[Pythonmac-SIG] "Python on the Mac" recipes for the Python Cookbook's 2nd edition?

[Alex Martelli]

Hi there, fellow Python Mac users!  I'm in the recipe-selection phase 
for a second edition of O'Reilly's "Python Cookbook" and I have noticed 
that no recipe has been submitted to ActiveState's online cookbook that 
shows how to use Mac Python tools to write Python extensions (nor, 
indeed, _any_ recipes specific to the use of Python on the Mac, vs 
several specific to Windows and quite a few specific to other Unix 
platforms).  I'd really like to have some such recipes, e.g. in the 
"Extending and Embedding" chapter and/or, more likely, in those on 
system administration and user interfaces... if anybody's interested 
they're welcome to submit recipes to the online cookbook and/or, if 
they prefer, mail me directly (sorry, I'm not subscribing to this 
mailing list -- indeed I've currently shut off all mailing lists since 
preparing the cookbook's 2nd edition is a very time-consuming task).  
As you know if you've seen the 1st edition, my bias is strongly in 
favour of "short and sweet" recipes -- in particular, those recipes 
that rely on 3rd party packages, as "Python on the Mac" ones would 
likely be, play more of a role of "raising interest" in the 3rd party 
package than of "covering" its use in any depth.  The compensation for 
authors of recipes that are selected for publication is essentially 
"symbolic" -- a free copy of the printed book when it comes out and the 
listing among the book's contributors; all royalties that would 
normally go to contributors go to the non-profit Python Software 
Foundation instead (the PSF uses all of its funds to promote Python in 
many ways).


Thanks,

Alex