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Confessions of a Python fanboy
by r May 11, 2015

May 11, 2015

Hello fellow Pythonista's it's nice to be back after such a long hiatus. I have recently realized my blind love affair with Python was just that. I must admit there are better ways to program. Like your first lay, your first programing language can leave an indelible mark on you, but like all young chaps, the passion for programming has sweep me away into vast new orgies of programming bliss. (ig ,little head guides the big one.) My adventures in Ruby. an autobyography by rt8396 After breaking free from the wild love affair i had with Python, a new day had dawned. I dried my eyes and soon discovered the Ruby language (not by choice however) --now don't worry fellow Pythonistas, i am still on your side (mostly) -- but i now realize Ruby has some good things going for it. For instance... 1.) No need to use "()" to call a function with no arguments. Python --> "obj.m2().m3()" --ugly Ruby --> "obj.m1.m2.m3" -- sweeet! Man, i must admit i really like this, and your code will look so much cleaner. 2.) the .each method container.each{|localVar| block} This method can really cleanup some ugly for loops, although i really like the readability of for loops. 3.) true OOP Now before you go and get all "huffy" over this statement, hear me out. Python is the best language in the world. But it damn sure has some warts! "len(this)" instead of "obj.length" max(that) instead of [1,2,3,4,5].max(). You know what i am talking about here people. We all get complacent and It seems easier to just cope with these problems instead of fighting for change. But look at the French, WHAT THE HELL HAS THAT DONE FOR THEM, *NOTHING*!!!! As for the rest of Ruby, i am not impressed. The redundant usage of "end" over indention perplexes me. The Perlish feel of "require" and the horrifically cryptic idioms of Ruby regular expressions. The "puts" and "gets" seem childish and the math class does not even have a degrees or radians function! Anyway, i thought i would get this off my chest and catch up with old friends in the meantime. We can all make Python the perfect language it needs to be, but it ain't gonna be easy! Thank you all PS stay tuned for more from this series....

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How to receive a data file of unknown length using a python socket?
by twgray April 22, 2015

April 22, 2015

I am attempting to send a jpeg image file created on an embedded device over a wifi socket to a Python client running on a Linux pc (Ubuntu). All works well, except I don't know, on the pc client side, what the file size is? The following is a snippet: [code] f = open("frame.jpg",mode = 'wb') while True: data = self.s.recv(MAXPACKETLEN) if len(data) == 0: break recvd += len(data) f.write(data) f.close() [end] It appears to be locking up in 'data=self.s.recv(MAXPACKETLEN)' on the final packet, which will always be less than MAXPACKETLEN. I guess my question is, how do I detect end of data on the client side?

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Python to C++ in a pickle
by Larry Whitley April 2, 2015

April 2, 2015

I'd like to pickle an object in python and unpickle it in C++. The object in question is a python dictionary so it will have to go into a C++ map. Has someone done this and is willing to share? Or, is the cPickle source available on the web somewhere? Larry

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Re: feature request: a better str.endswith
by Irmen de Jong Feb. 17, 2015

Feb. 17, 2015

Jp Calderone wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 05:01:47AM -0700, Michele Simionato wrote: > >>I often feel the need to extend the string method ".endswith" to tuple >>arguments, in such a way to automatically check for multiple endings. >>For instance, here is a typical use case: >> >>if filename.endswith(('.jpg','.jpeg','.gif','.png')): >> print "This is a valid image file" >> >>Currently this is not valid Python and I must use the ugly >> >>if filename.endswith('.jpg') or filename.endswith('.jpeg') \ >> or filename.endswith('.gif') or filename.endswith('.png'): >> print "This is a valid image file" > > > extensions = ('.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif', '.png') > if filter(filename.endswith, extensions): > print "This is a valid image file > > Jp > Using filter Michele's original statement becomes: if filter(filename.endswith, ('.jpg','.jpeg','.gif','.png')): print "This is a valid image file" IMHO this is simple enough to not require a change to the .endswith method... --Irmen

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Python Tk Tix GUI documentation & builder overview and tips
by baloand＠googlemail.com Jan. 3, 2015

