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

[Craig Bradley]

I get the following 
bash-3.2$ builtin type python
bash: type: python: not found

bash-3.2$ builtin type python3
python3 is /usr/bin/python3

//Craig




> On 15 Nov 2023, at 6:52 pm, Larry Yaeger <larry.yaeger at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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