On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 5:23 AM, Martin A. Brown <mar...@linux-ip.net> wrote: > > Good morning and welcome to the list, > > : Just planning it out in my head so far, like pseudocode. I hope > : to get started soon. I'm just looking to have a little dialog box > : come up, display a random quote of the day, and then hit enter > : and it's gone. Should be a nice, simple way to get started with > : Python. > > N.B. Most of the questions and answers here are about the python 2.x > series, so just note that there are some minor differences with > python 3.x. > > I would suggest starting with the data/format.
snip Thanks Martin for the excellent suggestions. I read in the book that you have to use escape like /n when you want to span lines. I don't want to have to do that to each of my quotes, many of which span several lines, so I will look into your suggestions. Thanks again. -- Frank L. "Cranky Frankie" Palmeri Risible Riding Raconteur & Writer " . . . and the extended forecast, until you come back to me, baby, is high tonight, low tomorrow, and precipitation is expected." - Tom Waits, "Emotional Weather Report" _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor