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@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Python's power. <P>
<h2>Invoking the interpreter</h2>
The name of the interpreter may differ on different installations: it
may be called <CODE>Python</CODE>, <CODE>PythonPPC</CODE> (for powerpc
macs), <CODE>PythonCFM68K</CODE> or<CODE>Python68K</CODE> (both for 68K macs).
may be called <CODE>PythonFAT</CODE> (for powerpc macs and 68K macs with
CFM68K installed) or <CODE>Python68K</CODE> (for 68K macs).
It will always
be recognizable by the "16 ton" icon, though. You start the
interpreter in interactive mode by double-clicking its icon: <p>
@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ interpreter in interactive mode by double-clicking its icon: <p>
This should give you a text window with an informative version string
and a prompt, something like the following:
<PRE>
Python 1.5 (#0 Aug 27, 1997) [CW PPC w/GUSI MSL]
Python 1.5 (#12 Aug 27, 1997) [CW PPC w/GUSI MSL]
Copyright 1991-1997 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
&gt;&gt;&gt;
</PRE>
@ -299,9 +299,8 @@ itself. Note that the text field may extend "beyond the bottom" even
though it does not have a scroll bar. Using the arrow keys works,
though.<p>
The Python home folder $(PYTHON) is initially, when you execute the
interpreter for the first time, set to the folder where the
interpreter lives. You can change it here. <p>
The Python home folder $(PYTHON) is initially, when you install Python,
set to the folder where the interpreter lives. You can change it here. <p>
Finally, you can set the default startup options here, through a
sub-dialog.
@ -373,6 +372,11 @@ message should actually say "Not enough memory in the system heap to
load PythonCore".
Blame Apple for the confusing message. <p>
There appear to be problems with QuickTime for the CFM68K version of the
interpreter. If you experience these please contact the SIG: some people
use quicktime without problems and some not, and we are still hunting for
the cause. <p>
Python is a rather safe language, and hence it should be difficult to
crash the interpreter of the system with a Python script. There is an
exception to this rule, though: the modules that interface to the
@ -408,7 +412,7 @@ The next section to check out is the <a href="index.html">annotated sample progr
<HR>
<A HREF="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack">Jack Jansen</A>,
<A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 27-Aug-1997.
<A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 08-Sep-1997.
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