Mailman 3 February 2005 - Python-announce-list

ANNOUNCE: KirbyBase 1.8
by Jamey Cribbs 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

KirbyBase is a simple, plain-text, database management system written in Python. It can be used either embedded in a python script or in a client/server, multi-user mode. You use python code to express your queries instead of having to use another language such as SQL. KirbyBase is disk-based, not memory-based. Database changes are immediately written to disk. You can find more information on KirbyBase at: http://www.netpromi.com/kirbybase.html You can download KirbyBase for Python at: http://www.netpromi.com/files/KirbyBase_Python_1.8.zip The most noticeable things about this release are (1) the ability to sort the result set by multiple fields, (2) the ability to have the result set returned as a nicely formatted report, suitable for printing, and (3) the ability to do an insert or an update using a record object (thanks, Fred Pacquier, for the suggestion). The manual has also been updated to reflect the new features. Also, for those of you who have asked how Kirby is doing, I have a couple of new pictures of him on the website. :-) I would like to thank everyone who has emailed me with comments, bug reports, and enhancement requests/ideas. Hearing from people who actually use KirbyBase is what makes working on it worthwhile. Please keep the emails coming! Changes in Version 1.8: ******** IMPORTANT - Method Interface Changes **************** -Added the ability to sort the result set of a select by multiple fields and to specify whether each field should be sorted ascending or descending. This necessitated a change to the interface of the select method. I moved the position of sortField in the argument list and also changed it to be a list instead of a string. I also changed the name of sortField to sortFields. I also moved sortDesc in the arguement list and also made it a list. ****************************************************************** -Added another allowable value, 'report', to the keyword parameter, returnType in the select method. This returns the result set in a pretty print format. Along with this, added another keyword parameter called rptSettings to the select method. This is only used if rptType is 'report'. It is a 2 element list. The first element specifies the number of records to print on a page. The second element is boolean specifying whether to print a dashed line between records. -Added ability to pass field values to update and insert using an object with attributes set equal to the field names. -Fixed a bug in _getMatches. If a field of type int or float had a blank value in the table (i.e. ''), the code was attempting to convert it to it's proper type (i.e. int or float) before doing the match comparison. This would cause an exception to occur. Now, if the field is an int,float,date or datetime and it is blank, I convert it to None. This allows the numeric comparisons to work correctly for null fields. -Fixed a bug in select. If a field in the result set was equal to '', I was letting it stay that way, when I should really be converting it to None before returning the result set. -Cleaned up the internals a bit. Mainly, I tried to use functions in the operator module like lt and ge instead of hardcoding < and >= in an if statement. Jamey Cribbs jcribbs(a)twmi.rr.com

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ANN: eric3 3.6.2 released
by Detlev Offenbach 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

Hi, this is to inform all of you about the release of eric3 3.6.2. It is a bug fix release and will work with the latest QScintilla/sip/PyQt. It is available via http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric3.html What is eric3? -------------- 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, integrated interfaces to CVS and Subversion, an integrated refactoring browser (Bicycle Repair Man), integrated unittest and much more. Regards, Detlev -- Detlev Offenbach detlev(a)die-offenbachs.de

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PyQt Python Bindings for Qt v3.14 Released
by Phil Thompson 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

Riverbank Computing is pleased to announce the release of PyQt v3.14 available from http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/. Changes since the last release include support for QScintilla v1.5. PyQt is a comprehensive set of Qt bindings for the Python programming language and supports the same platforms as Qt. Like Qt, PyQt is available under the GPL (for UNIX, Linux and MacOS/X), a commercial license (for Windows, UNIX, Linux and MacOS/X) and a free educational license (for Windows). PyQt is implemented as a set of 9 extension modules containing 300 classes and over 5,750 functions and methods. PyQt also includes bindings to QScintilla, the port to Qt of the Scintilla editor component. PyQt can be used either as a rapid prototyping tool, or as an alternative to C++ for developing large Qt applications. PyQt includes the pyuic utility which generates Python code to implement user interfaces created with Qt Designer in the same way that the uic utility generates C++ code. Third party tools are also available - such as eric3, a comprehensive IDE (including an editor, debugger, class browser, integration with Qt Designer, re-factoring tools, unit testing tools and integration with source code control systems). eric3 is written entirely using PyQt and is available from http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric3.html.

