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Appscript, adding files to iTunes
by Daniel Thorpe April 27, 2006

April 27, 2006

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can help me with an Appscript / iTunes utility I'm trying to write. Does anyone know how I add m4a files to my iTunes library using appscript? So far, I have a list of filenames, which I want to add to my library (which I've got a reference to). According to app('iTunes').add.help () I have to pass the function a list of Alias(s). I think this means Finder alias files, but I can't seem to be able to create them using app('Finder').make(). This is my code so far.... import os, from optparse import OptionParser from appscript import * def getListOfFinderItems(directory): files = ["%s%s" % (directory, file,) for file in os.listdir(directory)] # Need to make a list of 'alias files' Finder = app('Finder') # Finder.make.help() # aliases = [None] * len(files) # for i,file in enumerate(files): # Finder.make(new=k.alias_file,at=aliases[i],to=file) return aliases def addToiTunes(directory): audiofiles = getListOfFinderItems(directory) iTunesApp = app('iTunes') for src in iTunesApp.sources.get(): if src.kind.get() == k.library: iTunesLib = src.playlists[1].get() break # iTunesApp.add.help() iTunesLib.add.help() if __name__ == "__main__": parser = OptionParser() parser.add_option("-f", "--folder", dest="folder", help="Select the folder containing audio files.") (options, args) = parser.parse_args() addToiTunes(options.folder) Cheers Dan Thorpe

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup
by Brendan Simons April 26, 2006

April 26, 2006

Oh, I thought that's what the Python Launcher did. A bouncing rocket in the dock is a pretty good cue that Python is launching something. So I'm +1 on using the current Python Launcher icon If not that then (is the launcher actually used otherwise?) I'm +0 on just the glassy logo. Brendan -- Brendan Simons On 25-Apr-06, at 5:33 AM, pythonmac-sig-request(a)python.org wrote: >From: has <hengist.podd(a)virgin.net> >Date: April 25, 2006 4:45:46 AM EDT (CA) >To: pythonmac-sig(a)python.org >Cc: jrus(a)fas.harvard.edu >Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup > > >One last thing: looking at the shiny new icon set I realised there >wasn't a specific icon done for Python.app, which gets launched >whenever Python needs a Window Manager connection. (Can't >imagine who forgot to put that on the list...) > >However, with both BB and py2app using the same icons the 'applet' >icon is essentially going spare, and I think it'd be an ideal choice for >Python.app: clean, simple, app-ish looking, and a nice big highly >visible snake logo that'll show up well in the Dock. (Plus it avoids >having to do any additional artwork.:) Alternatively, just the snakes >by themselves would do the trick. > >HTH > >has >-- >http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Compiling Numeric for OSX-intel
by Jeremy Gore April 26, 2006

April 26, 2006

I found my problem. For whatever reason I had a export CFLAGS="-faltivec -lcc_dynamic - framework vecLib" in a configuration file that I carried over from a previous machine. I must have added it there to address the deficiencies of a previous compilation. Now everything works perfectly. Sorry for the confusion! Jeremy

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] multi-platform Python distributions question
by chip nyman April 26, 2006

