[FAQTS] Python Knowledge Base Update -- July 6th, 2000

[Fiona Czuczman]

Hi Guys!

Below are the latest entries to be entered into http://python.faqts.com

For those of you that missed my announcement earlier today:

"Many thanks to Hans Nowak for providing FAQTs with his collection of
snippets for entry into http://python.faqts.com.

They can be found directly at

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/index.phtml/fid/538/lang/en

The knowledge base now contains greater than 653 questions with 
answers!!"

Cheers, Fiona Czuczman

Todays new entries include:

How do I convert a string to hex?
How can I convert a hex number to a string?
Is it possible (on Win) to send commands to a DDE server (in my case it 
is ACDSee.exe) from python?
How can I control input and output to the screen other than the print 
command?


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Why is some strange charachters appearing  instead of norwegian charachters in GUI of pythonwin build 132
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/4590
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Nils Otto Johansen



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How do I convert a string to hex?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/4591
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Fiona Czuczman
richard_chamberlain

import string
b = "6b584"
i=string.atoi(b,16)
print hex(i)

0x6b584


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How can I convert a hex number to a string?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/4592
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Fiona Czuczman
Remco Gerlich

x = 0x26100     
y = "0x%x" % x  # String formatting "%x" formatter makes hex numbers

y is now "0x26100".


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Is it possible (on Win) to send commands to a DDE server (in my case it is ACDSee.exe) from python?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/4593
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Fiona Czuczman
Jean-Francois Richard

Download pythonwin and look into the win32/demos/dde directory. There is 
a sample of a dde client and server.


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How can I control input and output to the screen other than the print command?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/4594
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Fiona Czuczman
Grant Edwards

There are two modules that provide that sort of thing:

  curses (uses curses)
  snack  (uses newt/slang)

I think you can find the curses module in the usual places
(www.python.org).

The docs for snack/newt are pretty skimpy.  It comes with RH, and there 
are some example programs in the newt distribution. I don't know if it's 
current, but you can get version 0.50 it from my ftp site:

  ftp://ftp.visi.com/users/grante/stuff/newt-0.50.tar.gz