Mailman 3 April 2006 - Python-announce-list

ANN: PyScript 0.6.0 released
by cochrane＠avon.esscc.uq.edu.au April 24, 2006

April 24, 2006

Overview: PyScript is a python module for producing high quality postscript graphics. Rather than use a GUI to draw a picture, the picture is programmed using python and the PyScript objects. Some of the key features are: * All scripting is done in python, which is a high level, easy to learn, well developed scripting language. * All the objects can be translated, scaled, rotated, ... in fact any affine transformation. * Plain text is automatically kerned. * You can place arbitrary LaTeX expressions on your figures. * You can create your own figure objects, and develop a library of figure primitives. * Output is publication quality. License: Released under the GPL Changes: The major change in this release is a complete rewrite of the Talk and Poster classes of the presentation library. There have also been many bug fixes and minor other improvements. For details see the PyScript web page: <a href="http://pyscript.sourceforge.net">pyscript.sourceforge.net</a>. Getting the software: One can download the latest version (0.6) from: <a href="http://pyscript.sourceforge.net">PyScript</a> Requirements: * Python 2.2 and above * An up-to-date LaTeX distribution Authors: * Alexei Gilchrist <aalexei(a)users.sourceforge.net> * Paul Cochrane <paultcochrane(a)users.sourceforge.net> If you use this software, have any suggestions, or bug reports, please let us know! -- paultcochrane(a)users.sourceforge.net

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ANN: Webware 0.9.1 released
by Christoph Zwerschke April 23, 2006

April 23, 2006

Webware 0.9.1 has been released. This release of Webware for Python includes a few fixes and improvements of the WebKit, MiddleKit and KidKit components. Webware for Python is a suite of Python packages and tools for developing object-oriented, web-based applications. The suite uses well known design patterns and includes a fast Application Server, Servlets, Python Server Pages (PSP), Object-Relational Mapping, Task Scheduling, Session Management, and many other features. Webware is very modular and easily extended. Webware for Python is well proven and platform-independent. It is compatible with multiple web servers, database servers and operating systems. Check out the Webware for Python home page at http://www.w4py.org

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[ANN] crcmod-1.3 CRC Generator
by Raymond L. Buvel April 23, 2006

April 23, 2006

Crcmod is a Python package for creating functions computing the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). Any generating polynomial producing 8, 16, 32, or 64 bit CRCs is allowed. Generated functions can be used in Python or C/C++ source code can be generated. Home page: http://crcmod.sourceforge.net/ Changes in 1.3 * Make compatible with Python 2.5 on 64-bit platforms. * Improve the install procedure.

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webstring 0.2 released
by L. C. Rees April 23, 2006

April 23, 2006

This is the second public release of webstring. Improvements in this version include speed enhancements and the ability to mark groups of fields inside an XML/HTML document with an XML/HTML attribute (by default "class") so they can be manipulated in a single operation. webstring is a template system that lets Python programmers manipulate XML and HTML documents using standard Python sequence and string operators. It is designed for those whose preferred web template languages are Python and HTML. webstring's design is inspired by PyMeld but with a stricter Python feel. Like PyMeld, webstring separates the view (the XML/HTML document) from the controller (Python). It uses XML/HTML attributes (by default "id") to mark which tags in a document are fields where content can be inserted or substituted. webstring flattens a document into a Python object hierarchy, exposing only parts of the document you need to manipulate. webstring is a wrapper for Fredrik Lundh's cElementTree package, so both cElementTree and elementtree are required. It also requires Fredrik Lundh's elementtidy package for trying hack through odd HTML. These packages are available for download at: http://effbot.org/downloads/ webstring is currently only known to work with Python 2.4. webstring documentation can be found at: http://psilib.sourceforge.net/webstring.html Future planned enhancements include making webstring capable of using lxml as an optional backend. The file is available for download from: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/psilib/webstring.py?download

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www.python.org problems
by Aahz April 21, 2006

April 21, 2006

Before people start sending a flood of e-mail to webmaster, we already know that www.python.org is having problems. Please be patient. -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours." --Richard Bach

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ANN: Leo 4.4 b4 released
by Edward K. Ream April 21, 2006

