Mailman 3 April 2007 - Python-announce-list

[ANN] Business Gauges 1.1.5 - a Python-powered Business Intelligence Dashboard Solution
by Business Gauges Notifications 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

We're happy to announce the release of Business Gauges 1.1.5. A trial version is available for download from: http://www.businessgauges.com/download/ Business Gauges is a Python-powered business intelligence dashboard solution that uses desktop gadgets and programmable sensors to monitor business metrics. Business Gauges comes pre-packaged with integrated Python scripting support. Solution developers and system integrators can use Python together with Business Gauges to create customized executive dashboards for their clients. Programming data sensors using Python scripts is made easier using an integrated Python editor, built into the Business Gauges management console. Business Gauges is available for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista. To learn more about Business Gauges, please visit: http://www.businessgauges.com. Feature Highlights: - Intuitive Desktop Dashboard - Programmable Data Sensors - Python Scripted Sensors - SQL Sensors - Web Page Sensors - Asynchronous Sensors - Integrated Users and Permissions management - Low Resources Consumption Changes from last version: - Improved auto-hide mode. - New menu allows to quickly change between configurations when the dashboard is minimized to tray. - Pressing CTRL+WIN will now show hidden gauges until the WIN key is released. - Trailing zeros in numerical displays are now dimmed for improved readability. - Improved gauges rendering performance. - Improved performance when using the dashboard to search for gauges in the service. - Line chart gauges will not display any value when the sensor is disabled. - Improved rendering of the minimum and maximum indications in line chart gauges. - Desktop can now be dimmed when gauges are shown in auto-hide mode. - Other minor bug fixes. Sincerely, The Happy Business Gauges' Pythonians http://www.businessgauges.com

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RELEASED Python 2.5.1, release candidate 1
by Anthony Baxter 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I'm happy to announce the release of Python 2.5.1 (release candidate 1). This is the first bugfix release of Python 2.5. Python 2.5 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. According to the release notes, over 150 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5, including a fair number in the new AST compiler (an internal implementation detail of the Python interpreter). For more information on Python 2.5.1, including download links for various platforms, release notes, and known issues, please see: http://www.python.org/2.5.1/ Highlights of this new release include: Bug fixes. According to the release notes, at least 150 have been fixed. Highlights of the previous major Python release (2.5) are available from the Python 2.5 page, at http://www.python.org/2.5/highlights.html Enjoy this release, Anthony Anthony Baxter anthony(a)python.org Python Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team)

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Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Apr 11)
by Cameron Laird 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

QOTW: "Dictionaries are one of the most useful things in Python. Make sure you know how to take adavantage of them..." - Jeremy Sanders "Python has consistently failed to disappoint me." - Tal Einat "super() only works on new-style classes ..." and "has its own set of gotchas": http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/f44c8c09e1593dcf Yes, there certainly *are* times that connection to a terminal makes a difference. There also are ways to control that difference: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/b5975d… Michael Bentley reports satisfaction with Wing IDE's ability to debug multithreading Python: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/f44c8c09e1593dcf Does Python know about such matters as '>' ('>')? Sure: just "import htmlentitydefs": http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/7f9672… http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d09417… ======================================================================== Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Notice especially the master FAQ http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the marvelous daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new) World-Wide Web articles related to Python. http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL are utterly different in their technologies and generally in their results. For far, FAR more Python reading than any one mind should absorb, much of it quite interesting, several pages index much of the universe of Pybloggers. http://lowlife.jp/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/PythonProgrammersWeblog http://www.planetpython.org/ http://mechanicalcat.net/pyblagg.html The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiats". http://pythonpapers.org/ Readers have recommended the "Planet" sites: http://planetpython.org http://planet.python.org comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..." Updates appear more-than-weekly: http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html Steve Bethard continues the marvelous tradition early borne by Andrew Kuchling, Michael Hudson, Brett Cannon, Tony Meyer, and Tim Lesher of intelligently summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every other week. http://www.python.org/dev/summary/ The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references to all sorts of Python resources. http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're subject with a vision of what the language makes practical. http://www.pythonology.com/python/success The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official responsibility for Python's development and maintenance. http://www.python.org/psf/ Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation. http://www.python.org/psf/donate.html Kurt B. Kaiser publishes a weekly report on faults and patches. http://www.google.com/groups?as_usubject=weekly%20python%20patch Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python hyperlinks retains a few gems. http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and interesting recipes. http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation. Watch this space for links to them. Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available are http://www.python.org/channews.rdf http://bootleg-rss.g-blog.net/pythonware_com_daily.pcgi http://python.de/backend.php For more, see http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a SourceForge reincarnation. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/ The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com. editor(a)pythonjournal.com and editor(a)pythonjournal.cognizor.com welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work. del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary. It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence. http://del.icio.us/tag/python *Py: the Journal of the Python Language* http://www.pyzine.com Archive probing tricks of the trade: http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100 http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.pyth… Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://www.ddj.com/topic/python/ (requires subscription) http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=python-url+group:comp.lang.python*&s… http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html (dormant) or http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Python-URL!&as_ugroup=comp.lan… There is *not* an RSS for "Python-URL!"--at least not yet. Arguments for and against are occasionally entertained. Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. E-mail to <Python-URL(a)phaseit.net> should get through. To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning (approximately), ask <claird(a)phaseit.net> to subscribe. Mention "Python-URL!". Write to the same address to unsubscribe. -- The Python-URL! Team-- Phaseit, Inc. (http://phaseit.net) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project. Watch this space for upcoming news about posting archives.

