Mailman 3 January 2010 - Python-announce-list

[ANN] RedNotebook 0.9.2
by Jendrik Seipp 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Version 0.9.2 of RedNotebook has just been released. You can get the tarball at http://sourceforge.net/projects/rednotebook/files/ For links to distribution packages head to the RedNotebook homepage http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net What is RedNotebook? -------------------- RedNotebook is a graphical diary and journal helping you keep track of notes and thoughts. It includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export functionality and word clouds. You can also format, tag and search your entries. RedNotebook is available in the repositories of most common Linux distributions and an (outdated) Windows installer is available. What's new? ----------- * Use webkit for direct PDF export * Remove pdflatex (texlive) package suggestion * Improve menu layout * Add "Report A Problem" button * Add "Translate RedNotebook" button * Add "Get Help Online" button * Handle opening of links externally in webkit preview * Fix spellchecking * Fix linebreaks for XHTML * Improve documentation * New Translations: * Spanish * Updated Translations: * German * Indonesian * Hebrew * Malay * Czech * Polish * Dutch * Chinese (Simplified) Cheers, Jendrik

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PyQt v4.7 Released
by Phil Thompson 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

PyQt v4.7 has been released and is available from http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/. PyQt is a comprehensive set of bindings for the Qt application and UI framework from Nokia. It supports the same platforms as Qt (Windows, Linux and MacOS/X). PyQt supports Python v3 and Python v2.3 and later. The highlights of this release include: - full support for Qt v4.6.1 including the new animation and state machine frameworks, gesture and multi-touch support, and advanced graphics effects (blurring, colourising, drop shadows) - all callables have docstrings that describe the Python signatures of all available overloads - keyword arguments are supported for all optional arguments. Windows installers are provided for the GPL version of PyQt which contains everything needed for PyQt development (including Qt, Qt Designer, QScintilla, and MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and ODBC drivers) except Python itself. PyQt v4 is implemented as a set of 19 extension modules containing over 400 classes and over 6,000 functions and methods. QtCore The non-GUI infrastructure including event loops, threads, i18n, Unicode, signals and slots, user and application settings, mapped files and shared memory. QtDesigner A set of classes that allow the Qt Designer GUI design tool to be extended with PyQt. QtGui A rich collection of GUI widgets. QtHelp A set of classes for creating and viewing searchable documentation and being able to integrate online help with PyQt applications. It includes the C++ port of the Lucene text search engine. 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. Python objects may be exposed in the interpreter as JavaScript objects. QtScriptTools A debugger for the JavaScript interpreter. QtSql A set of classes that implement SQL data models and interfaces to industry standard databases. The Windows installers include support for SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL and ODBC. 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. QtWebKit This implements a web browser engine based on the WebKit engine used by Apple's Safari browser. It allows the methods and properties of Python objects to be published and appear as JavaScript objects to scripts embedded in HTML pages. QtXML A set of classes that implement DOM and SAX parsers. QtXMLPatterns A set of classes that implement XQuery and XPath support for XML and custom data models. 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. phonon A cross-platform multimedia framework that enables the use of audio and video content in PyQt applications. DirectX is used as the Windows backend, QuickTime as the MacOS/X backend, and GStreamer as the Linux backend. QtMultimedia A set of classes that provide low-level multimedia functions. Application developers would normally use the phonon module. DBus PyQt includes dbus.mainloop.qt that allows the Qt event loop to be used with the standard DBus Python bindings. 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. PyQt is available under the GPL and a commercial license. Unlike Qt, PyQt is not available under the LGPL. The commercial PyQt license allows GPL applications to be relicensed at any time.

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SIP v4.10 Released (Python Bindings Generator)
by Phil Thompson 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

SIP v4.10 has been released and can be downloaded from http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/sip/. SIP is a tool for generating Python modules that wrap C or C++ libraries. It is similar to SWIG. It is used to generate PyQt and PyKDE. The SIP license is similar to the Python License and is also licensed under the GPL v2 and v3. SIP runs on Windows, UNIX, Linux and MacOS/X. SIP requires Python v2.3 or later and fully supports Python v3. This release adds support for keyword arguments and docstrings. Docstrings may be either explictly specified or automatically generated. Automatically generated docstrings describe the Python signatures of all available overloads for a callable. A significantly improved error reporting mechanism uses those docstrings in exceptions raised when arguments with incorrect types are passed. Other features of SIP include: - extension modules are implemented as a single binary .pyd or .so file (no Python stubs) - support for Python new-style classes - the ability to specify the super-type and meta-type used to wrap instances - generated modules are quick to import, even for large libraries - thread support - the ability to re-implement C++ abstract and virtual methods in Python - the ability to define Python classes that derive from abstract C++ classes - the ability to spread a class hierarchy across multiple Python modules - the ability to wrap a C++ class in different ways and allow an application to select a particular implementation at run-time - support for C++ namespaces - support for C++ exceptions - support for C++ operators - an extensible build system written in Python that supports over 50 platform/compiler combinations - the generation of API files for IDEs that support autocompletion and call tips.

