Got rid of all references to stdwin.

Documented insertion of script directory in path.
Updated author's address.
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.TH PYTHON "4 January 1995"
.TH PYTHON "30 July 1996"
.SH NAME
python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B python
[
.I X11-options
]
[
.B \-d
]
[
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.PP
Python's basic power can be extended with your own modules written in
C or C++.
On some (most?) systems such modules may be dynamically loaded.
On most systems such modules may be dynamically loaded.
Python is also adaptable as an extension language for existing
applications.
See the internal documentation for hints.
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Specify the command to execute (see next section).
This terminates the option list (following options are passed as
arguments to the command).
.PP
When the interpreter is configured to contain the
.I stdwin
built-in module for use with the X window system, additional command
line options common to most X applications are recognized (by STDWIN),
e.g.
.B \-display
.I displayname
and
.B \-geometry
.I widthxheight+x+y.
The complete set of options is described in the STDWIN documentation.
.SH INTERPRETER INTERFACE
The interpreter interface resembles that of the UNIX shell: when
called with standard input connected to a tty device, it prompts for
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.I sys.argv[0]
contains the string
.I '-c'.
Note that options interpreter by the Python interpreter or by STDWIN
Note that options interpreted by the Python interpreter itself
are not placed in
.I sys.argv.
.PP
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conventions:
.IP /usr/local/bin/python
Recommended location of the interpreter.
.IP /usr/local/lib/python
.IP /usr/local/lib/python1.4
Recommended location of the directory containing the standard modules.
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.IP PYTHONPATH
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with `.', (for example,
.I .:/usr/local/lib/python ).
The default search path is appended to $PYTHONPATH.
If a script argument is given, the directory containing the script is
inserted in the path in front of $PYTHONPATH.
The search path can be manipulated from within a Python program as the
variable
.I sys.path .
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Python Library Reference
.br
Python Reference Manual
.br
STDWIN under X11
.SH BUGS AND CAVEATS
The first time
.I stdwin
is imported, it initializes the STDWIN library.
If this initialization fails, e.g. because the display connection
fails, the interpreter aborts immediately.
.SH AUTHOR
.nf
Guido van Rossum
CWI (Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica)
P.O. Box 4079
1009 AB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
CNRI
1895 Preston White Drive
Reston, VA 20191
USA
.PP
E-mail: Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl
E-mail: guido@cnri.reston.va.us, guido@python.org
.fi
.SH MAILING LIST
There is a mailing list devoted to Python programming, bugs and
design.
To subscribe, send mail containing your real name and e-mail address
in Internet form to
.I python-list-request@cwi.nl.
.SH INTERNET RESOURCES
Web site: http://www.python.org
.br
FTP site: ftp://ftp.python.org
.br
Newsgroup: comp.lang.python
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1991-1995 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.