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appscript path problem from a newbie
by John Ott April 22, 2008

April 22, 2008

has solved my problem. I recently upgraded my OmniOutliner and had two copies floating around. Double clicking Projects.oo3 opened 3.6.2 and python was opening 3.6.5. Thanks. John ************************************************************************ * * * * John Ott * Email: jott(a)watt.ame.nd.edu * * Dept. AME * * * 365 Fitzpatrick Hall * * * University of Notre Dame * Phone: (574) 631-8131 * * Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA * Fax: (574) 631-8341 * * * * ************************************************************************

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Full Screen Window
by Gregg Lobdell April 22, 2008

April 22, 2008

I'm using Python 2.5, wxPython, and PIL. I am working on a slide show application similar to what iPhoto does, but with some added features. I like the random feature of iPhoto, but I want to designate small sets of pictures that should always be shown in sequence. Anyway, my question is, how can I show an image full screen? I can make a large window, but that still leaves the menu bar and the window bar and the window border. I want to take over the entire screen for my images. Can I do this in wxPython on the Mac? If you could send me a code snippet, that would be most helpful. Thank you, Gregg Lobdell gmlobdell(a)seanet.com

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Back-porting Python 2.3 to Mac OS X 10.5?
by Brad Knowles April 17, 2008

April 17, 2008

Folks, I know you hear about these version issues all the time (I have done a bit of searching of the archives ;-), but I think this might be the first case I'm aware of where someone is trying to backport Python 2.3 to Mac OS X 10.5, as opposed to trying to get a newer version of Python running on an older machine. My problem is that I'm trying to run the Access Grid software for doing video conferencing (see <http://www.accessgrid.org/>), and the latest version of AG is built on top of Python 2.3. Of course, Apple ships Python 2.5 with Mac OS X 10.5, so AG won't run on my machine (see <http://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/accessgrid/show_bug.cgi?id=1731>). There is an alpha release of an Intel-only version of AG for Mac OS X 10.5 which has been built with Python 2.5, but that doesn't help me since I'm running on a PowerMac G5 (PPC). So, while they work on their issues of trying to get their code brought up-to-date to work with Python 2.5, I figured I'd go the other route and see if I can get Python 2.3 installed on my machine (with wxPython 2.6 and Tcl/Tk Aqua 8.4.9, see <http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/software/releases/3.1/ma…>). I checked around, and there doesn't seem to be much in the FAQ at <http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/FAQ>, and I'm at a loss to be able to find any other resources that talk about this subject. I'm a little loathe to just grab the latest source version of Python 2.3 (2.3.7, according to <http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.3.7/>), without at least a little encouragement that this should work, typical stumbling blocks to look for, etc.... And yes, this does have to be installed in a place that won't interfere with the system-supplied Python 2.5, and once Python 2.3 is installed then I need to go figure out how to install AG with a non-standard location for the Python installation. But first things first, and that means getting Python 2.3 installed on this machine in a non-competing/non-destructive location. Does anyone have advice, URLs, or other suggestions that may be helpful? Thanks! -- Brad Knowles <brad(a)shub-internet.org> LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu>

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Back-porting Python 2.3 to Mac OS X 10.5? (Brad Knowles)
by has April 17, 2008

April 17, 2008

Brad Knowles wrote: > I know you hear about these version issues all the time (I have done > a bit of searching of the archives ;-), but I think this might be > the first case I'm aware of where someone is trying to backport > Python 2.3 to Mac OS X 10.5, as opposed to trying to get a newer > version of Python running on an older machine. FWIW, there is a Python 2.3.5 framework build included in 10.5 (/ System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3), although it lacks a CLI interpreter and headers, and I've no idea if it's functional or not. has -- Control AppleScriptable applications from Python, Ruby and ObjC: http://appscript.sourceforge.net

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Finding the memory usage of a Python process
by Konrad Hinsen April 16, 2008

April 16, 2008

I am trying to obtain the amount of memory that my Python process uses from inside the Python program using resource.getrusage(). While this works fine under Linux, on the Mac I always get 0 for the memory usage (the time information seems credible though). Does anyone have another idea for monitoring memory usage on the Mac? Thanks, Konrad.

