Mailman 3 April 2006 - Python-announce-list

ANNOUNCE: Optik 1.5.1
by Greg Ward April 20, 2006

April 20, 2006

Optik 1.5.1 is now available, just 16 months after I first planned to release it (sigh). (Optik is a command-line parsing library for Python, also known as optparse in the standard library; see http://optik.sourceforge.net/ for blurbs, docs, downloads, etc.) Changes since 1.5: * Fix so the 'merge' script works again (bugs spotted, and mostly fixed, by Andrea 'fwyzard' Bocci). * SF bug #1145594: add 'destroy()' method to OptionParser so applications can explicitly break reference cycles, making life easier for Python's garbage collector. * SF feature #988126: add 'epilog' attribute to OptionParser (and constructor arg): paragraph of text to print after the main option help. * Corrected French translation (po/optik/fr.po) (Laurent Laporte). * Beefed up reference guide. * Backported to Python 2.0/2.1 (Giovanni Bajo). Greg -- Greg Ward <gward(a)python.net> http://www.gerg.ca/ "... but in the town it was well known that when they got home their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them to within inches of their lives ..."

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ANN: pywinauto 0.3.3 released - bug fixes, added methods, removed deprecated methods
by Mark Mc Mahon April 19, 2006

April 19, 2006

Hi, 0.3.3 release of pywinauto is now available. pywinauto is a set of open-source (LGPL) modules for using Python as a GUI automation 'driver' for Windows NT based Operating Systems (NT/W2K/XP). SourceForge project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywinauto Download from SourceForge http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=157379 Here is the list of changes from 0.3.2: 0.3.3 Added some methods, and fixed some small bugs ------------------------------------------------------------------ 19-Apr-2006 * Added a wait for the control to be active and configurable sleeps after 'modifying' actions (e.g. Select, Deselect, etc) * Fixed Timings.Slow() and Timings.Fast() - they could in certain circumstances do the opposite! If you had already set a timing slower or faster then they would set it then they would blindly ignore that and set their own times. I added functionality that they will take either the slowest or fastest of the new/current setting rather then blindly setting to the new value. * Fixed some hidden bugs with HwndWrapper.CloseClick() * Fixed a bug in setup.py that would raise an error when no argument was specified * Added an argument to HwndWrapper.SendMessageTimeout so that the wait options could be passed in. * Added HwndWrapper.Close(), Maximize(), Minimize(), Restore() and GetShowState(). * Commented out all deprecated methods (will be removed completely in some future release). * Added Application.kill_() method - which closes all windows and kills the application. If the application is asking if you want to save your changes - you will not be able to click yes or no and the application will be killed anyway!. If you want to follow this project then please sign up to the mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/pywinauto-users Thanks Mark -------------------------------------------- Mark Mc Mahon Manchester, NH 03110, USA <P><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywinauto">pywinauto 0.3.3</A> Simple Windows GUI automation with Python. (19-Apr-06)

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itools 0.13.2 released
by "J. David Ibáñez" April 19, 2006

April 19, 2006

itools is a Python library, it groups a number of packages into a single meta-package for easier development and deployment: itools.catalog itools.i18n itools.uri itools.cms itools.ical itools.web itools.csv itools.resources itools.workflow itools.datatypes itools.rss itools.xhtml itools.gettext itools.schemas itools.xliff itools.handlers itools.stl itools.xml itools.html itools.tmx Changes: Handlers - Remove obsolete module "Python.py" (#297). CSV - Fix "add_row" when the schema is defined, by Hervé Cauwelier (#296). Catalog - Now the text analyser accepts numbers. Packaging - Implement "get_version" to help other packages to define __version__. Web - Now canonical URLs never end with a slash (#294). CMS - Several fixes related to virtual hosting. - Now "icms-start" refuses to start the server if the instance is not up-to-date (#301). - Speed-up "icms-init" and "icms-update". Resources --------- Download http://www.ikaaro.org/download/itools/itools-0.13.2.tar.gz Home http://www.ikaaro.org/itools Mailing list http://in-girum.net/mailman/listinfo/ikaaro Bug Tracker http://bugs.ikaaro.org -- J. David Ibáñez Itaapy <http://www.itaapy.com> Tel +33 (0)1 42 23 67 45 9 rue Darwin, 75018 Paris Fax +33 (0)1 53 28 27 88

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Construct 1.25 released
by tomerfiliba＠gmail.com April 18, 2006

April 18, 2006

Construct, the "parsing made fun" library this release focused on minor bugfixes and other small improvements http://pyconstruct.sourceforge.net http://pyconstruct.wikispaces.net -tomer

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New PPCEncoder available (v00.34)
by Ivo April 18, 2006

April 18, 2006

PPCEncoder The xViD encoder for a PocketPC like aparatus has new features. - IconTray in minimize - Set Processing priority. Very handy If you want to convert movies and still be able to work on you PC during the conversion This application Encodes video to PocketPC DivX format and size. With PPCEncoder you can encode and optimize your movies for the size of your PocketPC screen and memory card Check it out here: http://IvoNet.nl

