Re: 2to3 for 2.7

2012-05-26 Thread highpointe
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On May 26, 2012, at 7:37 PM, "[email protected]"  wrote:

> Is there a list of fixers I can tell 2to3 to use that will
> limit changes to things that will continue to run under
> python-2.7?
> 
> I want to start the 2->3 trip by making my code
> as py3 compatible (under py2) as possible before
> going the rest of the way to py3, and having 2to3
> help with this seems like a good idea.
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Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

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On May 26, 2012, at 9:22 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> Roy Smith  wrote:
>> What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run 
>> Python on today?  I'm looking for something to use as a hardware 
>> controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C 
>> for this project.
>> 
>> Performance requirements are minimal.  I need to monitor a few switches, 
>> control a couple of LEDs and relays, and keep time over about a 30 
>> minute period to 1/10th second accuracy.  Nice-to-have (but not 
>> essential) would be a speech synthesizer with a vocabulary of maybe 50 
>> words.
>> 
>> The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available 
>> today.  Can you run Python on an Arduino?  Things like 
>> http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7250 are 
>> more than I need, and the $129 price probably busts my budget.
> 
> Rasberry Pi is available, some have arrived, mine will arrive on
> Monday or Tuesday (I'm talking about UK here).
> 
> I think getting python to run on an arduino device would be quite a
> lot of effort even if it's possible.  You might want to avoid C but
> the 'sort of C' on the Arduino is very simple indeed, hardly more
> difficult than Python.
> 
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Re: usenet reading

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On May 26, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Roy Smith  wrote:

> In article ,
> duncan smith  wrote:
> 
>> On 25/05/12 23:38, Jon Clements wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> Normally use Google Groups but it's becoming absolutely frustrating - not 
>>> only has the interface changed to be frankly impractical, the posts are 
>>> somewhat random of what appears, is posted and whatnot. (Ironically posted 
>>> from GG)
>>> 
>>> Is there a server out there where I can get my news groups?
>> 
>> If you don't mind paying a small fee there are several companies 
>> providing usenet access such as http://www.newsdemon.com. (I didn't have 
>> much joy trying to track down a reliable free service, so now I pay a 
>> few pounds a year.)
>> 
>> Duncan
> 
> I use panix.com.  For $100/year, I get mail, news, and unix shell 
> access.  By some measures, it's an expensive way to get mail access, but 
> I'd much rather give Panix $100 than take advantage of any of the free 
> mail services who does who-knows-what with my mail.  Not to mention that 
> I get access to such private newsgroups as panix.nytel.abuse.
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Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

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On May 26, 2012, at 9:20 AM, Ross Ridge  wrote:

> Roy Smith   wrote:
>> What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run 
>> Python on today?
> 
> Not counting the Rasberry Pi, then probably a wireless router or one of
> those cheap media streaming boxes running custom firmware.
> 
>> Performance requirements are minimal.  I need to monitor a few switches, 
>> control a couple of LEDs and relays, and keep time over about a 30 
>> minute period to 1/10th second accuracy.  Nice-to-have (but not 
>> essential) would be a speech synthesizer with a vocabulary of maybe 50 
>> words.
> 
> Unfortunately I don't think any of these devices would have the GPIO
> pins you'd want for such a project.
> 
>> The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available 
>> today.  Can you run Python on an Arduino?  Things like 
>> http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7250 are 
>> more than I need, and the $129 price probably busts my budget.
> 
> The Arduino uses an 8-bit micro-controller, so probably not.  (The ARM
> emulator based port of Linux probably doesn't meet your performance
> requirements.)
> 
> I think you may need to either wait for the Rasberry Pi to become
> generally available or increase your budget.  You should also consider
> whether any of these devices have Python bindings to interface with
> their GPIO pins.  If not you'll probably have to end up writing some C
> code anyways.
> 
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Re: Uliweb release 0.1 version

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On May 26, 2012, at 7:49 AM, Etienne Robillard  wrote:

> Flexible is more English than "flexiable" i guess... :-)
> 
> Besides the typing errors I look forward in checking this out for new 
> concepts...
> 
> 
> Cheers and congratulations,
> 
> Etienne
> 
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Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

