Mailman 3 November 2005 - Python-announce-list

PyDev 0.9.8.2 released
by Fabio Zadrozny 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

Hi All, PyDev - Python IDE (Python Development Enviroment for Eclipse) version 0.9.8.2 has been released. Check the homepage (http://pydev.sourceforge.net/) for more details. Details for Release: 0.9.8.2 Major highlights: ------------------------ * Content assistants reviewed (and better documented on the homepage -- I really reccomend checking it) * Timeout parsing options added (this is available in the builder preferences page) * Auto-dedent added Others that are new and noteworthy: ----------------------------------------------------- * .pyc is removed when the corresponding .py file is removed. * Debugger has been changed so that it becomes faster (still not as fast as I would like, but still... faster) -- looking for people with expertise on this to help me, as I'm kind of lost on which should be the 'recommended' way to speed it more. * Some escaped quotes problems fixed when formatting code * Navigation with Ctrl+Shift+ (up or down) has been slightly improved, so that it goes to the start or the end of the file when no other class or method declaration is found * Other bug-fixes (as ususal) Cheers, Fabio -- Fabio Zadrozny ------------------------------------------------------ Software Developer ESSS - Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software www.esss.com.br PyDev - Python Development Enviroment for Eclipse pydev.sf.net pydev.blogspot.com

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Python bug day on Sunday Dec. 4
by A.M. Kuchling 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Let's have a Python bug day this Sunday. One goal might be to assess bugs and patches, and make a list of ones we can work on at the Python core sprint at PyCon <http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2006/Sprints/PythonCore>. Meeting on IRC: #python-dev on irc.freenode.net Date: Sunday, December 4th Time: roughly 9AM to 3PM Eastern (2PM to 8PM UTC). People on the US West Coast may want to show up from 9AM to 3PM Pacific time (12PM to 6PM Eastern), because it'll be more convenient. Meeting on IRC: #python-dev on irc.freenode.net --amk

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ANN: Louie-1.0b2 - Signal dispatching mechanism
by mscott＠goldenspud.com 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Louie 1.0b2 is available: <http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/Louie> Louie provides Python programmers with a straightforward way to dispatch signals between objects in a wide variety of contexts. It is based on PyDispatcher_, which in turn was based on a highly-rated recipe_ in the Python Cookbook. .. _PyDispatcher: http://pydispatcher.sf.net/ .. _recipe: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/87056 For more information, visit the Louie project site: <http://louie.berlios.de/> Patrick K. O'Brien and contributors <louie-users(a)lists.berlios.de>

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ANN: DecInt 0.3 - Arithmetic for very large decimal integers
by casevh＠comcast.net 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

DecInt is a class that support arithmetic on very large decimal integers. For example, it can calculate the decimal form of the 42nd Mersenne prime, all 7,816,230 digits, in less than 21 seconds. And less than 6 seconds if gmpy 1.01 is available. This version is significantly faster than the prior version. Multiplication used a combination of 4-way Toom-Cook and Nussbaumer convolution. Pure Python multiplication is less than 10x slower than GMP's hand optimised assembler code! Division uses a new algorithm based on David M. Smith's division algorithm. Pure Python division is 16x slower than GMP but can actually be faster in some instances; for example, dividing a 2,000,000 digit number by an 800,000 digit number. DecInt can be found at http://home.comcast.net/~casevh/ (DecInt used to be called BigDecimal; I renamed it to avoid confusion with the "decimal" class include with Python.) Enjoy, casevh

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ANNOUNCE: Last chance to register for OSDC 2005
by Simon Taylor 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

OSDC 2005 is almost upon us. If you haven't already registered, then you have until 4pm this Friday to do so. See http://www.osdc.com.au/registration/ Don't miss out on this unique and exciting Australian Open Source event! - Simon Taylor

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[ANN] Release 0.52 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Hi all, I'm pleased to announce release 0.52 of Task Coach. New in this release: Bugs fixed: * For completed tasks, the number of days left for a task is now the number of days between the completion date and the due date. This prevents that the number of days left of completed tasks keeps decreasing, i.e. becoming more negative. For uncompleted tasks, the number of days left is still the number of days between today and the due date, of course. Patch provided by Maciej Malycha. * Put taskocachlib package first on the Python search path to prevent name conflict with the config module on Gentoo Linux. * Mention blue icon in the help on task colors. * Don't allow empty categories. Features added: * Tasks can be dragged and dropped. * Tasks can have an hourly fee and/or a fixed fee. Revenue is calculated based on effort spent. * First tiny steps towards a user manual, see 'Help' -> 'Help contents'. * Whether the main window hides itself when iconized is now adjustable behavior. See 'Edit' -> 'Preferences'. Feature changed: * Backups are created just before saving, instead of when loading a .tsk file. Patch provided by Maciej Malycha. Feature removed: * Files in the old comma-separated format can no longer be read by Task Coach. What is Task Coach? Task Coach is a simple task manager that allows for hierarchical tasks, i.e. tasks in tasks. Task Coach is open source (GPL) and is developed using Python and wxPython. You can download Task Coach from: http://taskcoach.niessink.com https://sourceforge.net/projects/taskcoach/ A binary installer is available for Windows XP, in addition to the source distribution. Note that Task Coach is alpha software, meaning that it is wise to back up your task file regularly, and especially when upgrading to a new release. Cheers, Frank

