[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src README,1.92,1.93
Guido van Rossum
python-dev@python.org
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*** README 2000/08/29 21:36:40 1.92
--- README 2000/09/01 22:50:02 1.93
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*** 1,14 ****
! This is Python version 2.0
! ==========================
! There are various beta versions -- these are distinguishable through
! Include/patchlevel.h or by the name of the top-level directory and the
! tar file.
What's new in this release?
---------------------------
! See http://www.pythonlabs.com/tech/python2.html .
--- 1,31 ----
! This is Python version 2.0 beta 1
! =================================
! Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.
! All rights reserved.
+ Copyright (c) 1995-2000 Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
+ All rights reserved.
+ Copyright (c) 1991-1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum.
+ All rights reserved.
+
+ License information
+ -------------------
+
+ See the file "LICENSE" for information on terms & conditions for
+ accessing and otherwise using this software, and for a DISCLAIMER OF
+ ALL WARRANTIES.
+
+ The Python distribution is *not* affected by the GNU Public Licence
+ (GPL). There are interfaces to some GNU code but these are entirely
+ optional and no GNU code is distributed with Python.
+
+
What's new in this release?
---------------------------
! See the file Misc/NEWS; see also this URL:
! http://www.pythonlabs.com/tech/python2.html
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! Python is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, and is
! often compared to Tcl, Perl, Java or Scheme. To find out more, point
! your browser to http://www.pythonlabs.com/.
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! Python is an interpreted object-oriented programming language. It is
! often compared to Tcl, Perl, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic or Scheme.
! To find out more about what Python can do for you, point your browser
! to http://www.pythonlabs.com/.
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*** 43,58 ****
! Copyright issues
! ----------------
! Python is COPYRIGHTED but free to use for all. See the full copyright
! notice at the end of this file and in the file Misc/COPYRIGHT.
! The Python distribution is *not* affected by the GNU Public Licence
! (GPL). There are interfaces to some GNU code but these are entirely
! optional and no GNU code is distributed with Python.
Build instructions
==================
--- 61,141 ----
! Documentation
! -------------
! All documentation is provided online in a variety of formats. In
! order of importance for new users: Tutorial, Library Reference,
! Language Reference, Extending & Embedding, and the Python/C API.
! Especially the Library Reference is of immense value since much of
! Python's power (including the built-in data types and functions!) is
! described there.
! All documentation is also available online via the Python web site
! (http://www.python.org/doc/, see below). It is available online for
! occaissional reference, or can be downloaded in many formats for
! faster access. The documents are available in HTML, PostScript, PDF,
! HTML Help, and LaTeX; the LaTeX version is primarily for documentation
! authors or people with special formatting requirements.
!
!
! Web site
! --------
!
! Python's web site is at http://www.python.org/. The Python core
! development team at BeOpen has its own website at
! http://www.pythonlabs.com/. Come visit us!
!
!
! Newsgroups
! ----------
!
! Read comp.lang.python, a high-volume discussion newsgroup about
! Python, or comp.lang.python.announce, a low-volume moderated newsgroup
! for Python-related announcements. These are also accessible as
! mailing lists, see the next item.
!
! Archives are accessible via Deja News; the Python website has a
! query form for the archives at http://www.python.org/search/.
+ Mailing lists
+ -------------
+
+ See http://www.python.org/psa/MailingLists.html for an overview of the
+ many Python related mailing lists.
+
+
+ Bug reports
+ -----------
+
+ To report or search for bugs, please use the SourceForge Bugs
+ Tracker at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470 .
+
+
+ Patches and contributions
+ -------------------------
+
+ To submit a patch or other contribution, please use the SourceForge
+ Patch Manager at http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=5470 .
+
+ If you have a proposal to change Python, it's best to submit a Python
+ Enhancement Proposal (PEP) first. All current PEPs, as well as
+ guidelines for submitting a new PEP, are here:
+ http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/.
+
+
+ Questions
+ ---------
+
+ For help, if you can't find it in the manuals or on the web site, it's
+ best to post to the comp.lang.python or the Python mailing list (see
+ above). If you specifically don't want to involve the newsgroup or
+ mailing list, send questions to <help@python.org> (a group of
+ volunteers which does *not* include me). Because of my work and email
+ volume, I'm often be slow in answering questions sent to me directly;
+ I prefer to answer questions posted to the newsgroup.
+
+
Build instructions
==================
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====================
- Documentation
- -------------
-
- All documentation is provided online in a variety of formats. In
- order of importance for new users: Tutorial, Library Reference,
- Language Reference, Extending & Embedding, and the Python/C API.
- Especially the Library Reference is of immense value since much of
- Python's power (including the built-in data types and functions!) is
- described there.
-
- All documentation is also available online via the Python web site
- (http://www.python.org/doc/, see below). It is available online for
- occaissional reference, or can be downloaded in many formats for
- faster access. The documents are available in HTML, PostScript, PDF,
- HTML Help, and LaTeX; the LaTeX version is primarily for documentation
- authors or people with special formatting requirements.
-
-
Emacs mode
----------
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*** 645,717 ****
There's an excellent Emacs editing mode for Python code; see the file
Misc/python-mode.el. Originally written by the famous Tim Peters, it
! is now maintained by the equally famous Barry Warsaw
! <bwarsaw@python.org>. The latest version, along with various other
! contributed Python-related Emacs goodies, is online at
! <http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode>. And if you are planning to
! edit the Python C code, please pick up the latest version of CC Mode
! <http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode>; it contains a "python" style
! used throughout most of the Python C source files. (Newer versions of
! Emacs or XEmacs may already come with the latest version of
! python-mode.)
