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authorGreg Ward <gward@python.net>2000-04-19 22:34:11 (GMT)
committerGreg Ward <gward@python.net>2000-04-19 22:34:11 (GMT)
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Changed '\option' to '\longprogramopt' wherever it referred to a command-line
option.
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diff --git a/Doc/inst/inst.tex b/Doc/inst/inst.tex
index 1fe8f9d..a926a22 100644
--- a/Doc/inst/inst.tex
+++ b/Doc/inst/inst.tex
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ As implied above, the \command{build} command is responsible for putting
the files to install into a \emph{build directory}. By default, this is
\file{build} under the distribution root; if you're excessively
concerned with speed, or want to keep the source tree pristine, you can
-change the build directory with the \option{--build-base} option. For
+change the build directory with the \longprogramopt{build-base} option. For
example:
\begin{verbatim}
python setup.py build --build-base=/tmp/pybuild/foo-1.0
@@ -342,16 +342,16 @@ installations in the next section.
{Override option}
\lineiii{pure module distribution}
{\filevar{#1}\filenq{#2}}
- {\option{--install-purelib}}
+ {\longprogramopt{install-purelib}}
\lineiii{non-pure module distribution}
{\filevar{#3}\filenq{#4}}
- {\option{--install-platlib}}
+ {\longprogramopt{install-platlib}}
\lineiii{scripts}
{\filevar{#5}\filenq{#6}}
- {\option{--install-scripts}}
+ {\longprogramopt{install-scripts}}
\lineiii{data}
{\filevar{#7}\filenq{#8}}
- {\option{--install-data}}
+ {\longprogramopt{install-data}}
\end{tableiii}}
\section{Alternate Installation}
@@ -390,14 +390,14 @@ Installing a new module distribution is as simple as
\begin{verbatim}
python setup.py install --home=<dir>
\end{verbatim}
-where you can supply any directory you like for the \option{home}
+where you can supply any directory you like for the \longprogramopt{home}
option. Lazy typists can just type a tilde (\code{\tilde}); the
\command{install} command will expand this to your home directory:
\begin{verbatim}
python setup.py install --home=~
\end{verbatim}
-The \option{home} option defines the installation base directory. Files
+The \longprogramopt{home} option defines the installation base directory. Files
are installed to the following directories under the installation base
as follows:
\installscheme{home}{/lib/python}
@@ -438,12 +438,12 @@ could be done with
/usr/local/bin/python setup.py install --prefix=/mnt/@server/export
\end{verbatim}
-In either case, the \option{prefix} option defines the installation
-base, and the \option{exec-prefix} option defines the platform-specific
+In either case, the \longprogramopt{prefix} option defines the installation
+base, and the \longprogramopt{exec-prefix} option defines the platform-specific
installation base, which is used for platform-specific files.
(Currently, this just means non-pure module distributions, but could be
expanded to C libraries, binary executables, etc.) If
-\option{exec-prefix} is not supplied, it defaults to \option{prefix}.
+\longprogramopt{exec-prefix} is not supplied, it defaults to \longprogramopt{prefix}.
Files are installed as follows:
\installscheme{prefix}{/lib/python1.\filevar{X}/site-packages}
@@ -451,14 +451,14 @@ Files are installed as follows:
{prefix}{/bin}
{prefix}{/share}
-There is no requirement that \option{prefix} or \option{exec-prefix}
+There is no requirement that \longprogramopt{prefix} or \longprogramopt{exec-prefix}
actually point to an alternate Python installation; if the directories
listed above do not already exist, they are created at installation
time.
Incidentally, the real reason the prefix scheme is important is simply
that a standard Unix installation uses the prefix scheme, but with
-\option{prefix} and \option{exec-prefix} supplied by Python itself (as
+\longprogramopt{prefix} and \longprogramopt{exec-prefix} supplied by Python itself (as
\code{sys.prefix} and \code{sys.exec\_prefix}). Thus, you might think
you'll never use the prefix scheme, but every time you run \code{python
setup.py install} without any other options, you're using it.
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ used to run extensions installed in this way is compatibile with the
interpreter used to build them. The best way to do this is to ensure
that the two interpreters are the same version of Python (possibly
different builds, or possibly copies of the same build). (Of course, if
-your \option{prefix} and \option{exec-prefix} don't even point to an
+your \longprogramopt{prefix} and \longprogramopt{exec-prefix} don't even point to an
alternate Python installation, this is immaterial.)
@@ -481,8 +481,8 @@ alternate Python installation, this is immaterial.)
Since Windows has no conception of a user's home directory, and since
the standard Python installation under Windows is simpler than that
-under Unix, there's no point in having separate \option{prefix} and
-\option{home} options. Just use the \option{prefix} option to specify
+under Unix, there's no point in having separate \longprogramopt{prefix} and
+\longprogramopt{home} options. Just use the \longprogramopt{prefix} option to specify
a base directory, e.g.
\begin{verbatim}
python setup.py install --prefix="\Temp\Python"
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@ python setup.py install --prefix="\Temp\Python"
to install modules to the \file{\bslash{}Temp} directory on the current
drive.
-The installation base is defined by the \option{prefix} option; the
-\option{exec-prefix} option is not supported under Windows. Files are
+The installation base is defined by the \longprogramopt{prefix} option; the
+\longprogramopt{exec-prefix} option is not supported under Windows. Files are
installed as follows:
\installscheme{prefix}{}
{prefix}{}
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ installed as follows:
Like Windows, Mac~OS has no notion of home directories (or even of
users), and a fairly simple standard Python installation. Thus, only a
-\option{prefix} option is needed. It defines the installation base, and
+\longprogramopt{prefix} option is needed. It defines the installation base, and
files are installed under it as follows:
\XXX{how do MacPython users run the interpreter with command-line args?}
@@ -541,14 +541,14 @@ how you define a custom installation scheme. These override options can
be relative, absolute, or explicitly defined in terms of one of the
installation base directories. (There are two installation base
directories, and they are normally the same---they only differ when you
-use the Unix ``prefix scheme'' and supply different \option{prefix} and
-\option{exec-prefix} options.)
+use the Unix ``prefix scheme'' and supply different \longprogramopt{prefix} and
+\longprogramopt{exec-prefix} options.)
For example, say you're installing a module distribution to your home
directory under Unix---but you want scripts to go in
\file{\tilde/scripts} rather than \file{\tilde/bin}. As you might
expect, you can override this directory with the
-\option{install-scripts} option; in this case, it makes most sense to
+\longprogramopt{install-scripts} option; in this case, it makes most sense to
supply a relative path, which will be interpreted relative to the
installation base directory (your home directory, in this case):
\begin{verbatim}
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ Another Unix example: suppose your Python installation was built and
installed with a prefix of \file{/usr/local/python}, so under a standard
installation scripts will wind up in \file{/usr/local/python/bin}. If
you want them in \file{/usr/local/bin} instead, you would supply this
-absolute directory for the \option{install-scripts} option:
+absolute directory for the \longprogramopt{install-scripts} option:
\begin{verbatim}
python setup.py install --install-scripts=/usr/local/bin
\end{verbatim}