April 26, 2006

Mark and Chris, thanks for your interest. Here's some in-depth info about my project. I've designed a desktop applet that displays custom artwork and interface elements, and incorporates a modified calendar control from the wxPython demo as a basis for its calendar grid implementation. Basically this applet is intended to mimic to some degree an "ink-on-paper" wall calendar of the variety that usually uses themed graphics as decorations. The applet is initially to be used to display artwork produced by members of an artists' web community I frequent, conceptart.org, but can be adapted to display any graphics that can be "modulized" with image2py. The interface artwork is also so modulized, so that can also be easily customized. The applet is designed to adjust itself to any size and aspect ratio of art, within reasonable limits (even unreasonable if the artwork is properly modified for inclusion), with partially-fixed-size regions dedicated to the UI. Currently, to avoid the need for complex graphics code for resampling and scaling the artwork, the displayed artwork is fixed in scale, with no allowance for dynamic adaptation to monitor size. Artwork modules for different screen resolutions are the alternate solution, a bit inelegant in terms of coding but better for proper display of the art, which is the driving purpose for the calendar applet. The applet windows cannot be dynamically resized, for much the same reason. There is functionality for marking and adding short text notes to selected dates on the calendar control, which is accessed on user demand. The applet is designed to be platform non-specific, using borderless or simple-border frames and avoiding as much as possible platform dependencies in terms of interface controls, which are very rudimentary. In its current implementation, there are no user menus, and only three main interface buttons -- Close, Minimize, and Open Calendar Grid. A TaskBarIcon provides user control as well, for Close, Minimize and Restore commands. The calendar control itself employs the date navigation functions from the wxPython demo (calendar window version), with modified date marking code, and new code to permit input, recording and reading w/output of the date-selective text notes. Two pickled text files with custom (though rather simple) formatting rules are used for persistent data: the calendar text notes and the closing position of the applet. I've only been using Python since the first of this month, so I've depended heavily on adaptation of existing modules when feasible, drawing mainly from the wxPython GUI library. Originality is in the interface design and its visual character, in the scripting to maintain the frames hierarchy the visual design requires, and in the date marking functions added to (or modified from) the calendar control. Distribution of the applet will be international and multi-platform, reflecting the wide member base of conceptart.org. An informal survey has already identified Win98, WinXP (home and Pro), Mac OSX 10.3.9 and above, and Debian Linux as platforms in use by the members, so I need some assistance in prepping distribution packages that do not require separate installations of Python 2.4 and wxPython 2.6 Unicode (though the Win98 version will likely be wxPython ANSI). So far I've done successful test builds for the WinXP and Win98 platforms using py2exe. Since I am primarily a CG artist, I don't maintain multi-platform systems for my programming efforts (which in the past have included TcL-based plugins and RealBasic standalones for Mac OS 9.x, and UnrealScript for game-specific coding on Windows), so instead I'm seeking the assistance of interested Python community members. I chose Python as the implementing code base because my research indicated it is very flexible, has a respectable documentation database (essential for a novice such as I), and is very similar in syntax and abstract structure to the other scripting languages I've used. The applet is to be distributed free of charge, as a vehicle for promoting contributing artists from conceptart.org. Contributors to the packaging efforts will of course be credited if so desired. My current functionality status is unreleased beta; my plans are to release the beta for testing by the end of April. Beta testers will be chosen primarily from the conceptart.org membership, the initial target audience for the applet, but I would of course welcome feedback from the Python community as well. I hope that answers most questions. I can provide URLs to forum threads on conceptart.org that have some details about the look of the beta if that is of further interest. chip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Barker" <Chris.Barker(a)noaa.gov> To: "chip nyman" <chipartist(a)metrocast.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] multi-platform Python distributions question > chip nyman wrote: >> I have a small non-commercial calendar applet featuring heavy use of >> wxPython that I've written on WinXP but will eventually need to be >> distributed to a number of platforms, including current Macs. Are >> there any subscribers to this list who'd consider helping me prep a >> py2app version for Mac OSX 10.3.9 and above? > > Tell us more about the app -- something to get us interested! > > > Also, are there other >> pythonMac lists or similar resources I should investigate that might >> provide useful info for such an undertaking? Thanks. > > I'd try the wxpython-users list too. > > -Chris > > > -- > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) > 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > Chris.Barker(a)noaa.gov >

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Apple Tutorial on building Universal binaries from Open Source
by Daniel Lord April 26, 2006

April 26, 2006

This is fairly simple and uses Xcode, but really all Xcode is in this case is a wrapper for the shell scripts. I am going to try it with just commandline tools and scripts. Should work fine. http://developer.apple.com/opensource/buildingopensourceuniversal.html The references at the end are good sources of more detailed info. These should help a lot of people in their struggles: Adopting Universal Binaries on Mac OS X Universal Binary Programming Guidelines Porting UNIX/Linux Applications to Mac OS X GCC Porting Guide The GNU Compiler Collection on Mac OS X Technical Note TN2137: Building Universal Binaries from configure- based Open Source Projects Daniel Lord daniellord(a)mac.com --- "You will never regret getting up too early, and you'll always regret getting up too late, but sometimes you may regret giving up too late." -- Mountaineer's Adage

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Compiling Numeric for OSX-intel
by Jeremy Gore April 26, 2006

April 26, 2006

I posted earlier on building Numeric on a MacBook Pro with the latest Universal build of python, installed via pkg. Similar problems have arisen with compiling other packages. I believe distutils to be at fault. The problem is the -lcc_dynamic flag invoked on gcc. During the build process whenever it threw an error I went back and reinvoked gcc with that flag removed, and it compiled fine, then continued with setup.py build; after several fixes of this sort the job completed, I installed it, and everything appears to work as expected. I'm not a distutils expert so I'm not sure where this flag is stored or what it means or how to prevent it being invoked. I think somehow the python which I installed (from http:// pythonmac.org/packages/py24-fat/index.html) was compiled with this flag coded in, and it doesn't work on my MacBook. Perhaps it's a matter of a different architecture or a different setup, I don't know. I can't even find a cc_dynamic library file that it would link to. The same thing happened whether or not /usr/local/lib/ libcc_dynamic.a is absent or is symlinked to /usr/lib/gcc/i686-apple- darwin8/4.0.1/libgcc.a. But it doesn't seem to be necessary on my machine, and thus I think python2.4-fat should be altered to incorporate this. It should be noted that I experienced similar problems with other packages besides Numeric. Jeremy

