Re: [Tutor] The best way to implement a config file ???

2007-02-01 Thread Johan Geldenhuys
I've used two options in the past. The one is as Kent suggested, by using a module that is imported by all others and share the values. This doesn't allow for users to change the values, without changing the code. The second is to make use of a other file format. I used xml with all the info in an

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values [Introduction to Planet RSS news aggregator] (fwd)

2007-02-01 Thread Danny Yoo
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:52:49 + From: "[ISO-8859-1] Mário Gamito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Get variable values [Introduction to Planet RSS news aggregator] Hi Danny, Thank you for your insightf

Re: [Tutor] adding columns of numbers

2007-02-01 Thread Kent Johnson
Christopher Spears wrote: > I've been reading an old copy of "Programming Python" > and started to work on one of its challenges. I have > a text file called table.txt: > > 1 5 10 2 1.0 > 2 10 20 4 2.0 3 > 3 15 30 8 3 2

Re: [Tutor] Printing txt files in landscape from python

2007-02-01 Thread Terry Carroll
On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, [ISO-8859-1] J?nos Juh?sz wrote: > do you have any idea, how I can send a txt file to the default printer in > landscape view with python on windows. > I wanted to set up just the char size and the orientation of the printout. I've gotten a crush on wxPython, now that it's ni

Re: [Tutor] adding columns of numbers

2007-02-01 Thread John Fouhy
On 02/02/07, Christopher Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been reading an old copy of "Programming Python" > and started to work on one of its challenges. I have > a text file called table.txt: > > 1 5 10 2 1.0 > 2 10 20 4 2.0 3 > 3 15

[Tutor] adding columns of numbers

2007-02-01 Thread Christopher Spears
I've been reading an old copy of "Programming Python" and started to work on one of its challenges. I have a text file called table.txt: 1 5 10 2 1.0 2 10 20 4 2.0 3 3 15 30 8 3 2 1 4 20 40 16

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values [Introduction to Planet RSS news aggregator]

2007-02-01 Thread Danny Yoo
> Yes, i've read the two docs. > But my problem is more related with Python. > > If you read my previous post with the links to the code, my doubt is how > to get the values for "url", "content", "name", etc. Hi Mario, After taking a much closer look at the code you mentioned here: http

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values

2007-02-01 Thread Alan Gauld
> I have this code (following my signature) and i'm trying > to get the value of "content" and insert it into a MySQL > database. >From where are you trying to get the value of content? Its not clear from your code. -- > def get_date(self, key): > ... The fact that this has a self param,eter s

[Tutor] Python 2.5 Quick Reference

2007-02-01 Thread Dick Moores
Is this reliable? (Looks good to me, but...) Thanks, Dick Moores ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values

2007-02-01 Thread Mário Gamito
Hi, > http://www.amk.ca/python/writing/DB-API.html > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2003-April/022010.html Yes, i've read the two docs. But my problem is more related with Python. If you read my previous post with the links to the code, my doubt is how to get the values for "

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values

2007-02-01 Thread Danny Yoo
> Please tell me if you've read those and yet don't understand what they > are saying. Alternatively, if you've read them but still feel that they > are relevant to you, say that, and we'll try to elaborate why they > should be applicable. Errr.. substitute "relevant" with "irrelevant". Sorry

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values

2007-02-01 Thread Danny Yoo
> For now, i'd just like to pull out the variables values, and i don't > know how. For those who may be interested it's about file __init.py__ > from planetplanet code. Hi Mario, Have you read either of the following yet? http://www.amk.ca/python/writing/DB-API.html http://mail.pyth

Re: [Tutor] The best way to implement a config file ???

2007-02-01 Thread Kent Johnson
Magnus Wirström wrote: > / think i want win.ini style, I'm designing a configuration module that > is going to write this file. I have not heard of shlex so i can really > not judge if it suits my needs. I do like the kind of config file that > can be editable with a editor if nessary. Anyone ha

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values

2007-02-01 Thread Mário Gamito
Hi, > I keep looking at this and your other posts and I just don't understand > what you are trying to do. What do you mean by "content"? Is this code > part of some class? It looks like it is from a class that subclasses > dict. Anyway more context both of code and of what you are trying to do

Re: [Tutor] The best way to implement a config file ???

2007-02-01 Thread Magnus Wirström
Andreas Kostyrka skrev: > * Magnus Wirström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070201 14:38]: > >> Hi everyone >> >> I'm learning to program python with wxpython gui. I have a application i >> made with several modules and i want to implement a configfile that >> applies to all those modules. Is there an ea

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values

2007-02-01 Thread Kent Johnson
Mário Gamito wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to Python, so forgive me the lame question. > > I have this code (following my signature) and i'm trying to get the > value of "content" and insert it into a MySQL database. > > I've been reading the docs in www.python.org, but i can't find a solution. > >

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values

2007-02-01 Thread Mário Gamito
Hi, Danny Yoo wrote: > Ok, good. Next time, make it more clear to the group that things worked > out fine, to close the thread. Remember, we can't read your mind: make > it explicit. > > Otherwise, people will continue to try to help you with something that > you don't have problems with any

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values

2007-02-01 Thread Danny Yoo
>> Wait, wait, before we continue here: did you finally get things working >> from your last question? > > Yes, i got things working. That was just a test for python-MySQldb. Hi Mario, Ok, good. Next time, make it more clear to the group that things worked out fine, to close the thread. Rem

