[Tutor] Re: Possible Useless Python Challenge.

[Rob Andrews]

Thanks for the suggestion. As soon as I can think of the right way to
present it, I'll be glad to post it with the other challenges. If anyone
has no idea what we're talking about, please forgive. The Useless
Challenges are on the Useless Python site, and basically give you the
chance to suggest ideas for applications for the general public to
decide whether to try and code.

Rob

Tesla Coil wrote:
> 
> Wondering about this as a possible Useless Python
> Challenge.  I'd feel a little guilty suggesting it,
> as I'm uncertain how difficult a task it is, but
> really, Gilbert Roulot is moreso to blame. ;)
> 
> Roulot is the author of the Foks Linux KiSS viewer.
> On the homepage, http://perso.wanadoo.fr/issarlk/Foks/
> Roulot lists among "Features and technical stuff" that
> Foks is "written in the GNU Sather language. The best
> language there is to write KiSS viewers (IMNSHO)!"
> 
> It doesn't appear this has ever been demonstrated
> incorrect by a better KiSS viewer being written
> in Python--for that matter, any KiSS viewer being
> written in Python.
> 
> A KiSS viewer could prove a somewhat larger app than
> would be considered "Useless Python," but it probably
> qualifies in that one would be writing it perhaps more
> to have it done in Python than need for the utility of
> Yet Another program with which to play paperdolls...
> 
> KiSS data sets are bundled using LZH compression,
> if there's a module for that, I haven't located it.
> I suppose that a cel file decoder could be cooked up
> using Python Imaging Library, but I've no experience
> in that department at all.  Other than that, I guess
> one is up against reading .cnf files generated by a
> variety of editors and sometimes written by hand.
> 
> More introduction & file specs can be found at
> http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~yav/kiss/indexe.html

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