Python-URL! for January 15, 2001

A lot of Python software is announced this week:

Phil Thompson announces BlackAdder, an IDE
http://deja.com/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=714236647

Steve Pike announces PikiePikie, yet another WikiWiki clone
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714600578

Mark Hammond announces PyXPCOM
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714704292

Pete Shinners announces pygame
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=715685318

David Allen announces a gopher client
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714680975

Tom Hazel announces some C++ modules for event-based
programming
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714155765

Mark Hammond explains how to turn C++ exceptions into Python
exceptions
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=715158611

and clarifies win32 licensing issues
http://deja.com/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=714080019

Andrew Kuchling asks about modules to read tar files
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714509949

and summarizes the answers
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714633221

Neil Schemenauer shamelessly promotes Quixote
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=715491037

Amy Katherine sends an update about IPC9
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714636560

Fredrik Lundh explains why list.sort() returns None
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=715271948

how to find URLs in text
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714986303

reading line-by-line in (future) Python 2.1
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=715622713

and parsing broken HTML
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714626763

Alex Martelli describes an alternative way to parse broken
HTML
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714811428

and explains how to call methods by name
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714467730

Erno Kussela asks how to open a ZODB database from multiple
processes
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714350424

Remco Gerlich gives the easy way to find out if a string is
numeric
http://deja.com/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=714836987

Tim Peters answers question about pattern matching in Python
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714844866

Life is not all serious at Pythonland.
Martijn Faassen announces future PSU plans:
http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=714114496

Steve Holden stirs dormant conspiracy theory
http://deja.com/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=714907501

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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 traditional center
of Pythonia
http://www.python.org
Notice especially the master FAQ
http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html

PythonWare complements the digest you’re reading with the daily
python url
http://www.pythonware.com/daily

comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure
to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly.
http://deja.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce

Andrew Kuchling writes marvelous summaries twice a month of the
action on the python-dev mailing list, where the future of Python
is truly determined
http://www.amk.ca/python/dev

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

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

Cetus does much of the same
http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html

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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