Mailman 3 November 2002 - Python-announce-list

ANN: Sayz Me 0.3 - simple text-to-speech application
by Adam Bunter Nov. 30, 2002

Nov. 30, 2002

Sayz Me is a text-to-speech application for Windows. Text can be typed in or read from clipboard. Words are highlighted when spoken. User can adjust the reading speed and voice pitch. Download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/sayzme/ Please note that this is my first ever python program (I am a vb / ms access developer in the process of defecting from the beast), so your feedback would be greatly appreciated. Future plans include using a cross-platform open-source speech engine such as festival. Cheers, Adam Bunter adm(a)datafurnace.net.au

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ANN: Eric 3.00-beta1 released
by Detlev Offenbach Nov. 30, 2002

Nov. 30, 2002

Hi, Eric 3.0.0-beta1 is available for download via http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric3.html This release contains some bugfixes and some of the requested features like an alternative layout for the main screen, smaller icons, capability to add all python/designer files of a directory to a project. For details see the history file in the distribution. Please note that this is a feature freeze for 3.0.0. I will only fix bugs to get a stable release as soon as possible. New features will come with version 3.0.1. What is it? ----------- Eric 3.0.0 (or short eric3) is a Python IDE written using PyQt and QScintilla. It has integrated project management capabilities, it gives you an unlimited number of editors, an integrated Python shell, an integrated debugger and more. Please see for yourself by visiting the a.m. page (it contains a picture of Eric our mascot as well). Please report bugs, feature wishes or code contributions to eric-bugs(a)die-offenbachs.de Help wanted!! ------------- I would need some support in the area of more translations and user documentation. Any volunteers out there? Just let me know. Regards, Detlev -- Detlev Offenbach detlev(a)die-offenbachs.de

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ANN: ActivePython 2.2.2 released!
by Trent Mick Nov. 29, 2002

Nov. 29, 2002

We are pleased to announce that version 2.2.2 of ActivePython is now available for download from http://www.ActiveState.com/ActivePython This is a bugfix release and supersedes previous ActivePython releases. ActivePython is ActiveState's quality-assured binary build of Python. Builds are currently available for Windows, Linux and Solaris. In addition to the core, ActivePython features: * expat for XML processing; * zlib for data compression; * Tkinter for Tk development; * a large set of useful Python documentation; and, * on Windows, Mark Hammond's PyWin32 extensions, including the Pythonwin IDE, support for Python ASP, the PythonCOM system. Please submit email feedback to ActivePython-feedback(a)ActiveState.com, and file bugs against ActivePython at http://bugs.ActiveState.com/ActivePython. Thanks, and enjoy! Trent -- Trent Mick TrentM(a)ActiveState.com

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[Application] PyWiew/0.2
by Anand Pillai Nov. 29, 2002

Nov. 29, 2002

PyWiew/0.2 ---------- Imageviewer application using wxPython/PIL PyWiew is an imageviewer / editor application written entirely in python using wxPython as the GUI element and wxPython/Python Imaging Library(PIL) as the image manipulation framework. Imageviewer written in wxPython using PIL URL: http://www.angelfire.com/linux/anand Download: http://www.angelfire.com/linux/anand/python/PyWiew.py License: GPL Platform: Win32, Linux Requires: wxPython, PIL Binaries: Not now Gui: wxPython Categories: Graphics, GUI Anand Pillai (abpillai(a)lycos.com) htt:/www.angelfire.com/linux/anand -- <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/linux/anand">PyWiew/0.2</a> -- Imageviewer application using wxPython/PIL

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pyCGNS v1.0
by Marc Poinot Nov. 29, 2002

Nov. 29, 2002

----------------------------------------------------------------------- pyCGNS v1.0 This package is a Python wrapper for CGNS (http://www.cgns.org) It is useful for people doing archival, data exchange or pre/post processing on CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) data. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This release covers 100% of CGNS v2.2 API and has one new proto tool. The tool is cgg, a CGNS tree generator with an XML input. So far, it can generate very basic trees. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Package pyCGNS uses CGNS, Python, Numeric Python and pyXML. If you want more info, including the package download, please go to: http://elsa.onera.fr/CGNS/releases -MP- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc POINOT Alias: marcvs Email: poinot(a)onera.fr ONERA -MFE/DSNA/ELSA Tel: 01.46.73.42.84 Info: elsa-info(a)onera.fr 29, Div. Leclerc Fax: 01.46.73.41.66 Site: 92322 Chatillon FRANCE Project: elsA Web: http://www.onera.fr

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PyGTA Announcement: next meeting is Thursday December 12, 8-10 pm
by Peter Hansen Nov. 27, 2002

