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PIDDLE v1.0a1
by Joe Strout June 23, 1999

June 23, 1999

The PIDDLE development team is pleased to announce the first alpha release of PIDDLE -- Plug In Drawing, Does Little Else. PIDDLE is an easy-to-use drawing API with backends that do the actual drawing to a variety of formats, including PDF, Postscript, QuickDraw, Tk, PIL, and eventually OpenGL and Windows. This first alpha release is a little rough around the edges, and not for the faint of heart. But if you're up for some adventure, you may find it quite interesting. For more information and to get the distribution, go to: http://www.strout.net/python/piddle/ If you have any trouble, you can write to me directly, or post to the PIDDLE mailing list (http://www.egroups.com/group/pythonpiddle). Cheers, -- Joe == ,------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joseph J. Strout Biocomputing -- The Salk Institute | | joe(a)strout.net http://www.strout.net | `------------------------------------------------------------------' <A HREF="http://www.strout.net/python/piddle/">PIDDLE v1.0a1</A> - drawing API with backends that do the actual drawing to a variety of formats, including PDF, Postscript, QuickDraw, Tk, PIL, and eventually OpenGL and Windows. (17-Jun-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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Graphite 0.1
by Joe Strout June 23, 1999

June 23, 1999

The Graphite development team is pleased to announce the first public release of Graphite, a 100% Python, open-source, cross-platform plotting/graphing library. http://www.strout.net/python/graphite/ Graphite will enable the easy creation of scientific, engineering, and business graphs. Some graph types to be included are line graphs, bar charts, function plots, polar plots, parametric plots, and mesh plots. Graphite will be able to produce output for formats such as postcript, pdf, gif, Windows, QuickDraw, Tk by using the PIDDLE drawing system. It will also have interactive capability (e.g., positioning labels and other overlays via the mouse or arrow keys), and should run on any platform that supports Python. This is the very first public release -- note the version number, 0.1. Many of the features mentioned above are not yet implemented. However, it does run, and the intrepid Python hacker should be able to produce some plots in short order. Documentation is sparse, so please refer to the web site for frequent updates. You may also wish to join the mailing list, at <http://www.egroups.com/group/graphite-list> (click on "group info" to get to the subscription form). This is an open-source project; we are actively seeking input and contributions from the Python community. That's why we're releasing it now, in its current embryonic stage. Our hope is that with your input, Graphite will grow rapidly into a powerful, professional-quality yet easy-to-use plotting package. Cheers, -- Joe == ,------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joseph J. Strout Biocomputing -- The Salk Institute | | joe(a)strout.net http://www.strout.net | `------------------------------------------------------------------' <A HREF="http://www.strout.net/python/graphite/">Graphite 0.1</A> - cross-platform plotting/graphing library written in 100% Python. (17-Jun-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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Linux RPMs for Zope 1.10.2 Stable Release
by Jeff Rush June 23, 1999

June 23, 1999

Linux RPMs for Zope 1.10.2 Stable Release I've updated the RPM packaging of Zope to the latest stable version, for use with Python 1.5.1. I've broken out the major subsystems into standalone RPMs, so that ZPublisher (Bobo), ZTemplates, ExtensionClasses, Acquisition, etc. can be installed by those who don't want the entire Zope distribution. I also added some scripting re /etc/rc.d/init.d/ so that the Zope ZServer is started automatically on system-boot, in the style of Red Hat/SysVinit. This release also uses more of the Linux Filesystem Standard layout, producing files in the usual /var/run/*.pid and /var/log/*.log places, instead of the default Zope directory. You can get them from better Linux archives near you via the rpmfind tool, or download them from: http://starship.python.net/crew/jrush/Zope/ Zope-1.10.2-1.i386.rpm Zope-components-1.10.2-1.i386.rpm Zope-zpublisher-1.10.2-1.i386.rpm Zope-ztemplates-1.10.2-1.i386.rpm Zope-bobopos-1.10.2-1.i386.rpm Zope-services-1.10.2-1.i386.rpm Zope-core-1.10.2-1.i386.rpm Zope-zserver-1.10.2-1.i386.rpm Zope-pcgi-1.10.2-1.i386.rpm Zope-1.10.2-1.src.rpm What is Zope? Zope is a web development environment, written in Python, that lets you manage it all via the web. It's rather strange but really really neat. For a better explanation than I can provide, check out: http://www.zope.org <A HREF="http://starship.python.net/crew/jrush/Zope/">Zope 1.10.2 RPMs</A> - RPM distribution for Zope 1.10.2, for RedHat Linux 5.2 and Python 1.5.1. (23-Jun-99) Jeff Rush <jrush(a)summit-research.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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Zope Weekly News - Wed, 16 Jun 1999
by Markus Fleck June 23, 1999

