From matt at tplus1.com Sun Sep 6 17:05:27 2009 From: matt at tplus1.com (Matthew Wilson) Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:05:27 -0400 Subject: [Python-authors] you should write for Python Magazine In-Reply-To: <87ljli8g0v.fsf@rhodesmill.org> References: <87ljli8g0v.fsf@rhodesmill.org> Message-ID: Hi -- Got an idea for an article. Am curious if it fits with your topic calendar. Lately I've been studying how several template languages (jinja2, mako, etc) work. I'm thinking about an article that walks through the implementation of a very simplified template language. The point would be to show how the lexing, parsing and code generation parts all work together, not to add another "real" templating system to the python ecosystem. I'm just in the daydreaming phase at this point and I welcome feedback on this idea. Matt On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Brandon Craig Rhodes wrote: > Python authors! > > Have you ever thought about writing for Python Magazine? > > I'm working right now to put together the magazine's Autumn schedule, > and still need more than a dozen more articles to deliver complete and > feature-filled magazines to my readers' doorsteps each month. > > Think about where Python is positioned as we head into the last months > of 2009, and what you think are the most interesting or important topics > in Python today. ?What have you just learned about Python that you would > like to share? ?What have you known for a long time that has proved > really valuable over your last few months of work, that you wish was > more widely known or appreciated? > > Feature articles in the magazine run around 4,000 words; what would you > want to say in that amount of space if you had it? ?Send me your ideas, > or questions about the magazine itself; if you've ever been interested > in writing, and you might find yourself writing for us and becoming part > of wrapping up an exciting year for Python and for the magazine! > > -- > Brandon Craig Rhodes ? brandon at rhodesmill.org ? http://rhodesmill.org/brandon > _______________________________________________ > Python-authors mailing list > Python-authors at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-authors > -- W. Matthew Wilson matt at tplus1.com http://tplus1.com From doug.hellmann at gmail.com Wed Sep 16 19:01:10 2009 From: doug.hellmann at gmail.com (Doug Hellmann) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:01:10 -0400 Subject: [Python-authors] what should we plan for PyCon? Message-ID: Hi, everyone, I'm starting plan another "Writing About Python" open space session for PyCon in February. I had positive reports after last year's session, but want to do something a little more structured this year. Should we do a simple meet-and-greet again, or are there specific topics anyone would like to discuss? Let me know what you think, Doug From ironfroggy at gmail.com Thu Sep 17 18:13:16 2009 From: ironfroggy at gmail.com (Calvin Spealman) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:13:16 -0400 Subject: [Python-authors] what should we plan for PyCon? In-Reply-To: <76fd5acf0909170911w7c9480dew2a68a34f4638a62f@mail.gmail.com> References: <76fd5acf0909170911w7c9480dew2a68a34f4638a62f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <76fd5acf0909170913j48218a44g957adc1dcbafb1c2@mail.gmail.com> There was a reviewing group started and never used. Maybe this could be brought up with some direction to either be jumpstarted or abandoned, which ever is best. On Sep 16, 2009 1:07 PM, "Doug Hellmann" wrote: Hi, everyone, I'm starting plan another "Writing About Python" open space session for PyCon in February. I had positive reports after last year's session, but want to do something a little more structured this year. Should we do a simple meet-and-greet again, or are there specific topics anyone would like to discuss? Let me know what you think, Doug _______________________________________________ Python-authors mailing list Python-authors at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-authors -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From doug.hellmann at gmail.com Sat Sep 26 23:23:52 2009 From: doug.hellmann at gmail.com (Doug Hellmann) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:23:52 -0400 Subject: [Python-authors] bookoven.com Message-ID: <69928E1D-FD6E-4A8D-9D47-67BA1A7E8BCB@gmail.com> Has anyone tried the service http://bookoven.com/? It sounds like an interesting experiment in collaborative editing of long-form works. There's more info in this interview of Hugh McGuire http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4239.html Doug From willg at bluesock.org Sun Sep 27 03:13:14 2009 From: willg at bluesock.org (will) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:13:14 -0400 Subject: [Python-authors] bookoven.com In-Reply-To: <69928E1D-FD6E-4A8D-9D47-67BA1A7E8BCB@gmail.com> References: <69928E1D-FD6E-4A8D-9D47-67BA1A7E8BCB@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4ABEBC2A.20506@bluesock.org> I've been toying with building a system that combines a wiki editing process with Sphinx tools allowing a group of people to write books using restructured text. FLOSS Manuals (http://en.flossmanuals.net/) does a similar thing. I was going to use this system for writing a Miro User Manual and a Miro Development Manual. There was a GSOC project for Sphinx to allow for inline comments through a web-site. Did that project succeed? I can't remember enough about it to find details or status. That would be a useful feature, too. I haven't registered with Bookoven, so I can't tell what it does or how it does it. I do think this kind of thing is interesting. /will On 09/26/2009 05:23 PM, Doug Hellmann wrote: > > Has anyone tried the service http://bookoven.com/? It sounds like an > interesting experiment in collaborative editing of long-form works. > > There's more info in this interview of Hugh McGuire > http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4239.html > > Doug From doug.hellmann at gmail.com Sun Sep 27 03:37:37 2009 From: doug.hellmann at gmail.com (Doug Hellmann) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:37:37 -0400 Subject: [Python-authors] bookoven.com In-Reply-To: <4ABEBC2A.20506@bluesock.org> References: <69928E1D-FD6E-4A8D-9D47-67BA1A7E8BCB@gmail.com> <4ABEBC2A.20506@bluesock.org> Message-ID: <3BD7EF75-83C9-4264-91C9-E36E7CA81B64@gmail.com> On Sep 26, 2009, at 9:13 PM, will wrote: > I've been toying with building a system that combines a wiki editing > process with Sphinx tools allowing a group of people to write books > using restructured text. FLOSS Manuals (http:// > en.flossmanuals.net/) does a similar thing. I was going to use this > system for writing a Miro User Manual and a Miro Development Manual. > > There was a GSOC project for Sphinx to allow for inline comments > through a web-site. Did that project succeed? I can't remember > enough about it to find details or status. That would be a useful > feature, too. I know what you're talking about but I haven't seen an update about it recently, so I'm not sure. > I haven't registered with Bookoven, so I can't tell what it does or > how it does it. I do think this kind of thing is interesting. There are a few details in their FAQ (http://bookoven.com/faq/). The "Bite-Size Edits" feature for proofreading was particularly novel. They also generate several digital formats from your manuscript, although it isn't clear how much styling or what type of markup is supported. Doug > > /will > > > On 09/26/2009 05:23 PM, Doug Hellmann wrote: >> >> Has anyone tried the service http://bookoven.com/? It sounds like an >> interesting experiment in collaborative editing of long-form works. >> >> There's more info in this interview of Hugh McGuire >> http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4239.html >> >> Doug > _______________________________________________ > Python-authors mailing list > Python-authors at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-authors From doug.hellmann at gmail.com Sun Sep 27 03:38:21 2009 From: doug.hellmann at gmail.com (Doug Hellmann) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:38:21 -0400 Subject: [Python-authors] what should we plan for PyCon? In-Reply-To: <76fd5acf0909170913j48218a44g957adc1dcbafb1c2@mail.gmail.com> References: <76fd5acf0909170911w7c9480dew2a68a34f4638a62f@mail.gmail.com> <76fd5acf0909170913j48218a44g957adc1dcbafb1c2@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4D6E7220-9DA8-42FC-8355-AC7FEFAB580B@gmail.com> On Sep 17, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Calvin Spealman wrote: > There was a reviewing group started and never used. Maybe this could > be brought up with some direction to either be jumpstarted or > abandoned, which ever is best. > What that for reviewing code or prose? > >> On Sep 16, 2009 1:07 PM, "Doug Hellmann" >> wrote: >> >> Hi, everyone, >> >> I'm starting plan another "Writing About Python" open space session >> for PyCon in February. I had positive reports after last year's >> session, but want to do something a little more structured this year. >> >> Should we do a simple meet-and-greet again, or are there specific >> topics anyone would like to discuss? >> >> Let me know what you think, >> Doug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-authors mailing list >> Python-authors at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-authors > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: