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
build.sh	Script to build and test latest Python from the repository
cheatsheet	Quick summary of Python by Ken Manheimer
developers.txt	A history of who got developer permissions, and why
gdbinit		Handy stuff to put in your .gdbinit file, if you use gdb
HISTORY		News from previous releases -- oldest last
indent.pro	GNU indent profile approximating my C style
NEWS		News for this release (for some meaning of "this")
NEWS.help	How to edit NEWS
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.pc.in	Package configuration info template for pkg-config
python-wing.wpr Wing IDE project file
README		The file you're reading now
README.coverity	Information about running Coverity's Prevent on Python
README.klocwork	Information about running Klocwork's K7 on Python
README.OpenBSD	Help for building problems on OpenBSD
README.valgrind	Information for Valgrind users, see valgrind-python.supp
RFD		Request For Discussion about a Python newsgroup
RPM		(Old) tools to build RPMs
setuid-prog.c	C helper program for set-uid Python scripts
SpecialBuilds.txt     Describes extra symbols you can set for debug builds
TextMate	A TextMate bundle for Python development
valgrind-python.supp  Valgrind suppression file, see README.valgrind
vgrindefs	Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)
Vim		Python development utilities for the Vim editor