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authorKurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net>2003-06-12 03:39:08 (GMT)
committerKurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net>2003-06-12 03:39:08 (GMT)
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-IDLEfork Installation Notes
-===========================
-
-IDLEfork requires Python Version 2.2 or later.
-
-There are several distribution files (where xx is the subversion):
-
-IDLEfork-0.9xx.win32-py2.2.exe
-IDLEfork-0.9xx.win32-py2.3.exe
-
- These are Windows installers which will install IDLEfork in
- ..../site-packages/idleforklib/ and place the idefork startup script at
- ..../scripts/idlefork. Rename this script to idlefork.pyw and point
- your launcher icons at it. Installation is as idlefork to avoid
- conflict with the original Python IDLE. Choose the installer
- appropriate for your version of Python.
-
-IDLEfork-0.9xx.tar.gz
- This is a distutils sdist (source) tarfile which can be used to make
- installations on non-Windows platforms, or on Windows if a custom
- installation is desired. It installs as idlefork and will not
- conflict with Python IDLE.
-
- Unpack in ..../Tools/, cd to the IDLEfork directory created, and
- "python setup.py install" to install in ....site-packages/idleforklib.
-
-IDLE-0.9xx.tar.gz
- This is also a distutils sdist (source) tarfile.
-
- ** It remains configured to install as idlelib, not idleforklib. **
-
- First, remove your existing ..../site-packages/idlelib directory.
-
- Unpack in ..../Tools/, cd to the IDLE directory (note the caps)
- created, and "python setup.py install" to install in
- ....site-packages/idlelib. This will replace the Python IDLE
- installation.
-
- If you don't want to overwrite Python IDLE, I'd recommend using the
- IDLEfork release mentioned above. However, it is also possible to
- simply build IDLE without installing it: "python setup.py build" and
- then copy the interrupt.so library out of the build directory into the
- IDLE directory where IDLE can find it,
-
- In this case, IDLE will not be on your PATH unless you are in the
- source directory. Either append your PATH or use a fully qualified
- path to access IDLE, something like
-
- python /usr/bin/python/Tools/IDLE/idle.py
-
- That way you can continue to use the original IDLE at
- ..../Tools/idle/idle.py if you like. (note lower case)
-
- Using this approach, it's possible to have many different versions
- of IDLE on your system at the same time, for comparison/test.
-
-
- On Redhat Linux systems prior to 8.0, /usr/bin/python may be pointing
- at python1.5. If so, change the first line in the /usr/bin/idle
- script to read:
-
- !# /usr/bin/python2.2
-
-
- An RPM has not been released since with addition of the interrupt
- extension it is no longer platform/architecture independent. The
- distutils make it easy to build and install from the .tar.gz
- distribution. Certainly it's just as easy as installing the rpm.
-
-
- On Mac OS X, /usr/bin/python may be pointing at the OS-installed
- python, which does not have GUI support. Change the first line of
- /usr/bin/idle to read:
-
- #! /usr/bin/env pythonw
-
- Also, to build an IDLE application that can be used from the Finder
- on Mac OS X, run:
-
- pythonw buildapp.py build
- open build
-
- You will see an IDLE application.
-
-
-See README.txt and NEWS.txt for more details on this version of IDLEfork.
-
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