Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:55:22 -0500 (CDT)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jun 15)
From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" <akuchlin@mems-exchange.org>

    Tk has always been a bit problematic on the Macintosh, meaning
    there is no Python GUI toolkit that works entirely satisfactorily
    across Windows, Unix, MacOS.  Jim Ingham reported that he's
    planning to begin a MacOS X port of Tk using the Quartz drawing
    model:
        http://www.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=630305722

    A Python article in the UK-based _Visual Systems Journal_:
        http://www.vsj.co.uk/archive/june2000/outlook/outlook1-0600.asp

    Zope 2.2.0 beta 1 was released.
        http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.0b1/
    Change log:
        http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.2.0b1/CHANGES.txt  

    Python-URL now catches up with ActiveState's recent Python-related
    announcements:
    - They'll be shipping binary installations of
      Python (ActivePython), much as they've done
      for the Perl world;
        http://activestate.com/Products/ActivePython.html)
    - They're developing two IDEs for Python -- one, called Komodo,
      based on Mozilla, and one, called Visual Python, which will
      be a plugin for Microsoft's Visual Studio;
        http://activestate.com/Products/VisualPython.html
        http://activestate.com/Products/Komodo.html
    - They're offering enterprise support for Python
        http://activestate.com/Products/PythonDirect/index.html);
 

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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 center of Pythonia
          http://www.python.org

      eff-bot's complements this digest with his daily python url
          http://hem.passagen.se/eff/url.htm

      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

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

      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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