Mailman 3 July 2007 - Python-announce-list

ANN: PyEnchant 1.2.0
by Ryan Kelly Sept. 19, 2007

Sept. 19, 2007

Hi All, I'm pleased to announce the release of PyEnchant version 1.2.0. This version includes some important updates in the underlying enchant library, and implements basic "filters" to allow skipping of email addresses, WikiWords, URLs, etc during a spellchecking session. Cheers, Ryan About: ------ Enchant (http://www.abisource.com/enchant/) is the spellchecking package behind the AbiWord word processor, is being considered for inclusion in the KDE office suite, and is proposed as a FreeDesktop.org standard. It's completely cross-platform because it wraps the native spellchecking engine to provide a uniform interface. PyEnchant brings this simple, powerful and flexible spellchecking engine to Python: http://pyenchant.sourceforge.net/ It also provides extended functionality including classes for tokenizing text and iterating over the spelling errors in it, as well as a ready-to-use text interface and wxPython dialog. Current Version: 1.2.0 Licence: LGPL with exemptions, as per Enchant itself ChangeLog for 1.2.0: -------------------- * Implemented "filters" that allow tokenization to skip common word forms such as URLs, WikiWords, email addresses etc. * Now ships with enchant-1.3.0, meaning: * PWLs can return a useful list of suggestions rather than the empty list * Hunspell replaces MySpell as the default Windows backend * Tokenization doesnt split words at non-alpha characters by default * GtkSpellCheckerDialog contributed by Fredrik Corneliusson * Removed deprecated functionality: * Dict.add_to_personal * All registry handling functionality from enchant.utils * enchant.utils.SpellChecker (use enchant.checker.SpellChecker) * Removed PyPWL, as native enchant PWLs can now suggest corrections -- Ryan Kelly http://www.rfk.id.au | This message is digitally signed. Please visit ryan(a)rfk.id.au | http://www.rfk.id.au/ramblings/gpg/ for details

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Python Package Index hostname change
by "Martin v. Löwis" July 31, 2007

July 31, 2007

The Python Packaging Index (the software formerly known as Cheeseshop) is now available at http://pypi.python.org/pypi The old addresses (www.python.org/pypi, and cheeseshop.python.org/pypi) will continue to work, either as aliases or using HTTP redirections. The software was renamed to its old name (PyPI - Python Package Index), as the Cheeseshop name was ever confusing people unfamiliar with British television comedy sketch (and puzzling even to people familiar with the sketch, as you *can* get packages from the package index). If you would like to discuss PyPI and its future, please join catalog-sig(a)python.org. Regards, Martin

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MailingLogger 3.2.0 Released!
by Chris Withers July 31, 2007

July 31, 2007

With help from Jens Vagelpohl, I'm pleased to announce a new release of Mailinglogger that now supports filtering of log entries... Mailinglogger enables log entries to be emailed either as the entries are logged or as a summary at the end of the running process. This pair of enhanced emailing handlers for the python logging framework is now available as a standard python package and as an egg. The handlers have the following features: - customisable and dynamic subject lines for emails sent - emails sent with an X-Mailer header for easy filtering - flood protection to ensure the number of emails sent is not excessive - support for SMTP servers that require authentication - fully documented and tested In addition, extra support is provided for configuring the handlers when using ZConfig, Zope 2 or Zope 3. Installation is as easy as: easy_install mailinglogger For more information, please see: http://www.simplistix.co.uk/software/python/mailinglogger cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk

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Wing IDE for Python v. 3.0 beta1 released
by Wingware July 31, 2007

July 31, 2007

Hi, I'm happy to announce the first beta release of Wing IDE 3.0. It is available from http://wingware.com/wingide/beta Wing IDE is a commercial IDE designed specifically for Python programmers. More information about the product and free trials are available at http://wingware.com/ The major new features introduced in Wing 3.0 are: * Multi-threaded debugger * Debug value tooltips in editor, debug probe, and interactive shell * Autocompletion in debug probe and interactive shell * Automatically updating project directories * Testing tool, currently supporting unittest derived tests (*) * OS Commands tool for executing and interacting with external commands (*) * Rewritten indentation analysis and conversion (*)'d items are available in Wing IDE Professional only. The CHANGELOG.txt file in the installation provides additional details. System requirements are Windows 2000 or later, OS X 10.3.9 or later for PPC or Intel (requires X11 Server), or a recent Linux system (either 32 or 64 bit). Reporting Bugs -------------- Please report bugs using the Submit Bug Report item in the Help menu or by emailing support at wingware dot com. This is beta quality software that installs side-by-side with Wing 2.x or 1.x. We advise you to make frequent backups of your work when using any pre-release version of Wing IDE. Upgrading --------- To upgrade a 2.x license or purchase a new 3.x license: Upgrade https://wingware.com/store/upgrade Purchase https://wingware.com/store/purchase Any 2.x license sold after May 2nd 2006 is free to upgrade; others cost 1/2 normal price to upgrade. Thanks! The Wingware Team Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com

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PyCon UK talks announced
by PyConUK Publicist July 31, 2007

July 31, 2007

Details of the talks we'll be having at the UK Python conference in September are now appearing on the website: http://www.pyconuk.org/talks.html.

