Re: [Tutor] Problems installing

2010-06-29 Thread Zubin Mithra
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Andrew Martin wrote: > How exactly can I go about deleting __init__.pyc? Sorry, I am new to this > so I need everything spelled out for me. > Go the the C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\esys\escript\ directory and delete it manually. :) > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2

Re: [Tutor] Problems installing

2010-06-29 Thread Andrew Martin
How exactly can I go about deleting __init__.pyc? Sorry, I am new to this so I need everything spelled out for me. On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Marc Tompkins wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Andrew Martin wrote: > >> I just downloaded Python 2.6.5 onto my windows vista laptop. I am

Re: [Tutor] Problems installing

2010-06-29 Thread Marc Tompkins
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Andrew Martin wrote: > I just downloaded Python 2.6.5 onto my windows vista laptop. I am > attempting to install "escript version 3: Solution of Partial Differential > Equations (PDE) using Finite Elements (FEM)." I downloaded the files and > manually placed them

[Tutor] Problems installing

2010-06-29 Thread Andrew Martin
I just downloaded Python 2.6.5 onto my windows vista laptop. I am attempting to install "escript version 3: Solution of Partial Differential Equations (PDE) using Finite Elements (FEM)." I downloaded the files and manually placed them in their appropriately place on my computer according to the Rea

Re: [Tutor] OT: need computer advice from wise Tutors

2010-06-29 Thread David Hutto
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: > "David Hutto" wrote > >> > Or if the network is shared with other users or other applications >> >> So, the bandwidth supplied(better question for my own ISP) is like a >> drop cord, even with alleged T1 connections plugged in, it drop in >> a

Re: [Tutor] retrieve URLs and text from web pages

2010-06-29 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 29/06/2010 17:32, Joel Goldstick wrote: [big snips] It might not be completely relevant, but there is nothing to stop anybody mixing regex and/or string methods. Horses for courses? Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@

Re: [Tutor] OT: need computer advice from wise Tutors

2010-06-29 Thread Lie Ryan
On 06/29/10 19:48, Richard D. Moores wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 01:06, Alan Gauld wrote: >> "Richard D. Moores" wrote >> You log into Gmail and your browser downloads the Gmail page; >>> >>> Yes, of course. But I'm always logged into Gmail. >> >> But it is still continually downloading

Re: [Tutor] Suggestions for output on multiple platforms

2010-06-29 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Thomas C. Hicks wrote: > I am a beginner at all this and never expected to reach a point where > people other than myself may have to have access to the output of one > of my programs. My problem is this - I have written a program that > uses xlrd to read a serie

Re: [Tutor] retrieve URLs and text from web pages

2010-06-29 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Tino Dai wrote: > > >> I decided to go with Regular Expressions to modify the text. In the >>> Python.org it is stated that they provide more options and flexibilty >>> compared to strings and their modules. >>> >> >> "their modules" referring to the "string" m

Re: [Tutor] retrieve URLs and text from web pages

2010-06-29 Thread Tino Dai
> > I decided to go with Regular Expressions to modify the text. In the >> Python.org it is stated that they provide more options and flexibilty >> compared to strings and their modules. >> > > "their modules" referring to the "string" module and the string methods > here, I assume. > > Regular e

Re: [Tutor] retrieve URLs and text from web pages

2010-06-29 Thread Stefan Behnel
Khawla Al-Wehaibi, 29.06.2010 17:12: I decided to go with Regular Expressions to modify the text. In the Python.org it is stated that they provide more options and flexibilty compared to strings and their modules. "their modules" referring to the "string" module and the string methods here, I

Re: [Tutor] OT: need computer advice from wise Tutors

2010-06-29 Thread Alan Gauld
"Walter Prins" wrote a) I sometimes use Gmail while we visit folks in South Africa who are still on 56k dial-up. Initial log-in can be a bit slow, but generally you'd be surprised at how efficient/quick it is w.r.t bandwidth. To be fair to Google, GMail is one of the best implemented web m

Re: [Tutor] retrieve URLs and text from web pages

2010-06-29 Thread Khawla Al-Wehaibi
Thanks Tino. Sorry for the way the post looks. It is terrible to read. I decided to go with Regular Expressions to modify the text. In the Python.org it is stated that they provide more options and flexibilty compared to strings and their modules. Thanks --- On Tue, 29/6/10, Tino Dai wrote:

Re: [Tutor] OT: need computer advice from wise Tutors

2010-06-29 Thread Alan Gauld
"David Hutto" wrote > Or if the network is shared with other users or other applications So, the bandwidth supplied(better question for my own ISP) is like a drop cord, even with alleged T1 connections plugged in, it drop in accordance with usage that exceeds the max capacity even though they

Re: [Tutor] Suggestions for output on multiple platforms

2010-06-29 Thread bob gailer
On 6/29/2010 5:26 AM, Thomas C. Hicks wrote: I am a beginner at all this and never expected to reach a point where people other than myself may have to have access to the output of one of my programs. My problem is this - I have written a program that uses xlrd to read a series of xls files and

Re: [Tutor] Suggestions for output on multiple platforms

2010-06-29 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Thomas C. Hicks wrote: > I am a beginner at all this and never expected to reach a point where > people other than myself may have to have access to the output of one > of my programs.  My problem is this - I have written a program that > uses xlrd to read a series

[Tutor] Suggestions for output on multiple platforms

2010-06-29 Thread Thomas C. Hicks
I am a beginner at all this and never expected to reach a point where people other than myself may have to have access to the output of one of my programs. My problem is this - I have written a program that uses xlrd to read a series of xls files and collate and summarize the data. My original pl

Re: [Tutor] OT: need computer advice from wise Tutors

2010-06-29 Thread Richard D. Moores
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 01:06, Alan Gauld wrote: > "Richard D. Moores" wrote > >>> You log into Gmail and your browser downloads the Gmail page; >> >> Yes, of course. But I'm always logged into Gmail. > > But it is still continually downloading. The same applies to a > desktop client, if you leav

Re: [Tutor] OT: need computer advice from wise Tutors

2010-06-29 Thread David Hutto
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: > > "David Hutto" wrote > >> > fundamentally different from "downloading", and those who know > that >> > the >> > only difference is that with streaming, the browser deletes the > video >> >> But this only matters if a)you're paying for it, not

Re: [Tutor] OT: need computer advice from wise Tutors

2010-06-29 Thread Walter Prins
At the risk of adding more fuel to the fire, I'll simply note that a) I sometimes use Gmail while we visit folks in South Africa who are still on 56k dial-up. Initial log-in can be a bit slow, but generally you'd be surprised at how efficient/quick it is w.r.t bandwidth. (As an aside, with the am

Re: [Tutor] What is super for?

2010-06-29 Thread Alan Gauld
"Steven D'Aprano" wrote Even if C and D don't share the same parent class, they might inherit from a chain of classes, any of which defines f. Working out which method f to call can be complicated. super() handles all that complication for you. You just write: Yes, I do use super for multip

Re: [Tutor] OT: need computer advice from wise Tutors

2010-06-29 Thread Alan Gauld
"Richard D. Moores" wrote You log into Gmail and your browser downloads the Gmail page; Yes, of course. But I'm always logged into Gmail. But it is stiill continually downloading. The same applies to a desktop client, if you leave it running it can continually poll the server, just like gma

Re: [Tutor] OT: need computer advice from wise Tutors

2010-06-29 Thread Alan Gauld
"David Hutto" wrote > fundamentally different from "downloading", and those who know > that the > only difference is that with streaming, the browser deletes the > video But this only matters if a)you're paying for it, not the boss b) that there are unlimited plans available for a single m