Popular recipes by Brent Burley http://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98036/2004-01-30T16:44:42-08:00ActiveState Code RecipesMultiListbox Tkinter widget (Python)
2001-03-14T17:42:44-08:00Brent Burleyhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98036/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52266-multilistbox-tkinter-widget/
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Python
recipe 52266
by <a href="/recipes/users/98036/">Brent Burley</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/ui/">ui</a>).
</p>
<p>This is a compound widget that gangs multiple Tk Listboxes to a single
scrollbar to achieve a simple multi-column scrolled listbox. Most of
the Listbox API is mirrored to make it act like the normal Listbox
but with multiple values per row.</p>
Defining Python class methods in C (Python)
2001-04-25T10:22:15-07:00Brent Burleyhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98036/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/54352-defining-python-class-methods-in-c/
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Python
recipe 54352
by <a href="/recipes/users/98036/">Brent Burley</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/extending/">extending</a>).
</p>
<p>This recipe shows how to define a new Python class from a C extension module. The class methods are implemented
in C, but the class can still be instantiated, extended, subclassed, etc. from Python. The same technique can also
be used to extend an existing Python class with methods written in C.</p>
Inline GIF's with Tkinter (Python)
2004-01-30T16:43:32-08:00Brent Burleyhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98036/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52264-inline-gifs-with-tkinter/
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Python
recipe 52264
by <a href="/recipes/users/98036/">Brent Burley</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/ui/">ui</a>).
Revision 2.
</p>
<p>This recipe will let you embed GIF images inside of your source code
for use in Tkinter buttons, labels, etc. It's really handy for making
toolbars, etc. without worrying about having the right icon files
installed.</p>
<p>The basic technique is to encode the GIF with base64 and store it
as a string literal in the Python code to be passed to Tk PhotoImage.</p>
IMAP mailwatcher program using Tkinter (Python)
2001-03-22T20:35:29-08:00Brent Burleyhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98036/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52299-imap-mailwatcher-program-using-tkinter/
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Python
recipe 52299
by <a href="/recipes/users/98036/">Brent Burley</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/network/">network</a>).
</p>
<p>Polls an IMAP inbox for unread messages and displays the sender
and subject in a scrollable window using Tkinter.</p>
<p>Reads servername, user, and password from ~/.imap file. They must be
on one line, separated with spaces.</p>
Capturing the output and error streams from a unix shell command (Python)
2001-06-22T23:22:21-07:00Brent Burleyhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98036/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52296-capturing-the-output-and-error-streams-from-a-unix/
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Python
recipe 52296
by <a href="/recipes/users/98036/">Brent Burley</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/threads/">threads</a>).
Revision 2.
</p>
<p>This recipe shows how to execute a unix shell command and capture the
output and error streams in python. By contrast, os.system() sends
both streams directly to the shell.</p>
Method for constructing a dictionary without excessive quoting (Python)
2001-04-25T22:33:51-07:00Brent Burleyhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98036/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52313-method-for-constructing-a-dictionary-without-exces/
<p style="color: grey">
Python
recipe 52313
by <a href="/recipes/users/98036/">Brent Burley</a>
.
Revision 2.
</p>
<p>The syntax for constructing a dictionary can be tedious due to the
amount of quoting required. This recipe presents a technique which
avoids having to quote the keys.</p>
htmltotext converter w/ tty support for bold/underline (Python)
2004-01-30T16:44:42-08:00Brent Burleyhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98036/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52297-htmltotext-converter-w-tty-support-for-boldunderli/
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Python
recipe 52297
by <a href="/recipes/users/98036/">Brent Burley</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/text/">text</a>).
Revision 2.
</p>
<p>This is a complete program that reads an html doc and converts it to
plain ASCII text. In the spirit of minimalism, this operates as a
standard unix filter.
E.g. htmltotext < foo.html > foo.txt</p>
<p>If the output is going to a terminal, then bold and underline are
displayed on the terminal. Italics in HTML are mapped to underlining
on the tty. Underlining in HTML is ignored (mostly due to laziness).</p>