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author	Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
date	Wed, 27 Nov 1996 19:39:58 +0000
parents	559aa47b2e2c
children	9ad7b8c36c79

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4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	1 This is Python release 1.4 (final)
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	2 ==================================
3698 97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	3
4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	4 I appreciate everybody's patience... This is the official, final
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	5 release of Python 1.4. You can throw away your copies of 1.3 and the
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	6 1.4 betas now!
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3887 957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	9 What's new in this release?
957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	10 ---------------------------
3850 d1cff49e3cc8 Various changes (not done yet even for beta2 release) Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3778 diff changeset	11
4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	12 An exhaustive list of (nearly) everything that changed since the
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	13 release of Python 1.3, over a year ago, can be found in the file
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	14 Misc/NEWS. (A history of all changes before that time is kept in
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	15 Misc/HISTORY.) An overview of the most important user-visible changes
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	16 is appended as a new chapter to the Tutorial (Doc/tut.tex). Perhaps
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	17 the most visible changes are the new power operator, complex numbers,
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	18 new slicing and indexing syntax, and class-private names of the form
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	19 __spam (an experimental feature).
3850 d1cff49e3cc8 Various changes (not done yet even for beta2 release) Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3778 diff changeset	20
d1cff49e3cc8 Various changes (not done yet even for beta2 release) Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3778 diff changeset	21
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	22 What is Python anyway?
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3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	25 Python is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, and is
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	26 often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java. For a quick summary of
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	27 what Python can mean for a UNIX/C programmer, read Misc/BLURB.LUTZ.
4152 9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	28 If you have web access, point your browser to http://www.python.org.
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4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	31 How do I learn Python?
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	32 ----------------------
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	33
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	34 The official tutorial is still a good place to start (in the Doc
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	35 directory as tut.tex; and http://www.python.org/doc/tut/tut.html).
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	36 Aaron Watters wrote a second tutorial, that may be more accessible for
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	37 some: http://www.wcmh.com/uworld/archives/95/tutorial/005.html.
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	38
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	39 There are now also two books on Python. While these are still based
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	40 on Python 1.3 or 1.4beta2, the language is so stable now that you'd be
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	41 hard pressed to find places where the books are out of date. The
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	42 books, both first published in October 1996 and both including a
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	43 CD-ROM, form excellent companions to each other:
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	44
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	45 Internet Programming with Python
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	46 by Aaron Watters, Guido van Rossum, and James Ahlstrom
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	47 MIS Press/Henry Holt publishers
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	48 ISBN: 1-55851-484-8
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	49
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	50 Programming Python
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	51 by Mark Lutz
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	52 O'Reilly & Associates
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	53 ISBN: 1-56592-197-6
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	54
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	55
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	56 If you don't read instructions
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3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	58
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	59 Congratulations on getting this far. :-)
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	60
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	61 To start building right away (on UNIX): type "./configure" in the
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	62 current directory and when it finishes, type "make". The section
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	63 Build Instructions below is still recommended reading. :-)
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2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	66 Copyright issues
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3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	68
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	69 Python is COPYRIGHTED but free to use for all. See the full copyright
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	70 notice at the end of this file.
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2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	72 The Python distribution is not affected by the GNU Public Licence
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	73 (GPL). There are interfaces to some GNU code but these are entirely
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	74 optional and no GNU code is distributed with Python. For all these
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	75 packages, GPL-free public domain versions also exist.
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1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	77
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	78
3110 5c0a7f7836fb added psa plug Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3008 diff changeset	79 A modest plug
5c0a7f7836fb added psa plug Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3008 diff changeset	80 =============
5c0a7f7836fb added psa plug Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3008 diff changeset	81
4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	82 *********************************************************************
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	83 * Without your help, I won't be able to continue to support Python! *
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	84 *********************************************************************
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4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	86 If you use Python, please consider joining the Python Software
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	87 Activity (PSA). See http://www.python.org/psa/.
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	88
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	89 Organizations that make heavy use of Python are especially encouraged
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	90 to become corporate members!
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	92
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	93 Build instructions
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	96 Before you can build Python, you must first configure it.
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	97 Fortunately, the configuration and build process has been streamlined
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	98 for most Unix installations, so all you have to do is type a few
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	99 commands, optionally edit one file, and sit back. There are some
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	100 platforms where things are not quite as smooth; see the platform
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	101 specific notes below. If you want to build for multiple platforms
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	102 sharing the same source tree, see the section on VPATH below.
