🌐 Mailman 3 July 2009 - Pythonmac-SIG - python.org

Authentication via python?
by Benjamin Schollnick Aug. 21, 2009

Aug. 21, 2009

Folks, I¹m working on some time machine scripting... In a gist, there is a .Backup.log file that I want to access via readline & python.... >From the MOSX gui, it appears some of the files require root access (eg. Authentication dialog pops up). Now, I am using the applet maker to compile the python to a GUI stub, so I can¹t SUDO the python script... Is there some method that I can use to authenticate via the python script internally? I¹m in the middle of a google search on this, but I am having no luck at refining my search phrase currently (Macintosh python authenticate)... - Benjamin

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create appscript reference from aedesc
by Magnus Herold Aug. 2, 2009

Aug. 2, 2009

Hi All, I'm trying to write an Automator action using Python, and I'm not yet that familiar with the lower levels of Mac programming. The input should be a list of iTunes track objects, and I get an NSAppleEventDescriptor object. I know how to extract the AEDescs from that, but I can't find a way turn these into appscript references that I can use normally to say e.g. track.name.set('blabla'). Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Magnus

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Problem in EasyDialogs???[Sec=Unclassified]
by mathew oakes July 31, 2009

July 31, 2009

on Leopard 10.5.6 using python2.6.2 from macports When asking for multiple select in file dialog, get an error: raise Nav.error, arg TypeError: exceptions must be classes or instances, not str I can find the exception declared in this file: /opt/local/Library/Framewords/Python.Framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/Nav.so So this is preventing me from finding out what my actual error is, but I notice that the same exception is used elsewhere. files = EasyDialogs.AskFileForOpen( message='Select files to recover:', multiple=True ) cheers, Mat ___________________________________________________________________________ Australian Antarctic Division - Commonwealth of Australia IMPORTANT: This transmission is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited by Commonwealth law. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or by telephoning +61 3 6232 3209 and DELETE the message. Visit our web site at http://www.antarctica.gov.au/ ___________________________________________________________________________

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how to recover from a framework build?
by Bill Janssen July 30, 2009

July 30, 2009

I made the mistake of trying to build a version of Python with debugging symbols on my Mac. I downloaded the sources to 2.5.4, and did a "make frameworkinstall DESTDIR=/tmp". Now my Python-Cocoa apps won't compile in Xcode. They compiled just fine before I did this... Line Location Tool:0: symbol(s) not found Line Location Tool:0: _main in main.o Line Location Tool:0: "_PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags", referenced from: Line Location Tool:0: _main in main.o Line Location Tool:0: "_PySys_SetArgv", referenced from: Line Location Tool:0: _main in main.o Line Location Tool:0: "_Py_Initialize", referenced from: Line Location Tool:0: _main in main.o Line Location Tool:0: "_Py_SetProgramName", referenced from: Any ideas? Bill

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py2app, iGraph and icns
by Bernie Hogan July 29, 2009

July 29, 2009

Hi everyone, First post to the list. I have a problem that I'm not sure if anyone else has encountered. I'm trying to make an application that is in many respects a 'skin' over a specific data object (an igraph network object). The iGraph package in python is great for analysis, but it is really a set of c++ objects that have python bindings. So, it completely fails in py2app. Does anyone know a way for me to get the py2app code to naively just include the iGraph package and talk to it such that I don't need to know how it is implemented? To re-implement the features of this package in native python is both a herculean task and one that is bound to be poorly optimized. In addition to ease-of-distribution from py2app, I also want to use a custom icon. wxPython doesn't seem to support .icns the way that py2app does. Any thoughts and any help is greatly appreciated. Take care, BERNiE Bernie Hogan Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford

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Compiling pylibacl on 10.5
by Preston Holmes July 28, 2009

July 28, 2009

has anyone found the fix to compile this egg: http://pylibacl.sourceforge.net/ Or does anyone else know an alternate method for accessing HFS ACL data? -Preston

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What happened to XcodeSupport?
by Aahz July 28, 2009

July 28, 2009

I have an app built on PyObjC 1.4 that uses XcodeSupport in its setup.py; now I'm trying to build on 2.2b2 and there is no XcodeSupport AFAICT. There's nothing in pyobjc-core/NEWS.txt. Am I missing something? -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Many customs in this life persist because they ease friction and promote productivity as a result of universal agreement, and whether they are precisely the optimal choices is much less important." --Henry Spencer

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IDLE edit, format menus hang
by Kevin Walzer July 23, 2009

July 23, 2009

I'm trying to diagnose a problem with IDLE when it runs on top of Tk-Cocoa, as documented in this bug I filed: http://bugs.python.org/issue6463 Basically, the editor window hangs/freezes when I try to paste, cut, or format text. This requires me to force-quite IDLE. The behavior I'm observing is that the "Edit" menu, for instance, flashes, and then won't release focus. At that point the editor window won't take input and doesn't respond. The problem is that this is very hard to debug. I can't reproduce the issue outside of IDLE's code, which suggests to me that the issue isn't with Tk-Cocoa itself. When I create a simple text display using Tkinter and its standard cut/copy/paste events, things work as expected with no freezes. When I add some "print" statements to EditorWindow.py to try to trace how events are firing, they appear to fire as expected (i.e. "paste" starts out working as normal before hanging). No Python or Tk error messages are printed to output/console, so I can't trace the issue that way either. Any suggestions on other avenues I can look at? I'm a bit stumped here. --Kevin -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] py2app refresher
by Charles Hartman July 23, 2009

July 23, 2009

> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:52:31 -0700 > From: Ned Deily <nad(a)acm.org> > To: pythonmac-sig(a)python.org > Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] py2app refresher? > Message-ID: <nad-D05403.19523121072009(a)news.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > >>> >>> mkdir /tmp/p2a >>> cd /tmp/p2a >>> svn co http://svn.pythonmac.org/py2app/py2app/trunk/ >>> easy_install trunk/ >> Many thanks! Most of this works, but then: >> > > Ah, py2app depends on several other packages (modulegraph, macholib, > altgraph, maybe others) that may also have updates that have not yet > been officially released, so you may need to repeat the above recipe > substituting for py2app and a different temporary directory name. > Thank you. Excellent. I made /tmp/modulegraph and then svn co http://svn.pythonmac.org/modulegraph/modulegraph/trunk/ easy_install trunk/ worked. Then back in /tmp/p2a easy_install trunk/ worked too -- and now py2app makes an app of my app. Cool! I do wish all this were clearer. For people at home with various things off in Terminal land it's simple enough. But there are a fair number of people working with Python who want to do it on Mac but are at home in Python but not in Terminal.

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Pythonmac-SIG Digest, Vol 75, Issue 14
by Charles Hartman July 22, 2009

July 22, 2009

On Jul 21, 2009, at 6:00 AM, pythonmac-sig-request(a)python.org wrote: > Try upgrading to py2app (0.4.2) from svn trunk. One of the items in > the > news file there: > "Remove dependency on a 'version.plist' file in the python framework" > > Something like this (untested) should work (and avoid potential > problem > due to a setuptools incompatibility with the lastest version of svn): > > mkdir /tmp/p2a > cd /tmp/p2a > svn co http://svn.pythonmac.org/py2app/py2app/trunk/ > easy_install trunk/ Many thanks! Most of this works, but then: Installed /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ python2.6/site-packages/py2app-0.4.2-py2.6.egg Processing dependencies for py2app==0.4.2 Searching for modulegraph>=0.7.2dev Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/modulegraph/ Reading http://undefined.org/python/#modulegraph No local packages or download links found for modulegraph>=0.7.2dev error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('modulegraph>=0.7.2dev') I'm afraid I'm too ignorant to know what to do next.

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