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PyGTA next meeting: Tuesday February 22, 7-9pm at offices of Frogware (not our usual location!)
by Peter Hansen 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

We're announcing here in case anyone who doesn't subscribe to our announcement mailing list was thinking of attending: NOTE the change in location from where we've been meeting for the last 12 months!! The next meeting of PyGTA, the Toronto-area Python user group, will be held at the offices of Frogware (http://www.frogware.com/) at: 477 Richmond Street West, Suite 210, Toronto, Ontario on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005, 7pm to 9pm. Here's a link using the Google Maps Beta: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=477%20Richmond%20Street%20West%2C%20Toronto Note also that as of this moment, we have no official speaker. If you would like to reserve time to talk about your own Python-related project, please let us know! -Ian and Peter, meeting organizers P.S.: We'd also like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Givex (http://web.givex.com/) and D'Arcy Cain for generously hosting our meetings for the last year.

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[ANN] mlabwrap v0.9b3
by Alexander Schmolck 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

I have recently uploaded mlabwrap v0.9b3, a high-level python to matlab(tm) bridge, you can get it from <http://mlabwrap.sourceforge.net/> It should work with recent python >=2.3 and matlab(tm) >=6.0; I've used it extensively myself but this is the first announcement to a wider public -- so I'd very much like to hear some feedback (even if it's just "works fine"). Here is a short demo snippet: >>> from mlabwrap import mlab >>> import Numeric >>> mlab.lookfor('singular value') GSVD Generalized Singular Value Decompostion. SVD Singular value decomposition. [...] >>> help(mlab.svd) mlab_command(*args, **kwargs) SVD Singular value decomposition. [U,S,V] = SVD(X) produces a diagonal matrix S, of the same dimension as X and with nonnegative diagonal elements in [...] >>> mlab.svd(array([[1,2], [1,3]])) array([[ 3.86432845], [ 0.25877718]]) 'as

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[ANN] Release 0.22 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

Hi all, I am pleased to announce release 0.22 of Task Coach. New in this release: Bugs fixed: - In the effort summary view, effort spent on a task in the same month or week but in different years would erroneously be added. E.g. effort in January 2004 and January 2006 would be added. - The mechanism to prevent effort periods with a negative duration (i.e. a start time later than the stop time) in the effort editor was invoked on each key stroke which caused inconvenient behaviour. Fixed it by only invoking it when the user leaves the text or combo box. Features added: - Added possibility to start tracking effort for a task, with start time equal to the end time of the previous effort period. This is for example convenient if you stop working on a task and then spend some time deciding on what to do next. This is the 'Start tracking from last stop time' menu item in the 'Effort' menu. - (Re)Added the unittests to the source distribution. See INSTALL.txt. - Export to XML. Currently limited to tasks, effort is not exported yet. 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 uses wxPython. You can download Task Coach from: http://taskcoach.niessink.com. A binary installer is available for Windows XP, in addition to the source distribution. Thanks, Frank

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[ANN]: twander 3.195 Released And Available
by Tim Daneliuk 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

'twander' Version 3.195 is now released and available for download at: http://www.tundraware.com/Software/twander The last public release was 3.193. This release fixes one very minor bug and implements a single new feature: - It is now possible to hide "dotfiles" in the list of displayed files and directories. This can be toggled from the keyboard. Barring the discovery of significant bugs, this is expected to be the last version of 'twander' released for some time. No further feature enhancements are planned at this time (though suggestions and user "wish-lists" are still encouraged). Complete details of all fixes, changes, and new features can be found in the WHATSNEW.txt file included in the distribution. Users are strongly encouraged to join the twander-users mailing list as described in the documentation. A FreeBSD port has been submitted as well. What Is 'twander'? ------------------ 'twander' is a macro-programmable Filesystem Browser that runs on both Unix-like systems as well as Win32 systems. It embraces the best ideas of both similar GUI-driven programs (Konqueror, Windows Explorer) as well as text-based interfaces (Midnight Commander, List, Sweep). Or, If You Prefer The "Elevator Pitch" -------------------------------------- 'twander' is: - A better file browser for Unix and Win32. (Tested on FreeBSD, Linux, Win32.) - A way to make browsing the same on all the OSs you use. - A macro-programmable tool that lets *you* define the features. - A GUI navigation front-end for your shell. - A way to "can" workflows for your technically-challenged colleagues. - A way to free yourself from the shackles of the mouse. - A way to significantly speed up your day-to-day workflow. - A Python/Tkinter application - about 5000 lines of code/comments - A RCT (Really Cool Tool) that will have you addicted in a day or two See the web page for more information, a screen shot, and the complete documentation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tim Daneliuk tundra(a)tundraware.com

