cpython/Misc
Marc-André Lemburg bff879cabb This patch finalizes the move from UTF-8 to a default encoding in
the Python Unicode implementation.

The internal buffer used for implementing the buffer protocol
is renamed to defenc to make this change visible. It now holds the
default encoded version of the Unicode object and is calculated
on demand (NULL otherwise).

Since the default encoding defaults to ASCII, this will mean that
Unicode objects which hold non-ASCII characters will no longer
work on C APIs using the "s" or "t" parser markers. C APIs must now
explicitly provide Unicode support via the "u", "U" or "es"/"es#"
parser markers in order to work with non-ASCII Unicode strings.

(Note: this patch will also have to be applied to the 1.6 branch
 of the CVS tree.)
2000-08-03 18:46:08 +00:00
..
ACKS Typo fix. 2000-06-29 12:45:50 +00:00
AIX-NOTES New version of Vladimir Marangozov's AIX hacks -- simpler etc. 1997-08-06 23:42:07 +00:00
BLURB Drop Capitalized Important Words. 1997-11-25 15:40:06 +00:00
BLURB.LUTZ
BLURB.WINDOWS A nice blurb that Mark Hammond wrote, aimed at Windows users. 1997-11-05 17:15:02 +00:00
COPYRIGHT s/REGENTS/COPYRIGHT HOLDERS/ followed by paragraph reflow. 2000-06-30 20:22:36 +00:00
Fixcprt.py /usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/env python 1996-11-27 19:52:01 +00:00
HISTORY Moved history up to and including 1.5.1 here. 1998-12-21 21:41:14 +00:00
HPUX-NOTES Added note about libpython1.5.a. 1997-07-19 20:44:33 +00:00
HYPE
Makefile
Makefile.pre.in Setup.thread => Setup.config 2000-06-30 16:04:18 +00:00
NEWS News for 1.5.2 (final). 1999-04-13 15:52:45 +00:00
NEXT-NOTES PS: use -O2, not -O3 1996-09-06 23:31:18 +00:00
PURIFY.README Updated for Python 1.5, including my experiences with Purify on 1997-10-07 15:50:58 +00:00
Porting mini-faq on porting python 1998-08-10 16:36:48 +00:00
README # mention Porting in list of files 1998-08-10 16:38:58 +00:00
RENAME Oops, another forgotten renaming: varobject -> PyVarObject. 1997-05-15 21:31:03 +00:00
RFD
bugrelease.txt Checking in text versions of release forms and explanation. 1999-11-05 15:21:08 +00:00
ccpy-style.el Last try, think I got it now. 1999-12-01 23:40:01 +00:00
cheatsheet
comparisons A comparison with several other languages that also appears in the 1997-11-20 21:15:28 +00:00
editline-fix Added editline fix 1996-09-12 17:29:33 +00:00
faq2html.py /usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/env python 1996-11-27 19:52:01 +00:00
fixfuncptrs.sh
indent.pro
legalfaq.txt Checking in text versions of release forms and explanation. 1999-11-05 15:21:08 +00:00
python-mode.el (py-execute-region): Make sure the new temporary buffer is current for 2000-06-23 20:24:25 +00:00
python.man Change copyright notice. 2000-06-30 23:50:40 +00:00
renumber.py /usr/local/bin/python -> /usr/bin/env python 1996-11-27 19:52:01 +00:00
setuid-prog.c correct bogus instructions 'ccoment out' -> 'uncomment' 1998-09-10 20:18:09 +00:00
unicode.txt This patch finalizes the move from UTF-8 to a default encoding in 2000-08-03 18:46:08 +00:00
vgrindefs New version from Neale... He promised it's the last. 1997-11-11 16:36:14 +00:00
wetsign.txt Checking in text versions of release forms and explanation. 1999-11-05 15:21:08 +00:00

README

Python Misc subdirectory
========================

This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere, in
particular the UNIX manual page, an Emacs mode for Python source code,
and a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers).  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
----------------

ACKS		Acknowledgements
AIX-NOTES	Notes for building Python on AIX (all new!)
BLURB		A quick description of Python for newcomers
BLURB.LUTZ	A testimonial from a converted Tcl/Perl hacker :-)
COPYRIGHT	The Python copyright notice
FAQ		(deleted -- see http://www.python.org for the online FAQ)
Fixcprt.py	Fix the copyright message (a yearly chore :-)
HISTORY		News from previous releases -- oldest last
HPUX-NOTES	Notes about dynamic loading under HP-UX
HYPE		More hype about Python
Makefile	Used for administrative chores like cleaning up
Makefile.pre.in	Generic Makefile template for building extensions
NEWS		News for this release
Porting		Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
README		The file you're reading now
RFD		Request For Discussion about a Python newsgroup
cheatsheet	Quick summary of Python by Ken Manheimer
editline-fix	A news article on how to fix R$'s editline for Python
fixfuncptrs.sh	Shell script to fix function pointer initializers
indent.pro	GNU indent profile approximating my C style
python-mode.el	Emacs mode for editing Python programs
python.man	UNIX man page for the python interpreter
renumber.py	Script to renumber the sections in the FAQ
setuid-prog.c	C helper program for set-uid Python scripts
vgrindefs	Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)