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e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	104 You start by running the script "./configure", which figures out your
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	105 system configuration and creates several Makefiles. (It takes a
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	106 minute or two -- please be patient!) When it's done, you are ready to
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	107 run make. You may want to pass options to the configure script -- see
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	108 the section below on configuration options and variables.
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	110 To build Python, you normally type "make" in the toplevel directory.
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	111 This will recursively run make in each of the subdirectories Parser,
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	112 Objects, Python and Modules, creating a library file in each one. The
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	113 executable of the interpreter is built in the Modules subdirectory and
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	114 moved up here when it is built. If you want or need to, you can also
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	115 chdir into each subdirectory in turn and run make there manually (do
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	116 the Modules subdirectory last!).
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	117
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	118 Once you have built an interpreter, see the subsections below on
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	119 testing, configuring additional modules, and installation. If you run
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	120 in trouble, see the next section.
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3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	123 Troubleshooting
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	126 See also the platform specific notes in the next section.
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	127
3698 97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	128 If recursive makes fail, try invoking make as "make MAKE=make".
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	129
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	130 If you run into other trouble, see section 3 of the FAQ (file
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	131 Misc/FAQ) for hints on what can go wrong, and how to fix it.
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	133 If you rerun the configure script with different options, remove all
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	134 object files by running "make clean" before rebuilding. Believe it or
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	135 not, "make clean" sometimes helps to clean up other inexplicable
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	136 problems as well. Try it before sending in a bug report!
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4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	138 If the configure script fails or doesn't seem to find things that
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	139 should be there, inspect the config.log file.
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	140
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3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	142 Platform specific notes
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3174 f7789945b8de release 1.3 for real Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3110 diff changeset	145 (Some of these may no longer apply. If you find you can build Python
f7789945b8de release 1.3 for real Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3110 diff changeset	146 on these platforms without the special directions mentioned here, let
f7789945b8de release 1.3 for real Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3110 diff changeset	147 me know so I can remove them!)
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	149 Linux: On Linux version 1.x, once you've built Python, use it to run
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	150 the regen script in the Lib/linux1 directory. Apparently
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	151 the files as distributed don't match the system headers on
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	152 some Linux versions. (The "h2py" command refers to
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	153 Tools/scripts/h2py.py.) The modules distributed for Linux 2.x
4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	154 should be okay. Shared library support now works by default
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	155 on ELF-based x86 Linux systems.
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4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	157 AIX: A complete overhaul of the shared library support is now in
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	158 place. To enable it, uncomment the LINKCC line in the Setup
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	159 file. See Misc/AIX-NOTES for some notes on how it's done.
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4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	161 WARNING! In some versions of AIX 3.x, you get errors about
3778 f9907f57327e Added extra notes for AIX and SCO. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3698 diff changeset	162 Invalid Indent when running the Python test set. This appears
f9907f57327e Added extra notes for AIX and SCO. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3698 diff changeset	163 to be a bug in the AIX compiler. Rebuild Parser/tokenizer.c
f9907f57327e Added extra notes for AIX and SCO. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3698 diff changeset	164 using OPT="" or OPT=-g, or use gcc.
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4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	166 HP-UX: Shared library support now works by default (at least on HP-UX
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	167 9.x). One other problem remains: the HP ANSI C compiler (cc
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	168 -Aa) is too pedantic to use, but in K&R mode, it barfs on a
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	169 few files (complexobject.c, getargs.c and operator.c). Until
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	170 this is fixed, the following seems to work:
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	171
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	172 make -k # this compiles all but a few files
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	173 make OPT=-Aa # compile the remaining files
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	175 Minix: When using ack, use "CC=cc AR=aal RANLIB=: ./configure"!
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	177 SCO: 1) Everything works much better if you add -U__STDC__ to the
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	178 defs. This is because all the SCO header files are broken.
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	179 Anything that isn't mentioned in the C standard it's
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2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	182 2) Due to the U.S. export restrictions, SCO broke the crypt
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3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	184 needed be set to:
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3778 f9907f57327e Added extra notes for AIX and SCO. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3698 diff changeset	188 3) According to at least one report, the above apply only to
f9907f57327e Added extra notes for AIX and SCO. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3698 diff changeset	189 SCO 3 -- Python builds out of the box on SCO 5.
