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Announcing the release cPAMIE2b - Browser Automation tool for Python
by calfdog＠yahoo.com 12 Jan '06

12 Jan '06

The Free open-source Browser automation tool. cPAMIE.py The main python class that allows you to write scripts to automate the Internet Explorer browser client for function and unit testing. ================================================================= PAMIE - Reference Guide - What's New - SourceForge - Yahoo Group Required Packages The following packages must be installed before installing PAMIE. Python 2.4 Mark Hammond's win32all package for Python Ctypes package for Python Recommended Packages: These packages are optional, but they are deemed worthy by the PAMIE developers. ActivePython distribution package for Python, which also includes the win32all package. Stani's Python Editor if you are looking for a Python editor. PAMIE Contents: These are the files of importance that are included with the PAMIE package. buildCert.py The Build Certification script that performs a full range of tests with PAMIE. This script is an excellent resource for examples, and also makes for a pretty cool demo! cModalPopUp.py The class that handles pop up windows, such as file dialogs, alert dialogs, prompt dialogs and confirm dialogs. cPAMIE.py The main python class that allows you to write scripts to automate the Internet Explorer browser client for function and unit testing. cReport.py A reporting class to keep track of pass and failed steps. winGuiAuto.py Simon Brunning's Windows GUI automation utilities, which can be used with PAMIE to find and control open IE windows. writeDocs.py The script used by the PAMIE developers that generates the PAMIE reference guide. Installation Python and all the required packages must be installed. Unzip the PAMIE package to a folder.

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ANN: OSCON 2006 (Python 14 Conference) Call for Proposals
by Kevin Altis 12 Jan '06

12 Jan '06

OSCON 2006: Opening Innovation http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2006/ Save the date for the 8th annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention, happening July 24-28, 2006 at the Oregon Convention Center in beautiful Portland, Oregon. Call For Participation ---------------------- Submit a proposal-fill out the form at: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2006/create/e_sess/ Important Dates: * Proposals Due: Midnight (PST) February 13, 2006 * Speaker Notification: March 27, 2006 * Tutorial Presentation Files Due: June 12, 2006 * Session Presentation Files Due: June 26, 2006 * Conference: July 24-28, 2006 Proposals --------- We are considering proposals for 45 minute sessions and 3 hour tutorials. We rarely accept 90 minute proposals, as most general sessions are 45 minutes in length. Your proposals are examined by a committee which draws from them and which also solicits proposals to build the program. Proposals are due by midnight (PST), Feb. 13, 2006. The OSCON Speaker Manager, Vee McMillen, emails notification of the status of your talk (accepted or otherwise) by March 27, 2006. Unless the content of your talk is particularly timely (e.g., features of a product that will be launched at OSCON), you are required to send us your slides several weeks before the conference begins. Submit proposals via the form below. Some tips for writing a good proposal for a good talk: * Keep it free of marketing: talk about open source software, but not about a commercial product--the audience should be able to use and improve the things you talk about without paying money * Keep the audience in mind: they're technical, professional, and already pretty smart. * Clearly identify the level of the talk: is it for beginners to the topic, or for gurus? What knowledge should people have when they come to the talk? * Give it a simple and straightforward title: fancy and clever titles make it harder for people (committee and attendees) to figure out what you're really talking about * Limit the scope of the talk: in 45 minutes, you won't be able to cover Everything about Widget Framework X. Instead, pick a useful aspect, or a particular technique, or walk through a simple program. * Pages of code are unreadable: mere mortals can deal with code a line at a time. Sometimes three lines at a time. A page of code can't be read when it's projected, and can't be comprehended by the audience. * Explain why people will want to attend: is the framework gaining traction? Is the app critical to modern systems? Will they learn how to deploy it, program it, or just what it is? * Let us know in your proposal notes whether you can give all the talks you submitted proposals for * Explain what you will cover in the talk NOTE: All presenters whose talks are accepted (excluding Lightning Talks) will receive free registration at the conference. For each half-day tutorial, the presenter receives one night's accommodation, a limited travel allowance, and an honorarium. We give tutors and speakers registration to the convention (including tutorials), and tutors are eligible for a travel allowance: up to US$300 from the west coast of the USA, up to US$500 from the east coast of the USA, up to US$800 from outside the USA. Registration opens April, 2006. If you would like to be notified by email when registration opens, please use the form on our main page. CONFERENCE INFO =============== The O'Reilly Open Source Convention is where coders, sysadmins, entrepreneurs, and business people working in free and open source software gather to share ideas, discover code, and find solutions. At OSCON 2005, more than 2,400 attendees took part in 241 sessions and tutorials across eleven technology tracks, learning about the newest features and versions from creators and experts. A record number of products launches and announcements were made, and sponsors and exhibitors from a wide range of companies filled the largest exhibit hall in OSCON's history. We anticipate that OSCON 2006 will be even more successful, and continue to be the place for the open source community to meet up, debate, make deals, and connect face to face. OSCON 2006 will take place at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon July 24-28, 2006. OSCON 2006 will feature the projects, technologies, and skills that you need to write and deploy killer modern apps. We're looking for proposals on platforms and applications around: * Multimedia including voice (VoIP) and video * AI including spam-busting, classification, clustering, and data mining * Collaboration including email, calendars, RSS, OPML, mashups, IM, presence, and session initialization * Project best practices including governance, starting a project, and managing communities * Microsoft Windows-based open source projects including .NET, Mono, and regular C/C++/Visual Basic Windows apps * Enterprise Java techniques including integration, testing, and scalable deployment solutions * Linux kernel skills for sysadmins including virtualization, tuning, and device drivers * Device hacking including iPods, Nintendo, PSP, XBox 360, and beyond * Design including CSS, GUI, and user experience (XP) * Entrepreneurial topics including management for techies, how to go into business for yourself, and business models that work * Security including hardening, hacking, root kits (Sony and otherwise), and intrusion detection/cleanup * Fun subjects with no immediate commercial application including retro computing, games, and BitTorrent Tracks at OSCON will include: * Desktop Apps * Databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Ingres, and others * Emerging Topics * Java * Linux Kernel for SysAdmins * Linux for Programmers * Perl, celebrating the 10th year of The Perl Conference! * PHP * Programming, including everything that's not specific to a particular language * Python * Security * Ruby, including Ruby on Rails * Web Apps, including Apache * Windows

