Mailman 3 September 1999 - Python-announce-list

PyFT 0.5 - Python Wrapper for FreeType
by kernr＠mail.ncifcrf.gov 24 Sep '99

24 Sep '99

I haved used SWIG to wrap the FreeType library, a TrueType font rendering engine. It can be used to render text onto a 2-color bitmap or anti-aliased text onto a 256-grayscale pixmap. These readily convert to PIL Images. Information on FreeType is on their site http://www.freetype.org Documentation on PyFT is available on http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/PyFT.html PyFT is located here: http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/Projects.html Robert Kern <A HREF="http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/Projects.html">PyFT 0.5</A> - Wrappers for the FreeType library for rendering TrueType fonts. (13-Sep-99) == Robert Kern | ----------------------|"In the fields of Hell where the grass grows high This space | Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." intentionally | - Richard Harter left blank. | -- ----------- 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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Tk Slashdot Headline Viewer
by Doug＠news.vex.net 24 Sep '99

24 Sep '99

Inspired by the Slashdot headline viewer demo in the wxPython package, i decided to implement my own in Tkinter. My implementation, while simpler, is much cuter. (-: Should anyone care to try it out, you can snag it from.... http://www.vex.net/~x/python_stuff.html#slashdot ... <A HREF="http://www.vex.net/~x/python_stuff.html#slashdot">Tk Slashdot Headline Viewer</A> - Tk/Tkinter version of a reader for slashdot.org headlines. (12-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] dyndns 0.4
by Markus Fleck 24 Sep '99

24 Sep '99

DynDNS 0.4 zog - September 12th 1999, 14:30 EST DynDNS is a dynamic DNS server, written in Python, with a built-in CGI frontend and log analyzer. It uses cookies, rather than passwords, for authentication, and has both command-line and GUI clients. Changes: Security problems fixed, socket server and some clients added, new option of using an NS record, database is now less confusing, IP addresses are now thoroughly checked, slightly improved theoretical performance, etc. Download: http://dyn.stech.net/code/ Homepage: http://dyn.stech.net/ Author:Brian Shirk License:GPL Category:Daemons/HTTP Depends on:Python copyright (c) 1999 scoop(a)freshmeat.net <A HREF="http://dyn.stech.net/">DynDNS 0.4</A> - dynamic DNS update daemon, written in Python, with a built-in CGI frontend and log analyzer. (12-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] icepref 0.11
by Markus Fleck 24 Sep '99

24 Sep '99

IcePref 0.11 Dave Mortensen - September 10th 1999, 18:22 EST IcePref is a graphical configuration utility for the fast, light-weight, and stable window manager know as IceWM. Specifically, IcePref handles the options used by icewm 0.9.48, although it should be usable with most recent versions. It is written in python and uses the Gtk toolkit via the PyGTK bindings. It is currently capable of configuring most (all?) of the settings contained in the 'preferences' file. Changes: This release cleans up a few minor niggles and adds a feature which had been requested. IcePref now looks for the system wide version of the preferences file and copies it to the user's .icewm directory if the user does not yet have such a file. Barring major changes in IceWM, it will be the last release before the 1.0beta. Download: http://members.xoom.com/SaintChoj/icepref-0.11.tar.gz Homepage: http://members.xoom.com/SaintChoj/icepref.html Author:Dave Mortensen License:GPL Category:X11/Administration copyright (c) 1999 scoop(a)freshmeat.net <A HREF="http://members.xoom.com/SaintChoj/icepref.html">IcePref 0.11</A> - graphical configuration utility for the IceWM 0.9.48 window manager for X11; needs PyGTK. (10-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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Python/ORBit Bindings
by J.W. Bizzaro 24 Sep '99

24 Sep '99

ANNOUNCING PyORBit: Python/ORBit Bindings PyORBit is a project to create Python bindings for ORBit, a fast, lightweight CORBA ORB used by the GNOME Desktop for application and component interaction (similar to Microsoft's COM). These bindings will be distributed under the GNU LGPL license. PyORBit will follow the proposed OMG Python bindings to insure compliance and compatibility, but we will also consider non-standard, optional extensions to improve performance and add features, if necessary. Version 0.0.1 of PyORBit is already available thanks to Michael Robinson's contribution of his Python/ORBit bindings. This initial implementation should be functional for simple interfaces (assuming it compiles for you). However, this version is considered a developers-only release, as the structure and layout of later PyORBit releases will likely change to some degree. Regardless, bug reports and patches are welcome. PyORBit is coordinated by Justin Bradford <justin(a)ukans.edu>. Source and a developer's mailing list can be found at: http://theopenlab.uml.edu/pyorbit/ The PyORBit project is hosted by The Open Lab, a non-profit organization established to promote research collaborations and free-software development in the scientific field of bioinformatics. http://theopenlab.uml.edu/ Cheers. Jeff <A HREF="http://theopenlab.uml.edu/pyorbit/">PyORBit 0.0.1</A> - beginnings of Python bindings for <A HREF="http://www.labs.redhat.com/orbit/">ORBit</A> (the free, C-based, light-weight CORBA ORB used by the GNOME project). (10-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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Implemented warning about inconsistent usage of return statements
by Skip Montanaro 24 Sep '99

