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Reworded the doc string to remove the need for The Emacs font-lock kludge. 

This required (re)moving all occurrences of '(' in column 0, as well
as changing "#!" to #!.
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Guido van Rossum 1997-05-28 15:11:01 +00:00
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@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ Here's Python code that prints a simple piece of HTML:
print "<H1>This is my first CGI script</H1>"
print "Hello, world!"
(It may not be fully legal HTML according to the letter of the
standard, but any browser will understand it.)
It may not be fully legal HTML according to the letter of the
standard, but any browser will understand it.
Using the cgi module
@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ of FieldStorage (or MiniFieldStorage, depending on the form encoding).
If the submitted form data contains more than one field with the same
name, the object retrieved by form[key] is not a (Mini)FieldStorage
instance but a list of such instances. If you expect this possibility
(i.e., when your HTML form comtains multiple fields with the same
name), use the type() function to determine whether you have a single
instance or a list of instances. For example, here's code that
concatenates any number of username fields, separated by commas:
instance but a list of such instances. If you are expecting this
possibility (i.e., when your HTML form comtains multiple fields with
the same name), use the type() function to determine whether you have
a single instance or a list of instances. For example, here's code
that concatenates any number of username fields, separated by commas:
username = form["username"]
if type(username) is type([]):
@ -213,16 +213,16 @@ installed; usually this is in a directory cgi-bin in the server tree.
Make sure that your script is readable and executable by "others"; the
Unix file mode should be 755 (use "chmod 755 filename"). Make sure
that the first line of the script contains "#!" starting in column 1
that the first line of the script contains #! starting in column 1
followed by the pathname of the Python interpreter, for instance:
#! /usr/local/bin/python
Make sure the Python interpreter exists and is executable by "others".
(Note that it's probably not a good idea to use #! /usr/bin/env python
Note that it's probably not a good idea to use #! /usr/bin/env python
here, since the Python interpreter may not be on the default path
given to CGI scripts!!!)
given to CGI scripts!!!
Make sure that any files your script needs to read or write are
readable or writable, respectively, by "others" -- their mode should
@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ before importing other modules, e.g.:
sys.path.insert(0, "/usr/home/joe/lib/python")
sys.path.insert(0, "/usr/local/lib/python")
(This way, the directory inserted last will be searched first!)
This way, the directory inserted last will be searched first!
Instructions for non-Unix systems will vary; check your HTTP server's
documentation (it will usually have a section on CGI scripts).
@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ your script: replace its main code with the single statement
This should produce the same results as those gotten from installing
the cgi.py file itself.
When an ordinary Python script raises an unhandled exception
(e.g. because of a typo in a module name, a file that can't be opened,
When an ordinary Python script raises an unhandled exception (e.g.,
because of a typo in a module name, a file that can't be opened,
etc.), the Python interpreter prints a nice traceback and exits.
While the Python interpreter will still do this when your CGI script
raises an exception, most likely the traceback will end up in one of
@ -410,8 +410,6 @@ backwards compatible and debugging classes and functions?
"""
# " <== Emacs font-lock de-bogo-kludgificocity
__version__ = "2.2"