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Simplified Chinese translation of "A Byte of Python" is released!
by Juan Shen 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

'A Byte of Python' is a book on programming using the Python language. It serves as a tutorial or guide to the Python language for anyone. If all you know about your computers is how to save text files, then this is the book for you. If you are an experienced programmer who loves C, Perl or Java, you can also learn Python from this book. The book is brought by Swaroop C. H. The Simplified Chinese translation of 'A Byte of Python' is based on the current reversion of the book! It's brought by Juan Shen. You can contact Swaroop C. H. through swaroop(a)byteofpython.info You can contact Juan Shen through orion_val(a)163.com The following is the announcement in Chinese: 《A Byte of Python》是一本关于使用Python语言编程的教材。它适合于各个层次的读者，无论你对计算机的了解只是如何保存文件，或者你是一个富有经验的C、Perl、Java程序员，你都可以借助本书学习Python。本书由Swaroop C. H.编写。《A Byte of Python》的简体中文译本根据原书最新修订版由沈洁元翻译。您可以通过swaroop(a)byteofpython.xn--infoswaroop-hr8q C. H. 联系。您可以通过orion_val(a)163.xn--com-e38dr0mzx5chya584gmkg.

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[ANN] PyComicsViewer 0.9.9
by ionutz 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

PyComicsViewer-0.9.9 has been released. What is PyComicsViewer? ======================= Is a comics viewer written in python, PyGTK and PIL. I made it as I didn't fully like any of the existing viewers and I wanted something that works the same (nice) way on both Linux and Windows. Because of the way it was implemented, you can also use it like a kind of image browser/viewer, but this is not its primary destination. Browsing images from uncompressed directories is provided because resulted naturally from the implementation and because I've seen some people that distribute their scaned comics uncompressed. Changes in 0.9.9 (2005/02/17) ============================= * finished the implementation of panning and mouse navigation * added a thumb preview page to the browser Licensing ========= PyComicsViewer is released under the GPL. Where can I get it? =================== Home page: http://borco.net/html/PyComicsViewer/ Downloads: http://borco.net/html/PyComicsViewer/PyComicsViewer-0.9.9.tar.gz http://borco.net/html/PyComicsViewer/PyComicsViewer-0.9.9.zip http://borco.net/html/PyComicsViewer/PyComicsViewer-0.9.9.win32-py2.4.exe Cheers,

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Bangalore Python February Meetup
by Swaroop C H 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

Hello everyone, If you live in Bangalore (or happen to be in Bangalore the day after tomorrow) and want to learn about the Python programming language, join us at the BangPypers meet on Saturday! What: Bangalore Python February Meetup Who: Organized by the BangPypers (Bangalore Pythonistas) group [ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BangPypers/ ] Sessions: * "Introduction to Python" by Swaroop CH (Newbie track) * "Functional programming using Python" by Pradeep Kishore (Introductory level) * "Generators & generator expressions" by Anand Pillai (Introductory-Intermediate level) When: Saturday, February 19 at 4:30PM Where: ThoughtWorks Technologies (India) Pvt Ltd, 6th Floor, Tower D, Corporate Block Diamond District, Airport Road, Bangalore. Directions: Thoughtworks is on 6th floor of Diamond district, which itself is a popular land mark in Airport Road. It is right at the Airport Road-Indiranagar 100 feet Road- Inner Ring Road junction. We will be having about 45 mins talk on each session followed by 15-30 mins of discussions. All the sessions will be informal and we will probably have a mini BoF session after the talks. Please do RSVP your presence for the meetup at http://python.meetup.com/158/events/4122959/ if you are coming (We need to request the Thoughtworks guys for a big enough room). For more details, please reply to BangPypers<at>yahoogroups<dot>com or swaroop<at>swaroopch<dot>info. Thanks! ===== Swaroop C H Blog: http://www.swaroopch.info Book: http://www.byteofpython.info

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