Jan. 3, 2015

I have recently started development for a small video conversion project using a GUI. After some research I decided to use Tkinter/Tix (Tk/Tix). The reasons are mainly: 1. the GUI is rather simple, and 2. the end-user is not necessarily technically inclined so I want to keep a) required libraries as few as possible, and b) installation as painless as possible. 3. Tk/Tix is included with Python. Thus only a Python installation is needed. Nothing else. 4. Tk itsself misses some rudimentary widgets like meters, multi/colum lists, grid and scrolled widgets. Tix provides those. Good enough for my little application (more advanced and more modern widgets are available in frameworks like Qt, Gtk, or wxWindows). Before starting I spent some effort to find a) relevant documentation, b) GUI Builders which might help me, c) answers to non-obvious questions. The process took some time and effort so I want to share my findings: a) Documentation resources Python Docs http://docs.python.org/library/tkinter.html Tk Commands http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TkCmd/contents.htm Tix Reference http://tix.sourceforge.net/man/html/contents.htm Tix demo application You want to extract the Tix demo application coming with the Tix 8.4.3 source distribution. It contains examples for many widgets - unfortunately none for multi-column HList or the Grid (see below). https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5649&package_id=5704 Tix8.4.3-src.tar.gz, then look in /Tix8.4.3/Python/Demo/tix Thinking in Tkinter I recommend the "Individual programs online" http://www.ferg.org/thinking_in_tkinter/index.html b) GUI development tools ActiveState GUI Builder (using grid layout) SpecTcl is the predecessor of GUI Builder (by ActivaState). http://spectcl.sourceforge.net/ FAQ (where to get source) http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/komodo-announce/3355346 PAGE v3.0 by Stewart Allen (using placer layout) http://page.sourceforge.net/ There are many more for other GUI toolkits mentioned in this post: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-February/250727.html Finally I decided to use the packer layout and create the widgets manually. Just the simplest and quickest way for me. c) How do I ...? How do I use all methods available in the Tix Grid? Tix Grid with full implementation of all methods http://klappnase.bubble.org/TixGrid/index.html How do I create a multi-column Tix.HList? import Tkinter as Tk import Tix root = Tix.Tk() # setup HList hl = Tix.HList(root, columns = 5, header = True) hl.header_create(0, text = "File") hl.header_create(1, text = "Date") hl.header_create(1, text = "Size") # create a multi-column row hl.add("row1", text = "filename.txt") hl.item_create(entry_path, 1, text = "2009-03-26 21:07:03") hl.item_create(entry_path, 2, text = "200MiB") I haven't found out how to right-justify individual columns? Anyone? How to implement Tk GUI with multiple threads? Usually there are two options to make threads wait for an event: * gui thread polling (lame) see here how to use Tk.after() (actually a Tcl command) to poll http://uucode.com/texts/pylongopgui/pyguiapp.html see here how to imitate the Tk event loop to poll for non-Tk events (a socket, for example) https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5649&package_id=5704 Tix8.4.3-src.tar.gz, then look in /Tix8.4.3/Python/Demo/tix/ tixwidgets.py, find loop() * multithreaded with events (the option to choose) Basically this uses bind and event_generate to send "Notify" messages to the Tk instance. I suspect the following example failed due to not synchronising the event_generate call http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Python/comp.lang.python/2006-07/msg0147… For multithreading Python Tk GUI applications the following rules apply: 1. same thread calling Tk must do all subsequent GUI calls, 2. other threads may send events with send_event to the root Tk instance, 3. with threading problems you might try to synchonise access to event_generate(). Using event_generate() with one non-GUI thread seems to be safe.

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Creating interactive command-line Python app?
by planetthoughtful Dec. 18, 2014

Dec. 18, 2014

Hello All, Newbie to Python, and I'm wondering if it's possible to create a Python console app that prompts for further input on the command line when run (in Windows XP, if that's important)? I've tried Googling, but the results are overwhelmingly about interactive Python environments (IPython etc etc), instead of how to achieve prompting at the command line when running your own Python app. Any help appreciated! Much warmth, planetthoughtful

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Python docs disappointing
by kj Nov. 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014

