cpython/Tools/README

This directory contains a number of Python programs that are useful
while building or extending Python.

audiopy         Audiopy is a program to control the Solaris audio
                device, allowing you to choose both the input and
                output devices, and to set the output volume, that can
                be run either as a command-line script, or as a
                Tkinter application.

bgen		Generate complete extension modules from a
		description.  Still under development!

compiler        A Python source to bytecode compiler written in
                Python, including an interface for manipulating
                abstract syntax trees.  Still under development.

faqwiz		FAQ Wizard.
		See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw.py
		for a live example.

freeze		Create a stand-alone executable from a Python program.

i18n            Tools for internationalization. pygettext.py 
                parses Python source code and generates .pot files,
                and msgfmt.py generates a binary message catalog 
                from a catalog in text format.

idle            A Tkinter-based Python IDE.

modulator	Interactively generate boiler plate for an extension
		module.  Works easiest if you have Tk.

pynche          A Tkinter-based color editor.

scripts		A number of useful single-file programs, e.g. tabnanny.py
		(by Tim Peters), which checks for inconsistent mixing
		of tabs and spaces.

unicode		Tools used to generate unicode database files for
		Python 2.0 (by Fredrik Lundh).

versioncheck	A tool to automate checking whether you have the latest
		version of a package (by Jack Jansen).

webchecker	A link checker for web sites.

world           Script to take a list of Internet addresses and print
                out where in the world those addresses originate from,
                based on the top-level domain country code found in
                the address.