From: Mike Orr <mso@oz.net> Subject: README: Python-URL! - the weekly guide to Python resources (Dec 21) Date: 21 Dec 1998 12:13:00 -0600 Python2C-1.01a1 (Python-to-C translator, alpha-level release) http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=423519318 http://lima.mudlib.org/~rassilon/p2c/ PMW Megawidgets 0.8 (High-level GUI widgets for Tkinter) http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=423519318 http://www.dscpl.com.au/pmw/ ftp://ftp.dscpl.com.au/pub/pmw/Pmw.0.8.tar.gz Cooledit 3.8.2 (editor for X-windows with embedded Python interpreter) http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=423519320 http://www.netins.net/showcase/Comput-IT/cooledit/index2.html python-mode.el 3.90 (GNU emacs mode for editing Python source code) http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=423519321 http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode/ Webpage which summarizes plotting and graphing modules to display your data http://www.python.org/topics/scicomp/plotting.html Logger module makes entries to the syslog or a file http://www.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=422275130.1 Infoworld article "Python Slithers Ahead" re Python, Zope and XML http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?981211.whpython.htm Dynamic servers: Ron Klatchko in Dr Dobb's Journal (January 1999) describes a server written in Python which can be upgraded while still running. The secret? Importing new modules by name at runtime. Also discussed: shelve, file locking, client/server API separating the application's core engine from its data types. [Funny he didn't mention Python's reload() function which is also useful. -Ed.] http://www.ddj.com/ddj/1999/1999_01/9901h/9901h.htm 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