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subset of Win32 ShellExecute's functionality. Guido wants this because IDLE's Help -> Docs function currently crashes his machine because of a conflict between his version of Norton AntiVirus (6.10.20) and MS's _popen. Docs for startfile are being mailed to Fred (or just read the docstring -- it tells the whole story). Changed webbrowser.py to use os.startfile instead of os.popen on Windows. Changed IDLE's EditorWindow.py to pass an absolute path for the docs (hardcoding ShellExecute's "directory" arg to "." as used to be done let IDLE work, but made the startfile command exceedingly obscure for other uses -- the MS docs are terrible, of course, & still not sure I understand it). Note that Windows Python must link with shell32.lib now! That's where ShellExecute lives. |
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README
This directory contains a number of Python programs that are useful
while building or extending Python.
bgen Generate complete extension modules from a
description. Still under development!
compiler A Python source to bytecode compiler written in
Python, including an interface for manipulating
abstract syntax trees. Still under development.
faqwiz FAQ Wizard.
See http://grail.cnri.reston.va.us/cgi-bin/faqw.py
for a live example.
freeze Create a stand-alone executable from a Python program.
modulator Interactively generate boiler plate for an extension
module. Works easiest if you have Tk.
scripts A number of useful single-file programs, e.g. tabnanny.py
(by Tim Peters), which checks for inconsistent mixing
of tabs and spaces.
versioncheck A tool to automate checking whether you have the latest
version of a package (by Jack Jansen).
webchecker A link checker for web sites.