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Release of Pmw.1.3
by hulne000＠planet.nl Aug. 6, 2007

Aug. 6, 2007

Subject: ANNOUNCE: Pmw megawidgets 1.3 Pmw megawidgets for Tkinter Version 1.3 Greg McFarlane <gregm(a)iname.com> http://pmw.sourceforge.net/ Serge Hulne shulne(a)planet.nl --oOo-- A new release of Pmw is out. This release makes Pmw compatable with recent releases of python and Tcl/Tk. This version of Pmw was tested against python 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 Tcl/Tk 8.4.2 and Blt 2.4z. Except for Blt, all tests pass. Blt seems to be more flacky than usual, with core dumps occuring in the Graph code. Since this is a problem in Blt (not Pmw), the Blt test script has been removed from the default Pmw test sequence. Several other bug fixes and improvements were made. See the change log for details. A setup.py script has been added in order to automate the installation of Pmw. To download Pmw or for more information, see the home page at http://pmw.sourceforge.net/ If you have any comments, enhancements or new contributions, please contact Serge (shulne(a)planet.nl) or me (gregm(a)iname.com) . ===================================================================== What is Pmw? Pmw is a toolkit for building high-level compound widgets, or megawidgets, constructed using other widgets as component parts. It promotes consistent look and feel within and between graphical applications, is highly configurable to your needs and is easy to use. It uses the Tkinter python library. Pmw consists of: - A few base classes, providing a foundation for building megawidgets. - A library of flexible and extensible megawidgets built on the base classes, such as buttonboxes, notebooks, comboboxes, selection widgets, paned widgets, scrolled widgets and dialog windows. - A lazy importer/dynamic loader which is automatically invoked when Pmw is first imported. This gives unified access to all Pmw classes and functions through the Pmw. prefix. It also speeds up module loading time by only importing Pmw sub-modules when needed. - Complete reference documentation, covering all classes and functions including all megawidgets and their options, methods and components. Helpful tutorial material is also available. - A test framework and tests for Pmw megawidgets. - A slick demonstration of the megawidgets. - An interface to the BLT busy, graph and vector commands. The interface to Pmw megawidgets is similar to basic Tk widgets, so it is easy for developers to include both megawidgets and basic Tk widgets in their graphical applications. In addition, Pmw megawidgets may themselves be extended, using either inheritance or composition. The use of the Pmw megawidgets replaces common widget combinations with higher level abstractions. This simplifies code, making it more readable and maintainable. The ability to extend Pmw megawidgets enables developers to create new megawidgets based on previous work.

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tl.eggdeps 0.2.1
by Thomas Lotze Aug. 6, 2007

Aug. 6, 2007

tl.eggdeps 0.2.1 has been released. The eggdeps tool reports dependencies between eggs in the working set. Dependencies are considered recursively, creating a directed graph. This graph is printed to standard output either as plain text, or as an input file to the graphviz tools. tl.eggdeps is released under the Zope Public License, version 2.1. The package is available from the Python package index as a source distribution and Python 2.4 and 2.5 eggs: <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/tl.eggdeps> You can access the source code repository at <https://svn.thomas-lotze.de/repos/public/eggdeps/>, or browse it using ViewCVS at <http://svn.thomas-lotze.de/svn-public/eggdeps/>. >From the documentation (see <http://www.thomas-lotze.de/en/software/eggdeps/readme.html>): Graph building strategies ------------------------- The dependency graph may be built following either of two strategies: :Analysing the whole working set: Nodes correspond exactly to the distributions in the working set. Edges corresponding to all conceivable dependencies between any active distributions are included, but only if the required distribution is active at the correct version. The roots of the graph correspond to those distributions no other active distributions depend upon. :Starting from one or more eggs: Nodes include all packages depended upon by the specified distributions and extras, as well as their deep dependencies. They may cover only part of the working set, as well as include nodes for distributions that are not active at the required versions or not active at all (so their dependencies can not be followed). The roots of the graph correspond to the specified distributions. Some information will be lost while building the graph: - If a dependency occurs both mandatorily and by way of one or more extras, it will be recorded as a plain mandatory dependency. - If a distribution A with installed extras is a dependency of multiple other distributions, they will all appear to depend on A with all its required extras, even if they individually require none or only a few of them. Reducing the graph ------------------ In order to reduce an otherwise big and tangled dependency graph, certain nodes and edges may be omitted. :Ignored nodes: Nodes may be ignored completely by exact name or regular expression matching. This is useful if a very basic distribution is a depedency of a lot of others. An example might be ``setuptools``. :Dead ends: Distributions may be declared dead ends by exact name or regular expression matching. Dead ends are included in the graph but their own dependencies will be ignored. This allows for large subsystems of distributions to be blotted out except for their "entry points". As an example, one might declare ``zope.app.*`` dead ends in the context of ``zope.*`` packages. :No extras: Reporting and following extra dependencies may be switched off completely. This will probably make most sense when analysing the working set rather than the dependencies of specified distributions. -- Thomas