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ANN: PyQwt-5.0.0 released
by Gerard Vermeulen 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

What is PyQwt ( http://pyqwt.sourceforge.net ) ? - it is a set of Python bindings for the Qwt C++ class library which extends the Qt framework with widgets for scientific and engineering applications. It provides a widget to plot 2-dimensional data and various widgets to display and control bounded or unbounded floating point values. - it requires and extends PyQt, a set of Python bindings for Qt. - it supports the use of PyQt, Qt, Qwt, and optionally NumPy or SciPy in a GUI Python application or in an interactive Python session. - it runs on POSIX, Mac OS X and Windows platforms (practically any platform supported by Qt and Python). - it plots fast: displaying data with 100,000 points takes about 0.1 s. - it is licensed under the GPL with an exception to allow dynamic linking with non-free releases of Qt and PyQt. PyQwt-5.0.0 is a major release with support for Qt-4.x, many API changes compared to PyQwt-4.2.x, and a NSIS Windows installer. PyQwt-5.0.0 supports: 1. Python-2.5, -2.4 or -2.3. 2. PyQt-3.18 (to be released in April 2007), or PyQt-3.17. 3. PyQt-4.2 (to be released in April 2007), or PyQt-4.1.x. 3 SIP-4.6 (to be released in April 2007), or SIP-4.5.x. 4. Qt-3.3.x, or -3.2.x. 5. Qt-4.2.x, or -4.1.x. 6. Recent versions of NumPy, numarray, and/or Numeric. Enjoy -- Gerard Vermeulen

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ANN: pywinauto 0.3.7 now released
by Mark Mc Mahon 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Hi, 0.3.7 release of pywinauto is now available. pywinauto is an open-source (LGPL) package for using Python as a GUI automation 'driver' for Windows NT based Operating Systems (NT/W2K/XP/Vista?). 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 the previous release (0.3.6): 0.3.7 Merge of Wait changes and various bug fixes/improvements ------------------------------------------------------------------ 10-April-2007 * Added Timings.WaitUntil() and Timings.WaitUntilPasses() which handle the various wait until something in the code. Also refactored existing waits to use these two methods. * Fixed a major Handle leak in RemoteMemorBlock class (which is used extensively for 'Common' controls. I was using OpenHandle to open the process handle, but was not calling CloseHandle() for each corresponding OpenHandle(). * Added an active_() method to Application class to return the active window of the application. * Added an 'active' option to WindowSpecification.Wait() and WaitNot(). * Some cleanup of the clipboard module. GetFormatName() was improved and GetData() made a little more robust. * Added an option to findwindows.find_windows() to find only active windows (e.g. active_only = True). Default is False. * Fixed a bug in the timings.Timings class - timing values are Now accessed through the class (Timings) and not through the intance (self). * Updated ElementTree import in XMLHelpers so that it would work on Python 2.5 (where elementtree is a standard module) as well as other versions where ElementTree is a separate module. * Enhanced Item selection for ListViews, TreeViews - it is now possible to pass strings and they will be searched for. More documentation is required though. * Greatly enhanced Toolbar button clicking, selection, etc. Though more documentation is required. * Added option to ClickInput() to allow mouse wheel movements to be made. * menuwrapper.Menu.GetProperties() now returns a dict like all other GetProperties() methods. This dict for now only has one key 'MenuItems' which contains the list of menuitems (which had been the previous return value). Thanks Mark -------------------------------------------- Mark Mc Mahon Manchester, NH 03110, USA <P><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywinauto">pywinauto 0.3.7</A> Simple Windows GUI automation with Python. (10-Apr-07)

