Re: [Tutor] subprocess module seems to be failing...

2016-06-03 Thread dirkjso...@gmail.com
Add sound of me beating my head with a bat! :) Thanks Peter! -I was a bit too precise in my naming conventions for later review! On 06/03/2016 02:30 PM, Peter Otten wrote: dirkjso...@gmail.com wrote: Running Linux Mint 17.3 Python3.4.3 I'm following a Tutor concerning the subprocess modul

Re: [Tutor] Desperately need help to uninstall python from my mac

2016-06-03 Thread Ries Rommens
Hello Christian, You don't have to uninstall python before upgrading Tcl/Tk. Steps to follow: Close Idle, if activated. Browse to http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads and find your Mac Disk Image (DMG), it's about halfway the webpage. I have used version 8.5.18.0. Download and inst

Re: [Tutor] subprocess module seems to be failing...

2016-06-03 Thread Peter Otten
dirkjso...@gmail.com wrote: > Running Linux Mint 17.3 > Python3.4.3 > > I'm following a Tutor concerning the subprocess module which said to > open a Terminal SHELL and type: > > $ python3 > >>> import subprocess > >>> subprocess.call('ls', shell=True) > > Last night the subprocess.call porti

[Tutor] subprocess module seems to be failing...

2016-06-03 Thread dirkjso...@gmail.com
Running Linux Mint 17.3 Python3.4.3 I'm following a Tutor concerning the subprocess module which said to open a Terminal SHELL and type: $ python3 >>> import subprocess >>> subprocess.call('ls', shell=True) Last night the subprocess.call portion was erroring saying their was no 'call' attrib

Re: [Tutor] Desperately need help to uninstall python from my mac

2016-06-03 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 03/06/16 17:18, Christian Carbone via Tutor wrote: > As the subject line indicates, I really need help uninstalling python on my > mac.. You almost certainly don;t want to to do that! Your Mac will stop working properly, it uses Python. That's why its installed by default on Macs. > The reas

[Tutor] Desperately need help to uninstall python from my mac

2016-06-03 Thread Christian Carbone via Tutor
Hello, As the subject line indicates, I really need help uninstalling python on my mac.. Uninstalling python from a mac seems to be an absurdly overlooked topic. The one resource i have found addressing the issue, a stack overflow thread, doesn't give me the amount of direction i need to success

Re: [Tutor] Practice Exercises for Beginner ?

2016-06-03 Thread Andrei Colta
hi guys, Thanks all for input, if anything else.. please let me know. cheers, Andrei > On 03 Jun 2016, at 11:14, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > > On 02/06/16 21:43, Andrei Colta wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Anyone can recommend practical work on learning python.. seems reading and >> reading does not h

Re: [Tutor] Practice Exercises for Beginner ? :p:

2016-06-03 Thread Thomas C. Hicks
On Jun 2, 2016, at 16:43, Andrei Colta wrote: Hi, Anyone can recommend practical work on learning python.. seems reading and reading does not helping. Thanks in advance, Andrei I would echo those saying "make something" - for me the thing that really moved me forward was doing a data projec

Re: [Tutor] Practice Exercises for Beginner ?

2016-06-03 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 02/06/16 21:43, Andrei Colta wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone can recommend practical work on learning python.. seems reading and > reading does not helping. Other have recommended starting a project and that's always the best way. But if you are really stuck for ideas try the Python Challenge. It's

Re: [Tutor] Practice Exercises for Beginner ?

2016-06-03 Thread Alex Hall
Make something. :) I know it's pretty open-ended, but just think of an application you want to make, and try to make it in Python. Stick to command line at first, but then try WX or another GUI library. The more times you get stuck, the more you learn and the more you'll know for next time. Make