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e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	192 disable modules "cmath" and "operator" in Modules/Setup (see
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	193 the next section) and edit the various Makefiles to add
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	194 "-DWITHOUT_COMPLEX" to the CFLAGS variable, in order to
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	195 overcome the limitation to pre-ANSI C. (Or, of course, you
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	196 could get gcc :-).
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4427 9c7ef030bec8 Changes in description of NeXT options. Fixed reference to newsgroup Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4152 diff changeset	198 NeXT: To build fat binaries, use the --with-next-archs switch
9c7ef030bec8 Changes in description of NeXT options. Fixed reference to newsgroup Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4152 diff changeset	199 described below.
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e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	202 Configuring additional built-in modules
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1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	205 You can configure the interpreter to contain fewer or more built-in
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	206 modules by editing the file Modules/Setup. This file is initially
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	207 copied (when the toplevel Makefile makes Modules/Makefile for the
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	208 first time) from Setup.in; if it does not exist yet, make a copy
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	209 yourself. Never edit Setup.in -- always edit Setup. Read the
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	210 comments in the file for information on what kind of edits you can
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	211 make. When you have edited Setup, Makefile and config.c in Modules
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	212 will automatically be rebuilt the next time you run make in the
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	213 toplevel directory. (When working inside the Modules directory, use
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	214 "make Makefile; make".)
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	216 The default collection of modules should build on any Unix system, but
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	217 many optional modules should work on all modern Unices (e.g. try dbm,
4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	218 nis, termios, timing, syslog, curses, new, soundex, parser). Often
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	219 the quickest way to determine whether a particular module works or not
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	220 is to see if it will build: enable it in Setup, then if you get
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	221 compilation or link errors, disable it -- you're missing support.
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e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	223 On SGI IRIX, there are modules that interface to many SGI specific
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	224 system libraries, e.g. the GL library and the audio hardware.
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e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	226 For SunOS and Solaris, enable module "sunaudiodev" to support the
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3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	230 Setting the optimization/debugging options
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	233 If you want or need to change the optimization/debugging options for
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	234 the C compiler, assign to the OPT variable on the toplevel make
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	235 command; e.g. "make OPT=-g" will build a debugging version of Python
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	236 on most platforms. The default is OPT=-O; a value for OPT in the
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	237 environment when the configure script is run overrides this default
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	238 (likewise for CC; and the initial value for LIBS is used as the base
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	239 set of libraries to link with).
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1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	245 To test the interpreter that you have just built, type "make test".
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	246 This runs the test set silently, twice (once with no compiled files,
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	247 once with the compiled files left by the previous test run). Each
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	248 test run should print "All tests OK." and nothing more. (The test set
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	249 does not test the built-in modules, but will find most other problems
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	250 with the interpreter.)
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3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	253 don't include the output of "make test". It is useless. Run the
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	254 following command instead:
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4152 9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	256 PYTHONPATH=../Lib:../Lib/test:./Modules ./python -c 'import testall'
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3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	258 (substituting the top of the source tree for .. if you built in a
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3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	263 Installing
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	266 Installing Python was never this easy!
3887 957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	267
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	268 To install the Python binary, library modules, shared library modules
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	269 (see below), include files, configuration files, and the manual page,
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	270 just type "make install". This will install all platform-independent
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	271 files in subdirectories the directory given with the --prefix option
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	272 to configure or the 'prefix' Make variable (default /usr/local), and
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	273 all binary and other platform-specific files in subdirectories if the
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	274 directory given by --exec-prefix or the 'exec_prefix' Make variable
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	275 (defaults to the --prefix directory). All subdirectories created will
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	276 have Python's version number in their name, e.g. the library modules
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	277 are installed in "/usr/local/lib/python1.4/" by default. The Python
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	278 binary is installed as "python1.4" and a hard link named "python" is
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	279 created. The only file not installed with a version number in its
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	280 name is the manual page, installed as "/usr/local/man/man1/python.1"
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	283 If you have a previous installation of a pre-1.4 Python that you don't
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	284 want to replace yet, use "make altinstall". This installs the same
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	285 set of files as "make install" except it doesn't create the hard link
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e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	289 The only thing you may have to install manually is the Python mode for
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	290 Emacs. (But then again, more recent versions of Emacs may already
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	291 have it!) This is the file Misc/python-mode.el; follow the
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	292 instructions that came with Emacs for installation of site specific
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3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	299 Some special cases are handled by passing options to the configure
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	300 script.
