Mailman 3 December 2007 - Python-announce-list

Google Highly Open Participation Contest, call for mentors
by Titus Brown 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

Dear Python community, we're in the process of adding another 100 tasks to the Python GHOP page, http://code.google.com/p/google-highly-open-participation-psf/issues/list and we could really use some help tagging and bagging student claims and responses. Please come on over and join up! For example, you could - subscribe to the ghop-python list and help students; - help us maintain status tags on issues; - comment on submitted work and judge tasks for completion; - suggest and write up new tasks for our next round of new tasks; Your rewards will be unending rivers of Google swag [0], tired typing hands, some potentially quite significant contributions to Python, and a sense of well-being and accomplishment. Note that Guido is watching: http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/12/in-just-seven-days.html You, too, could have your 5.2 seconds of fame! cheers, --titus [0] Actual amount of swag may differ.

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Leo 4.4.5 beta 2 released
by Edward K Ream 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

Leo 4.4.5 beta 2 is available at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458&package_id=29106 This beta 2 release fixes several recently reported bugs. A final release is due in about a week. Leo is a text editor, data organizer, project manager and much more. See: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/intro.html Leo 4.4.5 fixes several long-delayed bug fixes and adds several new features. The highlights of Leo 4.4.5: ---------------------------- - Fixes all known bugs. - Leo now recognizes directives in headlines. - Adds 3 new sort-lines commands. - Adds commands to insert and delete icons from headlines. - Adds all the Tango 16x16 icons to Leo's icon library. - Adds support for @rst-preformat nodes to the rst3 plugin. 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://leo.tigris.org/source/browse/leo/ Quotes: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/testimonials.html--------------------… Edward K. Ream email: edreamleo(a)yahoo.com Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html --------------------------------------------------------------------

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ANN: Chandler 0.7.3
by Heikki Toivonen 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

The Chandler Project is pleased to announce the 0.7.3 release of Chandler Desktop! Chandler Desktop is an open source, standards-based personal information manager (PIM) built around small group collaboration and a core set of information management workflows modeled on Inbox usage patterns and David Allen's GTD methodology. Download link, information on mailing lists, and how to get the sources available from the homepage: http://chandlerproject.org/ The 0.7.3 release is the third in a series of quick, time-based releases since Chandler Preview 0.7.0 intended to respond to the feedback we received from 0.7.0 and continue to receive from these quick releases. 0.7.3 fixes over 50 bugs and includes some major improvements: * *Month View*:Yes! Month View! This has been pretty much at the very top of everyone's wish list so we decided to bite the bullet and just did it. Month View can be reached by simply clicking the month name in the top area of the calendar. Switch back to week view simply clicking on the week number on the left side. This fixes bugs: * Bug #5361: 30-day view? Variable multi-day view. * *Bundled Localizations*: Chandler now comes bundled with localizations in *French*, *Swedish* and *Finnish*. If you'd like to join the localization effort in your own native language, we are looking for volunteers. This is a great way to get familiarized with Chandler ideas and its community. We fixed the following bugs along the way: * Bug #11197 Normalize dialog title capitalization * Bug #11199 Bogus message in MasterPassword * Bug #11201 Incorrect strings in GetPasswordDialog * Bug #11260 Export dialog text says 'Exported' not Dumped * Bug #11333 Reword Unpublish Confirmation dialog * Bug #11405 Need different strings for no encryption and no alarm (currently 'None') * Bug #11419 Fixed running with localed using ',' instead of '.' for decimal point (was : invalid literal for float() error when reloading a .chex) * Bug #11470 File > Sync manager... has mnemonic * Bug #11490 Reminders dialog missing mnemonics, default button * *Share Management*: There's a new feature under the File menu called *Sync Manager*. This allows users to view and choose which of the published collections on their Chandler Server need to be synced with the Chandler Desktop. Additionally, this dialog shows up automatically in some situation (like restoring settings). This helps the user to avoid "forgetting" collections on the server. * Bug #10971 Auto-restore published shares * Bug #11334 Sync Menu items * *Support and build for Mac OS X Leopard, Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and Use System Libraries*: Modern OSes are now catching up with Chandler's use of cutting edge releases of Python. So the good news is that, for those systems, we don't have to bundle all these, resulting in much smaller downloads. We now provide special downloads for those Systems. * Bug #11088 Use system python on Mac (Leopard), Ubuntu Feisty and forward * *Automate Upgrade Process*: User now have the option to let Chandler export a .chex on quit. This is convenient for new users (small data base) with fast machines. For old timers with thousands of items, there's an option to bypass this (don't forget to export though _before_ upgrading to a new version of Chandler): * Bug #11139 Automate upgrade process For a more complete list of bug fixes and known issues, please visit our Release Notes at: http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/ReleaseNotes Thanks for your interest in Chandler Desktop!