I'm pretty new to Python, and I like a lot overall, but I find the documentation for Python rather poor, overall. I'm sure that Python experts don't have this problem: they have internalized some good ways to access the documentation, are productive with it, and therefore have lost the ability to see why the Python documentations is deficient for beginners. This explains why a suboptimal situation can persist like this: those who are most able fix it are also the least able to perceive it. I've heard similar complaints from other experienced programmers who are trying out Python for the first time: poor documentation. Here is an *entirely typical* example: on some Unix, try % pydoc urllib The displayed documentation mention the optional parameter "data" in practically every function listed (a few dozen of them). This parameter is not documented *anywhere* on that page. All that we are told is that its default value is always None. I'm sure that I can find a full description of this parameter if I fire up Google, and search online. In fact, more likely than not, I'll find far more documentation than I want. But my point is that a programmer should not need to do this. The full documentation should be readily accessible directly through a few keystrokes. I would love to know how experienced Python programmers quickly zero in on the Python documentation they need. TIA! kynn

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Twisted and txJSON-RPC
by writeson Nov. 14, 2014

Nov. 14, 2014

Hi all, I'm modifying a Twisted project and I'd like to implement the txJSON- RPC code show here: https://launchpad.net/txjsonrpc However, when I try to install this with this command line: sudo easy_install txJSON-RPC I get an error message: error: docs/PRELUDE.txt: No such file or directory I'm not sure what this is about, or how to fix it. Does anyone have any suggestions or help they can offer me? Thanks! Doug

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Need some help with NetGroupAddUser
by kcollins15＠cfl.rr.com Nov. 11, 2014

Nov. 11, 2014

New B question -- Need help with win32net.NetGroupAddUser. I used Mark Hammond sample code to create a new user from his book Python Programming on Win32. I then added one line to add the newuser to a group. def CreateUserAndShare(userName, fullName): homeDir = "%s\\%s" % (serverName, userName) # Create user data in information level 3 (PyUSER_INFO_3) format. userData = {} userData['name'] = userName userData['full_name'] = fullName userData['password'] = userName userData['flags'] = win32netcon.UF_NORMAL_ACCOUNT | win32netcon.UF_SCRIPT userData['priv'] = win32netcon.USER_PRIV_USER userData['home_dir'] = homeDir userData['home_dir_drive'] = "P:" userData['primary_group_id'] = ntsecuritycon.DOMAIN_GROUP_RID_USERS userData['password_expired'] = 1 # User must change password next logon. # Create the user win32net.NetUserAdd(serverName, 3, userData) win32net.NetGroupAddUser(serverName, "Administrator", userName) This is my error: pywintypes.api_error: (2220, 'NetGroupAddUser', 'The group name could not be found.') What should I be using for the groupname parameter, I've tried them all, Administrator, Guests, Users ext.... Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, kc

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President Bush Meets Pope Before Heading to Paris
by vaticans.org Nov. 2, 2014

Nov. 2, 2014

U.S. President George Bush has met with Pope Benedict at the Vatican, as he continues his week-long European trip. After his talks with the pontiff, Mr. Bush was traveling to Paris, France, where he is to give a speech later Friday on the strong relationship between the U.S. and Europe. U.S. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley said Mr. Bush will urge European leaders to work even more closely with the U.S. to help bring peace to the Middle East. Mr. Hadley said the trans-Atlantic relationship has been strengthened by the current leaders in Italy, Britain, Germany, and France. The White House says Mr. Bush's speech will also commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Marshall Plan - the U.S. aid program that helped rebuild Europe after the devastation caused by World War II. The president and Mrs. Bush are then scheduled to have dinner with the French president and Mrs. Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace. Mr. Bush and Mr. Sarkozy hold formal talks on Saturday. On Thursday President Bush met with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and the two leaders agreed to to work together on trying to convince Iran to give up its uranium enrichment program. Mr. Berlusconi said Italy has a trading relation with Iran and knows that country from the inside. President Bush said he will consider Italy's request to join the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany in working on the Iran nuclear issue. But Mr. Hadley said it is always a problem when a country's commercial ties clashes with its national security requirements. Mr. Bush's European trip will also take him to Britain and Northern Ireland. Earlier, he stopped in Germany and attended the annual U.S.- European Union summit in Slovenia. http://www.vaticans.org/index.php?/archives/1175-Pope-Benedict-XVI-hosted-U…

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