[x3d-public] X3D python again

[Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV)]

hi John.

Even after recent retries, never did get python 3.7.2 stock package working properly on windows 10.  Not sure why, suspect interference from other python-related packages/paths.

	https://www.python.com

after a large number of hours spent in python-install heck, i finally have anaconda package with python v3.1 mostly working.

	https://www.anaconda.com

their installer fails if there is any extraneous python anywhere in path - got past that by uninstalling, manual removals, and manual editing of environment variables to get everything back to bare metal.  another major time-waste was that anaconda also appears to succeed but actually fails if installed as localuser (somewhat similar failure to install of stock python) and so have installed it as admin, with permissions for all users, for best supervisory ability.

launching the anaconda navigator and anaconda spyder environments still fails for me, but otherwise things seem to be working.  tracked down idle and exposed its batch file.  of note is that anaconda includes R and also Jupyter notebook.  these are all important target environments for X3D.

will keep working, hoping to set up a meeting next week after long weekend.  given that i've finally got something going, am ready to resume "playing catch up" to your PYJNIUS mappings for X3DJSAIL.

as part of resynch, let's start out with documenting X3dToPython similar to how we proceeded with

	X3D JSON Encoding
	http://www.web3d.org/wiki/index.php/X3D_JSON_Encoding

	X3D to JSON Stylesheet Converter
	http://www.web3d.org/x3d/stylesheets/X3dToJson.html

Might Tuesday 1400-1500 pacific (or later) work for you?  Web3D Conference line, in case someone wants to join the journey with us.

Looking forward to regaining progress together, again thanks for your patience.

all the best, Don
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Don Brutzman  Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br       brutzman at nps.edu
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