Comments on: How to install PyObjC, pygame, and gasp on Mac OS X for Python tutorial http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/16/how-to-install-pyobjc-pygame-and-gasp-on-mac-os-x-for-python-tutorial/ Communicating the greatest possible growth Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:25:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kris http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/16/how-to-install-pyobjc-pygame-and-gasp-on-mac-os-x-for-python-tutorial/#comment-55 Kris Sat, 10 May 2008 18:33:45 +0000 http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/16/how-to-install-pyobjc-pygame-and-gasp-on-mac-os-x-for-python-tutorial/#comment-55 @Niels Olson 1) Whoops, thanks for the catch. Corrected. 2) I stated that was my command because depending on which distribution of Python you installed, that packages path may be different. Thanks for the notes! @Niels Olson

1) Whoops, thanks for the catch. Corrected.

2) I stated that was my command because depending on which distribution of Python you installed, that packages path may be different.

Thanks for the notes!

]]> By: Niels Olson http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/16/how-to-install-pyobjc-pygame-and-gasp-on-mac-os-x-for-python-tutorial/#comment-54 Niels Olson Sat, 10 May 2008 18:13:34 +0000 http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/16/how-to-install-pyobjc-pygame-and-gasp-on-mac-os-x-for-python-tutorial/#comment-54 I'm going through the same book. Definitely a great place to start. A couple of notes on the instructions above: 1) the PyObj package is actually PyObjC 2) the command above is correct. The casual reader should pay attention to the fact that the command actually copies the inner folder gasp, not python-gasp-0.1.1 I’m going through the same book. Definitely a great place to start. A couple of notes on the instructions above:
1) the PyObj package is actually PyObjC
2) the command above is correct. The casual reader should pay attention to the fact that the command actually copies the inner folder gasp, not python-gasp-0.1.1

]]> By: Kris http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/16/how-to-install-pyobjc-pygame-and-gasp-on-mac-os-x-for-python-tutorial/#comment-37 Kris Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:50:30 +0000 http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/16/how-to-install-pyobjc-pygame-and-gasp-on-mac-os-x-for-python-tutorial/#comment-37 Hey, thanks for the comment. You know, after all of that trouble that I went through installing gasp, I got those same errors as you. So I emailed the author of "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist" and asked what he thought of the errors. Based on his response and what I found in recent gasp discussion, it looks like gasp is rapidly changing and those methods like set_speed and frames are not being used in the gasp code anymore. So this means that the book is a bit out of date with that example. At this point, I also get gasp to import but have the same yellow screen as you. Anyway, the author of the book says that a lot of development has been going on with gasp, and that we should wait for the next big release of gasp which should be coming *soon* and that he is also adding another chapter to the book which uses gasp. In the meantime, it looks like gasp 0.2.0beta1 is available, but the 0.1.1 release is still there. After all that, for now I would just skip the chapter and wait for the new updates - and in the meantime you can view my other post here: http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/17/the-golden-resource-list-for-python-beginners/ for more resources to learn Python and *lots* of places to go for challenges/exercises/practice. :) Happy Pythoning! - Kris Hey, thanks for the comment.

You know, after all of that trouble that I went through installing gasp, I got those same errors as you. So I emailed the author of “How to Think Like a Computer Scientist” and asked what he thought of the errors. Based on his response and what I found in recent gasp discussion, it looks like gasp is rapidly changing and those methods like set_speed and frames are not being used in the gasp code anymore. So this means that the book is a bit out of date with that example. At this point, I also get gasp to import but have the same yellow screen as you.

Anyway, the author of the book says that a lot of development has been going on with gasp, and that we should wait for the next big release of gasp which should be coming *soon* and that he is also adding another chapter to the book which uses gasp. In the meantime, it looks like gasp 0.2.0beta1 is available, but the 0.1.1 release is still there.

After all that, for now I would just skip the chapter and wait for the new updates - and in the meantime you can view my other post here: http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/17/the-golden-resource-list-for-python-beginners/ for more resources to learn Python and *lots* of places to go for challenges/exercises/practice. :)

Happy Pythoning!

- Kris

]]> By: jde http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/16/how-to-install-pyobjc-pygame-and-gasp-on-mac-os-x-for-python-tutorial/#comment-36 jde Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:07:29 +0000 http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/16/how-to-install-pyobjc-pygame-and-gasp-on-mac-os-x-for-python-tutorial/#comment-36 Hello, thanks for posting the installation instructions for gasp! I've been following "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist" online book. When I try to run the pitch.py code I get the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/JonathanEricson/Desktop/pitch.py", line 80, in set_speed(120) NameError: name 'set_speed' is not defined Basically a window with a yellow background pops up, and then nothing happens after that. Gasp imports in the Python shell just fine, so I'm not sure why set_speed is not defined if it is part of gasp. Pardon my failure to use the appropriate CS vernacular -- I'm new to this... Thanks! Jon Hello, thanks for posting the installation instructions for gasp! I’ve been following “How to Think Like a Computer Scientist” online book. When I try to run the pitch.py code I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Users/JonathanEricson/Desktop/pitch.py”, line 80, in
set_speed(120)
NameError: name ’set_speed’ is not defined

Basically a window with a yellow background pops up, and then nothing happens after that. Gasp imports in the Python shell just fine, so I’m not sure why set_speed is not defined if it is part of gasp.

Pardon my failure to use the appropriate CS vernacular — I’m new to this…

Thanks!
Jon

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