June 23, 1999

http://www.lwn.net/1999/0617/a/zope.html: > > From: Amos Latteier <Amos(a)digicool.com> > To: "'editor(a)lwn.net'" <editor(a)lwn.net>, "'zope(a)zope.org'" <zope(a)zope.org> > Subject: FYI: Zope Weekly News > Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 21:51:27 -0400 > > Hello there, > > Two new Zope releases were announced this week, 2.0a2 and 1.10.3b1. In > addition, there were announcements on other exciting Zope projects, and > the volume on the Zope mailing lists continued at high levels. There's > so much activity in Zope land that people are starting to talk about > splitting the Zope lists again. > > * Zope 2.0 a2 was released. This release is the second alpha source > release of Zope 2. Many bugs were fixed, including an important memory > leak, and a few new features were added including an experimental DTML > syntax. We're getting closer to a Zope 2 beta release, but there's still > a ways to go. > > http://www.zope.org/Download/Releases/Zope-2.0.0a2 > > * Zope 1.10.3b1 was released. This is a maintenance release for Zope > 1.10.2 and mainly plugs a memory leak. > > http://www.zope.org/Download/Releases/Zope-1.10.3b1/ > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005361.html > > * Butch Landingin announced his "Squishdot" Slashdot clone Zope > product. There's also a Squishdot demo site. > > http://members.tripod.com/squishdot/index.html > http://www.libc.org/Community > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005241.html > > * Alexander Staubo announced a client ISAPI extension for Zope which > allows efficient communication between IIS 4.0 and Zope. > > http://www.mop.no/~alex/download/zisapi-0.1.zip > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005370.html > > * Another Zope job posting appeared. > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005494.html > > * Python luminary Jody Winston announced that he is available for Zope > contracting work. > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005577.html > > * Alex Rice announced that a New Mexico Zope User's Group is forming. > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005427.html > > * Jules Allen posted a draft of a short Zope tutorial for review. > > http://zdp.zope.org/test/jules/navbar_howto_html > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005290.html > > * Pavlos Christoforou announced an HTML to PDF Zope product. > > http://starship.python.net/crew/pavlos/ > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005535.html > > * There was a lot of discussion about DTML syntax and how to improve > it. The tone was particularly level-headed this time round. One upshot > of the discussion was an announcement of an experimental new DTML syntax > for Zope 2.0a2, and the goal of creating some kind of Python Method > object which is editable through the web. > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005350.html > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005357.html > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005621.html > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005574.html > > 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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Zope Weekly News - Wed, 2 Jun 1999
by Markus Fleck June 23, 1999

