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mxCGIPython project - Update
by M.-A. Lemburg May 25, 1999

May 25, 1999

Hi everybody, I just wanted to inform you of the current state of the single-file easy-to-install Python interpreter. This is the current set of binaries available: cgipython-1.5.2-AIX-2-000771064C00-.gz cgipython-1.5.2-FreeBSD-2.2.8-RELEASE-i386-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-FreeBSD-3.0-RELEASE-i386-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-FreeBSD-3.1-19990426-STABLE-i386-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-HP-UX-A.09.03-9000_715-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-HP-UX-B.10.20-9000_782-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-IRIX-5.3-IP19-mips.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.34-i586-RedHat-5.1.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.35-i586-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.35-i686-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.36-i586-Debian-2.1.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.0.36-i586-unknown.gz cgipython-1.5.2-Linux-2.2.7-i586-SuSE60.gz cgipython-1.5.2-NetBSD-1.3.2-alpha.gz cgipython-1.5.2-NetBSD-1.3.3-i386.gz cgipython-1.5.2-SunOS-5.5.1-sun4u-sparc-alternate.gz cgipython-1.5.2-SunOS-5.5.1-sun4u-sparc.gz If you have access to other platforms not included in the list, feel free to contribute a binary. Compiling the binary is really easy and only takes about two minutes of your time (plus some five minutes CPU time). All the details and links to the binaries are available on the project web-page: http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxCGIPython.html BTW, the general technique used by the cgipython setup should also be applicable on Windows platforms... maybe someone could look into this and contribute a zipped exe file for Win95/98/NT. Note that even though these binaries are intended to ease CGI program writing, they are also usable as normal Python interpreters with the restriction that command line arguments cannot be passed to the interpreter, e.g. cgipython -u myscript.py does not work. This was done for CGI security reasons to prevent attacks of the form python -c "import os; os.system('rm -rf /')" being sent to the interpreter via CGI. Cheers, == Marc-Andre Lemburg ______________________________________________________________________ Y2000: 225 days left Business: http://www.lemburg.com/ Python Pages: http://www.lemburg.com/python/ <A HREF="http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxCGIPython.html"> mxCGIPython 1.5.2</A> - one-file Python interpreters, to simplify running of CGI scripts. (20-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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informixdb 1.2a1
by Stephen J. Turner May 23, 1999

May 23, 1999

Announcing ---------- Release 1.2alpha1 of informixdb, a DB-API 1.0 compliant package for Informix: http://starship.python.net/crew/sturner/informixdb.html This is the first new release of informixdb since March 1997. == Stephen J. Turner <sjturner(a)ix.netcom.com> <A HREF="http://starship.python.net/crew/sturner/informixdb.html">informixdb 1.2a1</A> - An Informix implementation of the Python Database API 1.0. (21-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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win32netapi module -version 1.0beta1 (on Windows NT4/5)
by Asang Dani May 23, 1999

May 23, 1999

hi, I have written a module win32netapi to provide simplified access to various networking APIs (Net* functions) on windows NT. The module can be downloaded from http://members.tripod.com/asangdani/public/ It includes extensive documentation (html and ASCII) and examples. Following are the contents of README included with the release :- This python module is inspired by 'Win32::Lanman' module for Perl written by Jens Helberg (jens.helberg(a)bosch.com). I have made no changes to the basic interface. It's a port from perl XS to python extensions. I have also used SWIG (Simple Wrapper Interface Generator) to simplify some of the type mappings. SWIG can be freely downloaded from (http://www.swig.org). It implements most of the commonly used Net API's. Documentation about these can be found at MSDN (http://www.microsoft.com/msdn). It works on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT 5 (Now Win2K). This software is used under the terms of GPL. (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html). First read the documentation in doc\win32netpi_doc.txt. It contains information about building, installing and using the module. This file was automatically generated by using SWIG's embeded documentation facility. HTML documentation is also included with the distribution. The sources are in "src" directory and the precompiled binaries for (NT 5) are present in "bin" directory. I have not done much testing on NT4, but all the APIs are supposed to be available on NT4 as well (according to MSDN documentation!). Most recent version is avaialable at: http://members.tripod.com/asangdani/public/ I will fix bugs and support this module. Any suggestions and bug reports are welcome. I will post all patches at the above site. --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.--- <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/asangdani/public/">win32netapi 1.0beta1</A> - simplified access to Windows NT 4/5 networking API (Net* functions). (21-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Mahogany 0.22a
by Karsten Ballueder May 23, 1999

