[Pythonmac-SIG] "Python on the Mac" recipes for the Python
Cookbook's 2nd edition?
Alex Martelli
aleaxit at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 7 09:53:56 CEST 2004
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
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