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ANN: ChiPy August Meeting Topic "Snakes On Apples"
by Brian Ray Aug. 6, 2007

Aug. 6, 2007

ChiPy the Chipmunk** invites you to attend August's Chicago Python User Group meeting. ChiPy says, "This will be the best meet ever!" When ---- Thursday August 9th 2007 7:00PM Cost ---- Free Topics ------ Snakes on Apples <http://chipy.org/SnakesOnApples> Developing Python on the Mac. All are welcome, no Macintosh, Unix, or Python experience required. - TextMate with Python -- Kumar McMillan + how to edit / navigate -- all the stuff that makes it comparable to emacs or whatnot (I'll keep this short) + hack: how to write commands / Bundles to automate your coding needs - Address Book Plugin for syncing with gmail contacts utilizing libgmail -- Brian Ray - Python Sprint at Google and PyCon '08 updates / discussion - After: If you wish, follow Chipy the Chipmunk to Greektown or Taylor Street Venue ----- :: The University of Illinois at Chicago Science and Engineering Offices (SEO 1000) 851 South Morgan Street Chicago, Illinois 60607 (note: Emergency Cell 773 835 9876, if you get lost and need moral support) CTA ~~~ FROM O'HARE AIRPORT BY CTA TRAIN: Take the CTA BLUE LINE TRAIN from O'Hare to the UIC-Halsted stop. Exit up stairs in center of the train platform (the platform also has two long ramps on either side heading East and West, which also can be used). Proceed South on street level to the UIC campus. FROM MIDWAY AIRPORT BY CTA TRAIN: Take the CTA ORANGE LINE TRAIN from Midway to the Clark/Lake station. Exit the train, GO DOWNSTAIRS and transfer to the CTA BLUE LINE. Take the Blue Line train towards 54/Cermak (Forest Park) and exit at the UIC-Halsted stop. Exit up stairs in center of the train platform (the platform also has two long ramps on either side heading East and West, which also can be used). Proceed South on street level to the UIC campus. Driving ~~~~~~~ PARKING: Public parking is available via a four-level parking garage on the NE corner of Taylor & Halsted streets, and at the open parking lot on the SE corner of Taylor and Morgan streets. IF PARKING IN THE GARAGE, ENTER ON THE LEFT DRIVEWAY as you turn Nor th into the building, ensuring that you take a ticket. If parking in the open lot, enter through the Southern most driveway, the one that has the attendant booth. DRIVING FROM THE NORTH: Take 90/94 South (Kennedy Expressway) to the Taylor Street/Roosevelt Ave, Exit 52A. Keep to the right and turn right immediately onto Taylor Street. The entrance to the parking garage will be immediately to your right. FROM THE SOUTH: Take 90/94 Nor th (Dan Ryan Expressway). Pass to the far right lane and take the Roosevelt Ave exit, Exit 52B. Stay in the middle or far right lane and go straight through the first intersection, paralleling the expressway. Turn left onto Taylor Street. The entrance to the parking garage will be to your right. FROM THE WEST: Take 290 East (Eisenhower Expressway) to 90/94 South (Dan Ryan Expressway). Immediately exit to the right onto Taylor Street/Roosevelt Ave, Exit 52A. Stay to the right and turn right at the light onto Taylor Street. The entrance to the parking garage will be immediately to your right. FROM THE EAST: In the Loop area, take Harrison Street. Proceed west and turn left onto Halsted Street. Continue South on Halsted, turn left onto Taylor and left again into the parking garage. Food Donations -------------- Roy Talman & Associate About ChiPy ----------- ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers, l33t, and n00bs. Meetings are held monthly at various locations around Chicago. Also, ChiPy is a proud sponsor of many Open Source and Educational efforts in Chicago. Stay tuned to the mailing list for more info. ChiPy website: <http://chipy.org> ChiPy Mailing List: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago> Python website: <http://python.org> ** "ChiPy the Chipmunk" is a fictitious character. Any similarity to actual chipmunks, living or dead, is purely coincidental. ------