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ReportLab PDF Toolkit v2.4 released
by Tim 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

We're pleased to announce the latest version of the ReportLab open source PDF toolkit, now available for download here: https://www.reportlab.com/software/opensource/rl-toolkit/download/ The ReportLab Toolkit is a library for programatically creating documents in PDF format. It's free, open-source software written in Python, and released under a BSD type license. Thanks, -The ReportLab Team <P><A HREF="https://www.reportlab.com/software/opensource/rl-toolkit/ download/">ReportLab Toolkit v2.4</A> - The Open Source Library for creating PDF Documents. (21-Jan-2010)</P>

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Pydev 1.5.4 Released
by Fabio Zadrozny 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Hi All, Pydev 1.5.4 has been released Details on Pydev: http://pydev.org Details on its development: http://pydev.blogspot.com Release Highlights: ------------------------------- * Actions: o Go to matching bracket (Ctrl + Shift + P) o Copy the qualified name of the current context to the clipboard. o Ctrl + Shift + T keybinding is resolved to show globals in any context (note: a conflict may occur if JDT is present -- it can be fixed at the keys preferences if wanted). o Ctrl + 2 shows a dialog with the list of available options. o Wrap paragraph is available in the source menu. o Globals browser will start with the current word if no selection is available (if possible). * Templates: o Scripting engine can be used to add template variables to Pydev. o New template variables for next, previous class or method, current module, etc. o New templates for super and super_raw. o print is now aware of Python 3.x or 2.x * Code analysis and code completion: o Fixed problem when getting builtins with multiple Python interpreters configured. o If there's a hasattr(obj, 'attr), 'attr' will be considered in the code completion and code analysis. o Fixed issue where analysis was only done once when set to only analyze open editor. o Proper namespace leakage semantic in list comprehension. o Better calltips in IronPython. o Support for code-completion in Mac OS (interpreter was crashing if _CF was not imported in the main thread). * Grammar: o Fixed issues with 'with' being used as name or keyword in 2.5. o Fixed error when using nested list comprehension. o Proper 'as' and 'with' handling in 2.4 and 2.5. o 'with' statement accepts multiple items in python 3.0. * Improved hover: o Showing the actual contents of method or class when hovering. o Link to the definition of the token being hovered (if class or method). * Others: o Completions for [{( are no longer duplicated when on block mode. o String substitution can now be configured in the interpreter. o Fixed synchronization issue that could make Pydev halt. o Fixed problem when editing with collapsed code. o Import wasn't found for auto-import location if it import started with 'import' (worked with 'from') o Fixed interactive console problem with help() function in Python 3.1 o NullPointerException fix in compare editor. What is Pydev? --------------------------- Pydev is a plugin that enables users to use Eclipse for Python, Jython and IronPython development -- making Eclipse a first class Python IDE -- It comes with many goodies such as code completion, syntax highlighting, syntax analysis, refactor, debug and many others. Cheers, -- Fabio Zadrozny ------------------------------------------------------ Software Developer Aptana http://aptana.com/python Pydev - Python Development Environment for Eclipse http://pydev.org http://pydev.blogspot.com

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Python-es mailing list changes home
by Francesc Alted 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

=== Python-es mailing list changes home === Due to technical problems with the site that usually ran the Python-es mailing list (Python list for the Spanish speaking community), we are setting up a new one under the python.org umbrella. Hence, the new list will become <python-es(a)python.org> (the old one was <python-es(a)aditel.org>). Please feel free to subscribe to the new list in: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-es Thanks! === La lista de distribución Python-es cambia de lugar === Debido a problemas técnicos con el sitio que normalmente albergaba la lista de Python-es (Lista de Python para la comunidad hispano-hablante), estamos configurando una nueva en el sitio python.org. Así que la nueva lista será <python-es(a)python.org> (en sustitución de la antigua <python-es(a)aditel.org>). Por favor, si lo deseas, date de alta en la nueva lista en: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-es ¡Gracias! Chema Cortes, Oswaldo Hernández y Francesc Alted

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[ANN] Data Plotting Library DISLIN 10.0
by Helmut Michels 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Dear Python users, I am pleased to announce version 10.0 of the data plotting software DISLIN. DISLIN is a high-level and easy to use plotting library for displaying data as curves, bar graphs, pie charts, 3D-colour plots, surfaces, contours and maps. Several output formats are supported such as X11, VGA, PostScript, PDF, CGM, WMF, HPGL, TIFF, GIF, PNG, BMP and SVG. The software is available for the most C, Fortran 77 and Fortran 90/95 compilers. Plotting extensions for the interpreting languages Perl, Python and Java are also supported. DISLIN distributions and manuals in PDF, PostScript and HTML format are available from the DISLIN home page http://www.dislin.de and via FTP from the server ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/grafik/dislin All DISLIN distributions are free for non-commercial use. Licenses for commercial use are available from the site http://www.dislin.de. ------------------- Helmut Michels Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research Phone: +49 5556 979-334 Max-Planck-Str. 2 Fax : +49 5556 979-240 D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau Mail : michels(a)mps.mpg.de