Re: [Tutor] Printing txt files in landscape from python

2007-02-01 Thread Tim Golden
> Hi All, > > do you have any idea, how I can send a txt file to the default printer in > landscape view with python on windows. > I wanted to set up just the char size and the orientation of the printout. > > thinking about > os.system('notepad.exe /pt "%%%s"' % filename) Doesn't complete

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values

2007-02-01 Thread Mário Gamito
Hi Danny, > Wait, wait, before we continue here: did you finally get things working > from your last question? Yes, i got things working. That was just a test for python-MySQldb. Now, i'm trying to get info from a python file, but i'm unable to get the variable values to insert in MySQL. For e

Re: [Tutor] Printing txt files in landscape from python

2007-02-01 Thread Christopher Arndt
János Juhász schrieb: > do you have any idea, how I can send a txt file to the default printer in > landscape view with python on windows. I assume that by "txt file", you mean a file containing ASCII text? > I wanted to set up just the char size and the orientation of the printout. Printers no

Re: [Tutor] The best way to implement a config file ???

2007-02-01 Thread Christopher Arndt
Magnus Wirström schrieb: > Hi everyone > > I'm learning to program python with wxpython gui. I have a application i > made with several modules and i want to implement a configfile that > applies to all those modules. Is there an easy way to do this ? Can > anyone point me in the right directi

Re: [Tutor] Get variable values

2007-02-01 Thread Danny Yoo
On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Mário Gamito wrote: I'm new to Python, so forgive me the lame question. I have this code (following my signature) and i'm trying to get the value of "content" and insert it into a MySQL database. Hi Mario, Wait, wait, before we continue here: did you finally get things

[Tutor] Printing txt files in landscape from python

2007-02-01 Thread János Juhász
Hi All, do you have any idea, how I can send a txt file to the default printer in landscape view with python on windows. I wanted to set up just the char size and the orientation of the printout. thinking about os.system('notepad.exe /pt "%%%s"' % filename) Yours sincerely, ___

Re: [Tutor] VOT - Similar list for Ruby?

2007-02-01 Thread Mike Hansen
> -Original Message- > > Hello all, > > I may be about to switch jobs to an environment in which the main > utility language is Ruby. I've found this group to be brilliant in > the last few years, and wondered if anyone on the list is also a Ruby > user, and could recommend a similarl

[Tutor] VOT - Similar list for Ruby?

2007-02-01 Thread Steve Nelson
Hello all, I may be about to switch jobs to an environment in which the main utility language is Ruby. I've found this group to be brilliant in the last few years, and wondered if anyone on the list is also a Ruby user, and could recommend a similarly helpful, patient and informative list? Thank

[Tutor] Get variable values

2007-02-01 Thread Mário Gamito
Hi, I'm new to Python, so forgive me the lame question. I have this code (following my signature) and i'm trying to get the value of "content" and insert it into a MySQL database. I've been reading the docs in www.python.org, but i can't find a solution. Can someone help me, please ? Warm Reg

Re: [Tutor] The best way to implement a config file ???

2007-02-01 Thread Kent Johnson
Andreas Kostyrka wrote: > * Magnus Wirström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070201 14:38]: >> Hi everyone >> >> I'm learning to program python with wxpython gui. I have a application i >> made with several modules and i want to implement a configfile that >> applies to all those modules. Is there an easy wa

Re: [Tutor] The best way to implement a config file ???

2007-02-01 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
* Magnus Wirström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070201 14:38]: > Hi everyone > > I'm learning to program python with wxpython gui. I have a application i > made with several modules and i want to implement a configfile that > applies to all those modules. Is there an easy way to do this ? Can > anyone

[Tutor] The best way to implement a config file ???

2007-02-01 Thread Magnus Wirström
Hi everyone I'm learning to program python with wxpython gui. I have a application i made with several modules and i want to implement a configfile that applies to all those modules. Is there an easy way to do this ? Can anyone point me in the right direction ? Thanks Magnus _

Re: [Tutor] Python 2.5 and PHP 5.2.0

2007-02-01 Thread OkaMthembo
Thank you s much gentlemen, you have come to my aid very promptly indeed :-) I have to say, this is why i love Open Source; For the People, By the People! Thankee "Shortash" On 2/1/07, Christopher Arndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Luke Paireepinart schrieb: > I can think of a roundabout w

Re: [Tutor] Python 2.5 and PHP 5.2.0

2007-02-01 Thread Christopher Arndt
Luke Paireepinart schrieb: > I can think of a roundabout way to do what you want: > > PHP file returns a form to the client. when this form is submitted to > the py file, all of the data your py script needs is sent in the query > string or whatever. > the py file does whatever it does, and the

Re: [Tutor] Python 2.5 and PHP 5.2.0

2007-02-01 Thread Luke Paireepinart
OkaMthembo wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I need some wisdom from you. Is it possible to have PHP pages posting > to python scripts on the server side and returning values back to the > calling PHP files? Like, if my enterval.php form's action="think.py", > would the two scripts be able to talk to each o

[Tutor] Python 2.5 and PHP 5.2.0

2007-02-01 Thread OkaMthembo
Hi Guys, I need some wisdom from you. Is it possible to have PHP pages posting to python scripts on the server side and returning values back to the calling PHP files? Like, if my enterval.php form's action="think.py", would the two scripts be able to talk to each other? Thanks and Best Regards,

Re: [Tutor] Why this error ?

2007-02-01 Thread Alan Wardroper
Other than outdenting the whole thing, are you using a 'non-standard' character set? Are you sure that '(' isn't an alternative encoding variant that python isn't recognising as a parenthesis? I've see nthat sometimes with Japanese or unicode encoding. Just a thought... (Just to check, I tried y