Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 07:30:02 -0600 (CST)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jan 15)
From: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il>
To: Dr.Dobb's.Python-URL.distribution@starbase.neosoft.com

A lot of Python software is announced this week:
    Phil Thompson announces BlackAdder, an IDE
        http://deja.com/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=714236647
    Steve Pike announces PikiePikie, yet another WikiWiki clone
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714600578
    Mark Hammond announces PyXPCOM
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714704292
    Pete Shinners announces pygame
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=715685318
    David Allen announces a gopher client
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714680975
    Tom Hazel announces some C++ modules for event-based programming
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714155765

    Mark Hammond explains how to turn C++ exceptions into Python exceptions
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=715158611
    and clarifies win32 licensing issues
        http://deja.com/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=714080019

    Andrew Kuchling asks about modules to read tar files
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714509949
    and summarizes the answers
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714633221

    Neil Schemenauer shamelessly promotes Quixote
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=715491037

    Amy Katherine sends an update about IPC9
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714636560

    Fredrik Lundh explains why list.sort() returns None
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=715271948
    how to find URLs in text
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714986303
    reading line-by-line in (future) Python 2.1
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=715622713
    and parsing broken HTML
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714626763

    Alex Martelli describes an alternative way to parse broken HTML
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714811428
    and explains how to call methods by name
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714467730

    Erno Kussela asks how to open a ZODB database from multiple processes
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714350424

    Remco Gerlich gives the easy way to find out if a string is numeric
        http://deja.com/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=714836987

    Tim Peters answers question about pattern matching in Python
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714844866

Life is not all serious at Pythonland.
    Martijn Faassen announces future PSU plans:
        http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714114496
    Steve Holden stirs dormant conspiracy theory
        http://deja.com/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=714907501


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Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages:

      Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional
      center of Pythonia
          http://www.python.org
      Notice especially the master FAQ
          http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html

      PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the
      daily python url
           http://www.pythonware.com/daily  

      comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
      sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly.
          http://deja.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce

      Andrew Kuchling writes marvelous summaries twice a month of
      the action on the python-dev mailing list, where the future
      of Python is truly determined
	  http://www.amk.ca/python/dev

      The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collect Python resources
          http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/   

      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

      Cetus does much of the same
          http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html

      Python FAQTS
          http://python.faqts.com/

      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


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