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On May 26, 2012, at 9:25 AM, Paul Rubin  wrote:

> Roy Smith  writes:
>> The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available 
>> today.  Can you run Python on an Arduino? 
> 
> No.  YOu want a 32-bit platform with an OS and perhaps 1 meg of memory.
> And by the time you port Python to it unless it's there already, you may
> as well have just written your application in C.
> 
> If you want something even cheaper than an Arduino, look at the TI
> Launchpad.  But you can't program that in Python either.  There is
> a standalone interactive Forth for it, if that's of any interest:
>  http://www.somersetweb.com/4E4th/EN.html
> 
> There are some fairly cheap ARM boards around that could run Python, but
> they will be battery hungry compared to a Launchpad or Arduino, and
> again, may not be worth the porting hassle if there's not an
> already-done Python port.
> 
> Lua might be another scripting language of interest (www.lua.org).  Sort
> of the same idea as Python, not quite as nice, but smaller and easier to
> embed.  I think it wants around 50-100k of ram, still way out of the
> Arduino range.
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Re: How to import Webkit and object in Official Python (not MacPorts python) without X11.

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On May 26, 2012, at 7:09 AM, Benjamin Kaplan  wrote:

> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Mr.T Beppu  wrote:
>> I think that I will make a browser in Official Python (not MacPorts
>> Python).
>> What should I do in order to install Webkit for Official Python (not
>> MacPorts Python) ?
>> from tokyo Japan.
>> 
> 
> You don't just "install WebKit". You need a GUI framework. My
> suggestion would be to install PySide, which is a QT wrapper that
> includes a Webkit component. The other option is to use PyObjC to
> build a Cocoa GUI but then you're restricted to Mac OS X only.
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Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

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On May 26, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Roy Smith  wrote:

> What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run 
> Python on today?  I'm looking for something to use as a hardware 
> controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C 
> for this project.
> 
> Performance requirements are minimal.  I need to monitor a few switches, 
> control a couple of LEDs and relays, and keep time over about a 30 
> minute period to 1/10th second accuracy.  Nice-to-have (but not 
> essential) would be a speech synthesizer with a vocabulary of maybe 50 
> words.
> 
> The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available 
> today.  Can you run Python on an Arduino?  Things like 
> http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7250 are 
> more than I need, and the $129 price probably busts my budget.
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Re: usenet reading

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On May 26, 2012, at 8:05 AM, duncan smith  wrote:

> On 25/05/12 23:38, Jon Clements wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> Normally use Google Groups but it's becoming absolutely frustrating - not 
>> only has the interface changed to be frankly impractical, the posts are 
>> somewhat random of what appears, is posted and whatnot. (Ironically posted 
>> from GG)
>> 
>> Is there a server out there where I can get my news groups?
> 
> If you don't mind paying a small fee there are several companies providing 
> usenet access such as http://www.newsdemon.com. (I didn't have much joy 
> trying to track down a reliable free service, so now I pay a few pounds a 
> year.)
> 
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Re: How to import Webkit and object in Official Python (not MacPorts python) without X11.

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On May 26, 2012, at 6:40 AM, Barry Scott  wrote:

> 
> On 26 May 2012, at 14:31, Mr.T Beppu wrote:
> 
>> I think that I will make a browser in Official Python (not MacPorts Python). 
>> What should I do in order to install Webkit for Official Python (not 
>> MacPorts Python) ? 
>> from tokyo Japan.
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> 
> The PyWebKit binding are not maintained and have problems. You will find
> yourself getting very frustrated trying to get anything but the trivia 
> working.
> 
> We ended up writing C++ code to use WebKit on Linux rather then our
> preferred Python.
> 
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Re: How to import Webkit and object in Official Python (not MacPorts python) without X11.

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On May 26, 2012, at 6:31 AM, "Mr.T Beppu"  wrote:

> I think that I will make a browser in Official Python (not MacPorts Python). 
> What should I do in order to install Webkit for Official Python (not MacPorts 
> Python) ? 
> from tokyo Japan.
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