Xcode is not currently available from the Software Update server
You can download the command line tools for OS X Mavericks manually from here: https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?name=for%20Xcode
re.sub erroring with “Expected string or bytes-like object”
As you stated in the comments, some of the values appeared to be floats, not strings. You will need to change it to strings before passing it to re.sub. The simplest way is to change location to str(location) when using re.sub. It wouldn’t hurt to do it anyways even if it’s already a str.
Local variable referenced before assignment?
When Python parses the body of a function definition and encounters an assignment such as Python interprets feed as a local variable by default. If you do not wish for it to be a local variable, you must put in the function definition. The global statement does not have to be at the beginning of the function … Read more
What is the difference between a static method and a non-static method?
A static method belongs to the class itself and a non-static (aka instance) method belongs to each object that is generated from that class. If your method does something that doesn’t depend on the individual characteristics of its class, make it static (it will make the program’s footprint smaller). Otherwise, it should be non-static. Example: … Read more
How do I resolve git saying “Commit your changes or stash them before you can merge”?
You can’t merge with local modifications. Git protects you from losing potentially important changes. You have three options: Commit the change usinggit commit -m “My message” Stash it.Stashing acts as a stack, where you can push changes, and you pop them in reverse order.To stash, typegit stash Do the merge, and then pull the stash:git … Read more
How can I merge multiple commits onto another branch as a single squashed commit?
Say your bug fix branch is called bugfix and you want to merge it into master: This will take all the commits from the bugfix branch, squash them into 1 commit, and merge it with your master branch. Explanation: Switches to your master branch. Takes all commits from the bugfix branch and groups it for a 1 commit with your current branch.(no merge commit appears; you … Read more
How do I install a Python package with a .whl file?
I just used the following which was quite simple. First open a console then cd to where you’ve downloaded your file like some-package.whl and use Note: if pip.exe is not recognized, you may find it in the “Scripts” directory from where python has been installed. If pip is not installed, this page can help: How do … Read more
Chart.js Bar graph will not start at zero as minimum value
Move the options part to the Chart creation: Here’s an example from the docs.
How can I safely create a nested directory in Python?
On Python ≥ 3.5, use pathlib.Path.mkdir: For older versions of Python, I see two answers with good qualities, each with a small flaw, so I will give my take on it: Try os.path.exists, and consider os.makedirs for the creation. As noted in comments and elsewhere, there’s a race condition – if the directory is created between the os.path.exists and the os.makedirs calls, the os.makedirs will … Read more
Inkscape– convert text to object, dynamic offset. Shift+Ctrl+C failed?
first Ctrl+K (path combine), then Ctrl+J (dynamic offset) will work.