cpython/Misc
Fred Drake 3105f920bf Added Daniel Dittmar, for helping get the configuration working for
Reliant UNIX.
2000-10-02 14:52:31 +00:00
..
ACKS Added Daniel Dittmar, for helping get the configuration working for 2000-10-02 14:52:31 +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
HISTORY Added release dates (in some cases detemined by looking at the mtime 2000-09-04 17:24:24 +00:00
HPUX-NOTES
HYPE
Makefile
Makefile.pre.in Setup.thread => Setup.config 2000-06-30 16:04:18 +00:00
NEWS typo 2000-10-02 13:43:33 +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 Updated to include all files here. 2000-09-01 23:22:12 +00:00
RFD
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
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 Describe the -h and -V flags. Closes patch #101496 2000-09-15 18:39:09 +00:00
renumber.py
setuid-prog.c correct bogus instructions 'ccoment out' -> 'uncomment' 1998-09-10 20:18:09 +00:00
unicode.txt Updated according to the changes made to the "s#" parser marker 2000-09-21 21:21:59 +00:00
vgrindefs New version from Neale... He promised it's the last. 1997-11-11 16:36:14 +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 :-)
BLURB.WINDOWS	First announcement of Python for Windows
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
NEXT-NOTES	Porting notes for NeXT
PURIFY.README	Information for Purify users
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
comparisons	(Old) comparisons to some other languages
editline-fix	A news article on how to fix R$'s editline for Python
faq2html	FAQ to HTML converter by Ka-Ping Yee
find_recursionlimit.py  Script to find a value for sys.maxrecursionlimit
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
unicode.txt	Marc-Andre Lemburg's specification of the Unicode API
vgrindefs	Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)