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	301
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	302 WARNING: if you rerun the configure script with different options, you
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	303 must run "make clean" before rebuilding. Exceptions to this rule:
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	304 after changing --prefix or --exec-prefix, all you need to do is remove
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	305 Modules/getpath.o; after changing --with-readline, just remove
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	306 Parser/myreadline.o.
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	307
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	308 --with(out)-gcc: The configure script uses gcc (the GNU C compiler) if
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	309 it finds it. If you don't want this, or if this compiler is
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	310 installed but broken on your platform, pass the option
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	311 --without-gcc. You can also pass "CC=cc" (or whatever the
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	312 name of the proper C compiler is) in the environment, but the
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	313 advantage of using --without-gcc is that this option is
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	314 remembered by the config.status script for its --recheck
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	315 option.
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	316
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	317 --prefix, --exec-prefix: If you want to install the binaries and the
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	318 Python library somewhere else than in /usr/local/{bin,lib},
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	319 you can pass the option --prefix=DIRECTORY; the interpreter
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	320 binary will be installed as DIRECTORY/bin/python and the
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	321 library files as DIRECTORY/lib/python/*. If you pass
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	322 --exec-prefix=DIRECTORY (as well) this overrides the
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	323 installation prefix for architecture-dependent files (like the
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	324 interpreter binary). Note that --prefix=DIRECTORY also
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	325 affects the default module search path (sys.path), when
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	326 Modules/config.c is compiled. Passing make the option
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	327 prefix=DIRECTORY (and/or exec_prefix=DIRECTORY) overrides the
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	328 prefix set at configuration time; this may be more convenient
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	329 than re-running the configure script if you change your mind
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	330 about the install prefix...
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	331
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	332 --with-readline: You can use the GNU readline library to improve the
3698 97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	333 interactive user interface. This gives you line editing and
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	334 command history when calling Python interactively. Unless GNU
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	335 readline is a standard part of your system (it is on Linux),
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	336 you need to configure build the GNU readline library before
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	337 running the configure script. Its sources are not distributed
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	338 with Python; you can ftp them from any GNU mirror site, or
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	339 from its home site:
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	340 ftp://slc2.ins.cwru.edu/pub/dist/readline-2.0.tar.gz (or
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	341 a higher version number -- using version 1.x is not
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	342 recommended).
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	343
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	344 A GPL-free version was posted to comp.sources.misc in volume
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	345 31 and is widely available from FTP archive sites, e.g.
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	346 ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/.
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	347
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	348 Pass the Python configure script the option
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	349 --with-readline=DIRECTORY where DIRECTORY is the absolute
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	350 pathname of the directory where you've built the readline
3698 97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	351 library. If GNU readline is a standard part of your system,
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	352 don't pass '=DIRECTORY'. Some hints on building and using the
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	353 readline library are in the FAQ (file Misc/FAQ).
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	354
3698 97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	355 --with-thread: On most Unix systems, you can now use multiple threads.
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	356 To enable this, pass --with-thread. If the library required
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	357 for threads lives in a peculiar place, you can use
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	358 --with-thread=DIRECTORY. In the Modules/Setup file, enable
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	359 the thread module. (Threads aren't enabled automatically
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	360 because there are run-time penalties when support for them is
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	361 compiled in even if you don't use them.) IMPORTANT: run "make
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	362 clean" after changing (either enabling or disabling) this
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	363 option!
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	364
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	365 --with-sgi-dl: On SGI IRIX 4, dynamic loading of extension modules is
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	366 supported by the "dl" library by Jack Jansen, which is
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	367 ftp'able from ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/dynload/dl-1.6.tar.Z.
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	368 This is enabled (after you've ftp'ed and compiled the dl
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	369 library!) by passing --with-sgi-dl=DIRECTORY where DIRECTORY
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	370 is the absolute pathname of the dl library. (Don't bother on
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	371 IRIX 5, it already has dynamic linking using SunOS style
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	372 shared libraries.) Support for this feature is deprecated.
