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Re: So what exactly is a complex number?
by Evil Bert Sept. 3, 2007

Sept. 3, 2007

Grzegorz Słodkowicz wrote: > You're mixing terms again. Analogy is saying 'something is like > something else.' Actually, that's a simile.

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Re: PYTHONPATH not working on Windows XP (?)
by olivier Sept. 3, 2007

Sept. 3, 2007

Hi, > Any suggestions for adding my path to sys.path permanently? You can write a file in Lib/site-packages with a 'pth' extension (the name itself doesn't matter) containing the path you want to add. Example: MyCustomLib.pth: C:/docs/utils And be careful with path separator on win32. It should be "/" or "\\", never "\". Regards, Olivier

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Re: How does super() work?
by Michele Simionato Sept. 3, 2007

Sept. 3, 2007

> En Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:58:24 -0300, Lamonte Harris <pyth0nc0...(a)gmail.com> > escribi?: > > > I've searched Google, and other search engines to try to find out how > > super() works. Can someone explain in short detail how super() works? I > > may and may not need to know this information, but it is good to know. You may also look at my ACCU lectures on advanced Python: http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~micheles/oxford-lectures.zip

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How does super() work?
by Lamonte Harris Sept. 3, 2007

Sept. 3, 2007

I've searched Google, and other search engines to try to find out how super() works. Can someone explain in short detail how super() works? I may and may not need to know this information, but it is good to know.

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PYTHONPATH not working on Windows XP (?)
by Sergio Correia Sept. 2, 2007

Sept. 2, 2007

Hi, I'm trying to add a personal folder to the path used by python in searching for packages and modules. This folder, "C:\docs\utils" , has some packages not yet ready for "site-packages". First, I tried sys.path.append("C:\docs\utils") BUT this only lasts for the current python session. Then, I read about PYTHONPATH and went to Control Panel - System - Advanced - Enviromental Variables, and created a new variable (PYTHONPATH) containing the folder. However, sys.path does not detects it.. keeps printing the same old files: >>> import sys; import pprint; pprint.pprint(sys.path) ['C:\\Program Files\\AutoHotkey', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\Lib\\idlelib', 'C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\python25.zip', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\DLLs', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\plat-win', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\lib-tk', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25', 'C:\\Program Files\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages'] (By the way, how did that AutoHotkey folder got there? Can I remove it from sys.path?) After my second failure, I went to the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.5\PythonPath and added my folder there. Still nothing on sys.path , and my imports fail. Any suggestions for adding my path to sys.path permanently? I'm running out of ideas Thanks, Sergio

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Re: Will Python 3.0 remove the global interpreter lock (GIL)
by llothar Sept. 2, 2007

Sept. 2, 2007

On 3 Sep., 07:38, "Eduardo O. Padoan" <eduardo.pad...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > No.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=211430 > > Ops, I meant:http://www.artima.com/forums/threaded.jsp?forum=106&thread=211200 > Thanks. I whish there would be a project for rewritting the C interpreter to make it better and more useable for threading use. But the CPU infrastructure is also not perfect enough so maybe it's good to wait with this a few more years until Intel and AMD know what they are doing.

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[python-win32] How can I get the parentWindow.document object?
by goodol Sept. 2, 2007

Sept. 2, 2007

hello everybody i am trying to automatie IE using python, and i want to access at the parentWindow.document object the code is like this, import win32com.client import pythoncom ie = win32com.client.Dispatch("InternetExplorer.Application") doc=ie.Document.parentWindow.document the code always failed. the error message is "pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, ...." How can i get the parentWindow.document object? what' the reason the code failed? Thanks in advance.

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Crunchy release 0.9.8
by André Sept. 2, 2007

Sept. 2, 2007

Crunchy version 0.9.8 has been released. Crunchy is an application that transforms static html-based Python tutorials into interactive sessions within your browser (Firefox; other browsers *may* not fully support Crunchy). Crunchy is available from http://code.google.com/p/crunchy Since the last public release, the following changes have been introduced: * Important changes to security model. + 6 security levels. * New interpreter types * New interpreter options. * New option (used by default) to view tutorials that have no Crunchy- specific markup. * More documentation. * Friendlier tracebacks (for Python beginners) - translatable in languages other than English. * Automatic updating of sys.path so that tutorials can make use of Python's import statement. * More configuration options. * New math_graphics module. * New logo. * New look. * French translation of Crunchy/Python messages (not documentation) almost complete. + many more. Bug reports, comments and suggestions are always welcome. André

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Getting subprocesses to be hidden on Windows
by geoffbache Sept. 2, 2007

Sept. 2, 2007

Hi, As part of my efforts to write a test tool that copes with GUIs nicely, I'm trying to establish how I can start a GUI process on Windows that will not bring up the window. So I try to hide the window as follows: info = subprocess.STARTUPINFO() info.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW info.wShowWindow = subprocess.SW_HIDE proc = subprocess.Popen(..., startupinfo=info) This works, in a way, but doesn't work recursively. I.e. if the started process itself starts a window, that second window will not be hidden. This even applies to dialog boxes within the application. So instead of a lot of windows popping up I now get a lot of disembodied dialogs appearing, which is a slight improvement but not much. Also, certain processes (e.g. tkdiff) seem to ignore the directive to be hidden altogether. This is dead easy on UNIX with virtual displays like Xvfb. Can someone shed any light if it's possible on Windows from python? Regards, Geoff Bache

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Glade + Python = No GUI
by Kveldulv Sept. 2, 2007

Sept. 2, 2007

I made simple GUI in Glade 3 (Ubuntu 7.04) consisting of only 2 buttons. When I run 2buttonsgui.py, no GUI pops out #!/usr/bin/env python import pygtk import gtk.glade class TwoButtonsGUI: def __init__(self): self.window = gtk.glade.XML("/home/myusername/Desktop/ 2buttons.glade", "window1") if __name__ == '__main__': TwoButtonsGUI() gtk.main() When interrupted, I get File "gui.py", line 11, in <module> gtk.main() When GUI coded manually, all works. Thanks in advance

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