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[ANN] Gaphor 0.10.0
by Arjan Molenaar 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Hi all, I just released a new version of Gaphor: 0.10.0 Gaphor is an UML modeling tool written in Python. It utilizes GTK+ for it's graphical user interface. Major enhancements include: - New undo management system - Setuptools is used for installation and also within Gaphor - Depends on zope.component 3.4 and gaphas 0.1.3 (installed on as-needed basis) - Installable as Python Egg Check out the latest version at http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/gaphor Regards, Arjan Molenaar

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Release 0.63.0 of Task Coach
by Frank Niessink 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

Hi all, I'm pleased to announce release 0.63.0 of Task Coach. This release contains a mixture of bug fixes and small additional features. Bugs fixed: * Cancelling printing would give a 'Task Coach Error' * Make sure the main window is on a visible display when starting. This is for laptop users that sometimes extend their desktop to a second display. * Sort categories alphabetically in the categories viewer. * Filtering a category no longer automatically checks all subcategories. However, tasks belonging to a subcategory are still filtered (since they belong to the filtered category via the subcategory). Features added: * Export to HTML and printing of tasks colors tasks appropriately. * Added description columns to the task and effort viewers. Like other columns, the description column is printed and exported if visible. * Added reminder column to the task viewers. 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 is developed using Python and wxPython. You can download Task Coach from: http://www.taskcoach.org https://sourceforge.net/projects/taskcoach/ In addition to the source distribution, packaged distributions are available for Windows XP, Mac OSX, and Linux (Debian and RPM format). Note that Task Coach is alpha software, meaning that it is wise to back up your task file regularly, and especially when upgrading to a new release. Cheers, Frank

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[ANN] DrPython 165 - Download site
by Franz Steinh�usler 08 Apr '07

08 Apr '07

Sorry, I have forgotten the link: Not so hard to find, but anyway: :) http://sourceforge.net/projects/drpython/ -- Franz Steinhaeusler

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ANN: Next pyCologne meeting, Wed April 11, 2007, 6:30 pm
by Christopher Arndt 08 Apr '07

08 Apr '07

Dear Pythonistas, the next monthly meeting of pyCologne, the Python User Group Köln, takes place on: Date: Wed April 11, 2007 Time: 6:30 Uhr pm c.t. Venue: Pool 0.14, Computing Centre (RRZK-B), University of Köln, Berrenrather Str. 136, 50937 Köln (Germany) Presentations: - Python and the Blender Game-Engine (moved from last meeting) - Decorators Around 9 pm we will head to a nearby establishment and have some drinks, food and a friendly chat. Further information about pyCologne, including directions, photographs and minutes of past meetings etc., can be found on our web site on the German Python wiki: http://wiki.python.de/pyCologne CU, Christopher Arndt

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[ANN] DrPython 165
by Franz Steinh�usler 08 Apr '07

08 Apr '07

" DrPython is a highly customizable cross-platform ide to aid programming in Python. It was developed with teaching in mind, and has a clean, simple interface. It is written in Python, using wxPython as the gui. " This release is in first place a bug fix release. Unicode related stuff has been reworked. Linux related things were also tested, fixed and reworked. Some tweaks in the code and some nice little improvements as Search in Class Browser or use icons/no icons in it. It should run with wxPython 2.6 upwards and also with ansi/unicode and linux/ win32 build. -- Franz Steinhaeusler

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