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1 <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Macintosh Python crash course</TITLE></HEAD>
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2 <BODY>
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3 <H1><IMG SRC="html.icons/python.gif">Macintosh Python crash course</H1>
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4 <HR>
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6 This set of documents provides an introduction to various aspects of
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7 Python programming on the Mac. It is assumed that the reader is
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8 already familiar with Python and, to some extent, with MacOS Toolbox
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9 programming. Other readers may find something interesting here too,
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10 your mileage may vary. <p>
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12 There is a companion document <a href="using.html">Using Python on the Mac</a>
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13 which you should read before starting here: it explains the basics of using
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14 python on the Macintosh. <p>
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16 Another set of Macintosh-savvy examples, more aimed at beginners, is
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18 HREF="http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/python/">
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19 http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/python/</A>.
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22 The <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/lib/Top.html">Python Library Reference</a> contains a section on
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23 <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/lib/Macintosh-Specific-Services.html">Macintosh-specific modules</a>
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24 that you should also read. Documentation is also available in PostScript and other
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25 forms, see the <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/">documentation</a> section
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26 on the webserver. <p>
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29 project: creating a single-button application that will allow my
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30 girlfriend to read her mail (which actually pass thry <EM>my</EM>
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31 mailbox, so I get to read it too, but don't tell her:-) without her
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34 start a (pseudo-)POP server on unix using rsh and use AppleScript to
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37 These examples were all built using Python 1.3.3, which can be downloaded
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38 from <a href="ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/jack/python/mac">ftp.cwi.nl, directory
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39 /pub/jack/python/mac</a>, and possibly from the <a href="ftp://ftp.python/org">
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40 ftp.python.org</a> server and its mirrors as well. Some examples may work
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41 with earlier versions of Python, some will definitely not.
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42 <H2>Table of contents</H2>
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46 <A HREF="example0.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications,
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47 part zero</A> whets your appetite by showing you how to ask the user
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48 for a filename, and how to display a message. It explains about end-of-line
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49 confusion while doing so.
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53 part one</A> explains how to create a simple modal-dialog application
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54 in Python. It also takes a glance at using the toolbox modules Res and
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55 Dlg, and EasyDialogs for simple question-dialogs.
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58 <A HREF="example2.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications,
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59 part two</A> turns the previous example program into a more complete
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60 mac application, using a modeless dialog, menus, etc. It also explains
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61 how to create applets, standalone applications written in Python.
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64 <A HREF="textedit.html">Using FrameWork and TextEdit</A> shows you
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66 <code>TextEdit</code> toolbox to build a text editor.
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69 <A HREF="waste.html">Using WASTE</A> expands on this editor by using
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70 WASTE, an extended TextEdit replacement.
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73 <A HREF="plugins.html">Creating a C extension module on the Macintosh</A>
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75 extension module in C. It also handles using Modulator to create the
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76 boilerplate for your module, and creating dynamically-loadable modules
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77 on PowerPC Macs.
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80 <A HREF="applescript.html">Using Open Scripting Architecture from Python</A> explains
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85 <A HREF="cgi.html">Using python to create CGI scripts</A> is a preliminary
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86 introduction to writing CGI scripts in Python and to writing scriptable applications
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87 in Python.
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91 how to build a PPC or 68K interpreter from a source distribution.
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116 how to use bgen to create modules completely automatic and how to make
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117 your Python program scriptable, but that will have to wait. <p>
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122 document. I am quite sure that I will never find the time to turn it
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123 into a complete MacPython programmers guide (which would probably be a
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124 400-page book instead of 5 lousy html-files), but it should contain
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125 at least the information that is neither in the standard Python
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126 documentation nor in Inside Mac or other Mac programmers
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131 <A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 09-September-1996.
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