Mailman 3 February 2003 - Python-announce-list

ANN: New release of SalStat Statistics Package
by alan_salmoni＠yahoo.com March 3, 2003

March 3, 2003

Hi all, Following a release the other day, there is a new release of the SalStat Statistics Package written in Python with wxPython, Numeric and SciPY. >From the website (http://salstat.sunsite.dk), there is a source download (http://salstat.sunsite.dk/salstat.20030227.zip - 439k) which needs Python, wxPython, Numeric, SciPy (and I believe PIL) to be installed. For Windows users, there is a self-installing executable made with the McMillan installer and the Inno installer (thanks to the guys who wrote these!) available from http://salstat.sunsite.dk/salstat.20030227.setup.exe (7.78MB). This version allows chi square tests (observed in the first column, expected in the second column of the 2 condition test dialog), better graphs (thanks to SciPy plt function), and the interface has been spruced up a bit more. It loads ASCII files generally well, but don't leave too many blank spaces where there should be missing data. Thanks to all who have helped in one way or another. The next version should features multi-factorial anova with simple and main effects easily accessible from the interface (no syntax files needed!). Feedback is requested regarding test accuracy and interface experience. Please fire (not flame!) away as I have had little feedback about the interface lately (either I'm doing something very right, or very wrong indeed!) Have fun! Alan James Salmoni SalStat Statistics http://salstat.sunsite.dk

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ANN: Leo 3.11b3 outlining editor
by Edward K. Ream Feb. 28, 2003

Feb. 28, 2003

leo.py 3.11 beta 3 is now available at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/ leo.py requires Python 2.1 or above and tcl/tk 8.3 or above. leo.py will work on Linux, Windows and MacOs X Jaguar. Just about everyone who has ever reported problems with how Leo handles non-ascii characters is now satisfied with Leo. Beta 3: - Fixes some unicode problems when the system encoding is not "utf-8". - Adds the tk_encoding setting. - Fixes some minor bugs in the Outline To Noweb command. For all other details, see below. The highlights of 3.11: ----------------------- ** Leo finally supports unicode properly. This solves a lot of problems. - New @encoding directives specifies encoding for derived files. - New settings specify default encodings for .leo and derived files. - Derived files specify encodings used to create them. ** A new plugin architecture for customizing Leo. (A major improvement.) - New commands: - Toggle Angle Brackets. - Insert Time/Date (in headline or body text). - Go To First/Last Node, Parent, Next/Previous Sibling. - Write Missing @file Nodes. - Expand/Contract Node. - Improved commands: - Expand/Contract commands now operate on the selected tree. ( A major improvement) - Sort Siblings command can now sort top-level nodes. - Leo now allows multiple writes of cloned nodes. (Useful when different @path directives are in effect.) - Other improvements: - Improved syntax coloring for html and xml. - Leo scrolls partially visible headlines into full view. - Added "Replace tabs with spaces" checkbox in Prefs panel. - Added install script for Linux. - New settings in leoConfig.leo/.txt. - Colors for Show Invisibles command and body_insertion_cursor - Settings affecting when control-drags start. - Defaults for unicode (see above). - Many other bug fixes and improvements. Quote of the month ------------------ I only have one week of Leo experience but I already know it will be my default IDE/project manager. I have seen several old threads on c.l.python where people complain about the lack of a project manager for the free/standard Python IDE's like Idle. Leo clearly solves that problem and in a way that commercial tools can't touch -- Marshall Parsons What is Leo? ------------ - A programmer's editor, an outlining editor and a flexible browser. - A literate programming tool, compatible with noweb and CWEB. - A data organizer and project manager. Leo provides multiple views of projects within a single outline. - Fully scriptable using Python. Leo saves its files in XML format. - Portable. leo.py is 100% pure Python. - Open Software, distributed under the Python License. Links: ------ Leo: http://personalpages.tds.net/~edream/front.html Home: http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/ Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458 CVS: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=3458 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward K. Ream email: edream(a)tds.net Leo: Literate Editor with Outlines Leo: http://personalpages.tds.net/~edream/front.html --------------------------------------------------------------------

