cpython/Misc
Jeremy Hylton c18b7d9b2b script that reports a fairly safe recursionlimit for a specific platform 2000-08-31 19:24:17 +00:00
..
ACKS Added James Henstridge 2000-08-30 03:30:28 +00:00
AIX-NOTES
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
HISTORY Moved history up to and including 1.5.1 here. 1998-12-21 21:41:14 +00:00
HPUX-NOTES
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
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
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
faq2html.py
find_recursionlimit.py script that reports a fairly safe recursionlimit for a specific platform 2000-08-31 19:24:17 +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
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)