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The Universal Buld and py2app
by Adam Tenderholt April 26, 2006

April 26, 2006

I just checked out py2app from the svn repository (revision 916). However, it doesn't build for me. It gets stuck on the sip.py recipe. The error is below: File "/Developer/py2app-0.2/src/py2app/build_app.py", line 464, in process_recipes rval = check(self, mf) File "/Developer/py2app-0.2/src/py2app/recipes/sip.py", line 40, in check packages = self.config() File "/Developer/py2app-0.2/src/py2app/recipes/sip.py", line 17, in config qtdir = cfg.qt_lib_dir File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/sipconfig.py", line 178, in __getattr__ raise AttributeError, "\"%s\" is not a valid configuration value or user option" % name AttributeError: "qt_lib_dir" is not a valid configuration value or user option I'm using sip-4.4.1 with MacPython 2.3.5 on an intel mac. PyQt builds and scripts using pyqt work fine. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks, Adam

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multi-platform Python distributions question
by chip nyman April 25, 2006

April 25, 2006

I have a small non-commercial calendar applet featuring heavy use of wxPython that I've written on WinXP but will eventually need to be distributed to a number of platforms, including current Macs. Are there any subscribers to this list who'd consider helping me prep a py2app version for Mac OSX 10.3.9 and above? Also, are there other pythonMac lists or similar resources I should investigate that might provide useful info for such an undertaking? Thanks.

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Fwd: more OS X oddities
by Nicholas Cole April 25, 2006

April 25, 2006

I realised that on OS X it is almost impossible (or at least I can't find a way) to capture F-key or meta-key presses using the python curses module. The following email has some code which illustrates the problem (it reports key-presses in 3 different ways). For some reason I don't understand it works on Linux but not OS X. Thomas Dickey from the bug-ncurses list points out that python may be using its own functions rather than those from curses itself. At any rate, this seems to be a mac issue, so I thought I'd point it out here. Best wishes, N. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas Dickey <dickey(a)his.com> Date: Apr 15, 2006 8:19 PM Subject: Re: more OS X oddities To: Nicholas Cole <nicholas.cole(a)gmail.com> Cc: bug-ncurses(a)gnu.org On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 04:20:36PM +0200, Nicholas Cole wrote: > Why does this code give the name of function keys on linux, but not on > OS X? I can't work out any way of capturing a function-key press > (either in X11 or Terminal.app) on OS X. > > Best, N. > > #!/usr/bin/python > import curses > import curses.ascii > > def mainloop(scr): > while 1: > scr.keypad(1) > ch = scr.getch() > try: > scr.erase() > scr.addstr(0,0, "%s, %s, %s" % > (curses.keyname(ch), curses.ascii.unctrl(ch), ch)) Checking a little - The python package for curses does not use the curses function unctrl(), and uses this chunk instead: def unctrl(c): bits = _ctoi(c) if bits == 0x7f: rep = "^?" elif bits & 0x20: rep = chr((bits & 0x7f) | 0x20) else: rep = "^" + chr(((bits & 0x7f) | 0x20) + 0x20) if bits & 0x80: return "!" + rep return rep (that accounts for the odd format of the output). -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey(a)invisible-island.net> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEQTlJcCNT4PfkjtsRArYrAKC/gk25beCJVHfQC/7vkCLjNNbtjACeJsoC xo+OWVMpY1lq5SyW26yeDiU= =DcUE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Fwd: MacPython icon mockup
by has April 25, 2006

April 25, 2006

One last thing: looking at the shiny new icon set I realised there wasn't a specific icon done for Python.app, which gets launched whenever Python needs a Window Manager connection. (Can't imagine who forgot to put that on the list...) However, with both BB and py2app using the same icons the 'applet' icon is essentially going spare, and I think it'd be an ideal choice for Python.app: clean, simple, app-ish looking, and a nice big highly visible snake logo that'll show up well in the Dock. (Plus it avoids having to do any additional artwork.:) Alternatively, just the snakes by themselves would do the trick. HTH has -- http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/

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