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[CfP] Dynamic Languages Day @ Brussels
by Pascal Costanza 12 Jan '06

12 Jan '06

Dynamic Languages Day @ Vrije Universiteit Brussel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday, February 13, 2006, VUB Campus Etterbeek The VUB (Programming Technology Lab, System and Software Engineering Lab), ULB (deComp) and the Belgian Association for Dynamic Languages (BADL) are very pleased to invite you to a whole day of presentations about the programming languages Self, Smalltalk and Common Lisp by experts in these languages. Besides some introductory material for each language, the reflective facilities in the respective programming environments will be highlighted. The presentations will be especially interesting for people with good knowledge about current mainstream object-oriented languages like Java, C# and C++ who want to get a deeper understanding about the expressive power of Self, Smalltalk and Common Lisp. In order to prepare the ground for these presentations, Professor Viviane Jonckers will introduce the day by an overview of the benefits of teaching dynamic languages to undergraduate students in computer science. She will especially discuss the specific advantages of using Scheme as an introductory language instead of the more widely employed Java language. Attendance is free and open to the public. Please make sure to register for the event by sending an e-mail to Pascal Costanza (pascal.costanza(a)vub.ac.be), so we can plan ahead. The number of places will be limited according to the exact location of the event and will be allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis. Watch the website for the exact schedule, location and any news at http://prog.vub.ac.be/events/2005/BADL/DLD/dld.html. Abstracts of the Talks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scheme as an introductory language (Viviane Jonckers) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The VUB has a rich history in dynamic programming language teaching and research. Ever since the late 80's, compulsory courses on Lisp and Smalltalk have played an important role in the last two years of the computer science curriculum. Since the early 90's, this role was further intensified by selecting Scheme as the introductory course in the first year and by promoting Scheme as the lingua franca for most courses in the first two years. Professor Jonckers' introductory talk to the dynamic languages day explains how this early exposure to the dynamic paradigm is the seed that gives students the skills to fully grasp and appreciate the more advanced dynamic paradigms (such as Lisp, CLOS, Smalltalk and Self) in subsequent courses of their computer science training. Self (Ellen Van Paesschen) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Self is a prototype-based object-oriented programming language where everything is an object and all manipulation of objects is initiated through message sending. A prototype-based language eschews classes and allows object creation ex-nihilo or by cloning prototypes. Self resembles Smalltalk in both its syntax and semantics. Other characteristics of Self are delegation (object-centered inheritance), parent sharing and child sharing (multiple inheritance), and dynamic parent modification. Further the Self environment includes a powerful mechanism for reflective meta-programming based on mirror objects. The Self group were also the first to introduce traits objects that gather shared and reusable behavior between objects in order to program in a more efficient and structured way. After a brief introduction to the highly interactive Self environment the language's basics and its syntax and semantics are presented. Next the most important advanced features such as mirrors and dynamic parent modification are illustrated. Smalltalk (Johan Brichau, Roel Wuyts) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Smalltalk is class-based object-oriented programming language. Everything in Smalltalk is an object and these objects communicate through messages. The Smalltalk language itself offers only very few programming constructs and is thus easy to learn and grasp. Therefore, the expressive power of Smalltalk lies in its huge library of frameworks, which includes an extensive metaobject protocol that enables powerful dynamic (runtime) reflection. Furthermore, perhaps one of the most significant advantages of Smalltalk outside of the language itself is that software development is a truly dynamic experience. The Smalltalk environment features the incremental development of an application where there is no strict separation between development and execution cycles, leading to an interactive and dynamic development process. Besides a short introduction to the Smalltalk programming language, this presentation will focus on the dynamic reflective facilities of Smalltalk. We will demonstrate the power of its metaobject protocol through a number of tools that extensively rely on it. Furthermore, we will provide some