May 23, 1999

A new release of Mahogany has been made. Binaries for Linux-x86-glibc2.0 and source are available immediately, binaries for Solaris and Linux-axp as well as RedHat rpm and Debian deb packages are following soon. Announcing Mahogany Version 0.22a ===================================================================== Mahogany is an OpenSource(TM) cross-platform mail and news client. It is available for X11/Unix and MS Windows platforms, supporting a wide range of protocols and standards, including POP3, IMAP and full MIME support. Thanks to its built-in Python interpreter it can be extended far beyond its original functionality. Mahogany's wealth of features and ease of use make it one of the most powerful clients available, providing a consistent and intuitive interface across all supported platforms. It aims at supporting GNOME (and KDE for that matter) and includes an extendable address book system supporting hierarchical organisation of entries, group aliases, searching the database and easy editing, with support for other program`s address database formats. Currently Mahogany`s native format and (X)Emacs` BBDB address books are supported. Mahogany is being developed using the free wxWindows application framework, building on the GTK+ toolkit on Unix. Mahogany is constantly being tested on Linux-x86, Linux-alpha, Solaris-sparc and MS Windows. It should compile and work on any major Unix platform. A binary release for MS Windows will follow soon. CHANGES AGAINST RELEASE 0.21a: ===================================================================== Release 0.22a is mainly a bugfix release against 0.21a. - All known (crash-inducing) bugs fixed. - Message editor/viewer improvements, adding clipboard support and selections. - Message editor bug fixes - wxGTK layout bug fixes - German, French, Spanish translations - Text-search in messages - Several minor usability fixes, sub-folder support fixed. - Addressbook fixes - TCP timeouts configurable - Support for setting the Reply-To: header from To: field in message replies. - Minor addressbook bug fixes (better handling of special characters in address or name) DOWNLOAD ===================================================================== http://mahogany.home.dhs.org/ http://www.phy.hw.ac.uk/~karsten/Mahogany/ ftp://ronnie.phy.hw.ac.uk/pub/Mahogany/ (UK, Europe) ftp://ftp.gdev.net/pub/Mahogany/ (US) NEXT ===================================================================== For the next release we are currently working on the following: completion of filtering rules/scoring code subscription management for NNTP/IMAP/newsspool DND with KDE/Gnome filemanagers (now supported by wxGTK) Templates/style-sheets for message composition and flexible reply handling Messages sorting, threading, scoring and searching multi-threading to avoid delays and timeouts possibly also: GPG/PGP support built-in HTML viewer Finish the new message editor code: rich-text editing == Karsten Ballüder http://Ballueder.home.dhs.org/ mailto:karste-@phy.hw.ac.uk Physics Department, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, Scotland Tel. +44-(0)-131-4513068 Fax. +44-(0)-131-4513136 "In a world without fences, who needs Gates?" <A HREF="http://mahogany.home.dhs.org/">Mahogany 0.22a</A> - open-source graphical mail/news client for Unix and MS Windows, using the wxWindows toolkit. (20-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Zope 2.0.0a1 alpha release
by Chris Petrilli May 23, 1999

May 23, 1999

>From a web paradigm far far away... [ANNOUNCEMENT TEXT] Zope is a free, Open Source application server and portal toolkit used to build, deploy and manage dynamic, high-performance Web sites. As a true open source solution, Zope is available free of charge and comes with comprehensive source code and a powerful array of application development tools and utilities. Zope 2.0 measurably improves the scalability and collaborative features of the original Zope Web application platform. Some of the new capabilities released with Zope 2 are: * ZODB 3, the next generation of the Zope Object Database * Z Classes, a new mechanism for building Zope applications * WebDAV support * ZServer, the integration of Zope and Medusa Many other sundry significant items that were changed: * Look and feel improvements, * Tighter security, * Simpler creation of Python products. Unfortunately, there are a number of incompatabilities between Zope and Python 1.5.2 that have been reported but not yet fixed. Zope 2.0 alpha 2, which will be released the week of May 26, will fix most or all of these. Zope 2.0.0 alpha 1, featuring the next generation of the Zope Object Database, is now available at: http://www.zope.org/Download/Releases/Zope-2.0.0a1 Among other things, this page gives a roadmap for the release of Zope 2.0.0. An updated version of the Zope Object Database UML model is available at: http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Models/ZODB In keeping with Python tradition, Zope 2.0.0 alpha 1 is being released as most of the Digital Creations engineers leave for Linux Expo and will be away from email for several days. Chris == | Christopher Petrilli Digital Creations | petrilli(a)digicool.com http://www.digicool.com <A HREF="http://www.zope.org/">Zope 2.0.0a1</A> - Zope is a free, open source web application platform used for building high-performance, dynamic web sites. (19-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Sketch 0.6.0 - A vector drawing program
by Bernhard Herzog May 23, 1999