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EDDIE-Tool 0.36 Released
by Chris Miles 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

EDDIE-Tool 0.36 has just been released. http://eddie-tool.net/ What is it ? The EDDIE-Tool is an intelligent cross-platform monitoring agent written entirely in Python. It provides system, network and security monitoring features, with an extensive configuration facility for defining customized monitoring and data collection rules. What is new ? This version has been a long time coming, but has been well tested over that time. This version features many enhancements and bugfixes, some of them listed below. A special thanks to Zac Stevens and Mark Taylor for their contributions. * Added support for Spread messaging as an alternative to Elvin. * Implemented a DiskStatistics data collector for Linux. * More command-line options and support for running as daemon. * Added a "log" action. Use it to append to a log file, log via syslog, or print on the eddie tty. * Variables can be set in directives, which can then be used in rule evaluation. For example, if the directive has "maxcpu=30", then the rule can address this as "rule='pcpu > _maxcpu'". * HTTP checks support cookie persistence. * Added "DBI" directive, for database query checking. * Added Solaris SMF method/manifest files to contrib. * Many more enhancements and bugfixes - see http://dev.eddie-tool.net/trac/browser/eddie/trunk/doc/CHANGES.txt Why is it interesting to Python users ? Besides system and network administrators, Python users may find EDDIE-Tool interesting as it is an example of a threaded, multi-platform software package, providing easy access to system statistics and using Python's power to offer a dynamic and programmable rules engine. Regards, Chris Miles

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ANN: Resolver One public Beta now live
by Giles Thomas 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

We're proud to announce that today Resolver One, our flagship application, entered its public Beta phase. It can be downloaded from <http://www.resolversystems.com/download/> (free registration required), and we would very much welcome feedback from the Python community. Resolver One is a Rapid Application Development tool for analysing and presenting business data using a familiar spreadsheet interface - or, to put it another way, it is a mash-up of a spreadsheet and an IDE. As you enter formulae on the grid, it writes the equivalent IronPython code for you. As you add your own IronPython code, the grid is updated. This allows you to build applications that are much more complex but better-structured than a traditional spreadsheet, much more quickly than you could if you were using a regular programming language. You can then export the code and re-use it elsewhere in your own programs. It's primarily targetted at heavy users of number-crunching software, such as financial firms and the biotech industry, but we use it internally for all kinds of scripts, so we think any Python programmer will be able to do fun stuff with it. If you're interested in taking a look, please do download it or drop us a line! Best regards, Giles -- Giles Thomas MD & CTO, Resolver Systems Ltd. giles.thomas(a)resolversystems.com +44 (0) 20 7253 6372 17a Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RD, UK VAT No.: GB 893 5643 79 Registered in England and Wales as company number 5467329. Registered address: 843 Finchley Road, London NW11 8NA, UK

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ANN: UliPad 3.8 released!
by limodou 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

