Mailman 3 November 2004 - Python-announce-list

ANN: PySourceColor 1.9.8
by mefjr75＠hotmail.com 26 Nov '04

26 Nov '04

PySourceColor is a python source code to HTML/CSS converter. This module can be used standalone or imported also works from the commandline. -h or --help for commandline options The source code is documented and is meant to be simple enough to understand and extend if needed. http://bellsouthpwp.net/m/e/mefjr75/python/PySourceColor.py # A simple example: import PySourceColor as psc import sys psc.convert(sys.argv[1], show=1) #Here is an example of a custom scheme: # Mimic Sourceforge view_cvs style. from PySourceColor import * view_cvs_scheme = { ERRORTOKEN: ('b','#FF8080',''), DECORATOR_NAME: ('' ,'#000000',''), DECORATOR: ('' ,'#000000',''), NAME: ('' ,'#000000',''), NUMBER: ('' ,'#000000',''), OPERATOR: ('' ,'#000000',''), COMMENT: ('i','#b22222',''), DOUBLECOMMENT: ('i','#b22222',''), CLASS_NAME: ('' ,'#000000',''), DEF_NAME: ('b','#0000ff',''), KEYWORD: ('b','#a020f0',''), SINGLEQUOTE: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), SINGLEQUOTE_R: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), SINGLEQUOTE_U: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), DOUBLEQUOTE: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), DOUBLEQUOTE_R: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), DOUBLEQUOTE_U: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), TRIPLESINGLEQUOTE: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), TRIPLESINGLEQUOTE_R: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), TRIPLESINGLEQUOTE_U: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), TRIPLEDOUBLEQUOTE: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), TRIPLEDOUBLEQUOTE_R: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), TRIPLEDOUBLEQUOTE_U: ('b','#bc8f8f',''), PAGEBACKGROUND: '#ffffff' } if __name__ == '__main__': import sys convert(sys.argv[1], colors=view_cvs_scheme, show=1)# HTML output convert(sys.argv[1], colors=view_cvs_scheme, markup='css', show=1)# CSS/HTML output # and finally from a commandline using stdio c:\>python PySourceColor.py < c:/MyFile.py >> c:/tmp/MyFile.html More examples are in the source code. I also have started working on pydoc integration more here: http://bellsouthpwp.net/m/e/mefjr75

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SC-Track Roundup 0.7.9 - an issue tracking system
by Richard Jones 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. 0.7.9 is a bug fix release (with one feature cleaning up and API inconsistency): Feature: - - DateHTMLProperty.field() accepts format string (thanks Wil Cooley) Fixed: - - popup listing uses filter args (thanks Marlon van den Berg) - - fixed editing of message contents - - loosened the detection of issue cross-references in messages - - open CSV files in "universal newline" mode - - s/Modifed/Modified (thanks donfu) - - applied patch fixing some form handling issues in ZRoundup (thanks Chris Withers) - - enforce View Permission when serving file content (sf bug 1050470) - - don't index common words (sf bug 1046612) - - set the current username correctly after rego (sf bug 1048398) - - don't wrap query.item.html in a <span> (thanks Roch'e Compaan) - - TAL expressions like 'request/show/whatever' return True if the request does not contain explicit @columns list - - NumberHTMLProperty should return '' not "None" if not set (thanks William) - - ensure multilink ordering in RDBMS backends (thanks Marcus Priesch, sf bug 950963) - - always honor indexme property on Strings (sf patch 1063711) - - make hyperdb value parsing errors readable in mailgw errors - - make anydbm journal export handle removed properties - - allow use of XML templates again If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation. Roundup requires python 2.1.3 or later for correct operation. To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run:: python demo.py 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 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 seven database back-ends (anydbm, bsddb, bsddb3, sqlite, metakit, mysql and postgresql). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBpnfFrGisBEHG6TARAhvbAJ0eCsheUdFdcmL+LDTH4vAqHja9AwCgg2Qu uSiE0DUDUP9EAgqa+uy+2L4= =1P77 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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ANN: PyGUIUnit release 1.0!!
by Fabio Zadrozny 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

PyGUIUnit is a framework created for testing GUIs. (http://pyguiunit.sourceforge.net/) It is provided as a python module and currently can be used to test application that use GUIs created with PyQt More information can be obtained at Trolltech (the makers of Qt) or at Riverbank Computing (the creators of the Python bindings). PyGUIUnit is a GUI unittesting framework written by Fabio Zadrozny and Bruno da Silva de Oliveira at ESSS (Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software). It is built on top of the PyUnit framework, merging seamlessly with it, allowing developers to write tests for GUIs as he would normally do for any other piece of code. Its current implementation is based on the PyQt framework, but extensions could easily be coded for most GUI toolkits (we're looking for contributors). Happy Testing, Fabio Zadrozny ------------------------------------------------------ Software Developer ESSS - Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software www.esss.com.br