insight in the dynamic nature of Smalltalk development through a live demonstration. Generic Functions and the CLOS Metaobject Protocol (Pascal Costanza) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) is unique in two ways. * In most OOP languages, methods belong to classes and are invoked by sending messages. In CLOS, methods belong to generic functions instead of classes, and those generic functions select and execute the correct method according to the types of the arguments they receive. * The CLOS Metaobject Protocol (MOP) specifies how its essential building blocks are to be implemented in CLOS itself. This allows extending its object model with metaclasses that change important aspects of CLOS for a well-defined scope. This presentation introduces these two notions. The code for an interpreter for generic functions that performs selection and execution of methods will be developed live during the presentation. This will be followed by a discussion how that code can be extended to introduce, for example, multimethods and AOP-style advices, and a sketch how generic functions are implemented efficiently in the "real" world. In the second part, the extensibility of the CLOS MOP will be illustrated by implementing - live - the (hashtable-based) Python object model as a metaclass. Other practical extensions based on the CLOS MOP are also sketched, like object-relational mappings, interfaces to foreign-language objects, and domain-specific annotations in classes. Biographies ~~~~~~~~~~~ Viviane Jonckers received a master degree in Computer Science from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1983 and a Ph.D. degree in Sciences from the same university in 1987. Since 1987 she is a professor both in the Computer Science Department of the faculty of Sciences as in the Computer Science group of the Engineering Faculty. Currently, she is the director of the System and Software Engineering Lab. Her current research interests are in integrated software development methods with a focus on component based software development and aspect oriented software development. She participated in and has been project manager of several national and international R&D projects. Roel Wuyts is professor at the University Libre de Bruxelles, where he leads the deComp group. His fields of interest are logic meta programming, forms of reflection and language design. On the side he also dabbles in development environments. Quite a lot his development is done in Smalltalk, extensively using the reflective facilities in that language to do research in language symbiosis, development environments and for rapid programming in gneral. From the moment he realized that dynamicity was what he really liked in all of his favourite programming languages (Smalltalk, Prolog and Scheme), he has been trying to grow the dynamic languages field again. Part of this endavour was the organization of the first Dynamic Language Symposium, a symposium co-organized with OOPSLA'2005 in San Diego. Johan Brichau currently holds a postdoc position at the Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale de Lille (LIFL). He is also associated with the Programming Technology Lab at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he obtained a Ph.D. degree in Computer Sciences in 2005. Johan's research is focusing on the use of metaprogramming in the context of generative programming techniques and aspect-oriented programming languages. To this extent, he has been extensively using the Smalltalk metaobject protocol for the creation and development of (generative) logic metaprogramming techniques as well as aspect-oriented language extensions to Smalltalk. Pascal Costanza has a Ph.D. degree from the University of Bonn, Germany. His past involvements include specification and implementation of the languages Gilgul and Lava, and the design and application of the JMangler framework for load-time transformation of Java class files. He has also implemented ContextL, the first programming language extension for Context-oriented Programming based on CLOS, and aspect-oriented extensions for CLOS, which all heavily rely on the CLOS MOP. He is furthermore the initiator and lead of Closer, an open source project that provides a compatibility layer for the CLOS MOP across multiple Common Lisp implementations. Ellen Van Paesschen obtained a master degree in computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2000. Currently she is a Ph.D. student at the Programming Technology Lab. Ellen's research is focusing on using dynamic and prototype-based languages for model-driven development and round-trip engineering (RTE). She has created a research prototype of a dynamic prototype-based RTE environment in Self which is the main implementation language in her research. This environment differs from other existing tools at the level of synchronisation, run-time objects and constraint enforcement steered from an analysis model. Her other interests include (the analysis phase during) software engineering and role modelling.