April 21, 2006

Leo 4.4 beta 4 is now available at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458&package_id=29106 This version fixes a long-standing MacOS bug. It is likely to be the last beta release before 4.4 rc1. This release also adds several new commands and contains a script for updating leoSettings.leo. Warning: The previous beta was not widely distributed. Please do some testing in your environment before recommending this version of Leo to others, (such as your students). Leo is a text editor, data organizer, project manager and much more. See: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/intro.html The highlights of Leo 4.4: -------------------------- - An Emacs-like mini-buffer: you can now execute any command by typing its long name, with tab completion. - Many new commands, including cursor and screen movement, basic character, word and paragraph manipulation, and commands to manipulate buffers, the kill ring, regions and rectangles. You can use Leo without using a mouse. - Flexible key bindings and input modes. You can emulate the operation of Emacs, Vim, or any other editor. - A tabbed log pane. The Find and Spell Check commands now use tabs instead of dialogs, making those commands much easier to use. Plugins or scripts can easily create new tabs. The Completion tab shows possible typing completions. - Autocompletion and calltips. - Dozens of other new features and bug fixes since Leo 4.3.3. Links: ------ Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/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 Quotes: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/testimonials.html Edward -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward K. Ream email: edreamleo(a)charter.net Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html --------------------------------------------------------------------

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ANN: Pyrex 0.9.4.1
by greg April 21, 2006

April 21, 2006

Pyrex 0.9.4.1 is now available: http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/ This is a very minor update to correct a tab/space problem in the distutils extension. What is Pyrex? -------------- Pyrex is a language for writing Python extension modules. It lets you freely mix operations on Python and C data, with all Python reference counting and error checking handled automatically. -- Greg

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SPECIAL: BayPIGgies: April 26, 7:30pm (Google)
by Aahz April 20, 2006

April 20, 2006

NOTE: Special date of WEDNESDAY April 26 at Google, usual time of 7:30pm Special meeting! One of the lead developers of Django is in town! Jacob Kaplan-Moss will be talking about Django at Google. More details as they get finalized -- but save the date! (No, it's not on the website yet...) This does not change the usual May meeting on May 11 at Google; stay tuned for an announcement of that. BayPIGgies meetings alternate between IronPort (San Bruno, California) and Google (Mountain View, California). For more information and directions, see http://baypiggies.net/ Before the meeting, we sometimes meet at 6pm for dinner. Discussion of dinner plans is handled on the BayPIGgies mailing list. Advance notice: We have a speakers for May and June. We are currently setting up the schedule for the rest of the year. Please e-mail baypiggies(a)python.org if you want to suggest an agenda (or volunteer to give a presentation). -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours." --Richard Bach

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[ANN] PyLint 0.11 / astng 0.16
by Sylvain Thénault April 20, 2006

April 20, 2006

Hi there! I'm please to announce new releases of pylint (0.11) and its underlying library astng (0.16). Those releases should fix a number of crashes and false positive and provide a few new options/features, the most notable one being the ability to enable/disable messages at block level in the code (I'll post an example of this new feature on the python-projects mailing-list). Thanks to every people helping pylint by their feedback and bug reports, and special thanks to Benjamin Niemann for his message control patch... To get the new releases of more information : http://www.logilab.org/projects/pylint/ http://www.logilab.org/projects/astng/ Enjoy ! -- Sylvain Thénault LOGILAB, Paris (France). http://www.logilab.com http://www.logilab.fr http://www.logilab.org

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Python Software Foundation seeks mentors and students for Google Summer of Code
by Neal Norwitz April 20, 2006

April 20, 2006

This spring and summer, Google will again provide stipends for students (18+, undergraduate thru PhD programs) to write new open-source code. The Python Software Foundation (PSF) http://www.python.org/psf/ will again act as a sponsoring organization in Google's Summer of Code, matching mentors and projects benefiting Python and Python users. Projects can include work on the core Python language, programmer utilities, libraries, packages, frameworks related to Python, or other Python implementations like Jython, PyPy, or IronPython. Please add your project ideas to the existing set at http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode Mentoring instructions are also on this page. The deadline is soon, so please sign up as a mentor early. If you are a student considering a project, you should start deciding now. Feel free to ask questions on python-dev(a)python.org The main page for the Summer of Code is http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html At the bottom are links to StudentFAQ, MentorFAQ, and TermsOfService. The first two have the timeline. Note that student applications are due between May 1, 17:00 PST and May 8, 17:00 PST. People interested in mentoring a student though PSF are encouraged to contact me, Neal Norwitz at nnorwitz(a)gmail.com. People unknown to Guido or myself should find a couple of people known within the Python community who are willing to act as references. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to meeting many new mentors and students. Let's improve Python! Cheers, n

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