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moin 1.9.1 release - important security and bug fixes, please upgrade immediately
by Reimar Bauer 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

See http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinDownload for the release archive and the change log. BTW, we still need much more people helping with cleaning up on master19.moinmo.in. So, especially if you speak some non-english language, you can help! See http://moinmo.in/MoinDev/Translation for details.

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Announce: Linux Desktop Testing Project (LDTP) 2.0.1 released
by Nagappan Alagappan 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Hello all, LDTPv2 a complete rewrite of LDTPv1 in Python. This release is dedicated to Eitan Isaacson[1]. Eitan wrote the LDTPv2 framework and important API's in LDTPv2 ! My co-workers in VMware Ranjith Murugan, Gaurav Sharma and Anupa Kamath, did a wonderful job in verifying the compatibility of LDTPv1 and v2. Special thanks to them and my manager Greg McShea on supporting this effort. Special thanks to Ara Pulido[2] for tracking the LDTPv2 status and pushing us to make the release at the earliest, as Ara wants to include LDTPv2 in Ubuntu Lucid, before feature freeze. Following are the difference between LDTPv1 and v2: * getlabel function is deprecated - you can use getobjectproperty('winodw', 'objectname', 'label') # To verify the display text * Label in v2 doesn't return the accelerator key (eg: in v1 "_Find" will be returned on v2 just "Find" is returned) * Strict data types are checked, in v1 most of the inputs are considered as string, if not they will be converted to string, but on v2 exception will be thrown, if incorrect type is passed to any function * In v1 we have ldtp binary, on v2 we need to check ldtpd.sh for now, this doesn't return the version for now, it has to be implemented, if you check for "ldtp --version" in v1 * In v1 each action command was given 1 second sleep time internally before execution, but on v2 there is no delay unless its set in environment variable LDTP_COMMAND_DELAY. So, the script has to use appropriate wait time * As Javier (from Ubuntu QA team) found, launchapp, argument name changed from 'arg' to 'args' Some of missing API in v2: * Calendar object * logFailures in v1 is not implemented in v2 * LDTP logging methods * appundertest * launchapp2 * blackoutregion * label object * panel object * ProcessStatistics LTFX is completely removed in LDTP v2 in favor of wnck implmentation Download LDTPv2 source from http://download.freedesktop.org/ldtp/2.x/2.0.x/ldtp2-2.0.1.tar.gz New dependency: python-twisted-web python-pyatspi python-gtk python-gnome Will schedule binary package building for different Linux distribution using openSUSE Build Service - http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/anagappan:/ldtp2:/ Documentation references: For detailed information on LDTP framework and latest updates visit http://ldtp.freedesktop.org For information on various APIs in LDTP including those added for this release can be got from http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/user-doc/index.html Report bugs - http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs To subscribe to LDTP mailing lists, visit http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/Mailing_20list IRC Channel - #ldtp on irc.freenode.net Thanks Nagappan [1] - http://monotonous.org/ [2] - http://ubuntutesting.wordpress.com/ -- Linux Desktop (GUI Application) Testing Project - http://ldtp.freedesktop.org http://nagappanal.blogspot.com

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EPD 6.0 and IPython Webinar Friday
by Amenity Applewhite 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Happy 2010! To start the year off, we've released a new version of EPD and lined up a solid set of training options. Scientific Computing with Python Webinar This Friday, Travis Oliphant will then provide an introduction to multiprocessing and iPython.kernal. Scientific Computing with Python Webinar Multiprocessing and iPython.kernal Friday, January 22: 1pm CST/7pm UTC Register Enthought Live Training Enthought's intensive training courses are offered in 3-5 day sessions. The Python skills you'll acquire will save you and your organization time and money in 2010. Enthought Open Course February 22-26, Austin, TX • Python for Scientists and Engineers • Interfacing with C / C++ and Fortran • Introduction to UIs and Visualization Enjoy! The Enthought Team EPD 6.0 Released Now available in our repository, EPD 6.0 includes Python 2.6, PiCloud's cloud library, and NumPy 1.4... Not to mention 64-bit support for Windows, OSX, and Linux. Details. Download now. New: Enthought channel on YouTube Short instructional videos straight from the desktops of our developers. Get started with a 4-part series on interpolation with SciPy. Our mailing address is: Enthought, Inc. 515 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701 Copyright (C) 2009 Enthought, Inc. All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend

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