24 Sep '99

As a result of the recent thread in c.l.py I was motivated to create a patch for Python/compile.c that modifies the byte code compiler to warn about inconsistent use of the return statement within a function. It's not at all clear yet where this belongs. I implemented it in compile.c because I'm familiar with the code and I knew most people would have it available. I think that's probably not the best place for it in the long run. Still, I'm making it available now so that people can play around with it. The patch is available from my Python Bits page: http://www.musi-cal.com/~skip/python/ If you have any questions or discover any bugs, let me know. Skip Montanaro | http://www.mojam.com/ skip(a)mojam.com | http://www.musi-cal.com/~skip/ 847-971-7098 | Python: Programming the way Guido indented... <A HREF="http://www.musi-cal.com/~skip/python/">Inconsistent return warning patch</A> - a patch that makes Python warn about inconsistent use of the <CODE>return</CODE> statement within a function. (10-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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SimpleParse minor update
by Mike Fletcher 24 Sep '99

24 Sep '99

Since it seems the whole lot of us is publishing today, may as well go ahead myself... This is a very minor update to the SimpleParse engine (not enough for a version change), adds the ability to pass arbitrary mxTextTools tuples as pre-built productions. Also includes more examples. It has been waiting for release for a few weeks now. 8<_________________________ SimpleParse A Parser Generator for mxTextTools -- version 1.0 A simple parser generation system based on Marc-André Lemburg's mxTextTools tagging engine. 8<_________________________ Examples The examples sub-package contains a number of examples, including: findliterals.py Find all instances of double quoted strings in a file. formatvrml.py Syntax color VRML 97 source code, with text-processing-focused VRML 97 grammar. vrml.def VRML 97 parser focused on sceneGraph building (ignores comments etc.) pyebnf_test.py A parser for the EBNF grammar used to describe python's grammar. Does not include a tokenizer, so it cannot yet parse python itself. http://members.home.com/mcfletch/programming/simpleparse/simpleparse.html Enjoy yourselves, Mike ______________________________________ M i k e C . F l e t c h e r mcfletch(a)vrtelecom.com Designer, Researcher <A HREF="http://members.home.com/mcfletch/programming/simpleparse/simpleparse.html">SimpleParse 1.0</A> - a simple parser generation system based on Marc-Andre Lemburg's mxTextTools tagging engine. (09-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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Python interface to RPM (Redhat Package Manager)
by Morten Kjeldgaard 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

A simple and compact, yet useful interface to the RPM package manager is available at http://imsb.au.dk/~mok/linux/doc/rpmfile.py The file contains Python classes that gives us access to all the data stored in an RPM file or an RPM database entry.The instanced object can be treated like a dictionary, with rpm tags as keys. Enjoy, /Morten --- Morten Kjeldgaard <mok(a)imsb.au.dk> | Phone : +45 89 42 50 26 Institute of Molecular and Structural Biology | Fax : +45 86 12 31 78 Aarhus University | Home : +45 86 18 81 80 Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark | icq : 27224900 <A HREF="http://imsb.au.dk/~mok/linux/doc/rpmfile.py">RPM interface</A> - Python dictionary-style interface to RPM (RedHat Package Manager) files and databases. (26-Aug-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 1.1.1
by M.-A. Lemburg 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

ANNOUNCING: mxTextTools Version 1.1.1 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 1.1.1 release fixes a two minor bugs. It is mainly a service update to make mxTextTools work out of the box together with Tony J. Ibbs meta language: http://www.tibsnjoan.demon.co.uk/mxtext/metalang.html The history 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 1.1.1</A> - fast text processing tools. (09-Sep-99) == Marc-Andre Lemburg ______________________________________________________________________ Y2000: 113 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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Data Plotting Library DISLIN 7.2
by Helmut Michels 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

DISLIN is a high-level and easy to use plotting library for displaying data as curves, bar graphs, pie charts, 3D-colour plots, surfaces, contours and maps. Several output formats are supported such as X11, VGA, PostScript, CGM, HPGL, TIFF, PNG and Prescribe. The library contains about 400 plotting and parameter setting routines and is available for several C, Fortran 77 and Fortran 90 compilers. Some DISLIN distributions contain also plotting extensions for the languages Perl, Python and Java. Version 7.2 of DISLIN is now released with the following new features - PNG support as output format - Calendar axes - 3-D bar graphs / 3-D pie charts - Cursor routines - Quickplots Precomplied DISLIN extensions for Python are available for Windows 95/98/NT, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Digital UNIX. They can be used freely. DISLIN distributions and manuals in PDF, PostScript and HTML format are available from the DISLIN Home Page http://www.linmpi.mpg.de/dislin and via FTP from the server ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/grafik/dislin ------------------- Helmut Michels Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie Phone: +49 5556 979-334 Max-Planck-Str. 2 Fax : +49 5556 979-240 D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau Mail : michels(a)linmpi.mpg.de <A HREF="http://www.linmpi.mpg.de/dislin/">DISLIN 7.2</A> - high-level data plotting library, featuring support for Java, Python and Perl. (07-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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