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Vancouver Python and Zope User Group: Dec 6th
by Andy McKay 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Brett Cannon: What's new in Python 2.5 A review of all the funky new features we can look forward to in upcoming Python 2.5 releases ActiveState, 7pm, Dec 6th. More info: http://www.vanpyz.org -- Andy McKay Enfold Systems, LLC http://www.enfoldsystems.com

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ANNOUNCE: twill v0.8
by C. Titus Brown 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

ANNOUNCING twill v0.8. twill is a simple language for testing Web applications. It's designed for automated testing of Web sites, but it can be used to interact with Web sites in a variety of ways. twill has an interactive shell, 'twill-sh', and can also run scripts. twill is a reimplementation of Cory Dodt's PBP. It is built on top of Python and John J. Lee's mechanize. A twill script looks like this: # go to the /. login page go http://slashdot.org/login.pl # fill in the form fv 1 unickname test fv 1 upasswd test submit # ok, there's no such account ;). show error HTML. show --- This is the sixth public release of twill, version 0.8. (Tagline: "85% unit tested.") You can install twill with easy_install via PyPi, or download the latest .tar.gz at: http://darcs.idyll.org/~t/projects/twill-0.8.tar.gz Documentation is included in the .tar.gz and is also online at http://www.idyll.org/~t/www-tools/twill.html --- Miscellaneous details: twill is implemented in Python and uses pyparsing and mechanize. In addition to the existing simple command language, twill can easily be extended with Python. twill also provides a fairly simple and well-documented wrapper around mechanize. twill scripts can be recorded with maxq, although scripts may require some hand tweaking at the moment. See the twill documentation for more information. twill does not understand JavaScript, I'm sorry to say. --- New features: * test WSGI Python applications in-process; * Updated to latest versions of mechanize, ClientCookie, ClientForm, and pullparser; * Significant increase in number of unit tests & their code coverage; * Automatic 'tidy' preprocessing when available; * easy_install/eggs now supported; * http-equiv redirect now works; * new commands: - 'formaction' changes form URLs; - 'tidy_ok' checks for 'tidy' correctness; - 'showhistory' command; Special thanks to sureshvv and Simon Buenzli...

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ANN: Urwid 0.8.10 curses-based UI library
by Ian Ward 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Announcing Urwid 0.8.10 ---------------------- Urwid home page: http://excess.org/urwid/ Tarball: http://excess.org/urwid/urwid-0.8.10.tar.gz Updated Tutorial: http://excess.org/urwid/tutorial.html About this release: =================== This release includes three new tutorial chapters as well as a big pile of bug fixes. New in this release: ==================== - Expanded tutorial to cover advanced ListBox usage, custom widget classes and the Pile, BoxAdapter, Columns, GridFlow and Overlay classes. - Added escape sequence for 'shift tab' to curses_display. - Added ListBox.set_focus_valign(..) to allow positioning of the focus widget within the ListBox. - Added WidgetWrap class for extending existing widgets without inheriting their complete namespace. - Fixed web_display/mozilla breakage from 0.8.9. Fixed crash on invalid locale setting. Fixed ListBox slide-back bug. Fixed improper space trimming in calculate_alignment(..). Fixed browse.py example program rows bug. Fixed sum definition, use of long ints for python2.1. Fixed warnings with python2.1. Fixed Padding.get_pref_col(..) bug. Fixed Overlay splitting CJK characters bug. About Urwid =========== Urwid is a curses-based UI library for Python. It features fluid interface resizing, CJK support, multiple text layouts, simple attribute markup, powerful scrolling list boxes, flexible edit boxes and HTML screen shots. Urwid is released under the GNU LGPL.

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SCU3 and Python packaged for U3 (with SCU3) V 0.1 released
by Philippe C. Martin 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Dear all, I am very happy to announce the release of SCU3 V 0.1 and SCU3Python.u3p V. 0.1. SCU3 is a python wrapper for U3 compliante devices SCU3Python.u3p is a Python binary (2.4.2) packaged with SCU3 that allows to launch idle from the U3 device launchpad Both may be found on www.snakecard.com, download section. Best regards, Philippe

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