🌐 Mailman 3 May 2006 - Pythonmac-SIG - python.org

on a tangent from new icons
by Jacob Rus Sept. 25, 2006

Sept. 25, 2006

While we're adding a bunch of icons to Mac Python, and editing Info.plist files, and so on, I think we might as well make a few other changes: 1. If it doesn't already, I think Mac Python should ship with a python spotlight importer (I got one somewhere else, but should be default) 2. Let's export some UTI's for .pyc/.pyo files and .egg files (maybe public.python-bytecode and public.python-egg or something, or maybe they need to be org.python.python-bytecode, etc.) 3. Let's make sure that python files get useful "kMDItemKind" names. Right now, if I associate one with PythonIDE.app, I get "plain text file" for .pyc, and "Document" for .pyo, which is not useful. 4. Let's add some spaces in the names of things like PythonIDE.app, BuildApplet.app, PythonLauncher.app and PackageManager.app. Some other questions: * What's the difference between PythonIDE.app and IDLE.app? Should they get different icons? Is one of them preferred to the other? I just use TextMate and iPython from terminal, so I don't really know what all they do. * What exactly do python eggs do? Are they just extra modules packaged up, or can you run them as standalone apps? * If the latter, how exactly do eggs differ from the applet's created by BuildApplet.app? * Do we want different icons for py2applet.app and BuildApplet.app? What exactly is the difference between these? Basically, I'm confused by the seemingly endless official or semi-official ways to package up python code and edit it on the Mac. Are any of these deprecated? -Jacob

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Someone had PIL trouble on i386 10.4.6 Python 2.4 IIRC--I succeeded this evening
by Christopher Barker July 15, 2006

July 15, 2006

Bob Ippolito wrote: > The libs should all be statically linked to the extensions, they > shouldn't be separate in the installer. Ronald Oussoren wrote: > I'd prefer to have fully self contained packages, and preferably > eggs at that. Having a shared libary makes it *harder* to independendly > update extensions using libpng or libfreetype. No one answered my question directly, but both Bob and Ronald have spoken: It's better for each package to statically link any libs it needs (unless Apple provides them), even though that means that a given python program may well end up using three copies of the same lib. Just to be totally clear: Is there any problem with the same program using three slightly different versions of the same lib? > I'll have to package up my package build script one of these days ;-) What does it do? Something different than bdist_mpkg ? Daniel Lord wrote: > I built Universal jpeg-6b, freetype2, and zlib for my current project > of Universal PIL. I can add libpng in easily so I'll do it. > So that makes jpeg, png, freetype, and zlib. What else? Those are the ones I need at the moment. Thanks! I guess a zip archive of the collection would be the best way to get it out there. > I have successfully packaged up a Universal PIL for 2.4 (thanks for > the tips Bob;-). Packaged--not tested yet on PPC and Intel so I am > closer to releasing it. Post a link to it here when you are ready so we can test it. Maybe it would be helpful to have a standard way to link static libs with our packages. What I've done for matplotlib is create a "StaticLibs" directory at the same level as the setup./py, then hacked the setup.py to include it in the linking (and header) paths. I'll probably create one that has all of the above libs in it, then I can add a symlink to it for each package I'm trying to build. If anyone has any better ideas, I'd be glad to hear them. -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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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Pythonmac facelift
by kevin parks June 1, 2006

June 1, 2006

there was all this talk here and the display of lovely new icons for months... looked great... but i downloaded and installed the universal installer of the latest greatest python and i just have the craptacular old icons... so, was this idea dropped & the icons scrapped or... does the lack of zexy new icons mean i have an old installer somehow? cheers, kevin

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Python Unicode and NSString...
by whamoo May 30, 2006

May 30, 2006

Hi all! i'm at war with unicode python and cocoa, and seem that i cannot win... =) i've wrote this function: def makeNSString(self, oldString): try: oldString = NSString.stringWithUTF8String_(oldString) return oldString except Exception, e: print Exception, e return oldString And it work, now in my app i have all the è,à,ò,ù correctly written, but it raise this exception each time: exceptions.Exception depythonifying 'charptr', got 'unicode' This is normal? what can i do? ;) Thanks a lot people Matteo Rattotti www.rknet.it Powered by: - MacOsX - Gnu / Linux Debian Sarge - Amiga Os 3.9 - Milk

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Another report on py2app error with Xcode 2.3
by Daniel Lord May 30, 2006

May 30, 2006

I don't know if this helps at all, but here is the error I get... [daniello(a)mercury.local]$ python setup.py py2app -A running py2app Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 30, in ? app = [app_data] File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/distutils/core.py", line 149, in setup dist.run_commands() File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 946, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/site-packages/py2app/py2app/build_app.py", line 354, in run self.initialize_plist() File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/site-packages/py2app/py2app/build_app.py", line 427, in initialize_plist plist = self.get_default_plist() File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/site-packages/py2app/py2app/build_app.py", line 306, in get_default_plist version = find_version(target.script) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/site-packages/py2app/py2app/util.py", line 13, in find_version ast = compiler.parseFile(fn) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/compiler/transformer.py", line 48, in parseFile return parse(src) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/compiler/transformer.py", line 52, in parse return Transformer().parsesuite(buf) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/ python2.4/compiler/transformer.py", line 129, in parsesuite return self.transform(parser.suite(text)) File "<string>", line 117 def magicNumber: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax [daniello(a)mercury.local]$ This built fine under Xcode 2.2.3 though. I should note my environment is: OSX 10.4.6 i386 on Macbook Pro Xcode 2.3 Python 2.4.3: Universal-MacPython-2.4.3-2006-04-07.dmg PyObjc: pyobjc-1.3.8a0-py2.4-macosx10.4.dmg "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." –Samuel Beckett

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Python group in Montreal
by Pierre Thibault May 29, 2006

May 29, 2006

Hello, I would like to start a new Python user group in Montreal, Qc, Canada. If you have some interest, contact me by email. -- A+ Pierre

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Controlling Mail.app from Python
by Marcin Komorowski May 29, 2006

May 29, 2006

Is there a way to control Mail.app application from within Python the way it can be controlled using AppleScript? Thanks, Marcin

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MacPython vs ActivePython
by Marcin Komorowski May 28, 2006

May 28, 2006

What are the pros and cons of using MacPython v.s. ActivePython on OS X Tiger? Thanks, Marcin

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PyObj and XCode 2.3
by Alex Martelli May 27, 2006

May 27, 2006

So a guy on the Italian Mac newsgroup (it.comp.lang.macintosh) went to the trouble of downloading and installing the new XCode 2.3 -- almost a GB download!!! -- and now says PyObjC doesn't compile any more (so he's reverted XCode to 2.2.1). Unfortunately he didn't copy- and-paste the error and I'm reluctant to download a GB just to try and reproduce it (I don't really _need_ 2.3 myself, as it uses the same gcc 4.0.1 as 2.2.1 and I don't use the GUI tools much anyway). Perhaps somebody who needs XCode 2.3 anyway can help find out and fix this issue...? Alex

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Pythonmac-SIG Digest, Vol 37, Issue 28
by Stewart Midwinter May 27, 2006

May 27, 2006

> > From: Jerry LeVan <jerry.levan(a)eku.edu> > To: pythonmac-sig(a)python.org > Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 15:39:48 -0400 > Subject: [Pythonmac-SIG] WhereAmI ? > I can easily pick up modules living in Resources, but > I can't see how to find pure "data" files living in the > the Resources folder. > Jerry, your current directory can be found from getting the full path to the running module: whereami = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) HTH S __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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