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Re: ANN: Python training, 2006 Feb 1-3, San Francisco
by w chun 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

as promised, this is the FINAL reminder i'll send out about our upcoming Python course at the beginning of February. (Feb 1-3, 9a-5p PT) it'll be at a hotel with BART and CalTrain access (San Bruno stations) for those already in the Bay Area, and for those coming in from out-of-town, there's a free shuttle directly from the San Francisco airport, which is only about 2-3 miles away. discounts available for multiple registrants as well as students, teachers, and those with financial hardship. also, there is a follow-on "advanced" course coming up in May. more details at http://cyberwebconsulting.com hope to see you soon! -wesley On 12/7/05, w chun <wescpy(a)gmail.com> wrote: > What: Python Programming I: Introduction to Python > When: February 1-3, 2006 > Where: San Francisco, CA, USA > Web: http://cyberwebconsulting.com > > Need to get up-to-speed with Python as quickly as possible? Come join > us in beautiful Northern California for another rigorous Python > training event taught by software engineer, "Core Python Programming" > author, and technical instructor Wesley Chun. > > This is an intense introduction to Python programming geared towards > those who have some proficiency in another high-level language. > Topics include: > > * Syntax, Data Types, Operators, and Methods > * Python's Objects and Memory Model > * Errors and Exception Handling > * Flow Control (Loops and Conditionals) > * Writing Optimized Python > * Files and Input/Output > * Functions and Functional Programming Aspects > * Modules and Packages > * OOP: Classes, Methods, and Class Instances > * OOP: Class Customization, Inheritance > * Execution Environment > * Operating System Interface > * Advanced Topics and Python Updates > > This course will take place near the San Francisco International Airport at the: > > Staybridge Suites > San Francisco Airport > 1350 Huntington Ave > San Bruno, CA 94066 USA > +1-650-588-0770 > > VISITORS: free transportation to/from the San Francisco International airport > LOCALS and VISITORS: easy access to public transit (BART [across the > street!], CalTrain, SamTrans) can help you get all over the San > Francisco Bay Area > > Discounts are available for multiple registrations as well as > teachers/students. For more information and registration, go to > http://cyberwebconsulting.com and click on the "Python Training" link. > Unlike previous courses, we are limiting enrollment to a maximum of > 15 attendees. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at > cyberweb-at-rocketmail.com. > > For those who are interested in more "advanced" Python topics, we will > be offering a follow-on course late Spring 2006 (most likely May). > Also, if there is sufficient interest, we may hold another one of > these "Intro to Python" courses down in Silicon Valley in April; > contact me directly if you're interested in this location. > > Note: i will only send out ONE MORE REMINDER in January... yeah, i > don't like spam either. :-) > > cheers, > -- wesley > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2006,2001 > http://corepython.com > > wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com > cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca > http://cyberwebconsulting.com

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PyDev 0.9.8.6 released
by Fabio Zadrozny 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Hi All, PyDev - Python IDE (Python Development Enviroment for Eclipse) version 0.9.8.6 has been released. Check the homepage (http://pydev.sourceforge.net/) for more details. Details for Release: 0.9.8.6: Major highlights: ------------------- * Added a new 'Pydev project' wizard (Mikko Ohtamaa contribution) -- it is named as Pydev Project instead of Python project because it creates Python and Jython projects. * Added a new 'Pydev module' wizard (Mikko Ohtamaa contribution) -- NOTE: it still needs some work. * Changes in the shell spawning were done, and no hangs should appear when trying to do code-completion anymore (if it still hapens, please report it as a bug -- NOTE: a little delay on the first time code-completion is executed is expected, as this is the time the shell is started). * Other bugfixes (as usual) 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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ANN: wxPython 2.6.2.1
by Robin Dunn 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

