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Activity for Karl Knechtel
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| Edit | Post #292142 |
Post edited: Improve clarity: simplify a bit; minor word-choice etc. tweaks; fix per comment discussion to present two ways of implementing a SSG clearly (instead of as separate but "related solutions") |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #292142 |
Suggested edit: Improve clarity: simplify a bit; minor word-choice etc. tweaks; fix per comment discussion to present two ways of implementing a SSG clearly (instead of as separate but "related solutions") (more) |
helpful | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #292139 |
Post edited: Reusing code in an ordinary programming language looks very different. Codidact doesn't put tags in the page title automatically like Stack Overflow does; so it's useful to make the title unambiguously indicate a language. |
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| Edit | Post #292162 |
Post edited: The underlying motivation or purpose for a how-to question doesn't actually change what the question is about. This question is not about *using* version control. |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #292139 |
Suggested edit: Reusing code in an ordinary programming language looks very different. Codidact doesn't put tags in the page title automatically like Stack Overflow does; so it's useful to make the title unambiguously indicate a language. (more) |
helpful | 4 months ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #292162 |
Suggested edit: The underlying motivation or purpose for a how-to question doesn't actually change what the question is about. This question is not about *using* version control. (more) |
helpful | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291792 |
Post edited: Add footnote with important technical corrigendum |
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| Edit | Post #291792 |
Post edited: Update status of PEP 541 takedown request |
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| Comment | Post #291858 |
... wait, *really*? Because whenever *I* look at Stack Overflow, I see tons of people suggesting the devil-may-come workaround, and the answer with a proper disclaimer gets buried. There was [literally a thread just today](https://discuss.python.org/t/_/56900) on the official Python Discourse forum c... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291858 |
The rhetoric in this answer makes it hard to take seriously. It seems fairly clear that it's primarily the distro maintainers who want the system package manager to be used for the system Python; and the idea is motivated by known potential harms, not devs' aesthetics or morality.
PEP 668 lays out... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291848 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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Should beginner-oriented Q&A here include basic use of a terminal (command line) for developers? It seems that year over year, computers constantly get easier to use, and it becomes easier for people to start learning to program who have never touched it before. This comes with the consequence that increasingly more new programmers have disturbingly little (and increasingly less) understanding o... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291737 |
Post edited: Emphasize common failure mode and include a reference link |
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| Comment | Post #291479 |
"In this way, there is just more search indexed words to good answers." is a strange assertion to me. Finding a needle in a haystack doesn't become easier if you add more hay. It becomes easier if you add more needles. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #291479 |
We can (and should) go out of our way to explain things as clearly as possible; organize comprehensive answers with `<details>` sections so that excess technical detail can be easily skipped over; write plainly while using simple (but **correct**) terminology; etc.
But it is simply not possible t... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291479 |
Specifically in regards to "In fact, you're told the question was a duplicate of a different question that doesn't seem to have answers for your question." - you seem to be under the impression that if duplicate questions *weren't* closed as duplicates, then OP (who is imagined not to be able to unde... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291479 |
I'm here in large part because Stack Overflow is failing to do **enough of** several of the things you consider bad. Starting over allows for creating some actual quality reference content for once. The things you consider merely "similar" *really are* duplicates in most cases, and the right approach... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291840 |
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| Edit | Post #291840 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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A: Why does Pip display "error: externally-managed-environment", and what can I do about it? Reminder: never use `sudo` to run Pip. This can never properly fix a problem and only introduces serious security risks. Installing third-party packages from PyPI can run arbitrary code at install time, by design, so it should never be given root privileges. Anyone who has observed using `sudo... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291839 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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Why does Pip display "error: externally-managed-environment", and what can I do about it? My (non-Windows) operating system came with Python, but that Python didn't include Pip. I followed instructions to install Pip for the included Python, using my system's package manager. But now when I try to use Pip, I[^1] get errors like: ```none error: externally-managed-environment × Th... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #291805 |
Yes, I think that fixes all problems. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #291805 |
