cpython

History

Tim Peters f58a7aafea Implemented new os.startfile function, unique to Windows, exposing a subset of Win32 ShellExecute's functionality. Guido wants this because IDLE's Help -> Docs function currently crashes his machine because of a conflict between his version of Norton AntiVirus (6.10.20) and MS's _popen. Docs for startfile are being mailed to Fred (or just read the docstring -- it tells the whole story). Changed webbrowser.py to use os.startfile instead of os.popen on Windows. Changed IDLE's EditorWindow.py to pass an absolute path for the docs (hardcoding ShellExecute's "directory" arg to "." as used to be done let IDLE work, but made the startfile command exceedingly obscure for other uses -- the MS docs are terrible, of course, & still not sure I understand it). Note that Windows Python must link with shell32.lib now! That's where ShellExecute lives.		2000-09-22 10:05:54 +00:00
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audiopy	__pushtodev(): Ignore transient sunaudiodev.errors when setting the	2000-03-29 21:05:53 +00:00
bgen	Modified the standard mac preamble so we include pymactoolbox.h in	2000-07-15 22:29:30 +00:00
compiler	change 2-space indent to 4-space indent	2000-09-20 02:47:28 +00:00
faqwiz	New version 1.0.4. I'm sure someone mailed me these patches but I	2000-03-31 00:58:00 +00:00
freeze	Fix for bug #113693 : with the changes to the IMPORT_FROM opcodes, this	2000-09-15 16:37:42 +00:00
i18n	Tool to generate binary GNU .mo file from .po template files. Written	2000-09-01 08:10:08 +00:00
idle	Implemented new os.startfile function, unique to Windows, exposing a	2000-09-22 10:05:54 +00:00
modulator	REMOVED all CWI, CNRI and BeOpen copyright markings.	2000-09-01 23:29:29 +00:00
pynche	make_view_popups(): Catch import error which can occur if a viewer is	1999-07-06 22:00:52 +00:00
scripts	satisfy the tabnanny	2000-09-18 01:46:01 +00:00
versioncheck	Reindented without tabs and with uniform 4 space indent.	1998-04-06 14:20:27 +00:00
webchecker	Patch inspired by Just van Rossum: on the Mac, in savefilename(), make	2000-04-25 21:13:24 +00:00
world	Eugene Dvurechenski <jno@glas.net> says:	1999-05-26 04:02:18 +00:00
README	add note about compiler directory	2000-08-04 17:03:58 +00:00

README

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

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://grail.cnri.reston.va.us/cgi-bin/faqw.py
		for a live example.

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

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

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

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.