Announcing ---------- The 2.6.2.1 release of wxPython is now available for download at http://wxpython.org/download.php. There have been many enhancements and fixes implemented in this version, listed below and at http://wxpython.org/recentchanges.php. What is wxPython? ----------------- wxPython is a GUI toolkit for the Python programming language. It allows Python programmers to create programs with a robust, highly functional graphical user interface, simply and easily. It is implemented as a Python extension module that wraps the GUI components of the popular wxWidgets cross platform library, which is written in C++. wxPython is a cross-platform toolkit. This means that the same program will usually run on multiple platforms without modifications. Currently supported platforms are 32-bit Microsoft Windows, most Linux or other Unix-like systems using GTK2, and Mac OS X 10.2+, in most cases the native widgets are used on each platform. Changes in 2.6.2.1 ------------------ wxMSW: Fix for bug #1211907, popup menu indenting inconsistent with bitmaps. wxMac: Don't send an event for wx.RadioButton deselections, just the selections. This was done to make it consistent with the other platforms. wxMSW: Always set flat toolbar style, even under XP with themes: this is necessary or separators aren't shown at all. Fixes for bug #1217872, pydocview.DocService not correctly initialized. Fix for bug #1217874, Error in parameter name in DocManager.CreateView. Added wrappers for the wx.RendererNative class. Added the wx.lib.splitter module, which contains the MultiSplitterWindow class. This class is much like the standard wx.SplitterWindow class, except it allows more than one split, so it can manage more than two child windows. Docview and IDE patch from Morgan Hua with fix for bug #1217890 "Closing view crashes Python" plus some new features:: New feature added to the IDE is 'Extensions'. Under Tools|Options|Extensions, you can add calls to external programs. For example you can add a "Notepad" extension (under windows) that will exec Notepad on the currently open file. A new "Notepad" menu item will appear under the Tools menu. Some fixes to XRCed to make encoding errors a bit more user friendly. XRCed changes from Roman Rolinsky: * Added new controls (Choicebook, Listbook, StatusBar, DatePicker), and completed style flags. Test window is opened for an available parent control if no specific view defined. Better handling of exceptions (highlighting does not 'stick' anymore). * Use system clipboard for Copy/Paste. * Improved some dialogs (window styles, growable cols). Changed the range for wxSpinCtrl min/max to all integers (default 0/100 is not always good). Updates for wx.lib.foldpanelbar and wx.lib.hyperlink from Andrea Gavana. Fix for Bug #1283496: wxPython TheClipboard class causes problems for pychecker. Ensure the app has been created before initializing wx.TheClipboard. Fix for Bug #1352602: FileBrowseButtonWithHistory can't type in Value. wxHTML: Added space after list item number. wx.lib.printout: Applied patch #1384440. wxMSW: Fix for Bug #1293225 Window_FromHWND crashes if parent is None. Fix for Bug #1261669, use a wx.TE_RICH2 style for the Process demo so it doesn't fill up too soon. Applied Patch #1354389: wxPython MenuItem SetBitmaps fix. Applied Patch #1239456: wxPython wx.DataObject.GetAllFormats fix. Applied Patch # #1230107 which allows image handlers to be written in Python by deriving from wx.PyImageHandler. Applied patch #1072210: generalize printout.py to allow text printing. Applied patch #1243907: Give Throbber much more flexibility by allowing the user to set the rest image, the direction, the current index, custom sequence. Allows user to manually step through the sequence with Next(), Previous(), Increment(), Decrement() & SetCurrent(). Very handy if you have multiple throbbers that you want to synchronize with a single timer. Fix for bug #1336711: wx.lib.calendar.CalenDlg can yield incorrect result. Applied patch from Morgan Hua for updates to ActiveGrid code (pydocview, ActiveGrid IDE, etc.) Applied patch #1326241: Supporting "setup.py install --install-headers=path" Applied patch from Morgan Hua to fix bug #1219423: CommandManager should not repeat old commands after a branch. Applied patch #1238825 adding search backward capabilities to the demo. Modified to use the up/down options in the wx.FindReplaceDialog