UliPad is a flexible editor, based on wxPython. It's has many features,just like:class browser, code auto-complete, html viewer, directory browser, wizard, etc. The main feature is the usage of mixin. This makes UliPad can be extended easily. So you can write your own mixin or plugin, or simple script, these can be easy and seamless integrated with UliPad. What's new in 3.8 =================== New Features and Changes: #. Add mako template syntax highlight support #. Add new option in preference, [Python]->Automatically save modified file when running python program, if it's checked, it'll automatically save the modified file. #. Add Shift+Delete => Cut, Shift+Insert => Paste #. Upgrade winpdb to lastest version #. Now you can set pythonpath option in config.ini/[default], and ulipad will insert it into the sys.path. pythonpath can be a string or a string list of directory. #. Svn support, you should install pysvn first, and also support proxy. #. Change long line indicator default is true. #. Add doctest support, you can run the doctest of current document in UliPad #. Add time stamp info in debug and error file #. Replace the shell window popup menu, and add Copy Without Prompts and Paste and Run menu items. And if the result cann't be convert to unicode, then display the result as repr(). #. Script Manager can find menu name from the script content, you can define it as a comment line, format is: #\s*name:(.*)$ #. Add Run in Shell menu item in Editor context menu #. Add script and shell key binding. Change Shell to External Tool #. Change Find in Files dialog to panel #. Using meide module to create Preference dialog #. Add an option to control if show the docstring in class browser window. #. Don't create a tmp file again, directly save the file #. Improve Find in Files process with thread #. Add some config.ini options support in Preference Dialog #. Refactor Find & Replace with pane, but not dialog #. Made Open Command Here work in Linux #. Add dropfile plugin. thanks Tyberius Prime. Now you can drop files on toolbar, then UliPad will open it. Just like drop files on Directory Browser window. #. Add new custom lexer class and refactor related lexer process #. Upgrade FlatNotebook.py to lastest version, thanks to swordsp #. Improve default identifiers process, add type judgement #. Add pylint plugin Bug fix: #. Fix print bug, add print line number functionality #. Fix snippet template indent bug(when using tab mode, the '\t' in template will be replaced with spaces). And you can press Alt+Q to cancel current snippet. #. Fix press Ctrl+B jump position is not correct bug. #. Fix that when you change the file type, the icon in directory and dynamic menu don't change bug #. Fix line number margin width, and find back End-of-line Marker menu #. Fix adding empty directory error #. Fix open un-exists file will popup two message dialog bug #. Fix line end mix checking bug also including twice prompt dialog bug #. Fix webbrowser bug. Thanks Tom Eubank #. Fix message console postion bug, thanks for swordsp UliPad has been ported to code.google.com, so you can visit the new project site at: http://code.google.com/p/ulipad, and also visit the new svn address. Recommends using source version. Source Code: http://ulipad.googlecode.com/files/ulipad.3.8.zip Win Execute Code: http://ulipad.googlecode.com/files/ulipad.3.8.exe If you have any suggestion or question, please subscribe the ulipad mailling list: http://groups.google.com/group/UliPad -- I like python! UliPad <<The Python Editor>>: http://code.google.com/p/ulipad/ meide <<wxPython UI module>>: http://code.google.com/p/meide/ My Blog: http://www.donews.net/limodou

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ANN: cssutils 0.9.4a4
by Christof Hoeke 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

what is it ---------- A Python package to parse and build CSS Cascading Style Sheets. main changes since 0.9.4a3 -------------------------- for full details for 0.9.4a4 see the relevant README and CHANGELOG: http://cssutils.googlecode.com/svn/tags/TAG_0.9.4a4/README.txt and http://cssutils.googlecode.com/svn/tags/TAG_0.9.4a4/CHANGELOG.txt - **FEATURE**: Implemented ``css.CSSFontFaceRule``. - **FEATURE**: Added ``css.CSSStyleSheet.encoding`` which reflects the encoding of an explicit @charset rule. Setting the property to ``None`` removes an @charset rule if present and sets the encoding to the default value 'utf-8'. Setting a value of ``utf-8`` sets the encoding to the default value too but the @charset rule is explicitly added. Effectively this removes the need to use ``css.CSSCharsetRule`` directly as using this new property is easier and simpler. (A suggestion in the `CSSOM <http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom/#the-csscharsetrule>`_ but not yet resolved. IMHO it does make sense so it is present in cssutils. ``css.CSSCharsetRule`` remains though if you really *want* to use it). - **BUGFIX/IMPROVEMENT**: ``css.SelectorList`` and ``stylesheets.MediaList`` have (Python) list like behaviour partly but are *directly not lists anymore* (which did not work properly anyway...). - bugfixes and small improvements, added to docs license ------- cssutils is published under the LGPL. download -------- for download options for see http://cthedot.de/cssutils/ cssutils needs * Python 2.4 or higher (tested with Python 2.5 on Vista only) bug reports, comments, etc are very much appreciated! thanks Christof

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ANN: Pyrex 0.9.6.4
by Greg Ewing 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Pyrex 0.9.6.4 is now available: http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python/Pyrex/ Mostly just bug fixes in this release; see CHANGES.txt on the web site for details. 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.

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