Re: [Tutor] Writing unit tests that involve email

2013-07-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 16/07/13 09:16, Arnel Legaspi wrote: Hello, Is there any other information needed here so I can get help re: my unit tests? Perhaps I did something wrong with my post? Hi Arnel, Sorry, your post was big and had a lot of detail, and I put it aside to read later, but real life has interven

Re: [Tutor] Writing unit tests that involve email

2013-07-15 Thread Arnel Legaspi
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Arnel Legaspi wrote: > Hello, > > I have written a small Python script that allows the user to post to > their blogs via email, converting the draft written in Markdown & > sending it to a blog's email address (like what they had in Posterous > back then). > > htt

Re: [Tutor] Best way to learn Tkinter

2013-07-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 15/07/13 22:38, Ben Fishbein wrote: Hello. I wrote a python program for my small business. >It works fine but it is all from command prompt and makes sense to no one but me. I want to create a new version with a GUI > that an employee could use. I still like the Pythonware one: http://eff

Re: [Tutor] How to install package (I. Alejandro Fleischer)

2013-07-15 Thread I. Alejandro Fleischer
Don't know if it's the protocol here, but I thank you very very much. I already have an idea for solving this issue. I'll let you know. Igor El 15/07/2013 18:33, "Oscar Benjamin" escribió: > On 15 July 2013 23:08, Jim Mooney wrote: > > > > Figuring out the Python install mess is harder than fig

Re: [Tutor] Best way to learn Tkinter

2013-07-15 Thread Jim Mooney
Ben Fishbein Here's a good source - and has a link to a recent book (ten bucks on kindle) http://www.tkdocs.com/ Jim On 15 July 2013 14:38, Ben Fishbein wrote: > Hello. I wrote a python program for my small business. It works fine but > it is all from command prompt and makes sense to no one

Re: [Tutor] How to install package (I. Alejandro Fleischer)

2013-07-15 Thread Jim Mooney
On 15 July 2013 14:04, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: Perhaps even better: Python(x, y): > https://code.google.com/p/pythonxy/wiki/Downloads > Good point. You're not tied to a commercial distro. And in case it isn't noticed you should uninstall your current python first (saving your standard program f

Re: [Tutor] How to install package (I. Alejandro Fleischer)

2013-07-15 Thread Jim Mooney
I think the easiest thing is to install the Enthought Canopy distro, free - It has Numpy , Scipy , IPython, Matplotlib , and just about every other common dependency you'll need in the future: And it's nice they'

Re: [Tutor] How to install package (I. Alejandro Fleischer)

2013-07-15 Thread I. Alejandro Fleischer
Hi, Im trying to install ipython for using with my already installed python 2.7, on windows xp 32 bit. It says I have to have a package named " distribute". I' ve downladed it. Dont know how to implement the package, wich seems not to be an executable archive. any help please? __

Re: [Tutor] IOError when importing nose

2013-07-15 Thread Walter Prins
Hi, On 15 July 2013 12:08, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > > From: Japhy Bartlett > >I have to disagree with Walter about using system packages instead of > pip, though his advice is spot on for fixing this issue and he obviously > knows what he's doing. Very much my experience that pip is overwhel

Re: [Tutor] A slight bug in IDLE

2013-07-15 Thread Marc Tompkins
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Jim Mooney wrote: > I am seriously considering the subway tour of North America: > http://xkcd.com/1196/large/ > I rather like the Anagram Tube Map: http://www.anagramtubemap.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ ___ Tutor maillist -