Re: [Tutor] distutils problem

2005-04-16 Thread Paul Tremblay
On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 12:58:33PM -0400, Paul Tremblay wrote: > I have written a script that is available at: > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/rtf2xml/ > > This script has gotten about 1600 downloads and I have not got many > bug complaints. However, recently I got the bu

[Tutor] distutils problem

2005-04-16 Thread Paul Tremblay
I've looked around the Python online documentation, but haven't found any clues. Any suggestions? -- **** *Paul Tremblay * [EMAIL PROTECTED]* ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://

Re: [Tutor] CGI authentication

2005-03-14 Thread Paul Tremblay
problem I have with the python url2lib is the dfficulty of determining the realm. For example, bot lynx and curl (command line url tools) don't need a realm to work. This seems to mean that lynx and curl provide more flexibility. Paul --

Re: [Tutor] and once i have learned how to program ?

2005-03-11 Thread Paul Tremblay
Adobe Draw, with small difference that I had to start it form my shell. I'm pretty sure there are ways to start applications without a shell. That isn't too hard. The hard part is writing a program with a graphical interface. This is always hard, in any languge. Paul --

Re: [Tutor] getting a webpage via python

2005-03-09 Thread Paul Tremblay
On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 08:29:46AM -0500, Kent Johnson wrote: > > Kent Johnson wrote: > >Paul Tremblay wrote: > > > >>So I just make a file called /etc/router_passwords and include > >>something like > >>WRT54G username password > >> > &

Re: [Tutor] getting a webpage via python

2005-03-08 Thread Paul Tremblay
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 01:42:40PM -0500, Kent Johnson wrote: > Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 13:42:40 -0500 > From: Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) > Cc: python tutor > Subject: Re: [Tutor] getting a webpage via python >

Re: [Tutor] getting a webpage via python

2005-03-08 Thread Paul Tremblay
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:50:12AM -0500, Kent Johnson wrote: > > Paul Tremblay wrote: > > You can use urllib2 to do this. It is a little work to set it up to use > Basic authentication. Here is an example (slightly modified from the > urllib2 example page): > > impo

[Tutor] getting a webpage via python

2005-03-08 Thread Paul Tremblay
then parse it. I would like to make the code independent of lynx, if possible. Thanks Paul -- **** *Paul Tremblay * [EMAIL PROTECTED]* ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.pytho

Re: [Tutor] style question: when to "hide" variable, modules

2005-01-18 Thread Paul Tremblay
ame module as the client and name the helper > starting with _. > - I tend to worry more about naming with _ in a module that is likely to be > reused. For a module that will probably be only be used once, I don't use _ > at all. In a module that has a public API I try to use _

[Tutor] style question: when to "hide" variable, modules

2005-01-14 Thread Paul Tremblay
During the recent discussion on jython, a poster brought up the good point that one should hide variables and modules to indicate that they are not for public use: self.__for_internal_purposes = 5 __internal_stuff.py """ This module only makes sense for use with the parent module. """ So one co

Re: [Tutor] Time script help sought!

2005-01-11 Thread Paul Tremblay
road and all but i'll be honest, i am in a big > jam here and this huge task was just dumped on me. I am frankly a > little desperate for help on this and hoping someone is feeling up to > spoon feeding me a clear m

[Tutor] need to hide process

2005-01-10 Thread Paul Tremblay
e_obj.write(line) else: break # test for errors error_result = error_obj.readlines() read_obj.close() junk_obj.close() error_obj.close() if error_result: return 1 -- *Paul Tremblay