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pyCGNS v1.1
by Marc Poinot Feb. 28, 2003

Feb. 28, 2003

----------------------------------------------------------------------- pyCGNS v1.1 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 is only a bug fix (ADF wrapper). Some corrections in the doc and the XML DTD. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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PyCon: last day for early bird rate
by Guido van Rossum Feb. 28, 2003

Feb. 28, 2003

I'm sure you're all bored of these announcements, so this is the *final* reminder that *today* (Friday) is the *last day* to register for PyCon DC at the early bird rate of $150. http://www.python.org/pycon/ Speakers! This applies to you too. Already registered? BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM SOON! Late March is cherry blossom time in DC, and hotels fill up quickly. Ditto for flights. We've already got over 150 attendees registered. Don't miss it! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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PyCon t-shirts: order by March 10
by Aahz Feb. 27, 2003

Feb. 27, 2003

We're offering PyCon t-shirts through Cafe Press. Each t-shirt includes a two dollar donation to the Python Software Foundation, which may be tax-deductible. Order your t-shirt by March 10 to be sure of receiving it before PyCon. People not attending PyCon can also order t-shirts, but act quickly -- they'll be removed soon after PyCon is over. http://www.cafeshops.com/pycon http://www.python.org/pycon/ PyCon PyCon is a community-oriented conference targeting developers (both those using Python and those working on the Python project). It gives you opportunities to learn about significant advances in the Python development community, to participate in a programming sprint with some of the leading minds in the Open Source community, and to meet fellow developers from around the world. The organizers have worked hard to ensure that the conference be affordable and accessible to all. We look forward to seeing you there. PyCon DC 2003 The first PyCon will be held 26-28 March, 2003, at George Washington University's Cafritz Conference Center in Washington DC. There will be a development sprint Mon/Tues before the conference. -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ Register for PyCon now! http://www.python.org/pycon/reg.html

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SC-Track Roundup 0.5.6 - an issue tracking system
by Richard Jones Feb. 27, 2003

Feb. 27, 2003

================================================= SC-Track Roundup 0.5.6 - an issue tracking system ================================================= Note: This releases fixes a serious bug in the sqlite and gadfly backends which could cause data loss. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to this version. This is a bugfix release for version 0.5.x - if you're upgrading from before 0.5, you *must* read doc/upgrading.txt! Roundup requires python 2.1.3 or later for correct operation. Users of the sqlite backend are encouraged to upgrade sqlite to version 2.7.3. We've had a good crack at bugs (thanks to all who contributed!): - fixed database corruption in rdbms property mutation - fixed templating filter function arguments (sf bug 678911) - fixed multiselect in searching (sf bug 676874) - fixed parsing of content-disposition filenames (sf bug 675116) - added 'h' to roundup-server optarg list (sf bug 674070) - fixed doc for db.history in anydbm and rdbms_common (sf bug 679221) - fixed roundup-reminder (sf bug 681042) - fixed int assumptions about Number values (sf bug 677762) - clarified licensing - another attempt to fix cookie misbehaviour - customise cookie name using tracker name - fixed error in indexargs_url (thanks Patrick Ohly) - fixed getnode (sf bug 684531) - fixed args to some date templating methods (sf bug 689670) Source and documentation is available at the website: http://roundup.sourceforge.net/ Release Info (via download page): http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup Mailing lists - the place to ask questions: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577 About Roundup ============= Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition. Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project is richard(a)users.sourceforge.net. Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to: (a) submit new issues, (b) find and edit existing issues, and (c) discuss issues with other participants. The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.1+ installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a disutils-based install script is provided. It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and a minimal skeleton) and six database back-ends (anydbm, bsddb, bsddb3, sqlite, metakit and gadfly).

