Couple of Qs: ActiveState or "standard" distribution? (and GUI toolkits)

[David LeBlanc]

Yes, my error - it's ActivePerl that has the WHS extension. I also
overlooked the Windows help file since I don't use them or the proprietary
PPM utility.

You still can't redistribute ActivePython though...

David LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-admin at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Trent Mick
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 10:32
> To: David LeBlanc
> Cc: Chris; python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: Couple of Qs: ActiveState or "standard" distribution? (and
> GUI toolkits)
>
>
> [David LeBlanc wrote]
> > The difference between AS Python and Python.org Python are:
> >
> >  * AS Python includes PythonWin. PythonWin is available separately for
> > python.org Python.
> >  * AS includes a Windows Scripting Host interface that is not otherwise
> > available anywhere AFAIK.
> >  * AS distribution can't be redistributed under the terms of
> it's license
> > without permission.
> >
> > So, if you want to do Python scripts/macros in Excel or Word (or IE?),
> > you'll need to get AS Python. If that's not so important to
> you, then it's
> > either or... If you want to bundle a Python distro with an app and
> > redistribute it, python.org Python is the only choice compared
> to AS Python
> > (there are, or where, other distros of Python - see
> www.pythonware.com for
> > one). My choice has to been to lean towards what I see as the more open
> > solution of python.org Python and the separate PythonWin distribution.
>
> This is not accurate. ActivePython does not have any special WSH
> interface that is not available otherwise.
>
> Here is a description of what you get with ActivePython:
>     http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/more_information.plex
>
> The differences with the PythonLabs distribution are basically:
>     - On Windows, Mark Hammond's PyWin32 distribution is installed by
>       default. This package includes PythonWin (a Python IDE), and
>       interfaces to the Win32 API and Windows COM.
>     - more bundled documentation
>     - On Windows, documentation comes in compiled help format, .chm.
>       (Although I think very recent PythonLabs' installers do too?)
>     - A fancy MSI installer on Windows
>     - PyPPM. This is a command line tool that makes it easy to installer
>       certain popular third-party Python modules, like PIL, Numeric,
>       PyChecker, PyXML, etc.
>
> Cheers,
> Trent
>
>
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> Trent Mick
> TrentM at ActiveState.com
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