LATEST NEWS [4/29/2005]:These pages have just moved to a NEW SERVER. The site might be under construction for some time. LATEST NEWS [1/23/2004]: Attention Windows XP Users: The Windows .EXE for Pythoñol/PyBabelPhish does NOT run on Windows XP. However, it's known to run on Win98/95. So, XP users are just out of luck. Do NOT report this as a 'bug': the 'bug' is XP impersonating an operating system. LATEST NEWS [1/22/2004]: Pythoñol 2.1 is now available: Major installation bug fix, Python 2.3 and Mac OS X compatibility, a database upgrade, and user interface improvements. A new Windows .exe binary is available for this release. New featuresNew screenshots. Download This site has a new color scheme...finally! LATEST NEWS [1/22/2004]: PyBabelPhish 2.1 is available: A major installation bug fix and several user interface improvements. New featuresDownload LATEST NEWS [1/22/2004]: PyPrint 0.3 now available: Finally ported to PyGtk-2, with several interface improvements. New features. Download. LATEST NEWS [1/22/2004]: PyInstallShield 0.5.1 now available: Bug fixes and interface improvements. New features. Download.
Windows Users: You must have a computer with at least 64MB of RAM, 233Hz, Pentium I processor because Gtk runs much slower on Windows than it does on its native Linux/Unix systems. Windows users using the binary .EXE version of Pythoñol do not have to worry about the Python, PyGtk-2, and Gtk+-2 system requirements, since these are already included in the binary.
Mac OS X: Several users have told me that all of the applications, except PyPrint, run just fine on Mac OS X systems, provided the system requirements below are met. However, I cannot personally attest to how well they run on Mac OS X, since I do not have the ability to test this application on a Mac OS X system.
containing the following binaries: lpstat, lpr, cancel, and checkpc. (and 'lpd') Version 3.8.9+, version 3.8.12 or better recommended - ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
containing the following binaries: 'psselect', 'ghostview', 'ps2pdf', 'pdf2ps'. Version 7.0.3 or better recommended. Provides support for print-previewing, file conversion, and printing selected pages from a document. - ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
containing the 'html2ps' binary. Version 1.0-b3 or better recommended - adds support for printing HTML documents (even with images).
** APSFilter is recommended by not required. (I'm using it on my system.) SuSE users probably already have it.
TESTING ENVIRONMENT
Pythoñol, PyBabelPhish, PyPrint, and PyInstallShield have been tested in the following environment: SuSe 8.1., Mandrake 8.2, Kernel 2.4.8-34 - 2.4.19, Glibc 2.2, Python 2.2, PyGTK 0.6.9-1 - 0.6.9-3 (for Pythoñol versions 1.1 and lower) and PyGtk-2 2.00 (for Pythoñol version 2.0 and above), Gtk+ 1.2.8-4 - Gtk+ 1.2.8-10 (for Pythoñol versions 1.1 and lower) and Gtk+ 2.0.0 (for Pythoñol version 2.0 and above). PyPrint has been tested with: LPRng 3.8.12, a2ps 4.13, ImageMagick 5.4.8, and Ghostscript 7.0.3. Older versions of Pythoñol, PyBabelPhish, and PyInstallShield have been tested on Windows 98 running Python 2.1, Gtk 1.3.0, and PyGtk 0.6.9. Alot of Linux distributions have 'xalf' running - I have 'xalf' REMOVED from my system as it tended to make Python apps hang on startup and not run correctly. These applications run well with at least 64MB of memory and a pentium-grade processor or better. Some older computers I've gotten these applications to run well on include: an older CTX EzBook laptop with 64MB/233 Mhz/AMD Processor, Compact Presario 5050 64MB/333 Mhz/Celeron Processor (Pentium II equiv.), and an old box with 128MB/233 Mhz/Pentium I. No special graphics cards or hardware/3D accelerators are required.
Pythoñol, PyBabelPhish, PyPrint, and PyInstallShield are Copyright (c) 2002-2005 by Erica Andrews (PhrozenSmoke ['at'] yahoo.com). See the license section for a copy of the licenses these programs are distributed under. Any use, modification, or redistribution of Pythoñol, PyBabelPhish, PyPrint, or PyInstallShield, or their components, not in accordance with their respective license is strictly prohibited. Neither the author of this software, nor any of the software itself, is endored by, supported by, or in any way affiliated with the authors of any of the following: PySQLite, SQLiite, Festival.
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