May 23, 1999

Sketch 0.6.0 - A vector drawing program Sketch is a vector drawing program for Linux and other unices. Its user interface is similar to the interfaces typically found in drawing programs for MS Windows, i.e direct manipulation to move and transform objects, the notion of a currently selected object, etc. Sketch is implemented almost completely in python, with the rest written in C for performance reasons. Sketch is still incomplete, but the current versions are quite usable and stable, I think. Changes since version 0.5.5: * Support for non-english messages via gettext. So far, there's only support for German. * The AI-filters can handle embedded raster images to some degree now, and the export filter has support for text. License: -------- Sketch is released under GNU Library General Public License. Features: --------- o Drawing primitives: o Rectangles o Ellipses o Bezier curves o Bitmap images: JPEG, GIF,... (all types the Python Imaging Library can read) o Encapsulated PostScript o Text o All objects, including images and text, can be rotated, scaled, sheared, etc. (all affine transformations are possible) o Gradient fills o Special Effects and Features: o Use rectangles, ellipses and bezier objects as guides o Blend Groups: Automatically updated interpolations of arbitrary objects o Text can be converted to bezier objects. o Text along Path o Exports Encapsulated PostScript and Adobe Illustrator files o Imports XFig, Adobe Illustrator, Corel CMX and WMF files For more information, have a look at the sketch webpage. Contact: ---------- Web: http://www.online.de/home/sketch Email: sketch(a)online.de <A HREF="http://www.online.de/home/sketch/">Sketch 0.6.0</A> - a vector drawing program for Unix written in Python. (19-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Fnorb 1.01 - A Python CORBA ORB
by Derek Thomson May 19, 1999

May 19, 1999

Announcing the release of version 1.01 of 'Fnorb' a Python CORBA ORB. This is a minor release, intended to fix two outstanding problems. 1) corrected IOR unmarshalling. This error had caused many people to have problems using Fnorb with Visibroker's naming service. 2) added handling of memory allocation errors during unmarshalling. Get more details and download Fnorb from:- http://www.dstc.edu.au/Fnorb c/o The Fnorb Development Team ---- From the Fnorb README ---- What is Fnorb? Fnorb is a CORBA 2.0 ORB written in Python (with just the eensiest-teensiest bit of C code for marshalling and parsing ;^). Python is a mature, interpreted, object-oriented programming language with powerful high-level datatypes that make it ideally suited as a scripting language for CORBA. Best of all Python is free so check it out! Like ILU from Xerox PARC, Fnorb gives the Python programmer access to the wonderful world of CORBA. It supports all CORBA 2.0 datatypes (including Any's) and provides a full implementation of IIOP. Unlike ILU, Fnorb is Python and CORBA/IDL specific which makes it simple, light-weight, and easy to install and use. Using Fnorb, you no longer have to use <insert your least favourite language here - who said C++ ;^)> to write CORBA clients and servers - you can now use, yep you guessed it, Python! This makes Fnorb ideal for prototyping complex CORBA architectures, for use as a scripting tool, and for building test harnesses for all your CORBA development projects. The Python language mapping used by Fnorb is based on the 'living' document that is being prepared by members of the DO-SIG. One goal of Fnorb is to allow the Python community to experiment with the mapping before we attempt to set it in stone via the OMG standardisation process. == __________________________________________________________ Derek Thomson derek(a)dstc.com DSTC Pty Ltd http://dstc.com University of Qld, 4072 tel +61 7 3365 4310 AUSTRALIA fax +61 7 3365 4311 http://dstc.com/Fnorb <A HREF="http://www.dstc.edu.au/Fnorb/">Fnorb 1.01</A> - a CORBA 2.0 ORB for Python written mostly in Python (bug fix release). (17-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Scintilla 1.0 and SciTE 1.0
by neilh＠hare.net.au May 19, 1999