June 23, 1999

http://lwn.net/1999/0603/a/zopenews.html > > From: Amos Latteier <Amos(a)digicool.com> > To: "'zope(a)zope.org'" <zope(a)zope.org>, "'editor(a)lwn.net'" <editor(a)lwn.net> > Subject: FYI: Zope Weekly News > Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 19:14:11 -0400 > > Hello, > > It's been a fairly calm week in Zope development. The folks from DC are > back from Linux Expo and working to finish a beta of the Portal Toolkit > ASAP. Brian Lloyd has been relentlessly attacking the backlog of Zope > bugs. And Zope is still getting press. > > * Steve Litt wrote a very complementary article about Zope in > Troubleshooting Professional Magazine. > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/199906/_digcreate.htm > > * Zope also appeared in an article on open source in Computing Canada. > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/004935.html > http://www.plesman.com/cc/news/cc252127a.html > > * A Zope job posting appeared on the Python list and the Zope list > this week. So there does seem to be some money to be made in open > source, after all ;-) > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-May/004751.html > > * Following in the tradition of Python bot humor, hilarity ensued when > Paul Jackson mistook Zope contributor Amos Latteier for an RDF database. > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-May/004772.html > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-May/004773.html > > * Jim Washington revealed tips on how to get Zope running on Mac OS X. > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-May/004873.html > > * German Zope enthusiasts who missed the first Berlin Zope Barbecue > will definitely be interested in the 2nd beehive Zope barbecue. > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/004904.html > > > Until next week, happy Zoping. > > -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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Zope Weekly News - Wed, 9 Jun 1999
by Markus Fleck June 23, 1999

June 23, 1999

http://lwn.net/1999/0610/a/zopenews.html > > From: Amos Latteier <Amos(a)digicool.com> > To: "'editor(a)lwn.net'" <editor(a)lwn.net>, "'zope(a)zope.org'" <zope(a)zope.org> > Subject: FYI: Zope Weekly News > Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:51:24 -0400 > > Hi, > > Probably the top news this week is the release of an alpha of mod_pcgi > by Python big-wig Andrew Kuchling. His efforts will lead to much better > Zope/Apache integration in the future. Lots of other folks continued to > make other important contributions too. > > * Andrew Kuchling announced an alpha version of mod_pcgi to allow Apache > to easily communicate with Zope via PCGI. > > ftp://starship.python.net/pub/crew/amk/new/mod_pcgi.tgz > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005083.html > > * Amos Latteier announced the availability of a Portal Toolkit Demo. The > demo describes the forthcoming Portal Toolkit and includes animated GIFs > to show it in action. > > http://www.zope.org/Products/PortalToolkit/Tour/ > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005008.html > > * Ross Lazarus announced an experimental Zope to static HTML external > method. > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005060.html > > * A few people discussed "recursive acquisition" or using acquisition to > create indirect paths to objects. This feature is confusing to some, but > Anthony Baxter explained how he finds it incredibly useful. > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005156.html > > * Zope Documentation Project contributor, Tom Deprez, announced a "Zope > Commercial", or site which describes how he uses Zope. > > http://www.master.cit.be/c8/default.html > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005131.html > > * Anthony Baxter announced an alpha of Zope Dataminer, which is an > interesting looking system for dynamically constructing SQL queries via > URLs. > > http://www.interlink.com.au/anthony/dmc-0.1.tgz > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005173.html > > * Alex Rice first asked about searchable Zope documentation, then solved > the problem himself by setting up a Zope documentation search site. > > http://www.swcp.com/~alrice/zope/ > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005190.html > > * Rik Hoekstra announced the formation of a usergroup for Dutch speaking > Zope > users called "Zope in the low countries". > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-June/005231.html > http://sw.fsw.leidenuniv.nl/cgi-bin/WebSite.exe/zopegroep > > * A couple programming hints for preparing for Zope 2 were posted by DC > folks this week. > > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope-dev/1999-June/000533.html > http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope-dev/1999-June/000530.html > > -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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XML RPC client library for Python
by Fredrik Lundh June 23, 1999

June 23, 1999

The xmlrpclib module is a client-side implementation of Userland's XML-RPC protocol (www.xmlrpc.com). This protocol allows you to transfer data between Python environments and applications written in for example Java and Perl. It it also fully supported by Userland's Frontier application, of course. Upcoming versions of Zope also speak XML RPC; see http://linux.userland.com/stories/storyReader$18 for more information. This release (0.9.8) uses the sgmlop XML parser if possible. With that parser in place, the XML-RPC packet decoder is up to 20 times faster than before. This release also includes sample XML-RPC servers based on SocketServer and Medusa. Get your copy from: http://www.pythonware.com/products/xmlrpc The most recent version of sgmlop can be downloaded from: http://www.pythonware.com/madscientist </F> <A HREF="http://www.pythonware.com/products/xmlrpc/">xmlrpclib</A> - XML RPC client library for Python. (21-Jun-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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Russian Python Message Board
by Sultanbek Tezadov June 23, 1999

