From: Mike Orr <mso@oz.net> Subject: README: Python-URL! - the weekly guide to Python resources (Jan 4) Date: 4 Jan 1999 16:36:08 -0600 This was a quiet week. No doubt people were watching the new year sail in rather than hacking at their keyboards. PyMat 1.0 (interface between NumPy arrays and a MATLAB V5 engine session). http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=426102457 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~asterian/Python Webpage on using GTK/GNOME with Python (GUI widgets, alternative to Tkinter). http://www.uml.edu/Dept/Chem/BICGroup/PyGTools/ pyslang 0.1.0 (interface to the SLang library) Text graphics, alternative to curses. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=428158680 ftp://quasar.ipa.nw.ru/pub/avv/Python/pyslang/ Ongoing debate on esoteric calendars has useful info for calendar enthusiasts. Subject: Time class. Some of the best articles start around Dec 23 1998. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=424667574 Website & book on COM (the Microsoft way to share objects from different sources). Recommended by Cameron Laird and Steven Majewski. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=425243774 http://www.develop.com/dbox/default.asp http://www.develop.com/dbox/combook/ binstring.py converts hex numbers to/from binary. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=425424478 Humor on patents, from our ever-prolific Tim Peters <0.999 wink>. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=425465796 Humor regarding Guido's time machine, from Mike Fletcher. http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=425798188 Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing trick of the trade: http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&format=threaded&showsort=date&maxhits=100&groups=comp.lang.python Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe. -- The Python-URL! Team-- -Mike Orr, mso@jimpick.com -- Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html claird@NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX