Mailman 3 September 1999 - Python-announce-list

Sketch 0.6.2 - A vector drawing program
by Bernhard Herzog Sept. 25, 1999

Sept. 25, 1999

Sketch 0.6.2 - A vector drawing program Sketch is a vector drawing program for Linux and other unices. It's intended to be a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams and other purposes. Despite the low version number, it already has advanced features like gradients, text along a path and clip masks and is fully scriptable due to its implementation in a combination of Python and C. Summary of the changes since version 0.6.1: * SVG import/export filters. * Improved AI import filter * Improved documentation * bug fixes Homepage: --------- http://www.online.de/home/sketch 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, SVG and Adobe Illustrator files o Imports Adobe Illustrator, Corel CMX, SVG, XFig and WMF files o Fully scriptable in Python For more information, have a look at the sketch webpage. License: -------- Sketch is released under GNU Library General Public License. <A HREF="http://www.online.de/home/sketch">Sketch 0.6.2</A> - a vector drawing program for Unix written in Python. (19-Sep-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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Cut The Cra* (CTC) v0.3.0 - Advertisment banner filter
by Constantinos A. Kotsokalis Sept. 25, 1999

Sept. 25, 1999

Cut The Crap is a proxy-like server that will cut advertisement banners from the web-pages you are reading. It is written in Python and uses Adam Feuer's zaplets (zaplets + zaplet engine are included in the archive). CTC's web page is: http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~ckotso/CTC and you can download the tar'd and gzip'd archive from http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~ckotso/CTC/CTC-0.3.0.tar.gz All feedback is welcome! Costas == Constantinos A. Kotsokalis - C.Kotsokalis(a)ece.ntua.gr - NTUA - ECE Dept. "Yes, I've heard of "decaf." What's your point?" <A HREF="http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~ckotso/CTC/">CTC 0.3.0</A> - a proxy-like server that will keep advertisement banners out of your (web-browsing) sight. (19-Sep-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] pypvm 0.8.5
by Markus Fleck Sept. 25, 1999

Sept. 25, 1999

pypvm 0.8.5 W. Michael Petullo - September 18th 1999, 20:24 EST Pypvm is a Python module which allows interaction with the Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) package. PVM allows a collection of computers connected by a network to serve as a single parallel computer. Pypvm is intended to be an educational and prototyping tool. To use Pypvm, import the pypvm module. Download: http://www.flyn.org/src/pypvm.tar.gz Packages: http://www.flyn.org/rpms/pypvm.i386.rpm Homepage: http://www.flyn.org/ Changelog: http://flyn.org/ChangeLog/ChangeLog.pypvm Author:W. Michael Petullo License:GPL Category:Development/Python Modules Depends on:PVM copyright (c) 1999 scoop(a)freshmeat.net <A HREF="http://www.flyn.org/">pypvm 0.8.5</A> - a Python interface to the C libraries of PVM (the Parallel Virtual Machine) for distributed computations. (18-Sep-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] pyching 0.9.2
by Markus Fleck Sept. 25, 1999

Sept. 25, 1999

pyChing 0.9.2 kenoath - September 18th 1999, 05:40 EST pyChing is a program that allows you to 'consult' the I Ching. The I Ching is an ancient Chinese book of wisdom, which, apart from being read as a book, has also traditionally been consulted as an oracle. pyChing allows you to perform an I Ching 'reading' using the coin oracle, and then look up a brief interpretation from the I Ching. pyChing is completely written in Python, a cross platform, object oriented, programming language, using the Tkinter interface to the Tk GUI toolkit. 0.9.1 Changes: First public release. 0.9.2 Changes: Bugs in color selection code fixed. Other code, documentation and data tidy-ups. Download: http://www.essemgee.xnot.com/pyching/download.html Alternate Download: ftp://ftp.xnot.com/essemgee/pub/pyching/ Homepage: http://www.essemgee.xnot.com/pyching/ Changelog: http://www.essemgee.xnot.com/pyching/docs/CHANGES Author:Stephen M. Gava License:GPL Category:X11/Misc Depends on:Python, Tk copyright (c) 1999 scoop(a)freshmeat.net <A HREF="http://www.essemgee.xnot.com/pyching/">pyching 0.9.2</A> - Tkinter-based ''reader'' for the I Ching (an ancient Chinese book of wisdom). (18-Sep-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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QIO - Quick I/O module for Python (for fast reading)
by Markus Fleck Sept. 25, 1999