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[ANN] Vortragsanmeldung noch bis 15. August - Python-Workshop in Leipzig, Germany, September 7, 2007
by Mike Müller Aug. 5, 2007

Aug. 5, 2007

The following announcement is in German. Despite this we would like to post it here, because many German speaking Python users read this group/list. Vorträge für den Python-Workshop können noch bis zum 15. August eingereicht werden. Die bisher angenommenen Vorträge sind unter http://www.python-academy.de/workshop/vortraege.html zu finden. Es sind also die Themen Webentwicklung, Wissenschaft, Entwicklerwerkzeuge und Anwendungen in der Luft- und Raumfahrt vertreten. Vorträge zu weiteren oder ähnlichen Themen sind sehr willkommen. Kurzfassungen bitte an mmueller(a)python-academy.de === Workshop "Python im deutschsprachigen Raum" === Am 7. September 2007 findet in Leipzig der zweite Workshop "Python im deutschsprachigen Raum" statt. Der erste Workshop 2006 war erfolgreich, so dass es auch dieses Jahr einen geben wird. Der Workshop ist als Ergänzung zu den internationalen und europäischen Python-Zusammenkünften gedacht. Die Themen- palette der Vorträge ist sehr weit gefasst und kann alles einschließen, was mit Python im deutschsprachigen Raum zu tun hat. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung der Ziele des Workshops, der Workshop-Themen sowie Details zu Organisation und Anmeldung sind unter http://www.python-academy.de/workshop zu finden. Vortragsvorschläge sind bis zum 15. August möglich.Bitte senden Sie gegebenenfalls eine Kurzfassung an Mike Müller (mmueller(a)python-academy.de). Zu jedem Vortrag kann ein Artikel eingereicht werden, der in einem Tagungsband Ende des Jahres erscheinen wird. === Wichtige Termine === 15.08.2007 Vortragsanmeldung mit Kurzfassung 31.08.2007 Letzter Termin für Frühbucherrabatt 07.09.2007 Workshop 15.09.2007 Letzter Termin für die Einreichung der publikationsfähigen Beiträge Dezember 2007 Veröffentlichung des Tagungsbandes === Bitte weitersagen === Der Workshop soll auch Leute ansprechen, die bisher nicht mit Python arbeiten. Wer mithelfen möchte, den Workshop bekannt zu machen, kann einen Link auf http://www.python-academy.de/workshop setzen. Auch außerhalb des Internets kann der Workshop durch den Flyer http://www.python-academy.de/download/workshop_call_for_papers.pdf oder das Poster http://www.python-academy.de/download/poster_python_workshop_2007.pdf bekannt gemacht werden. Den Flyer einfach doppelseitig ausdrucken oder kopieren. Das Poster möglichst auf A3 ausdrucken oder von A4 auf A3 kopieren. Gern schicken wir auch die gewünschte Menge Flyer oder Poster im A3-Format per Post zu. Dann ein Poster zusammen mit ein paar Flyern am Schwarzen Brett von Universitäten, Firmen, Organisationen usw. aushängen. Ideen, wie wir auch Leute erreichen, die Python-Websites oder -Listen nicht frequentieren, sind immer willkommen. Wir freuen uns auf eine rege Teilnahme, Mike Müller Stefan Schwarzer