Nov. 27, 2002

I'm pleased to announce that next meeting of PyGTA, the Toronto-area Python and Zope user group, will be on Thursday December 12. It will be held at the 519 Church St. Community Centre, near Wellesley, from 8 to 10 p.m. This is the same location as last time. Please visit http://web.engcorp.com/pygta/wiki/NextMeeting for other details of the meeting, as usual. As usual we're extending an invitation to you to come and present for 5-10 minutes on your own Python activity if you believe it will be of interest to others... just let us know ahead of time so we can leave time for it. In addition, note our new Mailman-based mailing lists, described at http://web.engcorp.com/pygta/wiki/MailingLists . The old announcement list has been replaced, and there is a general list for group discussion purposes as well. -Ian Garmaise and Peter Hansen, PyGTA organizers

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ANN: Hap Debugger 3.0 released
by mwarden22＠hotmail.com Nov. 26, 2002

Nov. 26, 2002

A new version of the Hap python debugger has just been released on sourceforge. <http://sourceforge.net/projects/hapdebugger> This release adds a number of improvements and new features: -Correct exception handling -Improved debugging capabilities -Python line count tracking (for python optimization) -ctags support -improved project file format -watch tooltips (hover over self at a breakpoint)

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Where is Python being taught in Australia?
by Jan Smith Nov. 26, 2002

Nov. 26, 2002

Hi all, I am compiling of list of institutions teaching Python for the OzZope web site - the Australian Zope Interest Group. It would be great to have an up to date list. Sometimes the subject is not specifically python but python is taught as part a course. Any course including python is what I'm looking for. Also any places that may be teaching Zope. Reply to. mailto:webadministrator@ozzope.org Many thanks Jan Smith Web Administrator www.ozzope.org Australian Zope Interest Group

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spyce v1.3.0 released
by Rimon Barr Nov. 26, 2002

Nov. 26, 2002

Spyce v1.3.0 released on 25 Nov 2002 SPYCE is a server-side engine that supports simple and efficient Python-based dynamic HTML generation. Those who like Python and are familiar with JSP, or PHP, or ASP, should have a look at this engine. It allows one to generate dynamic HTML content just as easily, using Python for the dynamic parts. Its modular design makes it very flexible and extensible. It can also be used as a command-line utility for HTML pre-processing. Get it at: http://spyce.sourceforge.net A major release with a new language feature: active tags. see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-tag.html Please refer to the change-log below. Enjoy, Rimon. --- Partial Change Log: v1.3.0 active tags introduced - see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-tag.html - [[.taglib]] directive added - taglib spyce module added - compiler changes to deal with active tags - tagging infrastructure (spyceTag, spyceTagPlus, spyceTagLibrary) - see: spyceTags.py - user-defined active tag libraries possible - see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-tag_new.html - core active tag library see: tags/core.py see: http://spyce.sourceforge.net/doc-tag_core.html - tag libraries loaded from same path as modules - compiler syntax checking improved - check for unbalanced parens - check for unbalanced active tags - extensible syntax checking for active tags v1.2.10 bugfix - typo in spyceWWW caused threading mode startup failure

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ANN: Twisted 1.0.1, the Framework of Your Internet
by Itamar Shtull-Trauring Nov. 25, 2002

Nov. 25, 2002

Twisted is an event-driven networking framework for server and client applications. For more information, visit http://www.twistedmatrix.com, join the list http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python or visit us on #twisted at irc.freenode.net (also known as irc.openprojects.net). What's New in 1.0.1 =================== - Lore, a documentation generation framework supporting HTML and LaTeX - Initial SOAP support - Rewritten UDP API - Multicast support - Better Tk integration - Rewritten DNS protocol, both client and server - Virtual hosting utilities for twisted.web - Large amounts of work on Woven web templating system - Syslog logging - GUI equivalents of the command-line mktap and twistd programs - Much improved and expanded documentation - Many bugfixes What is Twisted? ================ Twisted is an event-driven framework for building networked clients and servers. It contains a powerful and simple networking core, a full-featured suite of interoperable protocols, among them a powerful web server and applications framework. Twisted supports many event loops for both server apps and GUI integration on the client side, including: - select() - poll() - kqueue on FreeBSD - Win32 events, including GUI support - GTK+ - Qt - wxPython - Tkinter - Java Twisted can run protocols over TCP, SSL, Unix sockets and subprocesses. It also includes scheduling support, threading integration, RDBMS event loop integration and other basic requirements for networked applications. Also included are implementations of many protocols. In some cases this includes complete frameworks providing facilities on top of the base protocol: - SSH - FTP - HTTP, including a complete web framework - XML-RPC server framework - SOAP server framework - NNTP and complete NNTP server framework - SOCKSv4 (server only) - SMTP - IRC - telnet - POP3 - AOL's instant messaging TOC - OSCAR, used by AOL-IM as well as ICQ (client only) - DNS - MouseMan serial mice - Twisted Perspective Broker, a remote object protocol

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