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PyWeek Python Game Programming Challenge #2 has finished!
by richard＠pyweek.org April 16, 2006

April 16, 2006

Congratulations to Rushed and Team Pekuja for taking out the top placings in the individual and team categories. Go see all the entries, ratings and diaries at: http://www.pyweek.org/2/ The PyWeek challenge: - Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team, - Is intended to be challenging and fun, - Will hopefully increase the public body of game tools, code and expertise, - Will let a lot of people actually finish a game, and - May inspire new projects (with ready made teams!) Entries must be developed in Python during the challenge, and must incorporate some theme decided at the start of the challenge. See the challenge rules for more information. The next PyWeek will be in 6 months. -- Visit the PyWeek website: http://www.pyweek.org/

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ANN: MoinMoin 1.5.3 (advanced wiki engine) released
by Alexander Schremmer April 16, 2006

April 16, 2006

_ _ /\/\ ___ (_)_ __ /\/\ ___ (_)_ __ / \ / _ \| | '_ \ / \ / _ \| | '_ \ __ / /\/\ \ (_) | | | | / /\/\ \ (_) | | | | | /| |_ \/ \/\___/|_|_| |_\/ \/\___/|_|_| |_| |.__) ============================================== MoinMoin 1.5.3 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 1.5.3 is a bug fix release and a recommend update. The 1.5 branch brings 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 New features in 1.5.3 ===================== * Introduced a new script system that accumulates all scripts under a single command "moin". * LDAP and SMB authentication modules, enhanced authentication subsystem * The full text search engine supports indexing attachments now. (It is still not considered stable, though) Major bug fixes in 1.5.3 ======================== * Many GUI editor related bug fixes. * Enhanced usability of the login process. * Fixed a small problem that could lead to XSS issues. 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. This enables you to decide in which languages help pages should be installed. 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 are 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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ANN: Pyrex 0.9.4 - LValue Casts are Dead!
by greg April 16, 2006

April 16, 2006

Pyrex 0.9.4 is now available: http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/ Highlights of this version: No more lvalue casts I have redesigned the code generator to eliminate the need for lvalue casting. This means that Pyrex-generated code should now be gcc4-compatible, although I haven't tested this. Let me know if you find any remaining lvalue casts; they should be fairly easy to fix now. C++ compilable The generated code should now be compilable as either C or C++ without errors (although there may still be warnings). However, note that you can still only call C++ functions if they have been declared "extern C", even if you compile the Pyrex output as C++. I hope to introduce some C++ interface features soon. And more... A slew of other improvements and bug fixes have been made, see the CHANGES.txt file in the distribution or on the web page. 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 Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | Carpe post meridiam! | Christchurch, New Zealand | (I'm not a morning person.) | greg.ewing(a)canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+

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Python used to animate a compiled C program
by I. Myself April 15, 2006

April 15, 2006

SailChallenge was originally a program in C. It simulates a sailboat being navigated by an ANN (Artificial Neural Network). Now a Python "front end" has been created which invokes the compiled C program, and then captures the real time text output, converting it into an animation. A screen shot can be seen on our website. SailChallenge-2.0 is a free download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/annevolve. All source code is included, both C and Python. It will run on linux or Windows. Windows .exe files are available for Windows users who don't wish to compile the C code. Mitchell Timin -- I'm proud of http://ANNEvolve.sourceforge.net. If you want to write software, or articles, or do testing or research for ANNEvolve, let me know. Humans may know that my email address is: (but remove the 3 digit number) zenguy at shaw666 dot ca

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ANN: Urwid 0.9.3 - Console UI Library
by Ian Ward April 15, 2006

April 15, 2006

Announcing Urwid 0.9.3 ---------------------- Urwid home page: http://excess.org/urwid/ Tarball: http://excess.org/urwid/urwid-0.9.3.tar.gz About this release: =================== This release adds support for gpm and mouse dragging to the raw_display module, improves mouse release reporting and fixes a few text layout bugs. If you are interested in Urwid's mouse support please try the input test example program and let me know if it works properly in your environment. user@host:~/urwid-0.9.3$ ./input_test.py will test the input of the curses_display module. user@host:~/urwid-0.9.3$ ./input_test.py raw will test the input of the raw_display module. Please post your results and details about your environment to the mailing list. New in this release: ==================== - Improved mouse reporting. The raw_display module now detects gpm mouse events by reading "/usr/bin/mev" output. The curses_display module already supports gpm directly. Mouse drag events are now reported by raw_display in terminals that provide button event tracking and on the console with gpm. Note that gpm may report coordinates off the screen if the user drags the mouse off the edge. Button release events now report which button was released if that information is available, currently only on the console with gpm. - Added display of raw keycodes to the input_test.py example program. - Fixed a text layout bug affecting clipped text with blank lines, and another related to wrapped text starting with a space character. - Fixed a Frame.keypress(..) bug that caused it to call keypress on unselectable widgets. About Urwid =========== Urwid is a console UI library for Python. It features fluid interface resizing, UTF-8 support, multiple text layouts, simple attribute markup, powerful scrolling list boxes and flexible interface design. Urwid is released under the GNU LGPL.

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