Right now, it reads to me like nine questions bundled together - one for each call - each of which is best answered by linking the corresponding documentation. This doesn't really make it a coherent, useful question for a Q&A site, IMO. If the underlying idea is to make it possible for people to sele... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291798 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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A: Why can't I run freshly-installed Python from the command line on Windows? Why the installed Python isn't found By default, Windows installers for Python install Python in a folder that is not listed in the `PATH` environment variable. This means that executables in that folder won't be found by name; the command line needs an explicit path to them. Rationale Gener... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291797 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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Why can't I run freshly-installed Python from the command line on Windows? I tried installing Python on an old computer running Windows 8[^1]. I know for a fact that there was never any previous installation of Python on the machine. The installation appeared to be successful, but I can't run Python from the command line - I get the standard error `'python' is not recognize... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291796 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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A: What happened, or is happening, to other parts of the standard library? Why are they going missing? A handful of standard library modules either have been, or will soon be, removed from the Python standard library, as part of a general cleanup effort. These modules are seen as out of date and no longer useful, as they serve purposes that are not relevant today. The hope is that removing them will r... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291795 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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What happened, or is happening, to other parts of the standard library? Why are they going missing? In Python 3.12, I noticed that some libraries seem to be missing or "deprecated": ``` >>> import asynchat Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'asynchat' >>> import cgi :1: DeprecationWarning: 'cgi' is deprecated and slated for remova... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291794 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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A: Why won't Matplotlib show me a plot? Matplotlib uses a backend to render the plot. Some backends are "GUI backends", meaning that they can render into a window that displays on your screen. Others are "non-GUI backends" which can only save the plot into an image file. Matplotlib doesn't come with any GUI backends except for `TkAgg`, ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291793 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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Why won't Matplotlib show me a plot? I installed Matplotlib and tried a simple demo, but I got a warning message and no plot showed up: ``` >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >>> plt.plot([1,2,3],[4,5,6]) [] >>> plt.show() :1: UserWarning: Matplotlib is currently using agg, which is a non-GUI backend, so cannot show the figure.... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291792 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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A: Why does `tkinter` (or `turtle`, or IDLE) seem to be missing or broken? Isn't it part of the standard library? General This question and answer are adapted from my original write-up on Stack Overflow, which you may consult for more details. This version is crafted as to be a clear overview, without referring to a huge pile of previous Q&A about specific special circumstances. You may also be interested in ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291791 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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Why does `tkinter` (or `turtle`, or IDLE) seem to be missing or broken? Isn't it part of the standard library? I had understood that Python is supposed to come "batteries included", and that the "batteries" specifically include: the `tkinter` standard library, a simple GUI framework a simple IDE called IDLE, implemented using `tkinter` the `turtle` standard library, which uses `tkinter` to impleme... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291790 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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A: Why does `venv` seem to be missing or broken? Isn't it part of the standard library? `venv` is indeed part of the standard library. However, some Linux distros modify Python to exclude some parts for various reasons, and `venv` might be among them. On Debian-based Linux distros you can generally install `venv` for the system Python with something like `apt install python3.x-ve... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291789 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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Why does `venv` seem to be missing or broken? Isn't it part of the standard library? I understand the benefits of virtual environments in general, and specifically I want to use a virtual environment so that I'll have access to Pip without exposing the system Python (i.e., included with my Linux distribution) to additional risk. However, `python -m venv` isn't working for me either. ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291788 |
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| Edit | Post #291788 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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A: Why does `pip` seem to be missing or broken? Isn't it part of the standard library? Contrary to popular belief, Pip is not part of the Python standard library - although it comes as part of a standard distribution of Python. Pip is developed and maintained by the arms-length Python Packaging Authority, which allows it to be versioned independently of Python (developed by the core Py... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #291787 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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Why does `pip` seem to be missing or broken? Isn't it part of the standard library? I already know that the `pip` command might not correspond to the same Python that `python` runs. But in my case, it seems not to exist at all. I can't even run it as a Python module: ```python $ python -m pip /usr/bin/python: No module named pip ``` What gives? I thought each copy of Python... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #291768 |
I never ended up writing a specific Q&A for this on Stack Overflow - nor did I add an answer to [the existing canonical there](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14295680). I should probably update the package, especially so that the README refers to this question instead of vaguely pointing at Stac... (more) |
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