Mailman 3 April 1996 - Pythonmac-SIG

Yes, but can it do... THIS?
by Joseph Strout Jan. 23, 1997

Jan. 23, 1997

I encountered "Chipmunk Basic" for the Mac the other day. It's a freeware BASIC implementation which can do some pretty nifty stuff in its Mac version, such as sprites (shapes which arrange themselves in layers, move around without clobbering the background or each other, and provide for collision detection). I've been looking for a language to get some young brothers-in-law into programming, and sprites would be a big plus (gives a language "Pac-Man equivalence"). But BASIC is pretty nasty by modern standards; Python is much nicer. So. Any sprite libraries for Mac Python yet? Thanks, -- Joe ,------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joseph J. Strout Department of Neuroscience, UCSD | | jstrout(a)ucsd.edu http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/ | `------------------------------------------------------------------' ================= PYTHONMAC-SIG - SIG on Python for the Apple Macintosh send messages to: pythonmac-sig(a)python.org administrivia to: pythonmac-sig-request(a)python.org =================

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Wanted: beta-testers for a MacPython source distribution
by Jack Jansen April 22, 1996

April 22, 1996

I have created a MacPython source distribution, and it would be nice if some people could have a look at it. I've named this distribution 1.3.3- (the joys of version-numbering:-), because I expect to release a real 1.3.3 shortly, as soon as I've got Tcl and Tk tamed again. The distribution should have all the relevant Python sources and projects, plus pointers to the various other packages (gusi, tcl/tk, etc) needed. Documentation on how to build python is also available (as is quite a bit of other new documentation and example code). I am only advertising this distribution here for the moment. It can be found at <ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/jack/python/mac/xyzzy.hqx>. Note that building Python from source is quite a bit of work. Still, if at least one or two people could try it and tell me what I missed that would be very helpful. -- Jack Jansen | ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++ Jack.Jansen(a)cwi.nl | ++++ if you agree copy these lines to your sig ++++ http://www.cwi.nl/~jack | see http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/sigaction.htm ================= PYTHONMAC-SIG - SIG on Python for the Apple Macintosh send messages to: pythonmac-sig(a)python.org administrivia to: pythonmac-sig-request(a)python.org =================

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Preliminary MacPython introduction available
by Jack Jansen April 9, 1996

April 9, 1996

I've thrown together an introduction to MacPython, to be included in the next distribution. If some people here could take a few minutes to read it and tell me what I've missed, etc. that would be very helpful. The document can be found at <http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/using.html>. Thanks, -- Jack Jansen | ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++ Jack.Jansen(a)cwi.nl | ++++ if you agree copy these lines to your sig ++++ http://www.cwi.nl/~jack | see http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/sigaction.htm ================= PYTHONMAC-SIG - SIG on Python for the Apple Macintosh send messages to: pythonmac-sig(a)python.org administrivia to: pythonmac-sig-request(a)python.org =================

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Re: [PYTHONMAC-SIG] Compile under CW8?
by Jack Jansen April 1, 1996

April 1, 1996

Recently, Guido van Rossum <guido(a)CNRI.Reston.VA.US> said: > - stdwin (does anyone still use this on the Mac?) Yes: does anyone still use this? If not (I'll also ask in the Python newsgroup) I would like to drop it. It would also shave quite a bit off the 68K interpreter (not as important for PPC or for the mythical once-to-come cfm68k interpreter, but a boon for current 68k versions). -- Jack Jansen | ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++ Jack.Jansen(a)cwi.nl | ++++ if you agree copy these lines to your sig ++++ http://www.cwi.nl/~jack | see http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/sigaction.htm ================= PYTHONMAC-SIG - SIG on Python for the Apple Macintosh send messages to: pythonmac-sig(a)python.org administrivia to: pythonmac-sig-request(a)python.org =================

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Re: [PYTHONMAC-SIG] Compile under CW8?
by guzdial＠cc.gatech.edu April 1, 1996

April 1, 1996

At 5:34 PM 3/30/96, Jack Jansen wrote: >Ok, for the next release I'll make a source distribution available >too. What do people want: a mean-and-lean Python-only distribution, >one including everything else you need (stdwin, pbm/jpeg/etc >libraries, gusi) or both? I vote for everything -- Tk, too! (Thanks, Dennis, for the suggestion of looking up SunTar. I'll do that. Currently, I'm just using 'tar' -- a real small, simple freeware thing that does a reasonable job.) Mark -------------------------- Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing : Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 (404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 : guzdial(a)cc.gatech.edu http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Mark.Guzdial.html ================= PYTHONMAC-SIG - SIG on Python for the Apple Macintosh send messages to: pythonmac-sig(a)python.org administrivia to: pythonmac-sig-request(a)python.org =================

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Re: [PYTHONMAC-SIG] Compile under CW8?
by just＠knoware.nl April 1, 1996

April 1, 1996

>I vote for everything -- Tk, too! (Thanks, Dennis, for the suggestion of >looking up SunTar. I'll do that. Currently, I'm just using 'tar' -- a >real small, simple freeware thing that does a reasonable job.) I guess even suntar cannot solve the problem with long filenames. I use the py documentation as html off line, but some of the file names are too long. Quite a problem, because even when I get those files, all the links to them don't work. Specific sad example: Macintosh_Specific_Services.html Is this fixable in the next release? Just | |- -|--|- |- |-\ |-\ /-\ |-\ http://www.letterror.com/ | |- | | |- |-/ |-/ | | |-/ |- |- | | |- | | | | \-/ | | ================= PYTHONMAC-SIG - SIG on Python for the Apple Macintosh send messages to: pythonmac-sig(a)python.org administrivia to: pythonmac-sig-request(a)python.org =================

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