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README
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This is Python version 2.0
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This is Python version 2.1
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==========================
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Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Guido van Rossum.
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All rights reserved.
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Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.
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All rights reserved.
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What's new in this release?
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---------------------------
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See the file "Misc/NEWS"; see also this URL:
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http://www.pythonlabs.com/products/python2.0/
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See the file "Misc/NEWS".
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If you don't read instructions
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------------------------------
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scripting, numeric computing and system testing. Python is often
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compared to Tcl, Perl, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic or Scheme. To
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find out more about what Python can do for you, point your browser to
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http://www.pythonlabs.com/.
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BeOpen.com offers corporate support, custom development and
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sponsorships for Python. Contact <sales@beopen.com> for more
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information.
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BeOpen Python releases include pre-built Python executables for major
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platforms and are available from PythonLabs.
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http://www.python.org/.
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How do I learn Python?
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New Python releases and related technologies are published at
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http://www.pythonlabs.com/. Come visit us!
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http://www.python.org/. Come visit us!
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The present Python community web site is http://www.python.org/.
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BeOpen.com is developing a next-generation community site for Python
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and is looking for volunteers to help make this an even better
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resource than the existing community site. If you know Python well
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and would like to volunteer to work with us on this project, please
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contact <volunteer@pythonlabs.com> with a summary of your skills.
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There's also a Python community web site at http://starship.python.net/.
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Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
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For help, if you can't find it in the manuals or on the web site, it's
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best to post to the comp.lang.python or the Python mailing list (see
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above). If you specifically don't want to involve the newsgroup or
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mailing list, send questions to <help@python.org> (a group of
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volunteers who answer questions as they can). The newsgroup is the
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most efficient way to ask public questions.
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mailing list, send questions to help@python.org (a group of volunteers
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who answer questions as they can). The newsgroup is the most
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efficient way to ask public questions.
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Build instructions
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-----------------------
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(Some of these may no longer apply. If you find you can build Python
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on these platforms without the special directions mentioned here, mail
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to <python@pythonlabs.com> so we can remove them!)
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on these platforms without the special directions mentioned here,
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submit a documentation bug report to SourceForge (see Bug Reports
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above) so we can remove them!)
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64-bit platforms: The modules audioop, imageop and rgbimg don't work.
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Don't try to enable them in the Modules/Setup file. They
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All subdirectories created will have Python's version number in their
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name, e.g. the library modules are installed in
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"/usr/local/lib/python2.0/" by default. The Python binary is
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installed as "python2.0" and a hard link named "python" is created.
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The only file not installed with a version number in its name is the
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manual page, installed as "/usr/local/man/man1/python.1" by default.
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"/usr/local/lib/python<version>/" by default, where <version> is the
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<major>.<minor> release number (e.g. "2.1"). The Python binary is
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installed as "python<version>" and a hard link named "python" is
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created. The only file not installed with a version number in its
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name is the manual page, installed as "/usr/local/man/man1/python.1"
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by default.
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If you have a previous installation of a pre-2.0 Python that you don't
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want to replace yet, use
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make altinstall
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This installs the same set of files as "make install" except it
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doesn't create the hard link to "python2.0" named "python" and it
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doesn't install the manual page at all.
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doesn't create the hard link to "python<version>" named "python" and
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it doesn't install the manual page at all.
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The only thing you may have to install manually is the Python mode for
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Emacs found in Misc/python-mode.el. (But then again, more recent
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pythonmac-sig-request@python.org).
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Of course, there are also binary distributions available for these
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platforms -- see http://www.pythonlabs.com/products/python2.0/.
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platforms -- see http://www.python.org/.
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To port Python to a new non-UNIX system, you will have to fake the
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effect of running the configure script manually (for Mac and PC, this
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There's an excellent Emacs editing mode for Python code; see the file
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Misc/python-mode.el. Originally written by the famous Tim Peters, it
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is now maintained by the equally famous Barry Warsaw (it's no
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coincidence that they now both work at PythonLabs). The latest
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coincidence that they now both work on the same team). The latest
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version, along with various other contributed Python-related Emacs
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goodies, is online at <http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode>. And
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goodies, is online at http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode. And
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if you are planning to edit the Python C code, please pick up the
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latest version of CC Mode <http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode>; it
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latest version of CC Mode http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode; it
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contains a "python" style used throughout most of the Python C source
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files. (Newer versions of Emacs or XEmacs may already come with the
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latest version of python-mode.)
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config.log Log from last configure run
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config.status Status from last run of the configure script
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getbuildinfo.o Object file from Modules/getbuildinfo.c
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libpython2.0.a The library archive
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libpython<version>.a The library archive
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python The executable interpreter
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tags, TAGS Tags files for vi and Emacs
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@ -858,4 +851,4 @@ That's all, folks!
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------------------
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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)
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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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