Sept. 25, 1999

QIO The QIO module borrows a few tricks from INN and adds some of its own to make common Python file operations way lots more faster and stuff. It is suitable for reading sockets and large text files; it doesn't support writing. Because of the read-ahead buffering, QIO will work best with sequential access. For compatibility's sake it will handle slurping a whole file in one read() and doing random access, but the optimizations can actually work against you in those cases. The readline*() methods include some enhancements over stock file objects: * You can specify a custom line terminator if '\n' isn't what you want. * Line terminators are optionally trimmed. (To find eof when trimming is enabled, you look for None instead of "") * A magic trim=2 argument makes quick work of "lines and dots" protocols like SMTP, NNTP and gopher, handling double-dots and CRLF shenanigans so you can use something like `message=s.readines()' to grab a mail message off the wire in one step To show how the trim=2 thingy works, a modified version of Python's nntplib.py is included. Since this module is derived from a piece of INN, it carries the same license (which is BSDish). See the package for details. Where to get it: Right here: http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/meowing/python/index.html It's available in gzip'd tar form (21K) and as a ZIP file (19K). Documentation is included. <A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/meowing/python/index.html">QIO module</A> - faster version of <CODE>readline()</CODE> file operation (derived from INN news server code), with read-ahead buffering. (16-Sep-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] pybliographer 0.9.2
by Markus Fleck Sept. 25, 1999

Sept. 25, 1999

Pybliographer 0.9.2 Fred - September 15th 1999, 08:18 EST Pybliographer is a tool for managing bibliographic databases. It currently supports BibTeX (read/write), Ovid and Refer (read only) files, SGML DocBook (write only). It can be used for searching, editing, reformatting, etc, through its nice graphical interface for GNOME. Due to its nature, it can be extended to many uses (generating HTML pages according to bibliographic searches, etc). It is provided with sample scripts. 0.8 Changes: Bugfixes and small improvements in the UI. 0.9.1 Changes: Restored HTTP/FTP protocol handling, added accelerator in Edition window (hit Escape to jump to the next field), and updated SGML DocBook generation. 0.7 Changes: Support for crossreferences and native edition in BibTeX, bugfixes, initial documentation. 0.9 Changes: Fixed a bug causing core dumps on some author entries, corrected @string entry syntax, possibility to sort also according to the entry key and additional configuration tests. 0.9.2 Changes: This release fixes problems with the @comment fields, adds search capabilities on the keys and entry types, fixes a bug with the year fields, and adds a configuration option for people having threads problems (especially if the application locks up during searching or opening). Download: http://www.idiap.ch/~gobry/pybliographer/pybliographer-0.9.2.tar.gz Homepage: http://www.idiap.ch/~gobry/pybliographer.html Author:Frederic Gobry License:GPL Category:GNOME/Misc Depends on:python glib recode gnome copyright (c) 1999 scoop(a)freshmeat.net <A HREF="http://www.idiap.ch/~gobry/pybliographer.html">Pybliographer 0.9.2</A> - a framework for managing bibliographic databases, such as BibTeX files; now with improved SGML DocBook generation. (15-Sep-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] pydf 0.6
by Markus Fleck Sept. 25, 1999

Sept. 25, 1999

pydf 0.6 R.G. - September 15th 1999, 18:38 EST pydf displays the amount of used and available space on your filesystems, just like df, but in colours. The output format is completely customizable. 0.2 Changes: Initial release. 0.3 Changes: Restored original colour, added selection of file to get mount information from, workaround for (possible?) bug in RedHat 6.0 python interpreter. 0.4 Changes: Network filesystems with block size 0 recognized correctly and added a workaround for older python versions without os.statvfs function. 0.5 Changes: Fixed typo messing up formatting of small sizes. 0.6 Changes: Now displays size correctly for filesystem with FRSIZE != BSIZE, documentation update. Download: http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/pydf/ Packages: http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/pydf/ Changelog: http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/pydf/pydf_0.6_i386.changes Author: Radovan Garabik License: Public Domain Category: Console/Utilities Depends on: python copyright (c) 1999 scoop(a)freshmeat.net <A HREF="http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/pydf/">pydf 0.6</A> - displays the amount of used and available space on your Linux filesystems, just like df, but in colours. (15-Sep-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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4DOM 0.8.1
by Mike Olson Sept. 25, 1999

