Nick’s Python Toolchest

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About the Nxpy project

A few useful links:

• The project’s summary page
• News, tips, etc.
• Developers’ wiki
• The code!

Nxpy is an etherogeneous collection of useful modules, dealing with diverse topics such as wrapping complex commands with API’s or interacting with Java and .NET build systems. There are also more basic utilities, such as automation of backup files, support for writing your own file-like objects and many other things.

• core - The basics
  • async_subprocess - Subprocesses with non-blocking I/O
  • backup_file - File objects with automated backup
  • error - nxpy‘s exception hierarchy
  • file_object - Stubs for read-only and modifiable file-like objects
  • file - File related utilities
  • memo - Memoize objects according to a given key
  • sequence - Sequence related utilities
  • sort - Sorting functions
  • temp_file - Temporary files that support the context protocol
• ccase - An API for the ClearCase version control tool
  • cleartool - Wrapper class for the cleartool utility
• command - Wrap complex commands in Python objects
  • command - Drive batch commands with function calls
  • error - The command package exception hierarchy
  • interpreter - Wrap interactive programs in Python classes
  • option - Describe complex command lines
• etree - Add-ons for the ElemenTree library
  • util - Various utilities
• maven - Tools to execute the Maven build tool and manipulate its configuration
  • artifact - Representation of a Maven artifact
  • assembly_descriptor - Representation of a Maven Assembly plugin’s descriptor
  • mvn - Wrapper class for the mvn command line tool
  • pom - Representation of a Maven POM file
• msvs - Handling of Microsoft Visual Studio configuration files
  • assembly_info - Representation of AssemblyInfo source files
  • project - Representation of a project file
  • solution - Representation of a solution file
• ply - Add-ons for the PLY lexer & parser generator
  • parser - A class wrapper for PLY parsers
  • scanner - A class wrapper for PLY scanners
• scons - Add-ons for the SCons build tool
  • clean_action - Support for custom actions executed when cleaning
  • msvs - MS Visual Studio configuration add-ons
  • project - Support using SCons as a meta-build tool
  • util - SCons related utilities
• svn - High level API for the Subversion version control tool
  • svn - Wrapper for the svn client tool
  • svnadmin - Wrapper for the svnadmin administration tool
  • url - Models a URL adhering to the trunk/tags/branches convention
  • wcopy - Models a working copy
• test - Test support utilities
  • env - Access to the testing environment for the svn, maven and msvs packages
  • log - Log configuration for tests
  • test - Support functions for running tests
• wx - Add-ons for the wxPython framework
  • test - Support for testing wxPython programs that use the command package
  • interpreter - an alternate Interpreter class for use in wxPython based applications

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page