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Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jul 30)
by Gabriel Genellina July 30, 2007

July 30, 2007

QOTW: "If you really want to learn hard-core Python, probably your best bet is: * read everything Tim Peters has ever written in comp.lang.python (this will take a few months), start with "import this" * read everything the PyPy guys have ever written (particularly Christian and Armin) * read and try to beat the more exotic recipes in the Python cookbook * read the papers from the various PyCons on metaclasses and the like, build a couple of dozen metaclasses and descriptors." - Mike C. Fletcher "Why would you want to become a programmer? Programmers smell bad, they have no social life, they get treated like crap by everyone. They can get paid pretty well but then they spend all the money on useless electronic junk so they still live like bums. There is only one reason to be a programmer, which is that the drive to program burns in you like a fire. But in that case don't ask how to become a programmer, because you are already one, so welcome to the ranks ;-)." - Paul Rubin Moving from .net to Python: How to implement Events and Delegates (Observer pattern) http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/c6808e… How to efficiently access the first, second, etc. lines of a text file http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/800e92… Borrowing from the D language: 123 456 789 == 123456789, and other suggestions. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/93dc57… Ways to write an "is_iterable" function, and why there can't be an universal version: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/c37eea… Using ClientForm and mechanize to automate web form submissions http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d544e5… Started as: Where do they teach Python officially?, later discussing what's good for a programmer to know: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/fafd2b… math.pow(3,50)!=3**50 -or- Don't use floating point exponentiation when you actually want an integer operation http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/b2155e… Closures/Blocks in Python: what is good Ruby code style is not necesarily good for Python. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/7e3ee9… How get "next month's" name: the orthodox ways, and a tricky one by Carsten Haese: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/1baa0d… ======================================================================== 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. Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiats": http://pythonpapers.org/ The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python: http://pythonmagazine.com 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/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: Omaha Python Users Group Meeting, Aug 1 @ 7pm
by dundeemt July 30, 2007

July 30, 2007

The Omaha Python Users Group meets the First Wednesday of the Month. * August 1, 2007 - 7pm Topics: * Lightning Talks * Group Flyers * Possible Group Project? * Group Q and A session Location: Clancy's East[[BR]] 7128 Pacific Street (72nd & Pacific)[[BR]] Omaha, NE Refreshments: It's Clancy's -- so food and drink will be available. Door Prize(s)?: * Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition See http://www.OmahaPython.org for more information.

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Free support for Python developers
by Ferenczi Viktor July 30, 2007

July 30, 2007

I am pleased to announce the availability of python support for English speaking developers. The service is free of charge. More information: http://python.cx.hu/support/

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ANN: cssutils 0.9.2b2
by Christof Hoeke July 28, 2007

July 28, 2007

what is it ---------- A Python package to parse and build CSS Cascading Style Sheets. Partly implements the DOM Level 2 Style Stylesheets and CSS interfaces. An implementation of the WD CSS Module: Namespaces which has no official DOM yet is included from v0.9.1. changes since 0.9.2b1 --------------------- - Issue #4 fixed see the relevant README file http://cssutils.googlecode.com/svn/tags/TAG_0.9.2b2/README.txt license ------- cssutils is published under the LGPL. download -------- for download options for cssutils 0.9.2b2 - 070728 see http://cthedot.de/cssutils/ cssutils needs * Python 2.4 (tested with Python 2.5 on Windows XP only) bug reports, comments, etc are very much appreciated! thanks christof

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ANN: PIDA 0.5.1 Released
by Ali Afshar July 28, 2007

July 28, 2007

We are proud to release PIDA 0.5.1 - "Rhubarb Crumble". The release contains a few features (which are massive enhancements to usability) as well as the usual number of bug fixes. And remember: PIDA LOVES YOU! For those who have never heard of it, PIDA is a general IDE (written in Python) with features such as Vim/Emacs embedding, use of all version control systems, and ease of extension. Changelog: 0.5.1 "Rhubarb Crumble" Features [1119] Added History to status bar. [1118] Added First run wizard. [1122] Shortcut to focus editor. [1129] Allow projects to change their names. Launchpad bug:123323. Closes #141. [1133] Shortcut to go to parent directory in file manager. Closes #111. [1137] Shortcut to focus terminal pane. Closes #143. [1138] Project-relative filenames in buffer list. [1170] Completion hooks for vim. [1178] Allow setting keyboard shortcuts for basic editor actions. [1182] Added and option to use Gamin. False by default. Closes #153. Bugs [1107] Corrected AUTHORS file. [1121] Update context menus on plugin load/unload. Fixes #122. [1126] Fixed bug reporting mechanism. [1130] Allow Vim filenames with commas. LP: 78773. Fixes: #142. [1132] Add missing subversion state Fixes #123. [1134] Handle pending merges output for bzr. Fixes LP 76368. [1162] Fix crash on plugin loading errors. Fixes #145. [1163] Allow PIDA to be started on any screen. Fixes #146. [1171] Add commit support for GIT. [1180] Good error message when Gvim is not isntalled. Fixes #152. [1186] Ensure plugin pixmaps get registered as stock icons. Fixes #154. [1189] Add missing Emacs UI Definition. Non Core [1111] Prototype debugger plugin based on WinPDB. [1115] Alphapetically sort documentation library book list. [1152] Python source viewer now jumps to line. [1177] Koders.com plugin.

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