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PyGtk
by Robert Love April 15, 2008

April 15, 2008

Is anybody doing python apps with a GTK gui (for portability with Linux at work)? What GTK do you use? And has anybody tried with the native GTK being developed as opposed to the X-windows version? -- Bob Love "I.R.S.: We've got what it takes to take what you've got! "

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] appscript path problem from a newbie
by has April 15, 2008

April 15, 2008

John Ott wrote: > I am getting file not found errors from appscript. > > I manually open my OmniOutliner file Projets.oo3 first then from a > xterm > window: > > python > from appscript import * > oop = app('OmniOutliner Professional') > pod = oop.documents['Projects.oo3'] > > A second copy of OmniOutliner Professional is started and a new file > is > opened then I get my error. I'm suspecting an path variable not set > properly but I can't find where to set it. Any ideas? The only thing the above code does is locate OO, launch it if it isn't already running, and get its terminology. (Note: it won't do anything to your 'Projects.oo3' document as you haven't sent a command.) Do you have more than one copy of OO installed? Appscript uses LaunchServices to locate applications by name/bundle id/creator code, so it may be that the LS database points to a different copy of OO to the one you're running. If you need to be more specific, you can identify applications by their full path or unix process id; see chapter 7 of the appscript manual for details. HTH has -- Control AppleScriptable applications from Python, Ruby and ObjC: http://appscript.sourceforge.net

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Disabling Menus on the Mac
by Jens Thomas April 15, 2008

April 15, 2008

Hi, I've hit a rather quirky problem that falls between a number of different areas, so I'm not sure if this is the correct list to post this to, so apologies if I've got it wrong. I'm working on a PyQt GUI application that I'm trying to integrate with a Tkinter GUI application. Surprisingly, this actually works quite well and the two event loops don't seem to clash and it all (almost) works fine. The only issue I've hit is that when the PyQt application spawns the thread that runs the Tkinter GUI, the "Python" menu for the Tkinter app appears and tramples over the existing PyQt application's menu (i.e. the menu along the top of the screen with the "Preferences", "File", "Edit" etc. stuff in it gets scrambled as both applications think they have control of it). I guess this makes sense, but it does rather screw things up for me. Does anyone know if there is any way for me to run the Tkinter GUI without it trying to populate the menu bar? Best wishes, Jens -- =================================================================== Jens Thomas, email: j.m.h.thomas(a)dl.ac.uk STFC Daresbury Lab, tel: +44-1925-603849 Warrington, fax: +44-1925-603634 WA4 4AD, UK. http: http://www.cse.scitech.ac.uk ===================================================================

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Double-clickable wxpython application?
by Kevin Horton April 14, 2008

April 14, 2008

I've created a small wxpython application to perform a particular function that my wife wants. It uses the standard Apple python and wxpython, and works great if I start it from Terminal.app. But, she is not keen on using the command line, so I hope to find a way so she can double click on something to start this application. I've tried AppleScript, and I've tried to save a Terminal.app command file, , and Platypus, but none of them has worked, quite probably because I haven't yet found the magic hints on what I need to do to make this work. What are the simplest ways to make a double-clickable interface to a wxpython application? I don't need to actually include python or wxpython in the application, as they are already resident on her computer. Thanks, -- Kevin Horton Ottawa, Canada

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appscript path problem from a newbie
by John Ott April 14, 2008

April 14, 2008

I am getting file not found errors from appscript. I manually open my OmniOutliner file Projets.oo3 first then from a xterm window: python from appscript import * oop = app('OmniOutliner Professional') pod = oop.documents['Projects.oo3'] A second copy of OmniOutliner Professional is started and a new file is opened then I get my error. I'm suspecting an path variable not set properly but I can't find where to set it. Any ideas? I am running mac os x 10.3.9, macpython 2.4.4, appscript 0.18.1 John ************************************************************************ * * * * John Ott * Email: jott(a)watt.ame.nd.edu * * Dept. AME * * * 365 Fitzpatrick Hall * * * University of Notre Dame * Phone: (574) 631-8131 * * Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA * Fax: (574) 631-8341 * * * * ************************************************************************

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