2049 07cf3b3baf16 The usual changes when a release is nearing... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2015 diff changeset	373
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	374 --with-dl-dld: Dynamic loading of modules is rumoured to be supported
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	375 on some other systems: VAX (Ultrix), Sun3 (SunOS 3.4), Sequent
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	376 Symmetry (Dynix), and Atari ST. This is done using a
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	377 combination of the GNU dynamic loading package
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	378 (ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/dynload/dl-dld-1.1.tar.Z) and an
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	379 emulation of the SGI dl library mentioned above (the emulation
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	380 can be found at
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	381 ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/dynload/dld-3.2.3.tar.Z). To
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	382 enable this, ftp and compile both libraries, then call the
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	383 configure passing it the option
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	384 --with-dl-dld=DL_DIRECTORY,DLD_DIRECTORY where DL_DIRECTORY is
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	385 the absolute pathname of the dl emulation library and
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	386 DLD_DIRECTORY is the absolute pathname of the GNU dld library.
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	387 (Don't bother on SunOS 4 or 5, they already have dynamic
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	388 linking using shared libraries.) Support for this feature is
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	389 deprecated.
2049 07cf3b3baf16 The usual changes when a release is nearing... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2015 diff changeset	390
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	391 --with-libm, --with-libc: It is possible to specify alternative
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	392 versions for the Math library (default -lm) and the C library
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	393 (default the empty string) using the options
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	394 --with-libm=STRING and --with-libc=STRING, respectively. E.g.
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	395 if your system requires that you pass -lc_s to the C compiler
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	396 to use the shared C library, you can pass --with-libc=-lc_s.
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	397 These libraries are passed after all other libraries, the C
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	398 library last.
3850 d1cff49e3cc8 Various changes (not done yet even for beta2 release) Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3778 diff changeset	399
d1cff49e3cc8 Various changes (not done yet even for beta2 release) Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3778 diff changeset	400 --with-next-archs='arch1 arch2': Under NEXTSTEP, this will build
d1cff49e3cc8 Various changes (not done yet even for beta2 release) Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3778 diff changeset	401 all compiled binaries with the architectures listed. Includes
d1cff49e3cc8 Various changes (not done yet even for beta2 release) Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3778 diff changeset	402 correctly setting the target architecture specific resource
4427 9c7ef030bec8 Changes in description of NeXT options. Fixed reference to newsgroup Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4152 diff changeset	403 directory. (This option is not supported on other platforms.)
2049 07cf3b3baf16 The usual changes when a release is nearing... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2015 diff changeset	404
3893 958d4c67526b Added doc para for --with-libs Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3887 diff changeset	405 --with-libs='libs': Add 'libs' to the LIBS that the python
958d4c67526b Added doc para for --with-libs Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3887 diff changeset	406 linked against.
958d4c67526b Added doc para for --with-libs Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3887 diff changeset	407
2049 07cf3b3baf16 The usual changes when a release is nearing... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2015 diff changeset	408
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	409 Building for multiple architectures (using the VPATH feature)
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	410 -------------------------------------------------------------
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	411
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	412 If your file system is shared between multiple architectures, it
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	413 usually is not necessary to make copies of the sources for each
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	414 architecture you want to support. If the make program supports the
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	415 VPATH feature, you can create an empty build directory for each
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	416 architecture, and in each directory run the configure script (on the
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	417 appropriate machine with the appropriate options). This creates the
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	418 necessary subdirectories and the Makefiles therein. The Makefiles
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	419 contain a line VPATH=... which points to directory containing the
4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	420 actual sources. (On SGI systems, use "smake -J1" instead of "make" if
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	421 you use VPATH -- don't try gnumake.)
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	422
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	423 For example, the following is all you need to build a minimal Python
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	424 in /usr/tmp/python (assuming ~guido/src/python is the toplevel
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	425 directory and you want to build in /usr/tmp/python):
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	426
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	427 $ mkdir /usr/tmp/python
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	428 $ cd /usr/tmp/python
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	429 $ ~guido/src/python/configure
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	430 [...]
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	431 $ make
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	432 [...]
