Re: [Tutor] Looking for some direction

2019-05-15 Thread Alex Kleider
On 2019-05-12 00:59, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: On 12/05/2019 00:24, David L Neil wrote: "3 consoles": what is the purpose of each? (my first reaction stemmed from many editors including a built-in console) One for vim, One for the Python interpreter One for an OS shell used for running/tes

Re: [Tutor] Two Scripts, Same Commands, One Works, One Doesn't

2019-05-15 Thread John Collins
Probably not applicable, but before deleting the original post, I distinctly remember seeing in amongst the text of the post, ".pfd" as part of a larger string of text, and as distinct from ".pdf". I wondered then if the OP's problem might be a typographical error? I am a student not a tutor - th

Re: [Tutor] Two Scripts, Same Commands, One Works, One Doesn't

2019-05-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Hi Stephen, My responses are interleaved with your comments below. Please excuse the length of my post, but your problem is a complicated one. On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 08:16:02AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I am writing scripts to semi-automate some of my Quantum Chemistry > software and

Re: [Tutor] Two Scripts, Same Commands, One Works, One Doesn't

2019-05-15 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 15May2019 08:16, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I am writing scripts to semi-automate some of my Quantum Chemistry software and have encountered a problem that has me baffled. The two scripts have the same form, the only difference being the commands. As you say, the scripts are the same but fo

[Tutor] Two Scripts, Same Commands, One Works, One Doesn't

2019-05-15 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I am writing scripts to semi-automate some of my Quantum Chemistry software and have encountered a problem that has me baffled. The two scripts have the same form, the only difference being the commands. One script works, the other bombs. The script that works is: #!/usr/bin/env python # -*-