[NTLK] [ANN] ICS Newton software now on GitHub

[Larry Yaeger]

Baffling.  I'd be curious to see exactly what "python" and "python3" are invoking.  Don't know about zsh, but in bash try the following and see what it produces compared to my results:

$ builtin type python
python is hashed (/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python)

$ builtin type python3
python3 is hashed (/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/python3)

As for the suggestion regarding "false" vs "False", I'm afraid that error message is misleading.  Neither the word "false" nor "False" appears anywhere in the Python script.

I also conjectured maybe it needs a first and last name, but it doesn't.  It just uses whatever intact string you give it.  It does mess with it a little, converting to uppercase and padding it if there are fewer than 10 characters, but there's no parsing it into first and last names.  And just to test your exact case, I tried "ctb" and it worked fine:

$ python ics-newton-codes.py "ctb"
ICS Newton Registration codes for user "ctb":
MultiTask: YXIWMPVQIO
GestureLaunch: OQHNGONSTR
BarKeep: MMOJUNCSLA
WhatToDo: OYLGKWRJRH
Twerx: ZUGLKKQWGL

Result is the same for python3.

I guess you can just use the above if the script continues to fight back on your machine.

- larryy

> On Nov 15, 2023, at 1:45 AM, Craig Bradley <ctb at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> The only thing I can see different is the “%” prompt rather than “$”. I am using the zsh. When I switch to bash I get the same error. 
> 
> cbradley at Craigs-Mac-Studio-10 downloads % python3 ics-newton-codes.py "ctb"
> NameError: name 'false' is not defined
> cbradley at Craigs-Mac-Studio-10 downloads % 
> 
> //Craig
> 
> 
> 
>> On 15 Nov 2023, at 5:01 pm, Larry Yaeger <larry.yaeger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Nov 14, 2023, at 10:56 PM, Craig Bradley via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>>> I have any keep getting the same error "NameError: name 'false' is not defined”
>> 
>> Weird.  On a recent Mac with Sonoma 14.1 it works with both python 2.7.18 and 3.9.13:
>> 
>> $ python ics-newton-codes.py "Larry Yaeger"
>> ICS Newton Registration codes for user "Larry Yaeger":
>> MultiTask: YNXVAVLEFC
>> GestureLaunch: QNBJBGDIXF
>> BarKeep: WRHKOVEBQA
>> WhatToDo: YOPZZCFWTS
>> Twerx: TJOGGGOEWA
>> 
>> $ python --version
>> Python 2.7.18
>> 
>> $ python3 ics-newton-codes.py "Larry Yaeger"
>> ICS Newton Registration codes for user "Larry Yaeger":
>> MultiTask: YNXVAVLEFC
>> GestureLaunch: QNBJBGDIXF
>> BarKeep: WRHKOVEBQA
>> WhatToDo: YOPZZCFWTS
>> Twerx: TJOGGGOEWA
>> 
>> $ python3 --version
>> Python 3.9.13
>> 
>> Note that in the script they provide a sample set of registration codes in case you can't get the script to work:
>> 
>> In case you can't get this Python script to work, you can use the following
>> codes for user "Izzy Newt":
>> 
>>     MultiTask: LOSUBNHJIE
>>     GestureLaunch: BHUASHGBKJ
>>     BarKeep: RIBLROSLEE
>>     WhatToDo: XKYSHRDXJX
>>     Twerx: JNOVKPPCZH
>> 
>> - larryy
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