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	433 $
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	434
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	435 Note that Modules/Makefile copies the original Setup file to the build
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	436 directory if it finds no Setup file there. This means that you can
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	437 edit the Setup file for each architecture independently. For this
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	438 reason, subsequent changes to the original Setup file are not tracked
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	439 automatically, as they might overwrite local changes. To force a copy
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	440 of a changed original Setup file, delete the target Setup file. (The
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	441 makesetup script supports multiple input files, so if you want to be
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	442 fancy you can change the rules to create an empty Setup.local if it
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	443 doesn't exist and run it with arguments $(srcdir)/Setup Setup.local;
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	444 however this assumes that you only need to add modules.)
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	445
1453 d773a5f89426 New files Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: diff changeset	446
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	447 Building on non-UNIX systems
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	448 ----------------------------
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	449
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	450 Building Python for a PC is now a piece of cake!
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	451
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	452 Enter the directory "PC" and read the file "readme.txt". Most popular
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	453 non-Unix PC platforms and compilers are supported (Unix ports to the
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	454 PC such as Linux, FreeBSD or Solaris-x86 of course use the standard
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	455 Unix build instructions).
3887 957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	456
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	457 For the Mac, a separate source distribution will be made available,
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	458 for use with the CodeWarrior compiler. If you are interested in Mac
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	459 development, join the PythonMac Special Interest Group
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	460 (http://www.python.org/sigs/pythonmac-sig/, or send email to
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	461 pythonmac-sig-request@python.org).
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	462
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	463 Of course, there are also binary distributions available for these
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	464 platforms -- see http://www.python.org/python/.
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	465
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	466 To port Python to a new non-UNIX system, you will have to fake the
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	467 effect of running the configure script manually (for Mac and PC, this
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	468 has already been done for you). A good start is to copy the file
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	469 config.h.in to config.h and edit the latter to reflect the actual
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	470 configuration of your system. Most symbols must simply be defined as
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	471 1 only if the corresponding feature is present and can be left alone
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	472 otherwise; however RETSIGTYPE must always be defined, either as int or
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	473 as void, and the *_t type symbols must be defined as some variant of
4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	474 int if they need to be defined at all.
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	475
1453 d773a5f89426 New files Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: diff changeset	476
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	477
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	478 Miscellaneous issues
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	479 ====================
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	480
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	481 Documentation
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	482 -------------
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	483
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	484 All documentation is provided in the subdirectory Doc in the form of
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	485 LaTeX files. In order of importance for new users: Tutorial (tut),
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	486 Library Reference (lib), Language Reference (ref), Extending (ext).
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	487 Especially the Library Reference is of immense value since much of
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	488 Python's power (including the built-in data types and functions!) is
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	489 described here.
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	490
4152 9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	491 To print the documentation from the LaTeX files, chdir into the Doc
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	492 subdirectory, type "make" (let's hope you have LaTeX installed!), and
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	493 send the four resulting PostScript files (tut.ps, lib.ps, ref.ps, and
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	494 ext.ps) to the printer. See the README file there. If you don't have
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	495 LaTeX, you can ftp the PostScript files from the ftp archives (see
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	496 below).
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	497
4152 9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	498 All documentation is also available on-line via the Python web site
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	499 (http://www.python.org/, see below). It can also be downloaded
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	500 separately from the ftp archives (see below) in Emacs INFO, HTML or
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	501 PostScript form -- see the web site or the FAQ (file Misc/FAQ) for
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	502 more info.
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	503
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	504
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	505 Emacs mode
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	506 ----------
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	507
4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	508 There's an excellent Emacs editing mode for Python code; see the file
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	509 Misc/python-mode.el. Originally written by Tim Peters, it is now
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	510 maintained by Barry Warsaw <bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us>.
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	511
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	512
3887 957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	513 Web site
957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	514 --------
957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	515
957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	516 Python's own web site has URL http://www.python.org/. Come visit us!
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	517 There are a number of mirrors, listed on the home page -- try a mirror
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	518 that's close you you.
3887 957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	519
957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	520
4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	521 Ftp site
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	522 --------
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	523
3887 957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	524 Python's own ftp site is ftp.python.org, directory /pub/python. See
957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	525 the FAQ (file Misc/FAQ) for a list of other ftp sites carrying the
3698 97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	526 Python distribution.
