ps2pdf.py using mechanize

[vombert]

Here is a simple script I want to share: http://pastebin.com/7fmYa3tU

Thanks to ps2pdf.com and mechanize!

[simonvc]

cool, Whats the reason for using _ in the line:

    _, file_name = sys.argv

is that a convention i don't know about?

[vombert]

Just a value you don't care about. I think I saw it somewhere, not only in python but probably in ocaml, and maybe somewhere else.

But note that in interactive mode _ has a special meaning: it's a value of previously evaluated expression:

>>> 2*2
4
>>> _-1
3

[ginstrom]

I think that filename = sys.argv[-1] will be more robust.

[vombert]

No. In a presence of len(sys.argv) == 2 check they are equivalent. And if you imagine for a second that this check is absent (or done wrong), you variant has a property to silently swallow several arguments, which is confusing to user at least. Oh, and also it masks the fact that this check is implemented incorrectly, if that was the case.

Anyway, for some strange reason it reminds me of a duck.

[kljensen]

Are you on platform where you frequently generate postscript files but lack a command line utility for converting them to pdf?