- Web site
- --------
-
- Python's web site is at http://www.python.org/. The Python core
- development team at BeOpen has its own website at
- http://www.pythonlabs.com/. Come visit us!
-
-
- Newsgroups
- ----------
-
- Read comp.lang.python, a high-volume discussion newsgroup about
- Python, or comp.lang.python.announce, a low-volume moderated newsgroup
- for Python-related announcements. These are also accessible as
- mailing lists, see the next item.
-
- Archives are accessible via Deja News; the Python website has a
- query form for the archives at http://www.python.org/search/.
-
-
- Mailing lists
- -------------
-
- See http://www.python.org/psa/MailingLists.html for an overview of the
- many Python related mailing lists.
-
-
- Bug reports
- -----------
-
- To report or search for bugs, please use the SourceForge Bugs
- Tracker at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470 .
-
-
- Patches and contributions
- -------------------------
-
- To submit a patch or other contribution, please use the SourceForge
- Patch Manager at http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=5470 .
-
- If you have a proposal to change Python, it's best to submit a Python
- Enhancement Proposal (PEP) first. All current PEPs, as well as
- guidelines for submitting a new PEP, are here:
- http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/.
-
-
- Questions
- ---------
-
- For help, if you can't find it in the manuals or on the web site, it's
- best to post to the comp.lang.python or the Python mailing list (see
- above). If you specifically don't want to involve the newsgroup or
- mailing list, send questions to <help@python.org> (a group of
- volunteers which does *not* include me). Because of my work and email
- volume, I'm often be slow in answering questions sent to me directly;
- I prefer to answer questions posted to the newsgroup.
-
-
The Tk interface
----------------
--- 710,723 ----
There's an excellent Emacs editing mode for Python code; see the file
Misc/python-mode.el. Originally written by the famous Tim Peters, it
! is now maintained by the equally famous Barry Warsaw. The latest
! version, along with various other contributed Python-related Emacs
! goodies, is online at <http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode>. And
! if you are planning to edit the Python C code, please pick up the
! latest version of CC Mode <http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode>; it
! contains a "python" style used throughout most of the Python C source
! files. (Newer versions of Emacs or XEmacs may already come with the
! latest version of python-mode.)
The Tk interface
----------------
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*** 741,745 ****
Note that there's a Python module called "Tkinter" (capital T) which
! lives in Lib/tkinter/Tkinter.py, and a C module called "_tkinter"
(lower case t and leading underscore) which lives in
Modules/_tkinter.c. Demos and normal Tk applications only import the
--- 747,751 ----
Note that there's a Python module called "Tkinter" (capital T) which
! lives in Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py, and a C module called "_tkinter"
(lower case t and leading underscore) which lives in
Modules/_tkinter.c. Demos and normal Tk applications only import the
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+ .cvsignore Additional filename matching patterns for CVS to ignore
+ BeOS/ Files specific to the BeOS port
Demo/ Demonstration scripts, modules and programs
+ Doc/ Documentation sources (LaTeX)
Grammar/ Input for the parser generator
Include/ Public header files
+ LICENSE Licensing information
Lib/ Python library modules
Makefile.in Source from which config.status creates Makefile
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Modules/ Implementation of most built-in modules
Objects/ Implementation of most built-in object types
! PC/ PC porting files (DOS, Windows, OS/2)
! PCbuild/ Directory where you should build for Windows NT/95
Parser/ The parser and tokenizer and their input handling
Python/ The "compiler" and interpreter
README The file you're reading now
Tools/ Some useful programs written in Python
! acconfig.h Additional input for the autoheader program
! config.h.in Source from which config.status creates config.h
configure Configuration shell script (GNU autoconf output)
! configure.in Configuration specification (GNU autoconf input)
install-sh Shell script used to install files
--- 779,792 ----
Modules/ Implementation of most built-in modules
Objects/ Implementation of most built-in object types
! PC/ Files specific to PC ports (DOS, Windows, OS/2)
! PCbuild/ Build directory for Microsoft Visual C++
Parser/ The parser and tokenizer and their input handling
Python/ The "compiler" and interpreter
README The file you're reading now
Tools/ Some useful programs written in Python
! acconfig.h Additional input for the GNU autoheader program
! config.h.in Source from which config.h is created (GNU autoheader output)
configure Configuration shell script (GNU autoconf output)
! configure.in Configuration specification (input for GNU autoconf)
install-sh Shell script used to install files
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Makefile Build rules
! config.cache cache of configuration variables
config.h Configuration header
config.log Log from last configure run
config.status Status from last run of configure script
libpython2.0.a The library archive
python The executable interpreter
tags, TAGS Tags files for vi and Emacs
-
-
- How to reach the author
- =======================
-
- Guido van Rossum
- BeOpen.com
- 160 Saratoga Avenue, Suite 46
- Santa Clara, CA 95051
-
- E-mail: guido@beopen.com or guido@python.org
! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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Makefile Build rules
! buildno Keeps track of the build number
! config.cache Cache of configuration variables
config.h Configuration header
config.log Log from last configure run
config.status Status from last run of configure script
+ getbuildinfo.o Object file from Modules/getbuildinfo.c
libpython2.0.a The library archive
python The executable interpreter
tags, TAGS Tags files for vi and Emacs
+ That's all, folks!
+ ------------------
! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)