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How to install Python 1.3.3 on your Macintosh
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How to install Python 1.4 on your Macintosh
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Even if you don't usually read readme files: please read at least the
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@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ an unuseable python system. If this warning is too late and you already
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have an non-functional python: it is best to remove all traces and start
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with a fresh distribution. Especially don't forget to remove the
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"python preferences" file from the Preferences folder, and possibly
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"PythonCore" from the Extensions folder. Before you mail me for help *please*
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"PythonCore", "PythonCorePPC" and/or "PythonCoreCFM68K"
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from the Extensions folder. Before you mail me for help *please*
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try the steps above (cleaning up and re-installing): it should fix most
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common mistakes.
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common mistakes. If you are installing a CFM68K python also check that
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your installation of CFM68K was done correctly.
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If this is your first encounter with Python: you definitely need the common
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user documentation (common to all platforms). You can find this (in various
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@ -33,10 +35,16 @@ freezing. If this happens I would like to hear of it.
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Note that if you're using Tk you might want to raise the memory size, tcl
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and tk are quite a memory hog.
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A final note to CFM68K (and possibly PPC) users: the Code Fragment Manager
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can (incorrectly) produce "library not found" and other strange error messages
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when it really means that there is not enough room in the system heap. Decreasing
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(yes, *de*creasing) the size of the interpreter and/or enabling virtual memory
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may solve these problems.
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PowerPC Macintosh instructions
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1. Remove older versions of "PythonCore" and "Python Preferences"
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1. Remove older versions of "PythonCorePPC", "PythonCore" and "Python Preferences"
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from your system folder.
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2. Run the MkPluginAliases applet. This will first ask you whether it should
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by hand (and tell me what you did to make the script fail:-).
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3. To make sure any applets you create can find the common interpreter code
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you should move PythonCore to the Extensions folder (drop it on the
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you should move PythonCorePPC to the Extensions folder (drop it on the
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System Folder and it will find its own way). Alternatively, you can
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make an alias called "PythonCore" in the Extensions folder and
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point it to the real PythonCore. You may want to start PythonPPC
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make an alias called "PythonCorePPC" in the Extensions folder and
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point it to the real PythonCorePPC. You may want to start PythonPPC
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again at this point to check that you actually put the extension in
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the right place.
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4. You're all set now. Continue with the common instructions.
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68K Macintosh instructions
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CFM68K Macintosh instructions
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-----------------------------
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1. Remove old "Python Preferences" file from the Preferences folder, if you
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have one (the file, that is, not the folder:-).
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For this you need a Mac with a 68020, 68030 or 68040, and at least System 7.1.1.
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CFM68K Python will not run on PowerPC Macs.
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1. Install the stuff from the "CFM68K for System Folder" into the Extensions
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folder and restart.
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2. Continue with the PowerPC instructions, but read "CFM68K" every time you see
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"PPC".
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Classic 68K Macintosh instructions
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1. Remove the old "Python Preferences" file from the Preferences folder, if there is one.
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2. Run Python68K. This will create an initial preferences file (after
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asking you if that's ok with you). Quit python.
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Next, try "compileall.py" from :Lib to create all .pyc files (but this isn't
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really important).
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PPC users have a couple of applets in the main folder they may want to try,
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PPC and CFM68K users have a couple of applets in the main folder they may want to try,
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(68K users can use the corresponding scripts from the "scripts" folder):
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- EditPythonPrefs allows you to edit the preferences file, to change the
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python home folder or modify the initial sys.path setting.
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The default settings are "liberal", you can remove stdwin and tkinter if
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you don't use them and maybe others.
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- RunLibScript allows you to run any script as __main__ after setting arguments,
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changing stdin/stdout/workdir, etc. Most of this functionality can also be
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obtained nowadays by option-dragging a script to the interpreter.
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- For PPC only, mkapplet creates a python applet, a tiny application written
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The default settings are somewhat arbitrary, you can remove tkinter if
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you don't use it and possibly add Extensions:img:Lib.
