This directory contains various demonstrations of what you can do with
Python. Most demos are grouped sub(sub*)directories according to
required optional built-in modules or specific platform; there is also
a set of generally useful scripts and there are some more-or-less
complete applications.
classes Some examples of how to use classes.
ibrowse An Emacs info file browser (uses stdwin).
See also ../doc (the Python library documentation can
be converted to info format).
md5test Test program for the optional md5 module.
rpc A set of classes for building clients and servers for
Sun RPC.
rsa An RSA public-key cryptosystem (needs mpz and md5).
scripts Some useful Python scripts that I put in my bin
directory. No optional built-in modules needed.
sockets Examples for the new built-in module 'socket'.
sgi Demos that only run on Silicon Graphics machines.
These require at least one of the optional built-in
modules that only make sense for the SGI, such as
'gl', 'al', and 'sv'. Split in subdirectories
per subject.
stdwin Demos that use the STDWIN library. Require the 'stdwin'
built-in module.
threads Demos that use the 'thread' module. (Currently these
only run on SGIs, but this may change in the future.)
www Browsers for CERN's distributed hypertext system
World-Wide Web (one with a stdwin-based user
interface, one for dumb ttys). Also contains a
primitive gopher client and an ftp client.
See also ../doc (the Python library documentation can
be converted to WWW's "HTML" format).
WARNING: many scripts are executable and have a first line saying
#! /usr/local/bin/python
This is unlikely to give good results unless you've really installed
the latest version python there. Edit the first line before
installing such scripts; to try them out, you can just say "python
foo.py" or enter python interactively and say "import foo".
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