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	527
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	528
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	529 Newsgroup and mailing list
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	530 --------------------------
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	531
4152 9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	532 There are a newsgroup and a mailing list devoted to Python. The
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	533 newsgroup, comp.lang.python, contains exactly the same messages as the
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	534 mailing list (though not always in the same order, due to the
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	535 mysterious nature of the Usenet news distribution algorithm). To
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	536 subscribe to the mailing list, send mail containing your real name and
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	537 e-mail address to "python-list-request@cwi.nl". Use the same address
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	538 if you want to unsibscribed. (A real person reads these messages, so
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	539 no LISTPROC or Majordomo commands, please, and please be patient --
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	540 normal turn-around time is about one working day.)
4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	541
4152 9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	542 The Python web site contains a search form that lets you search the
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	543 newsgroup archives (or the web site itself). Click on the "search"
9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	544 link in the banner menu on any page of http://www.python.org/.
4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	545
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	546
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	547 Bug reports
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	548 -----------
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	549
4152 9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	550 Bugs are best reported to the comp.lang.python newsgroup or the Python
4427 9c7ef030bec8 Changes in description of NeXT options. Fixed reference to newsgroup Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4152 diff changeset	551 mailing list -- see the section "Newsgroup and mailing list" above.
4152 9881a5214fd2 Reformatted some stuff. Put FEATURE FREEZE in all caps. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4134 diff changeset	552 Before posting, check the newsgroup archives (see above) to see if
4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	553 your bug has already been reported!
4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	554
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	555
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	556 Questions
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	557 ---------
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	558
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	559 For help, if you can't find it in the manuals, the FAQ or on the web
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	560 site, it's best to post to the comp.lang.python or the Python mailing
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	561 list (see above). If you specifically don't want to involve the
69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	562 newsgroup or mailing list, send questions to python-help@python.org.
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	563
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	564
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	565 The Tk interface
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	566 ----------------
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	567
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	568 Tk (the user interface component of John Ousterhout's Tcl language) is
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	569 also usable from Python. Since this requires that you first build and
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	570 install Tcl/Tk, the Tk interface is not enabled by default. It works
4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	571 with Tcl 7.5 and Tk 4.1 as well as with Tcl 7.4 and Tk 4.0. I didn't
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	572 have the time to test it with Tcl 7.6 and Tk 4.2 yet, but it might
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	573 well work.
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	574
4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	575 See http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcl/ for more info on where to get
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	576 Tcl/Tk.
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	577
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	578 To enable the Python/Tk interface, once you've built and installed
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	579 Tcl/Tk, all you need to do is edit two lines in Modules/Setup; search
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	580 for the string "_tkinter". Uncomment one (normally the first) of the
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	581 lines beginning with "#_tkinter" and un-comment the line beginning
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	582 with "#TKPATH". If you have installed Tcl/Tk or X11 in unusual
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	583 places, you will have to edit the first line to fix or add -I and -L
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	584 options. See the Build Instructions above for more details.
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	585
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	586 There is little documentation on how to use Tkinter; however most of
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	587 the Tk manual pages apply quite straightforwardly. Begin with
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	588 fetching the "Tk Lifesaver" document,
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	589 e.g. ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/doc/tkinter-doc.tar.gz (a gzipped
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	590 tar file containing a PostScript file) or the on-line version
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	591 http://www.python.org/doc/life-preserver/index.html. Reading the
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	592 Tkinter.py source will reveal most details on how Tkinter calls are
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	593 translated into Tcl code.
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	594
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	595 There are demos in the Demo/tkinter directory, in the subdirectories
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	596 guido, matt and www (the matt and guido subdirectories have been
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	597 overhauled to use more recent Tkinter coding conventions).
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	598
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	599 Note that there's a Python module called "Tkinter" (capital T) which
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	600 lives in Lib/tkinter/Tkinter.py, and a C module called "_tkinter"
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	601 (lower case t and leading underscore) which lives in
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	602 Modules/_tkinter.c. Demos and normal Tk applications only import the
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	603 Python Tkinter module -- only the latter uses the C _tkinter module
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	604 directly. In order to find the C _tkinter module, it must be compiled
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	605 and linked into the Python interpreter -- the _tkinter line in the
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	606 Setup file does this. In order to find the Python Tkinter module,
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	607 sys.path must be set correctly -- the TKPATH assignment in the Setup
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	608 file takes care of this, but only if you install Python properly
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	609 ("make install libinstall"). (You can also use dynamic loading for
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	610 the C _tkinter module, in which case you must manually fix up sys.path
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	611 or set $PYTHONPATH for the Python Tkinter module.)
