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[Visualpython-users] RE: Visualpython-users digest, Vol 1 #4 - 1 msg

[Robert I. <ri...@am...>]

Just downloaded vpython recently, and ran a few demos. Really well done!
Is there any possibility of allowing imports of 3d models from standard
files (3ds, etc).

Robert

[Visualpython-users] welcome

[Bruce S. <ba...@an...>]

Welcome to the VPython mailing list.  (Note the name change: Visual Python
is now VPython.)  This is a forum for questions about using VPython,
suggestions for new features, and reports of problems.

Bruce Sherwood

[Visualpython-users] might want to rename VisualPython

[Martin, L. <LM...@No...>]

You might want to rename VisualPython before widespread release. There is
activity reported at ActiveState (http://www.activestate.com/) in which they
plan to use "Visual Python" and "Visual Perl" to indicate using Micro$oft's
Visual programming IDE for those languages.
You might consider 3D-Python or VR-Python or some such moniker so that you
can achieve name recognition. 
Although I hate to leave M$ with the ground, this is probably not a battle
we'd want to fight. 
This is a fantasic idea and I'm looking forward to using this.

-Larry Martin, Ph.D.

Professor of Physics

North Park University

Dept. of Physics, box 30

3225 West Foster Ave.

Chicago, IL 60625-4895

(773) 244-5668 FAX (773) 279-7952

http://www.admin.northpark.edu/LMartin

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[Visualpython-users] RE: Python install problem, David A. quota problem

[David S. <dsc...@cm...>]

> I don't remember anything advising me to uninstall Tcl and Tk when I
> uninstalled Python--I probably should have realized, but you might want to
> emphasize that in your download/install instructions.

You aren't supposed to need to uninstall Tcl/Tk; \Python\lib\lib-tk\FixTk.py
is supposed to locate the correct DLLs.  Obviously I need to work on that :)

Dave

[Visualpython-users] RE: Python install problem, David A. quota problem

[Christopher J. P. <cph...@be...>]

At 04:02 PM 6/9/00 -0400, David Scherer wrote:
>The only thing I can think of that could cause this behavior is a stray
>tcl80.dll and/or tk80.dll left over from your previous installation.
>Somehow Python may be finding those instead of the correct ones, which
>should be in c:\Python\tcl\bin.

Bingo!  Thanks... I've got an IDLE window now.

I don't remember anything advising me to uninstall Tcl and Tk when I
uninstalled Python--I probably should have realized, but you might want to
emphasize that in your download/install instructions.

Chris
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Is your paradigm shift automatic or stick?

[Visualpython-users] RE: Python install problem, David A. quota problem

[David S. <dsc...@cm...>]

> TclError: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories:
>     C:/PROGRA~1/TCL/lib/tcl8.0 ./lib/tcl8.0 ./lib/tcl8.0
> ./library ./library ./tcl8.0/library ./tcl8.0/library
>
> There's an init.tcl in the c:\Python\TCL\lib\tcl8.0 directory; that's the
> only one on my system.  I used to have TCL installed under
> program files; is
> it possible that that broke the install?  (Can't think why else
> it would be
> looking there at all.)  Is the fix as simple as editing that path
> to tell it
> about the real TCL location?  What file is it in?

The only thing I can think of that could cause this behavior is a stray
tcl80.dll and/or tk80.dll left over from your previous installation.
Somehow Python may be finding those instead of the correct ones, which
should be in c:\Python\tcl\bin.

If you can't find extra DLLs on your system, let me know and I'll try to
think of something else.

Dave

[Visualpython-users] This is a test.

[David S. <dsc...@cm...>]

I'm testing various addresses for this list to see if they work.  Please
disregard this message.

Dave