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I love it, except for the project name. I was thinking it was going to be another "Run Python on Android" project.
by hugs 17y ago
I love it, except for the project name. I was thinking it was going to be another "Run Python on Android" project.
- puffythefish 17y agoYeah, I wasn't sure about the name. Any suggestions on an alternative?
- m_eiman 17y agoPython GUI scripting -> PythonGoose -> PyGoose -> Goose?
- mcantelon 17y agoAutoPy? A quick Google doesn't reveal other projects with this name.
- puffythefish 17y agoThis sounds like a good idea — not sure how to change it without botching this page, though.
- ThinkWriteMute 17y agoNo offense, but did Ruby get all the dev's who can think of a great name? ;)
- jrockway 17y ago"Rails" is a great name for a web framework? "Hpricot" is a great name for an XML parser?
- ThinkWriteMute 17y agoTo be fair, Hpricot was created by _why. I'm sure 400 years down the road another madman will laugh, completely understanding what _why was going for :D
- meese_ 17y agoDone. Rather messy since github doesn't do redirects, but I suppose it's worth it. By the way, to uninstall the apparently poorly-named pydroid: cd ${PYTHON_DIR}/site-packages/ rm -r pydroid pydroid-0.42-*.egg-info where ${PYTHON_DIR} is "/Library/Python/2.6" on OS X, "C:\Python26\" on Windows, etc... Then just run the new installer shown on the script page (or install from source), now at: http://github.com/msanders/autopy http://github.com/msanders/autopy
- ArcticCelt 17y agoautopy is really perfect. It's reminiscent of autopilot and much more descriptive of what your tool does.
- mcantelon 17y agoAwesome! I'll definitely be playing with it soon.
- ciupicri 17y agoThe link from the title of this post should be be updated.
- meese_ 17y agoYes, it should. HN won't let me do that any longer though.
- Pistos2 17y agoPerhaps you could augment the github project description to include some keywords like: keyboard, mouse, control, click, UI.
- trunnell 17y agoHmm, autopy looks a bit to much like autopsy to me... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopsy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopsy
- falsestprophet 17y agoGhost
- mikeryan 17y agoAlso from my understanding the term "droid" is trademarked and pretty aggressively protected. (ergo even all the Motorola Droid advertising actually has disclaimers. They must have a deal with Lucas)
- lutorm 17y agodroid is a shortening of android. How can that be trademarked?
- scott_s 17y agoTrademarks only apply in the domain the term is used in. So we can trademark common words already used elsewhere as long as they're not already associated with something in that domain. If I made harddrives called Banana, I could trademark Banana in that domain, but I would have no claim over it in, say, the food industry. Nor could I get a trademark on "Harddrive" in the harddrive industry. The obvious example is Windows.
- lutorm 17y agoThat's what I mean. If Lucas has trademarked "droid", that can't possibly apply for a piece of software. Motorola might have a problem, though.
- jcl 17y agoMotorola did in fact pay Lucas to use the word. I don't think that necessarily means Lucas had a valid case against them, though; I think companies sometimes seek more clearance than they need in order to mitigate risk. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/07/cnet.google.nexus.one.blade.runner/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/07/cnet.google.nexus.one.bla...
- jrockway 17y agoI assume Motorola is doing that just to be safe. "Droid" is a dictionary word.
- jayliew 17y agoYeah, me too .. I thought it was related to Android. Just a little "branding" issue there ;)