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PyQt v4.3 (Python Bindings for Qt) Released
by Phil Thompson Aug. 5, 2007

Aug. 5, 2007

Riverbank Computing is pleased to announce the release of PyQt v4.3 available from http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/. The highlights of this release include: - Full support for Qt v4.3.0. - Partial functions can be used as slots. - Many Qt classes now support the standard Python pickle protocol for data serialisation. PyQt is a comprehensive set of Qt bindings for the Python programming language and supports the same platforms as Qt (Windows, Linux and MacOS/X). Like Qt, PyQt is available under the GPL and a commercial license. See http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Docs/PyQt4/html/classes.html for the class documentation. PyQt v4 supports Qt v4 (http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/index.html). PyQt v3 is still available to support earlier versions of Qt. PyQt v4 is implemented as a set of 11 extension modules containing approximately 400 classes and 6,000 functions and methods. QtCore The non-GUI infrastructure including event loops, threads, i18n, Unicode, signals and slots, user and application settings. QtGui A rich collection of GUI widgets. QtNetwork A set of classes to support TCP and UDP socket programming and higher level protocols (eg. HTTP, SSL). QtOpenGL A set of classes that allows PyOpenGL to render onto Qt widgets. QtScript A set of classes that implements a JavaScript interpreter. QtSql A set of classes that implement SQL data models and interfaces to industry standard databases. Includes an implementation of SQLite. QtSvg A set of classes to render SVG files onto Qt widgets. QtTest A set of classes to automate unit testing of PyQt applications and GUIs. QtXML A set of classes that implement DOM and SAX parsers. QtAssistant A set of classes that enables the Qt Assistant online help browser to be integrated with an application. QAxContainer A set of classes for Windows that allows the integration of ActiveX controls and COM objects. A Windows installer is provided for the GPL version of PyQt which contains everything needed for PyQt development (including Qt, Qwt, QScintilla and the eric IDE). PyQt includes the pyuic4 utility which generates Python code to implement user interfaces created with Qt Designer in the same way that the uic utility generates C++ code. It is also able to load Designer XML files dynamically.

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Rope 0.6 released
by Ali Gholami Rudi Aug. 5, 2007

Aug. 5, 2007

Rope 0.6 released. See the homepage at http://rope.sf.net or download it from http://sf.net/projects/rope/files. Rope is a python refactoring library and IDE. New features since 0.5 include: * Restructurings; searching for patterns in code and changing them * Handling imports when inlining * Extracting similar expressions/statements in extract refactorings * Adding tools for making using rope library easier * Importing modules in restructurings * Auto-indentation in restructurings * Inferring the object, list comprehensions hold * Added ``ignore_syntax_errors`` project config * Specifying custom source folders in project config -- http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email service?

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ANN: doctest-mode 0.4
by Edward Loper Aug. 4, 2007