3008 a51022f1980f 1.3b1 notes Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2730 diff changeset	612
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	613
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	614 Distribution structure
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	615 ----------------------
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	616
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	617 Most subdirectories have their own README file. Most files have
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	618 comments.
1453 d773a5f89426 New files Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: diff changeset	619
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	620 BUGS A list of known bugs (not completely up-to-date)
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	621 Demo/ Demonstration scripts, modules and programs
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	622 Doc/ Documentation (LaTeX sources)
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	623 Grammar/ Input for the parser generator
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	624 Include/ Public header files
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	625 Lib/ Python library modules
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	626 Makefile.in Source from which config.status creates Makefile
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	627 Misc/ Miscellaneous files
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	628 Modules/ Implementation of most built-in modules
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	629 Objects/ Implementation of most built-in object types
4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	630 PC/ PC porting files (DOS, Windows, NT, OS/2)
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	631 Parser/ The parser and tokenizer and their input handling
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	632 Python/ The "compiler" and interpreter
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	633 README The file you're reading now
4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	634 TODO A list of things that could be done (not up-to-date)
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	635 Tools/ Some useful programs written in Python
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	636 acconfig.h Additional input for the autoheader program
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	637 config.h.in Source from which config.status creates config.h
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	638 configure Configuration shell script (GNU autoconf output)
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	639 configure.in Configuration specification (GNU autoconf input)
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	640 install-sh Shell script used to install files
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	641
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	642 The following files will (may) be created in the toplevel directory by
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	643 the configuration and build processes:
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	644
3922 e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	645 Makefile Build rules
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	646 config.cache cache of configuration variables
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	647 config.h Configuration header
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	648 config.log log from last configure run
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	649 config.status status from last run of configure script
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	650 python The executable interpreter
e8bd430cd357 Final text for beta2 release. Hopefully no pre-1.4 information is left. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3893 diff changeset	651 tags, TAGS Tags files for vi and Emacs
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1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	653
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	654 Author's address
4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	655 ================
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	656
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	657 Guido van Rossum
3698 97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	658 CNRI
97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	659 1895 Preston White Drive
3887 957f42ea0f84 Numerous changes, but still a lot of XXX thingies. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3850 diff changeset	660 Reston, VA 20191
3698 97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	661 USA
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	662
4134 69edc67e5a68 Updated for 1.4beta3 Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3922 diff changeset	663 E-mail: guido@cnri.reston.va.us or guido@python.org
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	664
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	665
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	666
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	667 Copyright notice
3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	668 ================
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	669
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	670 The Python source is copyrighted, but you can freely use and copy it
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	671 as long as you don't change or remove the copyright notice:
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	672
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	673 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
2057 79c171f581fc README: changed URL format to <URL:...>; added section on Tk. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2049 diff changeset	674 Copyright 1991-1995 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam,
79c171f581fc README: changed URL format to <URL:...>; added section on Tk. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2049 diff changeset	675 The Netherlands.
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	676
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	677 All Rights Reserved
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	678
1819 a26b31e159be The usual... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1772 diff changeset	679 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
a26b31e159be The usual... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1772 diff changeset	680 documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	681 provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
1819 a26b31e159be The usual... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1772 diff changeset	682 both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	683 supporting documentation, and that the names of Stichting Mathematisch
4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	684 Centrum or CWI or Corporation for National Research Initiatives or
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	685 CNRI not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	686 distribution of the software without specific, written prior
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	687 permission.
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	688
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	689 While CWI is the initial source for this software, a modified version
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	690 is made available by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	691 (CNRI) at the Internet address ftp://ftp.python.org.
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	692
4501 559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	693 STICHTING MATHEMATISCH CENTRUM AND CNRI DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	694 REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	695 MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL STICHTING MATHEMATISCH
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	696 CENTRUM OR CNRI BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	697 DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	698 PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	699 TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
559aa47b2e2c Ready for release. Added section on the book. Removed bugs/gripes emails. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 4427 diff changeset	700 PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
2658 3a3df231327c revamped README; the usual elsewhere... Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 2510 diff changeset	701 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
1748 8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	702
8286a662502b Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 1456 diff changeset	703
3698 97b1c2a70eae Some cleanups. Change of address. Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> parents: 3399 diff changeset	704 --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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