RE: [Pythoncard-users] put on your marketing caps

This pass at the release announcement combines Dan's intro and Andy's text
with a slight mod to Andy's suggestions.

The text below does not highlight any samples. It probably should or the
screenshot pages should be upated to emphasize the good stuff. In
particular, people will probably be interested in the resourceEditor for
their own apps, so maybe we need a fullscreen shot of that with the Property
Editor, menu showing, etc. Suggestions, text, HTML and screenshot work, etc.
always appreciated.

I have to admit that in the context of a comp.lang.python announcement and
some other Python mailing lists, Dan's intro seems a bit over the top, but I
guess life doesn't reward the modest. :)

Dan Shafer is working on a sample and tutorial that I will include in
release 0.6.2, which I expect to put out in the next couple of days. I would
appreciate hearing about problems with 0.6.1 not already addressed in the
version in cvs before then. The changelog is at (sorry about the long URL):
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pythoncard/PythonCardPrototyp
e/docs/changelog.txt?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

ka
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PythonCard brings visual software development on Open Source tools
to the masses, picking up where Apple's immensely popular but
now-abandoned HyperCard product left off. Written entirely in the
widely used and respected object-oriented Python scripting language,
PythonCard enables end users to create applications and interfaces in
a style that is reminiscent of Microsoft Visual Basic without the
baggage of over-complexity for non-programmers. It then enables the
developer with some minimal amount of programming or scripting
experience to give the user's designs life and power through Python
scripting.

All the information you need about PythonCard can be found on the
project web page at: http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/

You can download the latest release at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=19015

For a list of the samples that have been built with PythonCard and some
screenshots of them in action go to:
http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/samples.html
A description of each sample is included in the readme.txt file in each
sample directory.

The kind people at SourceForge host the project:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pythoncard/

If you want to get involved the main contact point is the Mailing list:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pythoncard-users

PythonCard requires Python 2.1.x or later and wxPython 2.3.2.1 or later
and runs on every platform those are available for.
wxPython can be downloaded at http://www.wxpython.org/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pyt...@li...
> [mailto:pyt...@li...]On Behalf Of Andy
> Todd
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 2:09 AM
> To: pythoncard-Users
> Subject: Re: [Pythoncard-users] put on your marketing caps
>
>
> I rather like the introduction blurb that Dan posted last week, so
> rather than attempt to refine that, I'll have a pop at the bits at the
> end. The text I think we should use is enclosed in triple quotes.
>
> Kevin Altis wrote:
>
> > I would like to update the release announcement for PythonCard.
> The old text
> > I have been using is at the end of this message.
> >
> > This is a good time for the lurkers to come out of hiding and
> provide some
> > input. :)
> >
> > A better release announcement might attract more users and
> developers and
> > help speed the development of PythonCard. If you've been using
> PythonCard
> > and think other people should too, then tell us why. All suggestions are
> > welcome.
> >
> > ka
> > ---
> >
> > PythonCard is a software construction kit (in the spirit of Apple's
> > HyperCard) written in Python.
> >
>
>
> """
> All the information you need about PythonCard can be found on the
> project web page at http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/
> """
>
> > You can download the latest release at:
> > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=19015
> >
>
>
> I'd get rid of this bit;
>
> > Samples included in the latest release: addresses, conversions,
> dbBrowser,
> > dialogs, doodle, findfiles, hopalong, minimal, proof, resourceEditor,
> > samples, searchexplorer, sounds, SourceForgeTracker,
> textIndexer, tictactoe,
> > turtle, widgets, worldclock
> >
> > To see screenshots of some of the samples, visit:
>
>
> and start again with;
>
> """
> For a list of the samples that have been built with PythonCard and some
> screenshots of them in action go to;
> """
>
> > http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/samples.html
> > A description of each sample is included in the docs directory and the
> > readme.txt file in each sample directory.
> >
>
>
> Lose this too;
>
> > PythonCard home page
> > http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/
>
>
> And finally;
>
>
> """
> The project is administered thanks to the kind people at sourceforge, if
> you want to get involved the main contact points are the
>
>
> > SourceForge summary page
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pythoncard/
>
>
> and the
>
> >
> > Mailing list
> > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pythoncard-users
> >
>
>
> The technical blurb.
>
> >
> > PythonCard requires Python 2.1.x or later and wxPython 2.3.x.
> wxPython is
> > available at http://www.wxpython.org/
> >
>
> """
>
> Replace this
>
> > PythonCard relies on wxPython, it will support the Macintosh
> once wxPython
> > has been ported to the Mac.
> >
>
>
> with;
>
> """
> PythonCard relies on wxPython and is available on all of the platforms
> it runs on.
>
> """
>
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> Regards,
> Andy
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>  From the desk of Andrew J Todd esq.
> "Another year older, still no wiser." - Me, on my birthday