Aug. 4, 2007

Announcing doctest-mode 0.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Webpage: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~edloper/projects/doctestmode/ Walk-through: http://tinyurl.com/25bljc Subversion: https://python-mode.svn.sf.net/svnroot/python-mode/trunk/python-mode/ About doctest-mode ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "doctest-mode" is an Emacs major mode for editing text files that contain Python "doctest" examples. (Doctest is a testing framework for Python that emulates an interactive session, and checks the result of each command. For more information on doctest, see <http://docs.python.org/lib/module-doctest.html>). doctest-mode makes it easier to write and maintain doctest files, by providing: - Syntax highlighting of the prompts, source code, and expected output for each doctest example. - Editing support, including automatic indentation (similar to python-mode) and automatic prompt management. - Execution support, allowing you to run doctest directly from emacs, and examine the results in an output buffer. - Failure navigation, allowing you to quickly navigate between failed examples after you run doctest. - Output replacement, allowing you to easily update doctest examples with the correct output value. Improvements in Version 0.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - improved syntax highlighting. - doctest is now run asynchronously by default. - added support for older versions of doctest (pre-Python 2.4) - editing the doctest buffer no longer causes doctest-mode to lose track of the correspondence between examples in the doctest buffer and results in the *doctest-output* buffer. - numerous bug-fixes. - new command: doctest-execute-region (C-c |). - improved portability between different emacs versions. Tested on: * XEmacs 21.4 (patch 17) [Lucid] (i386-debian-linux, Mule) * GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) * GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.3.0) * GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.0) Licesnse ~~~~~~~~ Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Edward Loper This software is provided as-is, without express or implied warranty. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute or sell this software, without fee, for any purpose and by any individual or organization, is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph appear in all copies. <P><A HREF="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~edloper/projects/doctestmode/" >doctest-mode 0.4</A> - a major mode for editing text files that contain Python "doctest" examples. (04-Aug-07) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Loper edloper(a)gradient.cis.upenn.edu http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~edloper/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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ANN: cssutils 0.9.2b3
by Christof Hoeke Aug. 4, 2007

Aug. 4, 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 0.9.2b2 --------------------- - added patch from Issue #6 - Issue #5 and #7 fixed see the relevant README file http://cssutils.googlecode.com/svn/tags/TAG_0.9.2b3/README.txt license ------- cssutils is published under the LGPL. download -------- for download options for cssutils 0.9.2b3 - 0708004 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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Registration is open for the 5th Python game challenge!
by richard＠pyweek.org Aug. 4, 2007

Aug. 4, 2007

The fifth PyWeek is only a month away. Come along and join the fun: write a video game in a week! There's some really interesting new libraries that have popped up recently. Have a gander on the pyweek message board for more info. REGISTRATION IS OPEN Visit the PyWeek website for more information: http://pyweek.org/ THE PYWEEK CHALLENGE: - Invites all Python programmers 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 python 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 during the challenge, and must incorporate some theme decided at the start of the challenge. The rules for the challenge are at: http://media.pyweek.org/static/rules.html Richard -- Visit the PyWeek website: http://www.pyweek.org/

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Announcing Wing IDE 101 for teaching intro programming courses
by Wingware Aug. 3, 2007

Aug. 3, 2007

Hi, We're pleased to announce the first public beta release of Wing IDE 101, a free scaled back edition of Wing IDE that was designed for teaching introductory programming courses. We are releasing Wing IDE 101 to the general public in the hopes that it may help others teach with or learn Python. Wingware also offers educational pricing for Wing IDE Professional, including steep discounts for class room use. If you are interested in teaching Python with Wing IDE, please email support(a)wingware.com for more information. Key features of Wing IDE 101 include: * Powerful Editor -- Syntax highlighting, goto-definition, navigation menus, error indicators, auto-indent, and keyboard emulation for Visual Studio, VI/Vim, Emacs, and Brief. * Python Shell -- Evaluate files and selections in the integrated Python shell. * Graphical Debugger -- Set breakpoints and view stack and program data. Note that Wing IDE 101 omits auto-completion and most other code intelligence features found in the other Wing IDE products. This was by design, so that students are more conscious of the details of the language and the modules that they are learning about. Wing IDE 101 is available on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It is free for all non-commercial uses and does not require a license code to run. Wing 101 is not, however, open source. The current release is 3.0 beta1 and is available here: http://wingware.com/downloads/wingide-101 General information for beta testers is here: http://wingware.com/wingide/beta More details on Wing 101's features are here: http://wingware.com/wingide-101 http://wingware.com/wingide/features Please direct bug reports and suggestions to support(a)wingware.com. Thanks! The Wingware Team Wingware | Python IDE Advancing Software Development www.wingware.com

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