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Plone
by merman 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

Hallo, das ist schon wichtig: http://plone.org/newsitems/plone-2.0.5-rc o-o T. Kaufmann

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ANNOUNCE: SpamBayes release 1.0.1
by Tony Meyer 24 Nov '04

24 Nov '04

The SpamBayes team is pleased to announce release 1.0.1 of SpamBayes. As is now usual, this is both a release of the source code and of an installation program for all Microsoft Windows users. This is a bug-fix release that fixes a number of minor issues with the 1.0 release, but includes no new functionality, and is entirely compatible with the 1.0 release. A 1.1a1 release, including many new features, will probably be released early in the new year. Details about the bugs that have been fixed in this release can be found at https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=285346 You can get the release via the 'Download' page at http://spambayes.org/download.html Enjoy the new release and your spam-free mailbox :-) As always, thanks to everyone involved in this release. Tony. (on behalf of the SpamBayes team) --- What is SpamBayes? --- The SpamBayes project is working on developing a Bayesian (of sorts) anti-spam filter (in Python), initially based on the work of Paul Graham, but since modified with ideas from Robinson, Peters, et al. The project includes a number of different applications, all using the same core code, ranging from a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook, to a POP3 proxy, to various command-line tools. The Windows installation program will install either the Outlook add-in (for Microsoft Outlook users), or the SpamBayes server program (for all other POP3 mail client users, including Microsoft Outlook Express). All Windows users (including existing users of the Outlook add-in) are encouraged to use the installation program. If you wish to use the source-code version, you will also need to install Python - see README.txt in the source tree for more information.

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ANN: TestGen 0.04 Software Test Framework Released
by Dan Gass 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

TestGen release 0.04 is now available. It is the first publicly announced release of this Python package. TestGen is a Python package for software testing. The package currently contains targets for unit testing C/C++. Future releases will support integration testing of C/C++ systems as well as functional testing using Python targets. - requires Python2.2 or later (it was developed on Python2.3 with some testing/verification performed with 2.2) - Python API for specification of test case setup, inputs and outputs (Python's power and flexibility can be used to generate test cases) - generates "C/C++" test code per test specifications, compiles, links, runs, and evaluates the results - provides access to C++ protected and private variables and methods - function/method stubbing (for satisfying external linkages or testing interfaces to them) - function/method remove/copy (for isolating code under test to reduce external linkage requirements) - "on the fly" code under test manipulation capability (useful for making temporary code modifications to make it testable) - convenient "C" random number function library (useful when iterating the test to get better coverage) - easy file output comparison and base lining - test expectations independently verified for successful completion. - batch facility available for running multiple test scripts (batch tests may be nested in that they may execute other batch tests) - GNU and Microsoft compilers supported (customizable for others) The vast majority of TestGen is released under the GNU General Public License with the small remainder released under the MIT License. Downloads are available at the following address under the "Files" link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/testgen/ Feedback and comments are very welcome. You may contact the author at dan.gass at gmail.com.

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Call for Participation LL4
by Jeremy Hylton 23 Nov '04

23 Nov '04

Call for Participation Lightweight Languages Workshop 2004 (LL4) ========================================= Saturday, December 4, 2004 Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge, Mass. http://ll4.csail.mit.edu/ LL4 will be an intense, exciting, one-day forum bringing together the best programming language implementors and researchers, from both academia and industry, to exchange ideas and information, to challenge one another, and to learn from one another. If you plan to attend, please register via the website as soon as possible. There is no cost to attend, but we need to know how many people to expect. Lunch will be provided. On-site registration will begin at 9am. Talks will run from 10am to 5pm. See the website for schedule details. Talks ----- Debugging without Programming Henry Lieberman, MIT Media Lab Earl Wagner, Northwestern University Dynamic Languages on the Common Language Runtime (CLR) - IronPython Jim Hugunin, Microsoft Using Scheme to Develop Control Systems for a Large Telescope Richard A. Cleis Small programs with Zest and Marmalade Benjamin Schroeder and John Pierce Eliza, a small strongly typed functional logic programming language Matthias Huerlemann Continuations continued: The REST of the computation Anton van Straaten, AppSolutions Corp. Gooze, a stream processing language Jonathan Bachrach, MIT CSAIL Frink - A Language for Understanding the Physical World Alan Eliasen Thanks ------ Sponsored by Microsoft Research Hosted by the Software Design Group at MIT CSAIL

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Announcing wrappers for bwidget
by Jeff Epler 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

