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author | Jack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl> | 1996-04-19 15:56:08 (GMT) |
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committer | Jack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl> | 1996-04-19 15:56:08 (GMT) |
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Added documentation on FrameWork, TextEdit and Waste
Updated minor things in the other documents (pathnames, etc)
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diff --git a/Mac/Demo/index.html b/Mac/Demo/index.html index fda20b7..774db68 100644 --- a/Mac/Demo/index.html +++ b/Mac/Demo/index.html @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ HREF="http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/python/"> http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/python/</A>. <P> -The document was actually written while I was working on a "real" +Some of these documents were actually written while I was working on a "real" project: creating a single-button application that will allow my girlfriend to read her mail (which actually pass thry <EM>my</EM> mailbox, so I get to read it too, but don't tell her:-) without her @@ -28,15 +28,16 @@ application, when finished, will connect to the net using InterSLIP, start a (pseudo-)POP server on unix using rsh and use AppleScript to tell Eudora to connect to that server and retrieve messages. <p> -<CITE> -If you want to try the examples here you will have to download some -fixes to the 1.3 distribution to your Macintosh. You need an updated +<BLOCKQUOTE> +If you want to try the examples with a version of Python earlier +than 1.3.1 you have to download some things. You need an updated version of <A HREF="update-to-1.3/FrameWork.py">FrameWork.py</A> (to go in <CODE>Lib:mac</CODE> and updated <A HREF="update-to-1.3/into-PlugIns.hqx">project templates</A> to go into -the <CODE>PlugIns</CODE> folder for PPC users. -Users of 1.3.1 or later distributions don't need these fixes.<P> -</CITE> +the <CODE>PlugIns</CODE> folder for PPC users. <P> +The TextEdit and WASTE examples are not useable with distributions +before 1.3.3. +</BLOCKQUOTE> If you are reading this document on the web and would prefer to read it offline you can transfer the whole stuff (as a BinHexed StuffIt @@ -59,12 +60,13 @@ mac application, using a modeless dialog, menus, etc. It also explains how to create applets, standalone applications written in Python. <LI> -In the Python distribution two more examples are included without -explanation. <I>PICTbrowse</I> is an application that locates PICT -resources and displays them, it demonstrates some quickdraw and the -resource and list namagers. <I>Imgbrowse</I> displays image files in -many different formats (gif, tiff, pbm, etc). It shows how to use the -img modules on the mac. +<A HREF="textedit.html">Using FrameWork and TextEdit</A> shows you +how to use <code>FrameWork</code> application framework and the +<code>TextEdit</code> toolbox to build a text editor. + +<LI> +<A HREF="waste.html">Using WASTE</A> expands on this editor by using +WASTE, an extended TextEdit replacement. <LI> <A HREF="plugins.html">Creating a C extension module on the Macintosh</A> @@ -79,6 +81,27 @@ how to create a Python module interfacing to a scriptable application, and how to use that module in your python program. </UL> +The Python distribution contains a few more examples, all unexplained: +<UL> +<LI> +<I>PICTbrowse</I> is an application that locates PICT +resources and displays them, it demonstrates some quickdraw and the +resource and list managers. + +<LI> +<I>Imgbrowse</I> displays image files in +many different formats (gif, tiff, pbm, etc). It shows how to use the +img modules on the mac. + +<LI> +<I>Quicktime</I> has the standard <code>MovieInWindow</code> and +<code>VerySimplePlayer</code> examples, re-coded in Python. + +<LI> +<I>Resources</I>, <I>Sound</I> and <I>Speech</I> have some examples +on using the respective managers. +</UL> + At some point in the (possibly distant) future, I will add chapters on how to use bgen to create modules completely automatic and how to make your Python program scriptable, but that will have to wait. <p> @@ -95,4 +118,4 @@ documentation. <p> <HR> <A HREF="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack">Jack Jansen</A>, -<A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 7-Apr-1996. +<A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 19-Apr-1996. |