Sept. 25, 1999

FourThought LLC (http://FourThought.com) announces the release of 4DOM 0.8.1 ----------------------- An implementation of the W3C's Document Object Model in Python 4DOM is a close implementation of the DOM recommendation, including DOM Core level 1, DOM HTML level 1, NodeIterator and TreeWalker from DOM Level 2, and several utility and helper components. 4DOM can work in a CORBA* enviroment, or in a purely local set-up. 4DOM is designed to allow developers rapidly design applications that read, write or manipulate HTML and XML. 0.8.1 News ---------- The DOM Level 2 Core Interfaces have been implemented. Bugs were fixed in Printer, Attr and elsewhere. __repr__ has been added so that orbless users can get more useful results from printing Node instances. 0.8.0 News ---------- There have been many changes to 4DOM since the last major release, 0.7.0. There were two more releases, which were only bundled with 4XSL. For a complete listing, please see ftp://FourThought.com/pub/4Suite/4DOM/ChangeLog But some highlights: * Support for non-CORBA usage * Improved performance * DOM Level 2 NodeFilters and NodeIterators * Pythonic interface for NodeLists and NamedNodeMaps * XML Namespace support (proprietary until W3C decides chooses between the proposed Level 2 interfaces) * Several interface changes in Ext * Re-organized module structure * Explicit garbage-collection method * Better-tested Fnorb and Ilu support * Many bug-fixes More info and Obtaining 4DOM ---------------------------- Please see http://FourThought.com/4Suite/4DOM Or you can download 4DOM from ftp://FourThought.com/pub/4Suite/4DOM 4DOM is distributed under a license similar to that of Python. *For CORBA users, 4DOM directly supports ILU and Fnorb. == Mike Olson Mike.Olson(a)fourthought.com Consulting Member, FourThought LLC http://FourThought.com http://OpenTechnology.org <A HREF="http://FourThought.com/4Suite/4DOM">4DOM 0.8.1</A> - CORBA-aware implementation of the W3C Document Object Model (DOM), supports Fnorb, ILU and "ORB-less" operation. (14-Sep-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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4XSLT 0.7.1
by Mike Olson Sept. 25, 1999

Sept. 25, 1999

FourThought LLC (http://FourThought.com) announces the release of 4XSLT 0.7.1 ----------------------- A python implementation of the W3C's XSLT language 4XSLT is an XML transformation processor based on the W3C's specification for the XSLT transform language. http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt Currently, 4XSLT supports a sub-set of the August 13th working draft of XSLT including the following: Full expression support and attribute-value template expansion xsl:include xsl:import xsl:template xsl:apply-imports xsl:apply-templates xsl:if xsl:for-each xsl:choose xsl:element xsl:when xsl:attribute xsl:otherwise xsl:text xsl:message xsl:value-of xsl:variable xsl:processing-instruction xsl:key xsl:preserve-space xsl:copy-of xsl:strip-space and literal elements and text 4XSLT produces its result tree by throwing standard SAX events to a document handler, so it can be easily modified to supply results to any SAX consumer. News ---- Changes in 0.7.1: - Fixed Ext functions in the Xslt Context. - Implemented the document extension function for absolute URIs - Implemented the following instructions: o key o import o apply-imports o if o choose o when o otherwise o message o variable o processing-instruction o copy-of o preserve-space o strip-space - Implemented modes for template rules - Implemented the key() method. Needs to be optimized - Implemented the following Extension functions: o current o generate-id o system-property o extension-function-available More info and Obtaining 4XSLT ----------------------------- Please see http://FourThought.com/4Suite/4XSLT Or you can download 4XSLT from ftp://FourThought.com/pub/4Suite/4XSLT 4XSLT is distributed under a license similar to that of Python. == Mike Olson Mike.Olson(a)fourthought.com Consulting Member, FourThought LLC http://FourThought.com http://OpenTechnology.org <A HREF="http://FourThought.com/4Suite/4XSLT">4XSLT 0.7.1</A> - XML transformation processor based on the W3C specification for the XSLT transform language. (14-Sep-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] mrdbc 0.9beta2
by Markus Fleck Sept. 25, 1999

Sept. 25, 1999

mrDBC 0.9beta2 Christian Scholz - September 13th 1999, 18:19 EST mrDBC is a set of python classes which make it easy to work with mySQL databases. The classes handle a main table with an additional table containing optional attributes. This makes it easy to add a new attribute without changing the table structure. MrDBC can also track create/modification information, can cache objects, can lock objects and more. Changes: Added support for link tables, which give you the chance to link to tables together, extended attribute handling and added some small features to the existing methods. Download: ftp://aachen.heimat.de/mrtopf/mrdbc/mrDBC-0.9beta1.tgz Homepage: http://heimat.de/mrtopf/mrdbc/ Changelog: ftp://aachen.heimat.de/mrtopf/mrdbc/Changelog Author:Christian Scholz License:LGPL Category:Development/Python Modules Depends on:Python, mySQL copyright (c) 1999 scoop(a)freshmeat.net <A HREF="http://heimat.de/mrtopf/mrdbc/">mrDBC 0.9 beta 2</A> - high-level interface to mySQL databases. (13-Sep-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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