Mailman 3 December 2000 - Python-announce-list

Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 4)
by Grant Edwards Dec. 4, 2000

Dec. 4, 2000

Alex Martelli discusses the issues involved in using Python within Windows Script Control. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=698664345 Alex Martelli shows a clever way to overload a method based on number of arguments. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=975947338 Dale Strickland-Clark and Alex Martelli on using Python programs as drop targets under Win32. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=700537932 http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=700557153 Andrew H. Chatham announces Python bindings for Ogg/Vorbis (MP3 patent/licensing free replacement for MP3) -- and requests help with dlopen(). http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=975946985 Nick Mathewson shows how to implement a general overloading module for python. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=700076223 Gordon McMillan releases fixed Installer for Python 2.0 http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=700179180 Raymond Hettinger shows a module to provide dynamic inheritance and convenient composition. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=700743048 Johannes Nix releases Python wrappers for ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) that enable real-time audio processing. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=975947772 ======================================================================== Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org although PythonLabs.com bills itself as "The Python Source", which is becoming increasingly true in 2000 http://www.pythonlabs.com/ PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly. http://deja.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce Andrew Kuchling writes marvelous summaries twice a month of the action on the python-dev mailing list, where the future of Python is truly determined http://www.amk.ca/python/dev The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects Python resources http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium Cetus does much of the same http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing trick of the trade: http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&f… Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. [http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ is hibernating. Just e-mail us ideas directly.] To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird(a)neosoft.com> to subscribe. Mention "Python-URL!". -- The Python-URL! Team-- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project. -- Cameron Laird <claird(a)NeoSoft.com> Business: http://www.Phaseit.net Personal: http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html

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Mailing lists are moving
by barry＠digicool.com Dec. 4, 2000

Dec. 4, 2000

Hello folks, Digital Creations has reserved a new machine to handle the Mailman mailing lists for the Python.Org domain. The machine that currently runs the mailing lists has been having resource problems for a long time now. I hope that with the boost in hardware and disk space, the lists will run smooth for a long time to come. Over the next several days, I'll be migrating the lists one-by-one to the new machine. This should be almost entirely transparent to you. You don't need to change the way you access the lists, either via email or via the web. However during the transition for each list, I will be shutting off mail and web for short periods of time, making Mailman inaccessible either via mail or web for a few minutes. Mail will be less of a problem because it'll just queue up until the server is restarted. Web access will fail temporarily, but a reload a few minutes later should be just fine. This will /not/ affect access to the rest of the www.python.org material. You can send questions or problems to me directly. -Barry

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[Announce] M2Crypto 0.05p1 and Win32 binaries
by ngps＠madcap.dyndns.org Dec. 4, 2000

Dec. 4, 2000

Hello, M2Crypto 0.05p1 is now available, in source and Win32 binary packages. M2Crypto is a Python interface to OpenSSL's message digests, ciphers, SSL and S/MIME functionality. Get it here: http://www.post1.com/home/ngps/m2 As usual, feedback is welcome. -- Ng Pheng Siong <ngps(a)post1.com> * http://www.post1.com/home/ngps

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ANNOUNCE: FreeImage Py
by Floris van den Berg Dec. 3, 2000

Dec. 3, 2000

Hi there, Via this newsgroup message the FreeImage Development Team wants to announce a new version of FreeImage. Among other things, FreeImage 1.4.4. adds improvement toward TrollTech Qt support and brand new python bindings. FreeImage can be downloaded from the usual address: http://home.wxs.nl/~flvdberg If you are unfamiliar with FreeImage, please read the product description below. The FreeImage Development Team freeimage(a)wxs.nl ----- 01) WHAT IS FREEIMAGE -------------------- FreeImage is an Open Source project, initiated by Floris van den Berg, for developers who would like to support popular graphics image formats like BMP, JPEG, TIFF and PCX and others as needed by today's multimedia applications. Key points in the design of FreeImage are: - Ease of use; FreeImage's functions are easy to learn. - Fast; the FreeImage functions are as optimized as possible. - Multithreading safe; FreeImage works both in single- and multithreaded programs and works together with all kinds of additional libraries. - Compatible with all 32-bit versions of Windows, including Windows 2000. FreeImage is divided into four sections: * Load functions (FI_LoadXXX); Loads a certain bitmap type into memory. * Info functions; Retrieves information from a loaded bitmap. Possible information includes image size, bit depth and palette information. * Conversion functions; converts a bitmap to another bitdepth * Effect functions; Applies a certain effect to one or several bitmaps. 02) WHO IS FREEIMAGE FOR? ------------------------- FreeImage is designed for C++ developers, working on the Windows platform. FreeImage doesn't work on any other platform than Windows at this moment. The support for other platforms is considered. FreeImage only compiles under Microsoft Visual C++ 6. If you want to use FreeImage in any other compiler, you will have to download the sourcecode and modify it so that it works with the new compiler. FreeImage ships with project-files for MSVC6 only. 03) LICENSING FREEIMAGE ----------------------- FreeImage is free to the public and ships with full source code. The source is protected by law though, which means you have to agree to the license agreement before using FreeImage. You can find a copy of this agreement on http://home.wxs.nl/~flvdberg 04) BECOMING A DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBER -------------------------------------- I am currently looking for experienced graphics programmers who can help to further design and develop FreeImage. The idea is to create a dedicated team of developers who want to spend some free time writing bitmap loaders for new graphic formats and enhance already working routines. Communication will go using e-mail (freeimage(a)wxs.nl) and the web. The following things need to be done design wise: - design a resource script loader, so that bitmaps can be easily appended to a Windows EXE file The following things need to be done development wise: - add more graphic formats - add more image effects - enhance existing image effects If you can do one or more of the above things, you are a valuable member of the FreeImage Development Team! 05) CONTACT ----------- My e-mail address is: freeimage(a)wxs.nl You can also reach me at fb(a)magentammt.com

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