python Pages: http://www.lemburg.com/python/ -- ----------- 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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