Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:01:32 -0600 (CST) Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Feb 28) From: "Fredrik Lundh" <effbot@telia.com> Help wanted: Andrew Kuchling: Maintainer needed for the curses module http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=590053755 David Ascher: Call for Patch for Borland compiler http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=588013997 www.faqts.com: Python Knowledge Base http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/index.phtml/fid/199/lang New mailing lists: ASP scripting with Python: http://www.asplists.com/asplists/asppython.asp Glenn Norton announces a small study group for Python newcomers: http://www.egroups.com/group/python-studies/info.html More Python-related projects move to sourceforge: Numerical Python: http://numpy.sourceforge.net Bernard Herzog's Sketch: http://sketch.sourceforge.net Alessandro Bottoni reviews John Grayson's 'Python and Tkinter programming,' and likes what he sees: http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=588012707 Over at the software carpentry, Philip Wadler discusses how to 'embed' a make-like tool in Python: http://software-carpentry.codesourcery.com/lists/sc-discuss/msg00068.html >From the newsgroup: Tim Peters: Fun with Lazy Streams http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=590446915 http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=590532128 (errata) Tom Bryan: How to configure Emacs to use Python http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=587498993 http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode Tim Peters: Performance penalties when using nested functions http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=589614882 Fredrik Lundh: How to do file locking on Windows http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=589808979 Aahz Maruch: How to use threads (a simple threading example) http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=570016307 Fredrik Lundh: extracting hyperlinks from an HTML document http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=588617613 Tom Bryan: Comparing Perl and Python http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=588777654 Jamie Zawinski: Tabs versus Spaces: An Eternal Holy War http://www.jwz.org/doc/tabs-vs-spaces.html Jay Graves wants to run Python on AS/400: http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=588863805 Andreas Otto: proposes a 'token-stream compiler' for Python http://home.t-online.de/home/aotto/compiler-Paper.html (in german) The annual GUI war came and went. Highlights: Gerrit Holl: Python GUI Comparision http://www.nl.linux.org/~gerrit/gui.html Guido van Rossum: Tkinter vs. wxPython http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=589134497 Peter Funk: Tkinter works with Tcl/Tk 8.3.0 http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=589280553 Lyle Johnson: Python bindings for the FOX user interface toolkit http://home.hiwaay.net/~johnson2/FXPy Fredrik Lundh: Some notes on Tkinter performance http://www.pythonware.com/people/fredrik/fyi/fyi03.htm Kevin Rogers: Where to find Tkinter documentation http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=588911772 Fredrik Lundh: How to print stuff from Tkinter http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=588907043 Kevin Cazabon: How to make sure Tkinter images stay on screen http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=589175052 Robin Becker: Tkinter stubs for dummies http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2000-February/046654.html On the lighter side: Martijn Faassen explains why Tim Peters must be invisible: http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=588080148 Will Ware: Phyththon misspelling contest http://www.deja.com/=dnc/viewthread.xp?AN=589151105 Egbert Bouwman: a regular expression that matches all possible spellings of the word 'python' (from 'pitn' to 'phphphieyythonne'): http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=589804937 ...and finally, Francois Pinard wonders what a 'killer app' really is. 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