cpython/Misc

Python Misc subdirectory
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This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere.  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
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ACKS		Acknowledgements
AIX-NOTES	Notes for building Python on AIX
BeOS-NOTES	Notes for building on BeOS
BeOS-setup.py	setup.py replacement for BeOS, see BeOS-NOTES
cheatsheet	Quick summary of Python by Ken Manheimer
find_recursionlimit.py  Script to find a value for sys.maxrecursionlimit
gdbinit		Handy stuff to put in your .gdbinit file, if you use gdb
HISTORY		News from previous releases -- oldest last
HPUX-NOTES	Notes about dynamic loading under HP-UX
indent.pro	GNU indent profile approximating my C style
NEWS		News for this release (for some meaning of "this")
Porting		Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
PURIFY.README	Information for Purify users
pymemcompat.h	Memory interface compatibility file.
python.man	UNIX man page for the python interpreter
python-mode.el	Emacs mode for editing Python programs
python-wing.wpr Wing IDE project file
README		The file you're reading now
README.valgrind	Information for Valgrind users, see valgrind-python.supp
RFD		Request For Discussion about a Python newsgroup
RPM		(Old) tools to build RPMs
SpecialBuilds.txt     Describes extra symbols you can set for debug builds
setuid-prog.c	C helper program for set-uid Python scripts
vgrindefs	Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)
valgrind-python.supp	Valgrind suppression file, see README.valgrind