instead of a separate menu item. Fix for bug #1266745 and #1387725 in the wx.FindReplaceDialog on MSW. Actually check we are using MSLU before doing the hack designed to workaround a bug in MSLU! wxMSW: wx.lib.iewin.IEHtmlWindow now properly handles tabbing, return and other special keys properly. Lots of PyCrust enhancments started by Franz Steinaeusler, Adi Sieker, and Sebastian Haase, and which in turn were further enhanced, fixed tweaked and finished up by me. The changes include the following: * The Autocomplete and Calltip windows can now be opened manually with Ctrl-Space and Ctrl-Shift-Space. * In the stand alone PyCrust app the various option settings, window size and position, and etc. are saved and restored at the next run. * Added a help dialog bound to the F1 key that shows the key bindings. * Added a new text completion function that suggests words from the history. Bound to Shift-Return. * F11 will toggle the maximized state of the frame. * switched to Bind() from wx.EVT_*(). * Display of line numbers can be toggled. * F12 toggles a "free edit" mode of the shell buffer. This mode is useful, for example, if you would like to remove some output or errors or etc. from the buffer before doing a copy/paste. The free edit mode is designated by the use of a red, non-flashing caret. * Ctrl-Shift-F will fold/unfold (hide/show) the selected lines. * General code cleanup and fixes. * Use wx.StandardPaths to determine the location of the config files. * Use wx.SP_LIVE_UPDATE on crust and filling windows. * Extended the saving of the config info and other new features to the PyShell app too. Additionally, other apps that embed a PyCrust or a PyShell can pass their own wx.Config object and have the Py code save/restore its settings to/from there. * All of the classes with config info get an opportunity to save/load their own settings instead of putting all the save/load code in one place that then has to reach all over the place to do anything. * Enable editing of the startup python code, which will either be the file pointed to by PYTHONSTARTUP or a file in the config dir if PYTHONSTARTUP is not set in the environment. * Added an option to skip the running of the startup code when PyShell or PyCrust starts. * PyCrust adds a pp(item) function to the shell's namespace that pretty prints the item in the Display tab of the notebook. Added code to raise that tab when pp() is called. * Added an option for whether to insert text for function parameters when popping up the call tip. * Added Find and Find-Next functions that use the wx.FindReplaceDialog. Applied patches from Will Sadkin for wx.lib.masked modules: * Now ignores kill focus events when being destroyed. * Added missing call to set insertion point on changing fields. * Modified SetKeyHandler() to accept None as means of removing one. * Fixed keyhandler processing for group and decimal character changes. * Fixed a problem that prevented input into the integer digit of a integerwidth=1 numctrl, if the current value was 0. * Fixed logic involving processing of "_signOk" flag, to remove default sign key handlers if false, so that SetAllowNegative(False) in the NumCtrl works properly. * Fixed selection logic for numeric controls so that if selectOnFieldEntry is true, and the integer portion of an integer format control is selected and the sign position is selected, the sign keys will always result in a negative value, rather than toggling the previous sign. wx.FontMapper.SetConfig is deprecated. You should instead just set an application-wide config object with wx.Config.Set, which wx.FontMapper will use by default. Added wx.GetMouseState which returns the current state of the mouse. It returns an instance of a wx.MouseState object that contains the current position of the mouse pointer in screen coordinants, as well as boolean values indicating the up/down status of the mouse buttons and the modifier keys. Added wx.SizerItem.SetUserData A variety of updates to wx.lib.floatcanvas, including Added DrawObjects, including a ScaledTextBox, with auto-wrapping, etc, and Scaled and Unscaled Bitmap Objects. WARNING: Changed all DrawObjects to take an (x,y) pair rather than individual x,y parameters. Also changed rectangles and ellipses to take (w,h) pair. This is an API change, but should be easy to accommodate, all you need to do is add a parenthesis pair: (...x, y, ...) ---> (...(x,y), ...)

