Rewrote sections on GNU readline (now that I'm using 2.0), ftp, and
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@ -142,24 +142,37 @@ exec_prefix=DIRECTORY) overrides the prefix set at configuration time;
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this may be more convenient than re-running the configure script if
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you change your mind about the install prefix...
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- You can use the GNU readline library to improve the interactive
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user interface: this gives you line editing and command history when
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calling python interactively. You need to build the GNU readline
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library before running the configure script. Its sources are
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distributed with Python. This may involve some editing of the
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Makefile there -- I'm sorry, but I don't feel responsible for making
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it more portable or adapting it to autoconf... Pass the configure
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script the option --with-readline=DIRECTORY where DIRECTORY is the
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absolute pathname of the directory where you've built the readline
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library. A known problem with the readline library is that it
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contains entry points which cause conflicts with the STDWIN and SGI GL
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libraries. The stdwin conflict can be solved (and will be, in some
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future release of stdwin) by adding a line saying '#define werase
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w_erase' to the stdwin.h file (in the stdwin distribution,
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subdirectory H). The GL conflict may be solvable by reordering the -l
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options on the final link command, but it appears unsafe... Another
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hint: you may have to add -Dindex=strchr -Drindex=strrchr to
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readline's CFLAGS if your system doesn't have index and rindex.
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- You can use the GNU readline library to improve the interactive user
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interface: this gives you line editing and command history when
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calling python interactively. You need to configure build the GNU
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readline library before running the configure script. Its sources are
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no longer distributed with Python; you can ftp them from any GNU
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mirror site, or from its home site:
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ftp://slc2.ins.cwru.edu/pub/dist/readline-2.0.tar.gz (or a higher
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version number -- using version 1.x is not recommended). Pass the
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Python configure script the option --with-readline=DIRECTORY where
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DIRECTORY is the absolute pathname of the directory where you've built
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the readline library. Some hints on building and using the readline
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library:
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- On SGI IRIX 5, you may have to add the following
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to rldefs.h:
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#ifndef sigmask
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#define sigmask(sig) (1L << ((sig)-1))
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#endif
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- The readline library requires use of the termcap library. A
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known problem with this is that it contains entry points which
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cause conflicts with the STDWIN and SGI GL libraries. The stdwin
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conflict can be solved (and will be, in the next release of
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stdwin) by adding a line saying '#define werase w_erase' to the
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stdwin.h file (in the stdwin distribution, subdirectory H). The
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GL conflict has been solved in the Python configure script by a
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hack that forces use of the static version of the termcap library.
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- Check the newsgroup gnu.bash.bugs for specific problems with the
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readline library.
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- On SGI IRIX, and on Sun SOLARIS 2, you can use multiple threads. To
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enable this, pass --with-thread. In the Modules/Setup file, enable
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@ -339,30 +352,22 @@ readline/ Source code for the GNU readline library
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Ftp access
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----------
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The latest Python source distribution can be ftp'ed from site
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ftp.cwi.nl, directory /pub/python, file python<version>.tar.Z. You
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can also find PostScript of the main Python documentation there,
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Macintosh and PC binaries, and the latest STDWIN source distribution
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(in directory /pub/stdwin). Mirror sites are gatekeeper.dec.com
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(/pub/plan/python/cwi), ftp.wustl.edu
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(/graphics/graphics/sgi-stuff/python) and ftp.uu.net
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(/languages/python) -- try these sites first if you are on the US
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continent, or at least closer to it than to Europe. These mirror
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sites are at most a day behind on the European archive!
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If you don't have ftp access, send mail containing only the word HELP
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to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com or bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu, and the
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server will send you instructions on how to make requests.
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The latest Python source distribution can be ftp'ed from
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ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/python/python<version>.tar.gz. You can also find
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PostScript of the main Python documentation there, Macintosh and PC
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binaries, and the latest STDWIN source distribution (in directory
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/pub/stdwin). oFr mirror sites, see the list in the FAQ (Misc/FAQ
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this directory).
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Mailing list
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------------
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Mailing list and Newsgroup
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--------------------------
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There is a mailing list devoted to Python programming, design and
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bugs. To subscribe, send mail containing your real name and e-mail
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address in Internet form to "python-list-request@cwi.nl". If you have
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built and installed Python, you are urgently to subscribe to this
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mailing list.
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There are a mailing list and a newsgroup devoted to Python
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programming, design and bugs. The newsgroup, comp.lang.python,
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contains exactly the same messages as the mailing list. To subscribe
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to the mailing list, send mail containing your real name and e-mail
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address in Internet form to "python-list-request@cwi.nl".
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