From m.hohner at uwinnipeg.ca  Fri Oct  6 01:20:41 2006
From: m.hohner at uwinnipeg.ca (Michael Hohner)
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:20:41 -0500
Subject: [Python Wpg] a recent interview with Guido van Rossum
Message-ID: <s525a163.089@ds1.uwinnipeg.ca>


Greetings All;

Thought some of you may be interested in a recent interview with Guido
van Rossum... see http://www.twit.tv/FLOSS episode #11.

Cheers,

Michael





From sbalneav at legalaid.mb.ca  Tue Oct 10 11:57:22 2006
From: sbalneav at legalaid.mb.ca (Scott Balneaves)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:57:22 -0500
Subject: [Python Wpg] IDE's for Python: pida
Message-ID: <20061010155722.GB5372@localdomain>

Hello all!

Someone just pointed pida out to me: https://launchpad.net/products/pida

Some may find it interesting.  In Debian & ubuntu, it's in the standard
repos.

Scott

-- 
Scott L. Balneaves | "Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
Systems Department |  To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side..."
Legal Aid Manitoba |    -- Pink Floyd "High Hopes"


From syd at plug.ca  Mon Oct 16 21:57:42 2006
From: syd at plug.ca (Sydney Weidman)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:57:42 -0500
Subject: [Python Wpg] Question about portability
Message-ID: <1161050262.29142.26.camel@localhost.localdomain>

I do most of my python development on Linux, but I've got some things
which are now being distributed publicly and Windows users are asking me
to make things more portable. I have a bit of software that uses an
ini-style configuration file. In Linux, it's easy to figure out where to
put it: /etc/zopeutils.ini. In Windows I'm not so sure anymore. In my
code, I could guess where the standard place for config files is on
Windows or take a command line config file option, but it would be bad
to have the arguments be optional on *nix/OSX and be mandatory on
Windows. It would make more sense if python had something in the os
module that would tell me where the right place is. Does anyone know the
canonical way of finding where Windows puts a config file? Do I have to
read registry keys? Does it live in $WINDIR/appname.ini, or am I stuck
int he Win3.1 era?

Thanks for any advice.


-- 
Sydney Weidman <syd at plug.ca>
Prairie Linux User Group


From stuartw at mts.net  Mon Oct 23 23:14:24 2006
From: stuartw at mts.net (Stuart Williams)
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:14:24 -0500
Subject: [Python Wpg] Upcoming Meeting - IDE's
Message-ID: <17725.34064.813655.412620@gavel.swilliams.ca>

Don't forget the next exciting installment of WinniPUG, this Wednesday
night at 7:30 p.m., where we'll learn about some popular integrated
development environments for Python.  Meeting location details at
WinniPUG.ca.

I'll be demonstrating IPython, and also Emacs, and also IPython from
within Emacs.  If you're planning to present, please post to the list
to remind us what we'll be seeing.

I suspect the presentations will be short enough and few enough that
those who want to can head out afterwards for even more interesting
discussions over beverages.

Stuart.


From syd at plug.ca  Tue Oct 24 01:42:21 2006
From: syd at plug.ca (Sydney Weidman)
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:42:21 -0500
Subject: [Python Wpg] Regrets
Message-ID: <1161668541.23021.13.camel@localhost.localdomain>

Hi!

Unfortunately my message to Stuart was returned with the message
"Service unavailable", so I'm sending this to the list instead.

I'm going to be in Seattle at the Plone conference this week. When I
offered to present on Stani's Python Editor, I wasn't aware that I would
be attending this conference. The short story is I won't be able to make
the presentation.

For Wednesday, someone will have to get security to open up 2M70 if it
isn't already open. Additionally, someone will have to come a bit early
and get the media person at the media desk in the library to come and
open up the podium cabinet. They've changed the setup so that there is a
fixed podium with a single monitor cable for a laptop.

I apologize for the confusion, and perhaps at next month's meeting I'll
have some interesting python-related things to report on from the
conference.

Have a great meeting!

- Syd



From high.res.mike at gmail.com  Fri Oct 27 23:58:24 2006
From: high.res.mike at gmail.com (Mike Pfaiffer)
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:58:24 -0500
Subject: [Python Wpg] Had to change my e-mail account
Message-ID: <f4b41d410610272058i7d1da046pb3ba79d42c008031@mail.gmail.com>

     I missed the last meeting too. What did I miss?

                                                              Later
                                                              Mike