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    Florida-based Project Cure has raised more than $65 million since 1998, but every year has wound up owing its fundraiser more than what was raised. According to its latest financial …
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    Scientists believe that a mutation in a key taste receptor has prevented cats from being able to taste sugar.
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    Hello! Can you give me an example of Button widget in Kivy language? I can creat the button but don't know how to use it's callback. I mean how can …
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    I think it's called an OptionMenu ... ''' tk_OptionMenu1.py using Tkinter's Optionmenu() as a combobox allows one item to be selected use a button to show selection ''' try: # …
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    You might want to check PIL/pillow at: http://pillow.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
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    I thought it would be fun to code all the different ways to show Hello World on the display. Let's start simple ... `print("Hello World")` Can anybody print out "Hello …
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    Oh Gee, the response is overwhelming, here is one GUI attempt ... # for Python2 change tkinter to Tkinter import tkinter as tk root = tk.Tk() mytext = " Hello …
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    abs(x) where x is an argument for the function abs() For example ... x = -123 print(x) print(abs(x)) From the manual ... abs(x) Return the absolute value of a number. …
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    Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave in a well preserved body, but to skid in sideways torn and taddered yelling "Oh shidt what a ride!"
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    Growing up ... You believe in Santa Claus You don't believe in Santa Claus You are Santa Claus You look like Santa Claus
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    Replied To a Post in How to set command for Button wiget in Kivy language

    As a GUI toolkit Kivy is pretty clumsy. I would use it only if you want to use your touch sensitive screen or for Android applications.
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    Hello. I'm using Linux OS, Python 2 and the last version of Kivy framework. Here i have 2 files that i have typed them exactly as what i watched on …
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    You need to learn the basics of a Python class! bind() creates an event that is send to callback() I don't use .kv files for simple programs, just another special …
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    Line `pg.mixer.init(freq, bitsize, channels, buffer)` initializes the pygame mixer (player) with the given arguments `while pg.mixer.music.get_busy():` is the pygame event loop These lines explain themselves: `pg.mixer.music.load(music_file)` `pg.mixer.music.play()`
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    in line `def play_music(music_file, volume=0.8):` volume=0.8 is the default volume in case you did not supply a value Basic Python knowledge!
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    This is how I would do it ... ''' kivy_button_label101.py create a touch sensitive button with Python module kivy add a label to show action info: http://kivy.org/docs/api-kivy.uix.button.html http://kivy.org/docs/api-kivy.uix.label.html http://kivy.org/docs/api-kivy.uix.boxlayout.html ''' …
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    Who ever heard of Caesar Cipher ... encrypted = "Ifmmp!Xpsme" print("".join(chr(ord(x)-1) for x in encrypted)) Anybody ready to use a GUI with a fancy font?
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    Mildly more complex using the ASCII values ... hello_list = [72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100] print("".join(chr(x) for x in hello_list))
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    Now for something completely different, slicing ... `print("dlroW olleH"[::-1])`
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    Hi everybody. I have problem with .pack() and .grid(). I have to use this line: mywin.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=YES) I have used .grid every where on my file but now here i …
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    Hello. I'm using Linux OS, Python 2 and the last version of Kivy framework. Here i have 2 files that i have typed them exactly as what i watched on …
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    Which tutorial are you using?
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    English muffin with strawberry/rhubarb jelly and a mug of java/latte.
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    Java is very well entrenched in the CS teaching apparatus. It will take a while for this to modernize.
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    @iamthwee my webroot antivirus program tells me not to go to this website! Considers it unsafe and loaded with malware.
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    Not sure if the arduino allows Python as conrol language.
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    Hi. How can i open a mp3 file and play it in python? There is a mp3 file on my Linux desktop and i want to open it from a …
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    To create the layout you want use frames ... ''' tk_frame_pack101.py use Tkinter frames for different pack() layouts ''' # for Python3 change Tkinter to tkinter import Tkinter as tk …
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    Hello. When we want to insert a vlue into a table in sqlite, we use this line, right? cursor.execute('INSERT INTO colors Values ("red", "blue")') As we can see above, we …
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    Well, I am glad we solved this beginner problem.
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    One of the zillion rules of Kivy: Kivy looks for a .kv file with the same name as your App class in lowercase (minus “App” if it ends with ‘App’. …
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    The new model Rapberry Pi 2 has just come out. It is now a quad core 900 Mhz CPU with 1 GB RAM running about 6 times faster than the …
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    The SharpDevelop IDE is a drag and drop GUI builder that writes most of the code for you either in C# or IronPython. With Mono it should work on Linux …
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    Another playful movie is "Sideways" that takes place in the California wine country, close to where I live. Sentimental and funny too! So once a year I watch it.
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    I like Helen Hunt for some odd reason, so I watched "Twister". Some nice action near the end.
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    According to Bloomberg News, in 1976 Apple co-founder Ron Wayne sold his 10% stake in the company for $800. If he would have held on to the stock it would …
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    I used csv data readily available from http://www.weatherdatadepot.com/ to create a multiline plot of the average monthly temperatures of a given location.
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    Generally you use the PyGame module to play sound and movies with Tkinter. See ... http://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/movie.html
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    lukerobi's code would be a good start.

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