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- mkapplet creates a python applet, a tiny application written
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in python. Drop a python source on it and out comes the application. More
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information can be found in the "Mac:Demo" folder.
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PPC users will see one more files in the python folder: PythonApplet. This is
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the template for building applets, leave it alone.
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PPC and CFM68K users will see one more files in the python folder: PythonApplet. This is
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the template for building applets, leave it alone. For the 1.4b3 release the applet is
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specific for your installation, i.e. PPC applets will not run on CFM68K machines and vice
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versa. I hope to fix this soon.
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Things to see
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--------
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Send bug reports, suggestions, contributions and fanmail to <jack@cwi.nl>.
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Be warned however that I'm pretty busy at the moment, so I may not always
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Be warned however that I'm pretty busy, so I may not always
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respond immedeately.
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A better way to discuss MacPython is to join the <pythonmac-sig@python.org>
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mailing list, which is explicitly meant for this purpose.
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Alternatively, you can try sending to comp.lang.python or python-list@cwi.nl,
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but since I read the newsgroup, not the mailinglist, I may miss it there
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(but other people may know quite a bit more than me anyway:-).
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Changes between 1.4b3 and 1.3.3
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-------------------------------
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Aside from all the changes Guido made to the machine-independent part
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of Python the following mac-specific changes have been made:
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- The standard 68K Python is built for CFM68K. This means that PPC and
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68K Python are now largely compatible, both supporting dynamically
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loaded modules, python applets, etc.
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As a result of this there have been numerous subtle changes in
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filenames for PPC plugin modules and such, but these changes should
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be transparent to Python programs.
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The one missing module in cfm68k is Macspeech, for which no CFM68K
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interface library is available (yet?).
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- Raise MemoryError on stack overflow.
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- Python now always uses 8-byte doubles.
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- Removed mactcp, macdnr and stdwin modules from standard
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distribution.
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- New releases of Tcl/Tk (4.1p1), CWGUSI (1.7.2) and Waste (1.2f) have
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been incorporated.
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- Macfs.SetFolder method added, which sets initial folder for standard
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file dialogs.
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- New py_resource module to handle PYC resources.
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- List mgr objects "selFlags" and "listFlags" members now accessible.
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- QuickDraw got a few new symbolic constants.
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- Qt and Cm modules now live in a separate dynamically loadable
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module, so other toolbox modules work if you don't have QuickTime
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installed.
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- Old sound mgr calls {Set,Get}SoundVol removed, version number
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interface changed.
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- Added convenience routines setarrowcursor and setwatchcursor to
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FrameWork.
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- Bugfixes to time.sleep(), FrameWork, macostools,
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- Minor fixes/additions/updates to demos and documentation in the Demo
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folder.
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- Internal changes:
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- Ported to CW9
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- mwerks_????_config.h organization rationalized
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- Projects renamed to reflect architecture (ppc, cfm68k, 68k).
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- various defines (HAVE_CONFIG_H, USE_MAC_DYNAMIC_LOADING) no longer
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needed.
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- shared-library architecture made more conforming to metrowerks
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documentation. Check xx plugin projects if you have built your own
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dynamically loaded modules.
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Changes between 1.3.3 and 1.3.2
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A major change since 1.3.2 is in the organization of the files: The
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Mac folder has mac-specific demo programs, attempts at documentation and
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more. Browse the HTML files in Mac:Demo for more info.
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Also, Toolbox:bgen is not needed anymore for normal use: the relevant
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python modules have been moved to Mac:Lib:toolbox.
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Other changes:
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- Uses final Tk 4.1 and Tcl 7.5 distributions.
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- Override preferences (stored in the interpreter/applet application)
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allow overriding of system-wide preferences. Explained in
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"using.html".
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- New functionality in FrameWork.py:
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- ScrolledWindow class
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- enable(), settext(), setitem(), setmark(), seticon(),
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checkmenu() and delete() methods for menu entries.
