Clean up a bit. Drop -X option, update date, remove documentation

URLs, add various useful URLs.  Update address and email.  Drop PSA
and copyright.  Add license info.
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.TH PYTHON "1" "20 August, 1999" .TH PYTHON "1" "5 September, 2000"
.SH NAME .SH NAME
python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
.SH SYNOPSIS .SH SYNOPSIS
@ -24,13 +24,9 @@ python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
[ [
.B \-v .B \-v
] ]
.br
[ [
.B \-x .B \-x
] ]
[
.B \-X
]
.br .br
[ [
.B \-c .B \-c
@ -52,8 +48,8 @@ The Python Library Reference documents built-in and standard types,
constants, functions and modules. constants, functions and modules.
Finally, the Python Reference Manual describes the syntax and Finally, the Python Reference Manual describes the syntax and
semantics of the core language in (perhaps too) much detail. semantics of the core language in (perhaps too) much detail.
(Information on locating these documents is included in (These documents may be located via the
.B "SEE ALSO" .B "INTERNET RESOURCES"
below; they may be installed on your system as well.) below; they may be installed on your system as well.)
.PP .PP
Python's basic power can be extended with your own modules written in Python's basic power can be extended with your own modules written in
@ -108,11 +104,6 @@ Skip the first line of the source. This is intended for a DOS
specific hack only. Warning: the line numbers in error messages will specific hack only. Warning: the line numbers in error messages will
be off by one! be off by one!
.TP .TP
.B \-X
Make the standard exceptions strings instead of classes.
Use for backward compatibility with old code only. This is not
necessary for most uses of string exceptions.
.TP
.BI "\-c " command .BI "\-c " command
Specify the command to execute (see next section). Specify the command to execute (see next section).
This terminates the option list (following options are passed as This terminates the option list (following options are passed as
@ -144,8 +135,8 @@ which is a list of strings (you must first
.I import sys .I import sys
to be able to access it). to be able to access it).
If no script name is given, If no script name is given,
.I sys.argv .I sys.argv[0]
is empty; if is an empty string; if
.B \-c .B \-c
is used, is used,
.I sys.argv[0] .I sys.argv[0]
@ -244,56 +235,36 @@ the \fB\-u\fP option.
.IP PYTHONVERBOSE .IP PYTHONVERBOSE
If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying
the \fB\-v\fP option. the \fB\-v\fP option.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IP "Python Tutorial"
URL: http://www.python.org/doc/tut/tut.html
.IP "Python Library Reference"
URL: http://www.python.org/doc/lib/lib.html
.IP "Python Reference Manual"
URL: http://www.python.org/doc/ref/ref.html
.IP "Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter"
URL: http://www.python.org/doc/ext/ext.html
.IP "Python/C API"
URL: http://www.python.org/doc/api/api.html
.PP
Downloadable versions of these documents in many formats are available
at the Python website; see \fB\INTERNET RESOURCES\fP below.
.SH AUTHOR .SH AUTHOR
.nf .nf
Guido van Rossum Guido van Rossum
CNRI BeOpen.com
1895 Preston White Drive 160 Saratoga Avenue
Reston, VA 20191 Santa Clara, CA 95051
USA USA
.PP .PP
E-mail: guido@cnri.reston.va.us, guido@python.org E-mail: guido@beopen.com, guido@python.org
.fi .fi
.PP .PP
And a cast of thousands. And a cast of thousands.
.SH INTERNET RESOURCES .SH INTERNET RESOURCES
Web site: http://www.python.org Main website: http://www.python.org
.br .br
FTP site: ftp://ftp.python.org BeOpen development team: http://pythonlabs.com
.br
Community website: http://starship.python.net
.br
Developer resources:
.br
http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=5470
.br
FTP: ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python
.br
Module repository: http://www.vex.net/parnassus/
.br .br
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python, comp.lang.python.announce Newsgroups: comp.lang.python, comp.lang.python.announce
.PP .SH LICENSING
There are many mirror sites; a current list is available at Python is distributed under an Open Source license. See the file
http://www.python.org/mirrors.html. "LICENSE" in the Python source distribution for information on terms &
.PP conditions for accessing and otherwise using Python and for a
The \fI\Python Software Activity\fP provides many mailing lists which DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
serve various special interests within the Python community;
information on these special interest groups is available at
http://www.python.org/sigs/.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1991-1995 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
.IP " "
All Rights Reserved
.PP
Copyright (c) 2000, BeOpen.com.
Copyright (c) 1995-2000, Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
Copyright (c) 1990-1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum.
All rights reserved.
See the file "Misc/COPYRIGHT" for information on usage and
redistribution of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.