June 23, 1999

Greetings! A trial message board for Russian-speaking Pythoneers is available now at http://sultan.virtualave.net/cgi-bin/forum/forum.cgi _____ _____[russian:] ðÒÉ×ÅÔÓÔ×ÉÑ! ðÒÏÂÎÙÊ ÆÏÒÕÍ (ÄÏÓËÁ ÓÏÏÂÝÅÎÉÊ) ÄÌÑ ÒÕÓÓËÏ-ÇÏ×ÏÒÑÝÉÈ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÍÉÓÔÏ× Python ÄÏÓÔÕÐÅÎ ÐÏ ÁÄÒÅÓÕ http://sultan.virtualave.net/cgi-bin/forum/forum.cgi _____ Best regards, Sultanbek Tezadov (http://sultan.da.ru), Nalchik, Russia. <A HREF="http://sultan.virtualave.net/cgi-bin/forum/forum.cgi"> Russian Python Message Board</A> - [æÏÒÕÍ ÄÌÑ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÍÉÓÔÏ× Python]. (19-Jun-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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JPython 1.1 beta 2
by Barry A. Warsaw June 23, 1999

June 23, 1999

I'm happy to announce the release of the second beta in the JPython 1.1 series. JPython is the 100% Pure Java implementation of the Python language, which provides seamless integration with the Java platform. JPython 1.1beta2 is compatible with most Java 1.1 and 1.2 JDKs. JPython 1.1beta2 is essentially a bug fix release to 1.1beta1, fixing reported problems in the jpythonc tool, other reported bugs and improving compatibility with CPython. See below for a summary. You can download JPython 1.1beta2 from the JPython home page. Please visit http://www.jpython.org/ Here's a summary of what's changed since 1.1beta1: - Updates and bug fixes to jpythonc tool. New registry entries python.jpythonc.compiler, python.jpythonc.classpath, and python.jpythonc.compileropts. getopt style long/short option names (old options are deprecated). New -J/--compileropts option. - syncing string object methods with experimental CPython 1.6 string methods. This includes new optional arguments on startswith() and endswith() and the moving of join() to a method of the separator string. - Many other bug fixes and CPython syncs Enjoy, -Barry Barry A. Warsaw Corp. for Nat'l Research Initiatives (CNRI) bwarsaw(a)cnri.reston.va.us 1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100 bwarsaw(a)python.org Reston, VA USA 20191-5434 http://www.python.org/~bwarsaw 703.620.8990 / (fax) 703.620.0913 -- ----------- 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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New Multipack release (0.7)
by Travis Oliphant June 23, 1999

June 23, 1999

I'm announcing the release of Multipack-0.7 at http://oliphant.netpedia.net/ Multipack is a collection of Python extension modules which use the Numeric extension module API to provide a number of FORTRAN routines to the Numeric Python user. Included in this release are routines to numerically: - solve N nonlinear equations in N unknowns. - minimize m nonlinear equations in n unknowns (Levenberg-Marquardt) - integrate an ordinary differential equation (stiff or nonstiff) - integrate a function of 1, 2, or 3 variables. - fit a set of points to a 1 or 2-D spline and find derivatives, integrals, interpolations, etc. of those splines. (thanks Pearu Peterson!) Documentation has been updated and improved for this release and the way to contribute a module has been streamlined and detailed. It is now quite easy to add your own interfaces to the package. A FORTRAN compiler (or f2c) is required to compile the source. Comments and contributions are welcome. Travis Oliphant Oliphant.Travis(a)altavista.net <A HREF="http://oliphant.netpedia.net/">Multipack 0.7</A> - provides FORTRAN equation routines for NumPy. (14-Jun-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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