GPL script for critiquers...

If you find doing critiques of sites taking up more of your time than
you would like, here's a tiny GPL Python script that should speed things
along.

You often have to tell newbies the same thing over and over.
When you call the script, you specify input filenames (as a single
letter) that contain text snippits. The script writes a text file from
these you can paste into your news client's editor. Edit the 40 or so
input text files to your _own_ specs -- the ones in the tarball are just
given as samples. You will probably want to edit the output file, too,
but this script should make that go faster.

Not tested in Windows yet, it should run on any [LU]i?n[ui]x
distribution that has Python (about all of the newer ones).

A tarball including a set of sample input files can be downloaded from:
http://www.mbstevens.com/critique.tar.gz
After unzipping and untarring, go directly to the README file.

And lo, mbstevens didst speak in alt.html.critique,alt.www.webmaster:

Not tested in Windows yet, it should run on any [LU]i?n[ui]x
distribution that has Python (about all of the newer ones).

Lnux
Lnix
Linux
Linix
Unux
Unix
Uinux
Uinix

???

You need to work on that regexp ;P

Grey

GreyWyvern wrote:

And lo, mbstevens didst speak in alt.html.critique,alt.www.webmaster:

Not tested in Windows yet, it should run on any [LU]i?n[ui]x
distribution that has Python (about all of the newer ones).


Lnux
Lnix
Linux
Linix
Unux
Unix
Uinux
Uinix

???

You need to work on that regexp ;P

Grey

Yep! Perhaps I'll tackle that one some other day.

mbstevens wrote:

Not tested in Windows yet, it should run on any [LU]i?n[ui]x
distribution that has Python (about all of the newer ones).

I can't extract the archive under Windows because the file names you have
chosen rely on the OS being case sensitive

Nik Coughin wrote:

mbstevens wrote:
Not tested in Windows yet, it should run on any [LU]i?n[ui]x
distribution that has Python (about all of the newer ones).

I can't extract the archive under Windows because the file names you
have chosen rely on the OS being case sensitive

I mean, I can extract it, but I have to choose between a and A, etc. and the
script then doesn't work properly

Nik Coughin wrote:

Nik Coughin wrote:

mbstevens wrote:

Not tested in Windows yet, it should run on any [LU]i?n[ui]x
distribution that has Python (about all of the newer ones).

I can't extract the archive under Windows because the file names you
have chosen rely on the OS being case sensitive


I mean, I can extract it, but I have to choose between a and A, etc. and the
script then doesn't work properly

Didn't really expect the script to work under Windows at this time.
In critique.py you can make all print statements like "A)" into "AA)"
and then rename the A file to AA. Then when giving the command,
you can simply give lines like " c d AA f BB r SS"

Writing in news:alt.html.critique,alt.www.webmaster
From the safety of the EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net cafeteria
mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx (AT) xmbstevensx (DOT) com> said:

...
Didn't really expect the script to work under Windows at this time.
In critique.py you can ...

Seems odd from here - a quick check reveals the only working pythons (I
have access to right now) are nesting on Windows boxen.

Oh well - c'est la vie.

--
William Tasso

** Business as usual

mbstevens wrote:

Nik Coughin wrote:
Nik Coughin wrote:

mbstevens wrote:

Not tested in Windows yet, it should run on any [LU]i?n[ui]x
distribution that has Python (about all of the newer ones).

I can't extract the archive under Windows because the file names you
have chosen rely on the OS being case sensitive


I mean, I can extract it, but I have to choose between a and A, etc.
and the script then doesn't work properly



Didn't really expect the script to work under Windows at this time.
In critique.py you can make all print statements like "A)" into "AA)"
and then rename the A file to AA. Then when giving the command,
you can simply give lines like " c d AA f BB r SS"

Yes, easy enough. Nice idea BTW.

William Tasso wrote:

Writing in news:alt.html.critique,alt.www.webmaster
From the safety of the EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net
cafeteria
mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx (AT) xmbstevensx (DOT) com> said:

...
Didn't really expect the script to work under Windows at this time.
In critique.py you can ...


Seems odd from here - a quick check reveals the only working pythons (I
have access to right now) are nesting on Windows boxen.

Oh well - c'est la vie.

Wasn't expecting a lot of Windows boxen interest. Working on a Windows

version as we 'speak.' Should only take an hour or so. I've already
managed to download Python for Win (big sucker!) so I can test it.
Will hopefully be up tonight.

Nik Coughin wrote:

mbstevens wrote:

Nik Coughin wrote:

Nik Coughin wrote:


mbstevens wrote:


Not tested in Windows yet, it should run on any [LU]i?n[ui]x
distribution that has Python (about all of the newer ones).

I can't extract the archive under Windows because the file names you
have chosen rely on the OS being case sensitive


I mean, I can extract it, but I have to choose between a and A, etc.
and the script then doesn't work properly



Didn't really expect the script to work under Windows at this time.
In critique.py you can make all print statements like "A)" into "AA)"
and then rename the A file to AA. Then when giving the command,
you can simply give lines like " c d AA f BB r SS"


Yes, easy enough. Nice idea BTW.


Thanks. Here's a windows version that was modified for

windows capitalization conventions and zipped with
windows end-of-lines.

http://www.mbstevens.com/critiqueWIN.zip