I have written a set of wrappers for "bwidget". bwidget is a collection of enhanced widgets written in pure TCL, from a tweaked Button widget to a snazzy-looking NoteBook (tabset) widget. The bwidget wrappers, which include a copy of BWidget 1.7.0, can be found at http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/bwidget/ and a copy of the bwidget documentation (written for people writing tcl) is nearby: http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/bwidget/BWman/ As the README says: Please report your experiences, good or bad, on the Tkinter mailing list pybwidget is written on Fedora Core 2 with Python 2.3 and Tk 8.4, but may work on other releases of Python. I'm aware that Fredrik Lundh has given this a try too (http://effbot.org/zone/bwidgets.htm) but I never looked at his work before starting on this, so I don't know how they compare. CLASSES BWidget ArrowButton(BWidget, Tkinter.Button) Button(BWidget, Tkinter.Button) ButtonBox(BWidget, _Items, Tkinter.Frame) Dialog(ButtonBox, Tkinter.BaseWidget, _Frame) MessageDialog PasswordDialog ProgressDialog SelectColor SelectFont Entry(BWidget, Tkinter.Entry) ComboBox LabelEntry SpinBox Label(BWidget, Tkinter.Label) LabelFrame(BWidget, _Frame, Tkinter.Widget) ListBox(BWidget, Tkinter.Widget, _Items) MainFrame(BWidget, _Frame, Tkinter.Widget) PagesManager(BWidget, Tkinter.Frame) NoteBook(PagesManager, _Items) PanedWindow(BWidget, Tkinter.Frame) PanelFrame(BWidget, Tkinter.Frame) ProgressBar(BWidget, Tkinter.Widget) ScrollView(BWidget, Tkinter.Widget) ScrollableFrame(BWidget, _Frame, Tkinter.Frame) ScrolledWindow(BWidget, _Frame, Tkinter.Frame) Separator(BWidget, Tkinter.Widget) StatusBar TitleFrame(BWidget, _Frame, Tkinter.Frame) Tree(BWidget, Tkinter.Widget, _Items)

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Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 22)
by Cameron Laird 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

QOTW: "[W]riting C code is typically the least time-consuming part of any language feature." Tim Peters "Best way to discourage visual basic knock offs, is to try and use visual basic, in my opinion." Eddie Parker You can use no-cost compilers to build extensions for 2.4 under Windows in a reasonably standard way. http://www.vrplumber.com/programming/mstoolkit/ Ipython's so desirable people (all but) abandon zsh and allied *sh. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=right&th=1831549887c79e Comp.lang.python has been talking about decorators for months. A C++ perspective through templates (notice Diez B. Roggisch's example of how C++ creates pain) leads back to decorators and generics. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=fe2717900f2a9312 Is there value in lighter-weight syntax checking than, say, pycheck provides? In any case, Ian Bicking shows that it's at hand now. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=eaef717078406f39 Exceptions are IMPORTANT. Peter Hansen, Roy Smith, Andrew Dalke, and others help those coming from outside Python to think clearly about exceptions. http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=96be282f14e5d437 Python defines signal-handling in a way that makes correct behavior relatively easy to maintain. Tim Peters explains that painful experience has taught the wisdom of this approach (and avoidance of HP-UX "features", incidentally). Along the way, he gives stylistic advice on threads, queuing, ... http://groups.google.com/groups?frame=left&th=d56763f5f3d9823f ======================================================================== Everything Python-related 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 Notice especially the master FAQ http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the marvelous daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new) World-Wide Web articles related to Python. http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL are utterly different in their technologies and generally in their results. comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce Brett Cannon continues the marvelous tradition established by Andrew Kuchling and Michael Hudson of intelligently summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every other week. http://www.python.org/dev/summary/ The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references to all sorts of 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/ The Python Business Forum "further[s] the interests of companies that base their business on ... Python." http://www.python-in-business.org Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're subject with a vision of what the language makes practical. http://www.pythonology.com/success The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official responsibility for Python's development and maintenance. http://www.python.org/psf/ Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation. http://www.python.org/psf/donate.html Kurt B. Kaiser publishes a weekly report on faults and patches. http://www.google.com/groups?as_usubject=weekly%20python%20patch Cetus collects Python hyperlinks. http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and interesting recipes. http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available are http://www.python.org/channews.rdf http://bootleg-rss.g-blog.net/pythonware_com_daily.pcgi http://python.de/backend.php For more, see http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a SourceForge reincarnation. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0042.html The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com. editor(a)pythonjournal.com and editor(a)pythonjournal.cognizor.com welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work. *Py: the Journal of the Python Language* http://www.pyzine.com Archive probing tricks of the trade: http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100 http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.pyth… Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://www.ddj.com/topics/pythonurl/ http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html (dormant) or http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Python-URL!&as_ugroup=comp.lan… Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. 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ANN: pydesign 0.5
by Peter Dobcsanyi 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

PYDESIGN version 0.5 has been released. It is available from: http://designtheory.org/software/pydesign/ What is it? ----------- PYDESIGN is a collection of Python modules and applications to provide a computational framework for working with combinatorial and statistical designs. For more details, see the online documentation and the release notes at the above URL. -- , Peter Dobcsanyi

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