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ANN: Chandler 0.6
by Heikki Toivonen 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF) released Chandler 0.6 on December 20, 2005. Chandler 0.6 includes an “experimentally usable” calendar, with support for recurring events, time-zones and the ability to share calendars with others. Chandler is a Personal Information Management (PIM) client application with innovative design and ambitious plans for sharing, extensibility and cross-platform support. Chandler is written mainly in Python. There is a wealth of information about the application and this particular release at the Chandler 0.6 Home Page: http://chandler.osafoundation.org/ -- Heikki Toivonen

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cx_Logging 1.1
by Anthony Tuininga 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

What is cx_Logging? cx_Logging is a Python extension module which operates in a fashion similar to the logging module that ships with Python 2.3 and higher. It also has a C interface which allows applications to perform logging independently of Python. Where do I get it? http://starship.python.net/crew/atuining What's new? 1) Raise an exception if a write fails during logging. 2) Add module constants version and buildtime in order to aid in support and debugging. Anthony Tuininga

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SPyRE new version 0.7
by David 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

SPyRE v 0.7 SPyRE is a Simple Pythonic Rendering Engine for OpenGL Changes since v 0.6 The design is more modular, with components to handle display object group management and time-keeping/progress control, in addition to the components in prior versions to handle the environment and interface. Engine supports multiple viewports now. Stereoscopic module rewritten so that stereo components wrap non-stereo equivalents. New stereoscopic demos added, for both edimensional LCD glasses and red/blue glasses The engine's 'idle' method can be a regular method or a generator method. Engine mainloop control is via Exceptions, so that engine can be exited or restarted from a displayable object. A test suite has been added, various bugs fixed, and the code checked in Pychecker. A couple of demos have been added. Distribution packages has been re-organized, with demos and tests in subdirs; demos will run without installing module Find package (.egg or .zip) at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=110483 . Dependancies are only Python (2.3), Pygame, and PyOpenGL David Keeney -- dkeeney(a)travelbyroad.net Pitcher's Duel -> pduel.sourceforge.net

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ANN: MoinMoin 1.5.0 (advanced wiki engine) released
by Alexander Schremmer 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

_ _ /\/\ ___ (_)_ __ /\/\ ___ (_)_ __ / \ / _ \| | '_ \ / \ / _ \| | '_ \ __ / /\/\ \ (_) | | | | / /\/\ \ (_) | | | | | /| |_ \/ \/\___/|_|_| |_\/ \/\___/|_|_| |_| |.__) ============================================== MoinMoin 1.5.0 advanced wiki engine released ============================================== MoinMoin is an easy to use, full-featured and extensible wiki software package written in Python. It can fulfill a wide range of roles, such as a personal notes organizer deployed on a laptop or home web server, a company knowledge base deployed on an intranet, or an Internet server open to individuals sharing the same interests, goals or projects. A wiki is a collaborative hypertext environment with an emphasis on easy manipulation of information. MoinMoin 1.5.0 is the first release on the 1.5 branch bringing you several new features such as the GUI editor, which allows the users to edit pages in a WYSIWYG environment, and many bug fixes. The download page: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinDownload Major new features in 1.5 ========================= * The WYSIWYG editor for wiki pages allows you to edit pages without touching the markup. Furthermore, the wiki page is not stored as HTML after editing but kept as wiki markup in order to simplify the editing process for users that cannot or do not want to use the new editor. * AutoAdmin security policy allows users to gain admin permissions on particular pages. * The new authentication system allows to add short methods that check the credentials of the user. This allowed us to add eGroupware single sign on support. * Separation of homepages into a separate wiki (in a farm) and having a single user database is supported. * A DeSpam action to allow mass-reverting of spam attacks. * PackageInstaller support for simplified installation of plugins, themes and page bundles. Note that Python 2.3.0 or newer is required. For a more detailed list of changes, see the CHANGES file in the distribution or http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinRelease1.5/CHANGES MoinMoin History ================ MoinMoin has been around since year 2000. The codebase was initally started by Jürgen Hermann; it is currently being developed by a growing team. Being originally based on PikiPiki, it has evolved heavily since then (PikiPiki and MoinMoin 0.1 consisted of just one file!). Many large enterprises have been using MoinMoin as a key tool of their intranet, some even use it for their public web page. A large number of Open Source projects use MoinMoin for communication and documentation. Of course there is also many private installations. More Information ================ * Project site: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ * Feature list: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinFeatures * Download: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinDownload * DesktopEdition: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/DesktopEdition * This software is available under the GNU General Public License v2. * Changes: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinRelease1.5/CHANGES * Known bugs: * http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/KnownIssues * http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinBugs sent by Alexander Schremmer for the MoinMoin team

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