Mailman 3 September 1998 - Pythonmac-SIG

SMTP from a Mac
by Tasselli Marco Sept. 28, 1998

Sept. 28, 1998

Hi, I've seen that in the 1.5.1 distribution of Python for the Mac, both the rfc822 and the smtp libs are present. I tried a test script for simple mail sending from a Mac but invariably get the message "socket: host not found" as a result of the command: server = smtplib.SMTP('myhost'). is there any problem using smtp functionality from a mac? regards Tasselli Marco

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mxTextTools for MacPython?
by Wolfgang Keller Sept. 27, 1998

Sept. 27, 1998

Hello, is there a compiled binary of mxTextTools for the Mac available somewhere? TIA, regards, Wolfgang Keller Zu Risiken und Nebenwirkungen von Junkmail lesen Sie de.admin.net-abuse.mail und fragen sie Ihren Postmaster oder Provider

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] 'Dynamic' UI with Python?
by Jack Jansen Sept. 15, 1998

Sept. 15, 1998

Recently, Wolfgang Keller <wolfgang(a)amadeus.m.eunet.de> said: > Another typical dumb newbie question :-): If this is a newbie question I guess I also count as a newbie:-) > I need to create a dialog box with contents that can only be determined at > run-time (from reading in a PPD file, like the print dialog box). Is > Tkinter the only way to do this with Python on the Mac (i hope not)? Having > 398 different DITL resources and chosing among them at run-time isn't an > option in this special case. The easiest way is to create a very full dialog (in the DITL resource) and hide the items that aren't appropriate. If this is somehow inappropriate it should be possible to create the dialog by hand, by adding the appropriate controls to a window (or an empty dialog?). I've never tried this as such (i.e. treating the result just as you would an ordinary dialog), if there is functionality missing from Python I would definitely like to hear this. There may also be refernce count problems: the current toolbox modules "knows" that if you created the controls by hand Python has to remove them when the refcount drops to zero, while controls in dialogs are magically cleaned up when the dialog disappears. Again, I would like to hear of problems. Adding controls to a window and handling them yourself is definitely no problem. -- 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

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] size (newbie)
by Jack Jansen Sept. 15, 1998

Sept. 15, 1998

Recently, JoanCarles p Casas=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=edn?= <joanca(a)seker.es> said: > hi, > > is possible to get the size (Kb) of a file? and if it is, how? There are a few ways to do this, depending on what you're interested in. If you want to get the size of the data fork only the best method is os.stat(). The sixth value is the size of the data fork. This method is portable to other platforms. If you want the full size use os.xstat(). rv[6] is again data fork size, rv[10] is the resource fork size. xstat is mac-specific. You can also use the GetFInfo() method of a macfs.FSSpec object, if that is handier. Again, mac-specific. Note that all these methods give you the number of bytes in the file, *not* the amount of space it occupies on disk (the finder info command gives both). Does anyone know how to obtain the diskspace numbers? -- 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

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unsubscribe
by Yvon Thoraval Sept. 15, 1998

Sept. 15, 1998

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size (newbie)
by JoanCarles p Casasín Sept. 15, 1998

Sept. 15, 1998

hi, is possible to get the size (Kb) of a file? and if it is, how? thanks! JoanCarles...Typerware®

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'Dynamic' UI with Python?
by Wolfgang Keller Sept. 15, 1998

Sept. 15, 1998

Another typical dumb newbie question :-): I need to create a dialog box with contents that can only be determined at run-time (from reading in a PPD file, like the print dialog box). Is Tkinter the only way to do this with Python on the Mac (i hope not)? Having 398 different DITL resources and chosing among them at run-time isn't an option in this special case. TIA, Wolfgang Keller Zu Risiken und Nebenwirkungen von Junkmail lesen Sie de.admin.net-abuse.mail und fragen sie Ihren Postmaster oder Provider

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drawing graphics with Mac version of Python
by Joe VanAndel Sept. 15, 1998

Sept. 15, 1998

I'd like to teach some middle school students Python, and I'd like them to do some simple line drawing on the screen (like what can be done with LOGO, or BASIC). (Naturally, I don't want to warp their minds by teaching BASIC.) What graphics facilities can I use from the Mac version of Python? I suppose I can use the Tkinter canvas, but is there something faster and easier? Thanks much.

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] binary file strangeness
by Bill Dozier Sept. 14, 1998

Sept. 14, 1998

Thanks to all for the quick suggestions! Yes, I was mistakenly reading the file in text, rather than binary, mode (something that I can't seem to find in Lutz's book, but is in the html dox). Now, if only I could get as quick a response from Roland (who has lots of my money for equipment) as I can from Guido (who has only my good will)! Bill Dozier Mortgage Physicist

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binary file strangeness
by Bill Dozier Sept. 14, 1998

Sept. 14, 1998

Hi, I'm trying to write a MIDI sysex editor (starting with working with the Roland GP-100) in Python and have come across a little strangeness. Certain bytes having a value of 0x10 are being read as having a value of 0x13. I see the 0x10 values from Norton Disk Editor, or from reading the file with a Tcl script. Anyone else see something like this? <files available for your perusal on request> Thanks. Bill Dozier Mortgage Physicist

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