David Brown: it just didn't work:

[0]python `python -c "import pimp; print pimp.__file__"` -i readline
readline: Not installed:
        Problem with dependency: (AppleInstalledPython): This package cannot be installed automatically (no Download-URL field)


Lee Phillips
http://www.lee-phillips.org

Thanks for all the great info! Any updates on getting mod_python 3.x running under OS X are especially welcome.

Python Service Objects, eh? I'll have to check that one out. Thanks for the tip, Dave.

I think one of the main reasons mod_python will not build on Panther is due to a heavy reliance on the structure of Linux in its implementation. I once had a dream of mod_python on Mac, but all information I've come across is completely wrong, hopelessly outdated or talks of its' reliance on Linux.

Although, I hear darwinports http://darwinports.opendarwin.org has a version that will work with their ports of Python and Apache2. I'll be playing with that one this weekend.

Here's the easiest way to get readline working in the Python shipped with panther:

python `python -c "import pimp; print pimp.__file__"` -i readline

(all on one line in the terminal)

It just works.

Another interesting set for a recovering Java developer is the Python Service Objects project over at source forge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pso/ the development seems to have come to a halt. I need to try and contact the folks who were working on it. But even at the level it is now running at, it works quite well.

I haven't played around with the Twisted package too much as of yet. It's on my "to do" list.

I am just hoping someone manages to get mod_python going on the OS X install of Apache.

As a Java developer/manager who's fed up with the complexity/productivity ratio of J2EE-based apps, I've been dabbling in Python for some time now on OSX. I really want to push a lot of Python-based software into my company. We're implementing Plone for a lot of our workflow needs for routing and publishing of docs.

I use Python daily for quick, one-off apps that talk to our production systems, but some of our legacy applications could do with an overhaul. We do a lot of connectivity with other businesses, and I think the Twisted framework is a godsend for network apps like we do.

As a matter of fact, I'm actually thinking of porting a good amount of the JTOpen library to one based on Twisted so I can access our production IBM iSeries boxes directly from Python and not have to use Jython. Any one else interested in such a thing as that? Drop me a line - keith@veleba.net

To get readline and other packages you want to download the MacPython 2.3 for Panther addons installer.

http://homepages.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/download.html

If you're running Jaguar and installed MacPython 2.3.x then you already have the PackageManager.

ka

PyObjC is definitely worth playing with. It takes a touch of getting used to, but if you are coding GUIs aimed at Mac OS X users, this is the way to go. Not to mentioned better integration with OS X in general.

As of right now, I have not found a way to compile mod_python for the standard install of Apache, but Python runs wonderfully as cgi on OS X and is now my prefered web app coding environment.

The OS X built in XML parsers rock as well. Very fast and not resource intensive.

I've more or less stopped using Java and am now coding almost entirely in Python using OS X as my development platform. It rocks.

Take care,
Dave Giffin
http://www.davtri.com

More links...

The MacPython SIG mailing list:

http://www.python.org/sigs/pythonmac-sig/

Bob Ippolito gave a presentation on MacPython at PyCon. Here's his slides:

http://www.python.org/pycon/dc2004/papers/...ython_pycon2004.pdf

My own contribution:

http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/appscript.html

Also don't miss http://pythonmac.org/ which is the home page for all things MacPython. Another useful link is http://undefined.org/python/#pimp which is a pointer to an "unofficial" package repository with a lot more stuff in it than the default one; while installing most Python add-ons is pretty easy, this just makes it all that much easier.

Edited by author 04-13-2004 01:15 AM
For command-line history and more in the pre-compiled Python 2.3:

http://www.pycs.net/bbum/2003/10/25.html#a518

Look for readline.

Also: Check out http://manatee.mojam.com/~skip/python/completions.py