cpython/Misc
Guido van Rossum 5964f8d60b I believe I've now got all the names mentioned in the CVS logs since
1.5.2 was released, except those who contributed only to Doc files --
Fred has his own way of doing this.

This doesn't mean that I've got everyone who contributed *before*
1.5.2 was released in here... :-(
2000-03-31 19:45:17 +00:00
..
ACKS I believe I've now got all the names mentioned in the CVS logs since 2000-03-31 19:45:17 +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 Initial revision 1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
BLURB.WINDOWS A nice blurb that Mark Hammond wrote, aimed at Windows users. 1997-11-05 17:15:02 +00:00
COPYRIGHT CNRI additions, approved by the boss and his wife :-) 1996-10-25 13:45:43 +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 Initial revision 1994-04-14 13:02:35 +00:00
Makefile Initial revision 1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
Makefile.pre.in Sjoerd Mullender writes: 1998-12-09 17:05:33 +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 Initial revision 1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
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 Very useful file! 1994-08-05 15:57:31 +00:00
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 Initial revision 1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
indent.pro Some new files... 1994-09-14 14:06:46 +00:00
legalfaq.txt Checking in text versions of release forms and explanation. 1999-11-05 15:21:08 +00:00
python-mode.el (py-shell): Set the default shell if not set yet. It's sometimes 1999-08-10 21:49:00 +00:00
python.man Oops, better update the date on the .TH line. 1999-08-20 13:30:49 +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 Marc-Andre Lemburg: 2000-03-28 20:29:59 +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)