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- event parameter added to idle() method
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- windowbounds() function helps programmer with staggering windows.
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- Erase only visRgn on an update event.
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- TextEdit interface module added
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- Waste interface module added
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- Demos for waste, including skeleton for html editor
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- Scrap manager interface added
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- Ctl.FindControl() could return reference to deleted object. Fixed.
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- GrafPorts have an _id attribute (address of grafport) allowing them
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to be compared (since a new python object is created each time).
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- Standard File folder no longer changed on chdir() (this was
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introduced in 1.3.2).
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- sys.argv can now be set if you option-drag or option-click a python
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source.
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- Various dialogs now have sensible defaults.
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- binhextree is now a bit more intelligent about when to binhex.
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- gensuitemodule fixed to hand '****' type arguments.
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Changes between 1.3.2 and 1.3.1
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The main reason for the 1.3.2 distribution is the availability of Tk
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for the mac. The Tk port and its integration in Python is definitely
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not bug-free, hence this distribution should be treated as beta
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software at best.
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Another major change in this release is that the Python I/O system is
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now based on the GUSI library. This is an I/O library that attempts to
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mimic a Posix I/O system. Hence, modules like socket and select are
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now available in MacPython. If you build dynamically loaded modules
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and you use any unix-like feature such as stat() calls you should
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compile using the GUSI include files.
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A third major change is that the MacOS creator code has been changed
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from 'PYTH' to 'Pyth', due to a conflict. This means that you will
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have to change the creator of all your old python programs. The
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distribution contains a script "FixCreator.py" that does this
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recursively for a whole folder.
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Here are all the changes since 1.3.1, in no particular order:
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- complex number support added
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- cmath module added
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- startup options ("option-drag" dialog) can be retrieved from the
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preferences file. EditPythonPrefs hasn't been updated yet, though.
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- Creator changed from PYTH to Pyth
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- {mac,os}.unlink is now also called {mac,os}.remove
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- {mac,os}.mkdir second arg optional
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- dup and fdopen calls added
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- select module added
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- socket module added
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- open(file, '*r') for opening resource forks has been removed. It is
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replaced by MacOS.openrf(file, 'r'), which returns a simple
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file-like object to read (or write) resource forks.
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- Added AppleEvent URL suite
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- Added AppleEvent netscape suite
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- QuickDraw globals are now all accessible, as Qd.qd.xxxx
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Mac-specific changes between 1.3 and 1.3.1
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Aside from the changes mentioned here there have also been some
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changes in the core python, but these are not documented here.
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However, these changes are mainly bugfixes, so there shouldn't be any
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incompatabilities.
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- imgsgi and imgpbm modules added
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- Various hooks installed to allow integration with MacTk (currently
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disabled)
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- Added support for MacOS Fixed type in toolbox arguments (represented
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as floats in python)
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- Added option to keep output window open on normal termination
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- Decreased minimum heapsize to run interpreter
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- Added progress-bar to EasyDialogs
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- Fixed socket.getportname()
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- Renamed MACTCP.py to MACTCPconst.py
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- Many fixes to FrameWork.py:
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- Added window.SetPort() method
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- Added optional bounds and resid parameters to Window.open()
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- Fixed apple-menu DA handling
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- Fixed activate-event handling
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- Added default Application.makeusermenus() (File:Quit only)
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- Fixed bug with keyboard input handling
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- added idle() method, called from event loop if there are no events
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pending
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Toolbox modules:
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- component manager module added
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- quicktime module added
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- font manager module added
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- Added color window support
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- Added support to obtain pixmap from a window
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- Added BitMap type
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- Added GrafPort type
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- Added support for PenState, Patterns, FontInfo, RGB colors,
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- Fixed GetPen and SetPt arguments
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- Added read access to members of {C}GrafPort objects
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- Added support for cursors
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- Provide access to some QuickDraw globals
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- Fixed InsetRect, OffsetRect, MapRect
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- Added support for various handles such as PatHandle, CursHandle
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- Added functions to access members of Window objects
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