May 19, 1999

Announce: Release of Scintilla 1.0 and SciTE 1.0 Scintilla is a free source code editing component for Win32 and GTK+. SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. The name of the editor application has changed from "Tide" to "SciTE" to avoid confusion with a TCL based IDE. Scintilla and SciTE are no longer beta - this means that I think they are fairly stable and are unlikely to crash under normal use. There will certainly still be bugs in there so watch out for them and please send me mail if you see one. The GTK+/Linux version now contains approximately equivalent functionality to the Windows version. Because of some bug fixes, this release is not completely compatible with the current build 125 of PythonWin. It may be compatible with PythonWin 126 when it arrives, although it is best to use PythonWin with the version of Scintilla distributed with it. Web site: http://hare.net.au/~neilh/Scintilla.html Scintilla and SciTE come with complete C++ source code. The license for using Scintilla and Tide is similar to that of Python containing very few restrictions, and allowing use in any free project or commercial product. Neil Hodgson neilh(a)hare.net.au <A HREF="http://hare.net.au/~neilh/Scintilla.html">Scintilla 1.0</A> - a source code editing component and demonstration text editor. (17-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Zope Weekly News - Wed, 12 May 1999
by Markus Fleck May 17, 1999

May 17, 1999

http://www.lwn.net/1999/0513/a/zope.html > > From: Amos Latteier <Amos(a)digicool.com> > To: "'editor(a)lwn.net'" <editor(a)lwn.net> > Subject: Zope Weekly News > Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 21:55:16 -0400 > > Hello: > > It's been a pretty busy week in Zopeland. Lots of announcements, lots of > activity on the Zope Documentation Project list, lots of questions, and > even some answers. > > (Note: Unfortunately this week there is a problem with the Zope mailing > list archive which prevents the listing of normal URLs to go along with > all news items. This should be fixed by next week. So this week I am > substituting egroups URLs as needed.) > > * Jim Fulton, technical director at Digital Creations, and Zope guru > number one, announced that on May 19 there will be a Zope 2.0 Alpha 1 > source release. This means we are getting closer to having a fully > threaded Zope! The only question is whether to hack Zope that day or see > that new movie, what's it called again... > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4913.html > > * Beehive held the first Berlin Zope Barbecue! Not only that, but it > was broadcast live on the net. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4716.html > > * Paul Everitt asked for help with work writing a short piece of Zope > for a forth-coming O'Reilly book on Python and Windows. He also posted a > partial implementation of a COM Method object. However, it seems that > perhaps the turnaround time on this project is too short for much of a > community effort. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4724.html > > * Many people discussed problems with IE and the latest Zope release. > It looks like its an issue of HTTP headers. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4732.html > > * Paul Everitt made a long post about Zope on an Infoworld forum about > open source and business and generated some interesting comments. > > http://forums.infoworld.com/threads/get.cgi?111585 > > There was also some related traffic on the mailing list > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4646.html > > * Zope showed up on Scripting News on Wednesday. > > http://news.userland.com/1999/05/12/ > > * Ty Sarna posted an experimental Symbolic Link Product. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4768.html > http://www.zope.org/Download/Contrib/Pointer.tar.gz > > * Luciano Ramalho offered an example of an External Method which helps > organize links to Documents inside Folders. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4908.html > > * Jordan B. Baker announced a DTML mode for XEmacs. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4764.html > ftp://ftp.spyderlab.com/pub/zope/dtml-mode-0.1.tar.gz > > * Amos Latteier posted a rough draft of a ZClasses tutorial. Lots of > folks are starting to use ZClasses now. Information is still scarce and > lots of things are still changing (witness CVS activity), however more > information is emerging and people are discovering cool things. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4700.html > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4757.html > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4846.html > > * Mark Hays offered some security enhancements to the CookieCutter > Product. > > http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/4776.html?raw=1 > > See you next week. > > -Amos > > -- > Amos Latteier mailto:amos@digicool.com > Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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CSV 0.14
by Laurence Tratt May 17, 1999

May 17, 1999

A simple but effective CSV (Comma Separated Value) library for reading, manipulating and outputting CSV files is now available from: http://eh.org/~laurie/comp/python/csv/ It's at version 0.14 (25 April 1999) and is distributed under a Python-esque license. The package includes a simple to follow, fully commented test program which users have found to be a useful and suitable introduction to using the library. CSV files are essentially the lowest common denominator for databases, and are understood by virtually every database program currently available. There is currently no support for related file types (ie TSV), but these would be trivial to add in. CSV.py makes creating and manipulating CSV files easy by using a simple list / dictionary approach that will be pleasantly familiar to Python users. The author is contactable via e-mail at tratt(a)dcs.kcl.ac.uk. Laurie <A HREF="http://eh.org/~laurie/comp/python/csv/">CSV 0.14</A> - library for handling CSV (comma-separated value) files. (16-May-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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