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[ANN] PyReverse 0.4.2
by Sylvain Thénault Feb. 26, 2003

Feb. 26, 2003

A new release of PyReverse is now available. This is mainly a bug fix release What's new ? ------------ * add the missing pyvcg script which was breaking installation to the package distribution * fix two bugs which were making PyReverse choking on some modules * add the --init-only option on pyargo, pyvcg and py2xmi * new way to find non standard module in pystats What's pyreverse ? ------------------------ Pyreverse is a set of utilities to reverse enginering Python code. It uses a representation of a Python project in a class hierarchy which can be used to extract any information (such as generating UML diagrams and make a few statistics from the Python code, as pyargo and pystats) Home page --------- http://www.logilab.org/pyreverse Download -------- ftp://ftp.logilab.org/pub/pyreverse Mailing list ------------ mailto://xml-logilab@logilab.org -- Sylvain Thénault LOGILAB, Paris (France). http://www.logilab.com http://www.logilab.fr http://www.logilab.org

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[Module] grpnext 0.1
by Les Smithson Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

grpnext 0.1 ----------- Grpnext displays the currently playing Radio Paradise song in a Gnome panel applet. Grpnext.py is a Python script that displays the currently playing Radio Paradise (http://www.radioparadise.com) song in a Gnome panel applet. This makes it easy to see the song you're listening to without having to switch to a browser. URL: http://www.hare.demon.co.uk/grpnext/ Download: http://www.hare.demon.co.uk/grpnext/grpnext.tgz License: Public Domain Requires: gnome-python-1.4.4, timeoutsocket.py Gui: Gnome Categories: Sound/Audio Les Smithson (lsmithso(a)hare.demon.co.uk) http://www.hare.demon.co.uk -- <a href="http://www.hare.demon.co.uk/grpnext/">grpnext 0.1</a> -- Grpnext displays the currently playing Radio Paradise song in a Gnome panel applet.

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Scheduled downtime for mail.python.org
by barry＠python.org Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

Baymountain, our host for mail.python.org (and mail.zope.org), will be performing some short duration maintenance on the machine on Wednesday 26-Feb-2003 at 10pm EST. Expected downtime is about 10 minutes. -Barry

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Fourth release of PythonCAD now available
by Art Haas Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

I'd like to announce the fourth release of PythonCAD, a CAD package for open-source software users. As the name implies, PythonCAD is written entirely in Python. The goal of this project is to create a fully scriptable drafting program that will match and eventually exceed features found in commercial CAD software. PythonCAD is released under the GNU Public License (GPL). PythonCAD requires Python 2.2. The interface is GTK 2.0 based, and uses the PyGTK module for interfacing to GTK. The design of PythonCAD is built around the idea of separating the interface from the back end as much as possible. By doing this, it is hoped that both GNOME and KDE interfaces can be added to PythonCAD through usage of the appropriate Python module. Addition of other interfaces will depend on the availability of a Python module for that particular interface and developer interest and action. The fourth release has major improvements in dimensioning. Angular dimensions are now available, and linear dimensions will be displayed. There is also more visual feedback when creating any dimension, and the display of the dimension text has been improved. Check out the new screenshots on the PythonCAD screenshot page showing these changes. There is more visual feedback when creating arcs now, and various other user interface elements have been improved. The usual assortment of bug fixes and code improvements are added, and although not seen directly when using the program, these changes have increased the stability and robustness of PythonCAD. More routines have had been documented, and many routines have been updated to current code standards. This release coincides with providing read-only access to the PythonCAD Subversion repository. Subversion is similar to CVS, but is aiming to be the successor to that program. By making the repository available to everyone, it is hoped that downloading and developing PythonCAD will be simpler for more developers and users, and will increase the speed of PythonCAD development. Details about downloading PythonCAD with Subversion are found on the PythonCAD web site. For more details about Subversion, go to the program's home page: http://subversion.tigris.org Visit the PythonCAD web site for more information about what PythonCAD does and aims to be: http://www.pythoncad.org Come and join me in developing PythonCAD into a world class drafting program! Art Haas -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

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