Re: Python Guru needed

[Jim]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Arthur Pemberton  wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Jim  wrote:
> > > Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> > > > Jim wrote:
> > > > > FC 10/KDE
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to set a simple Alarm Clock in FC10 and I have a Python
> > > > > script I picked up, but I have error, running the script.
> > > > > Can you explain to me with # comments on each line how to make this work.
> > > > >
> > > > > import time
> > > > > import os
> > > > >
> > > > > not_executed = 1
> > > > >
> > > > > while(not_executed):
> > > > > dt = list(time.localtime(time.time())
> > > > > hour = dt[3]
> > > > > minute = dt[4]
> > > > > if hour == 5 and minute == 45:
> > > > > os.popen2("open /Users/jun/shout.mp3")
> > > > > not_executed = 0
> > > > >
> > > > > Error Message;
> > > > >
> > > > > $ python AlarmClock
> > > > >  File "AlarmClock", line 7
> > > > >   dt = list(time.localtime(time.time())
> > > > >    ^
> > > > > IndentationError: expected an indented block
> > > >
> > > > It's because of Python's always charming significant whitespace.  I.E.
> > > > Python uses indenting instead of braces, making problems like this
> > > > extremely common.  (No sane language even has "IndentationErrors". Also,
> > > > you were missing a paren, but that's not what caused the error above.
> > > >
> > > > A correct version is attached.  Hopefully it will not get mangled by
> > > > your client.
> > > >
> > > > Matt Flaschen
> > >
> > > I ran yo
> > > $ python times.py
> > > Welcome to the talking alarm clock
> > > This program is public domain
> > >
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >  File "times.py", line 1, in <module>
> > >   import time
> > >  File "/home/mickey/time.py", line 8, in <module>
> > >   t = time.localtime(time.time())
> > >
> > > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'localtime'
> > >
> > > Python is having problems of execute this line.
> > >
> > > t = time.localtime(time.time())
> > This is getting offtopic
> > You need to at least send us the script you're using
> > There is no way that that line of code doesn't work if you did
> >
> > `import time` first
> > 4) You may want to check and IRC channel such as irc://freenode.net/fedora
>
> Also, there are several alarm apps already in Fedora, it doesn't seem
> like you're trying to learn Python, so might be best to just use an
> already existing app.

I told you in the beginning I know nothing about Python.
I'm getting answers that assume, I know what your talking about, I 
don't, I just have a script that I'm asking how it works.
What are the other scripts that are already in Fedora.