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the unicode string class

Updated Aug 10, 1999

This is yet another Unicode string class for Python. It implements the standard sequence interface, as well as Unicode versions of most standard string functions as methods. The current release can create unicode objects from strings containing US-ASCII, ISO-8859-1 (Latin 1), and UTF-8 data.

Status: The current release is the fifth development snapshot. See the README included in the distribution for further details.

Current Activities: The code is being reorganized to make it easier to support Unicode-only platforms. No estimated release date.

Contact: madscientist@secretlabs.com

Download: unicode-990810

newschannel parser

Posted Jun 22, 1999

The newschannel parser reads an HTML document, extracts news items from it, and generates corresponding RDF and/or ScriptingNews 2.0 files.

This tool lets you author a single HTML file, using a simple, non-intrusive markup to identify news items. This tool takes care of the rest.

Status: This is experimental software. Works for me, at least.

Contact: madscientist@secretlabs.com

Download: newschannel-990622

sgmlop code snapshot

Code update posted Jun 20, 1999

The sgmlop module is a fast replacement for the regular expression-based parsers used in the sgmllib/htmllib and xmllib module. A single module supports both SGML and XML.

The current version is about 6 times faster than the original re-based implementation provided with Python 1.5. When using sgmlop directly, it can be more than 30 times faster.

Status: This is work in progress. The current release supports both SGML and XML, but there's still some work to do. See the FIXME comments in the source code for details.

Current Activities: Work on a new version has started. Expect better support for the full standard, fast element tree support, and full Unicode support. No estimated release date.

Contact: madscientist@secretlabs.com

Download: sgmlop-990620

(earlier versions: sgmlop-981021.zip, sgmlop-980523.zip)

xml rpc client code

Updated Feb 02, 1999

The XML-RPC library is now an official Secret Labs release. You'll find more information here.

console code snapshot

Code posted Jan 07, 1999

The Console module is a simple console driver for Windows 9X/NT. It also provides Python command line history and editing facilities for Windows platforms.

Status: This is work in progress. The current release should be considered as pre-alpha software.

Contact: madscientist@secretlabs.com

Download: console-990107.zip