[Tutor] Hello, and a newbie question

2013-04-16 Thread Andy McKenzie
stuff they do seems to be fairly personalized, rather than trying to follow standards. Should I just start out with the tutorial from docs.python.org? I would assume that that would start putting me in the right habits from the beginning... is that accurate, or

Re: [Tutor] Hello, and a newbie question

2013-04-16 Thread Andy McKenzie
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > On 04/16/2013 11:58 AM, Andy McKenzie wrote: > >> Hey folks. >> >> I'm just starting to pick up Python, and I'd like to avoid some of the >> mistakes I made in the past. To elaborate on that, my primar

Re: [Tutor] Hello, and a newbie question

2013-04-16 Thread Andy McKenzie
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > On 04/16/2013 05:20 PM, Andy McKenzie wrote: > >> >> >> > > >>> >>> Thanks for the advice, folks. Given that it looks like the biggest >> changes >> are unicode handling (w

Re: [Tutor] Hello, and a newbie question

2013-04-16 Thread Andy McKenzie
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 16/04/13 22:20, Andy McKenzie wrote: > > For instance: output of running print_r on a very short dictionary from >> PHP: >> >> Array >> ( >> [key3] => thing3 >> [key2] => thi

Re: [Tutor] multiple versions of python on windows?

2013-04-22 Thread Andy McKenzie
I have no idea on Wing, but I'm using Eclipse with the PyDev plugin, and I'm able to associate projects with either Python 2.7 or 3.2 in Windows. It checks for correct grammar in each, and if I tell it to run as a Python script, it uses the correct executable. So if you're not tied to Wing, you m

[Tutor] Multiple search and replace?

2013-05-02 Thread Andy McKenzie
ngs I've seen like it should be, but I can't figure out how. Thanks, Andy McKenzie ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] [OT] Replies go to individuals, not the list?

2013-08-20 Thread Andy McKenzie
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Leam Hall wrote: > All, > > Am I more confused than normal or if I click "Reply" should it go just to > the sender instead of the list? > Yep. Someone decided it didn't make sense for "reply" to go to the list that sent the message and should be receiving the re

Re: [Tutor] [OT] Replies go to individuals, not the list?

2013-08-20 Thread Andy McKenzie
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 20/08/13 13:15, Andy McKenzie wrote: > > Yep. Someone decided it didn't make sense for "reply" to go to the list >> that sent the message >> > > Lists never send messages. People do. > > So

Re: [Tutor] [OT] Replies go to individuals, not the list?

2013-08-20 Thread Andy McKenzie
leam hall wrote: > > > The only question I have is what is compelling about being different than > > other lists? Far as I can tell, most reply to the list if you click > reply. > > > > It's not something to get religious over; if I reply and don't have time > to > > make sure it goes to those who

Re: [Tutor] global variables

2013-08-22 Thread Andy McKenzie
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Matthew Ngaha wrote: > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Chris Down wrote: > >I would doubt that anyone has told you "don't ever use classes", because > > that's nonsense; you've probably misread a dissuasion from that path in a > > single instance as applying mo

Re: [Tutor] Beginner Question

2013-10-22 Thread Andy McKenzie
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Sven Hennig wrote: > Hello, I would like to learn a programming language and have decided to > use Python. I have some programming experience and doing well in Python. > What really causes me problems is OOP. > I'm just dont get it... I'm missing a really Practica

Re: [Tutor] How to post: Was Re: The Charms of Gmail

2013-12-23 Thread Andy McKenzie
jority, just the loudest -- are just plain obnoxious. I don't need that in my life. Good luck to all of you, and I hope your lives are pleasant. And I hope those of you who don't currently know learn how to treat people politely. Andy McKenzie On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 10:11 AM, St