annotate RISCOS/README @ 19283:b865cd5c1925 legacy-trunk

Added comments before recently added/assigned slots in the type object, so the backward compatibility issues will be easier to understand. I only added comments indicating additions and assignments back to Python 2.0.
author Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
date Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:32:33 +0000
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1 This directory contains files for the RISC OS port of Python.
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2 For more information about RISC OS see http://www.riscos.com/ .
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4 This port is currently being maintained by Dietmar Schwertberger,
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5 dietmar@schwertberger.de .
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7 On http://www.schwertberger.de you may find compiled versions and libraries
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8 as well as RISC OS specific documentation and extensions.
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11 ==========================================================================
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12 Compiling:
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14 1. Extract Files from archive directory 'Python-...' to a directory named
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15 '!Python'.
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16 2. Use a tool like Rename to change filenames from '*/[ch]' into '[ch].*'.
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17 3. Create missing directories with 'amu cdirs'.
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18 4. Build with 'amu'.
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20 I've only tested Acorn C/C++ 5.06 and amu.
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23 You will also need some additional libraries:
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25 DLK
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26 ftp://ftp.infc.ulst.ac.uk/pub/users/chris/
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27 OSLib
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28 http://www.mk-net.demon.co.uk/oslib
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30 zlib (optional)
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31 ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
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32 sockets (optional)
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33 http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.acorn.co.uk/pub/riscos/releases/networking/tcpip/sockets.arc
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34 expat (optional)
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35 http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/
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36 (makefile and config.h available from http://www.schwertberger.de/riscos_expat.zip