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@@ -1,15 +1,32 @@ -This is Python version 2.0 -========================== +This is Python version 2.0 beta 1 +================================= -There are various beta versions -- these are distinguishable through -Include/patchlevel.h or by the name of the top-level directory and the -tar file. +Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com. +All rights reserved. + +Copyright (c) 1995-2000 Corporation for National Research Initiatives. +All rights reserved. + +Copyright (c) 1991-1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum. +All rights reserved. + +License information +------------------- + +See the file "LICENSE" for information on terms & conditions for +accessing and otherwise using this software, and for a DISCLAIMER OF +ALL WARRANTIES. + +The Python distribution is *not* affected by the GNU Public Licence +(GPL). There are interfaces to some GNU code but these are entirely +optional and no GNU code is distributed with Python. What's new in this release? --------------------------- -See http://www.pythonlabs.com/tech/python2.html . +See the file Misc/NEWS; see also this URL: +http://www.pythonlabs.com/tech/python2.html If you don't read instructions @@ -26,9 +43,10 @@ part on customizing Modules/Setup. What is Python anyway? ---------------------- -Python is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, and is -often compared to Tcl, Perl, Java or Scheme. To find out more, point -your browser to http://www.pythonlabs.com/. +Python is an interpreted object-oriented programming language. It is +often compared to Tcl, Perl, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic or Scheme. +To find out more about what Python can do for you, point your browser +to http://www.pythonlabs.com/. How do I learn Python? @@ -42,15 +60,80 @@ There's a quickly growing set of books on Python. See http://www.python.org/psa/bookstore/ for a list. -Copyright issues ----------------- +Documentation +------------- -Python is COPYRIGHTED but free to use for all. See the full copyright -notice at the end of this file and in the file Misc/COPYRIGHT. +All documentation is provided online in a variety of formats. In +order of importance for new users: Tutorial, Library Reference, +Language Reference, Extending & Embedding, and the Python/C API. +Especially the Library Reference is of immense value since much of +Python's power (including the built-in data types and functions!) is +described there. -The Python distribution is *not* affected by the GNU Public Licence -(GPL). There are interfaces to some GNU code but these are entirely -optional and no GNU code is distributed with Python. +All documentation is also available online via the Python web site +(http://www.python.org/doc/, see below). It is available online for +occaissional reference, or can be downloaded in many formats for +faster access. The documents are available in HTML, PostScript, PDF, +HTML Help, and LaTeX; the LaTeX version is primarily for documentation +authors or people with special formatting requirements. + + +Web site +-------- + +Python's web site is at http://www.python.org/. The Python core +development team at BeOpen has its own website at +http://www.pythonlabs.com/. Come visit us! + + +Newsgroups +---------- + +Read comp.lang.python, a high-volume discussion newsgroup about +Python, or comp.lang.python.announce, a low-volume moderated newsgroup +for Python-related announcements. These are also accessible as +mailing lists, see the next item. + +Archives are accessible via Deja News; the Python website has a +query form for the archives at http://www.python.org/search/. + + +Mailing lists +------------- + +See http://www.python.org/psa/MailingLists.html for an overview of the +many Python related mailing lists. + + +Bug reports +----------- + +To report or search for bugs, please use the SourceForge Bugs +Tracker at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470 . + + +Patches and contributions +------------------------- + +To submit a patch or other contribution, please use the SourceForge +Patch Manager at http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=5470 . + +If you have a proposal to change Python, it's best to submit a Python +Enhancement Proposal (PEP) first. All current PEPs, as well as +guidelines for submitting a new PEP, are here: +http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/. + + +Questions +--------- + +For help, if you can't find it in the manuals or on the web site, it's +best to post to the comp.lang.python or the Python mailing list (see +above). If you specifically don't want to involve the newsgroup or +mailing list, send questions to <help@python.org> (a group of +volunteers which does *not* include me). Because of my work and email +volume, I'm often be slow in answering questions sent to me directly; +I prefer to answer questions posted to the newsgroup. @@ -621,96 +704,19 @@ of int if they need to be defined at all. Miscellaneous issues ==================== -Documentation -------------- - -All documentation is provided online in a variety of formats. In -order of importance for new users: Tutorial, Library Reference, -Language Reference, Extending & Embedding, and the Python/C API. -Especially the Library Reference is of immense value since much of -Python's power (including the built-in data types and functions!) is -described there. - -All documentation is also available online via the Python web site -(http://www.python.org/doc/, see below). It is available online for -occaissional reference, or can be downloaded in many formats for -faster access. The documents are available in HTML, PostScript, PDF, -HTML Help, and LaTeX; the LaTeX version is primarily for documentation -authors or people with special formatting requirements. - - Emacs mode ---------- There's an excellent Emacs editing mode for Python code; see the file Misc/python-mode.el. Originally written by the famous Tim Peters, it -is now maintained by the equally famous Barry Warsaw -<bwarsaw@python.org>. The latest version, along with various other -contributed Python-related Emacs goodies, is online at -<http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode>. And if you are planning to -edit the Python C code, please pick up the latest version of CC Mode -<http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode>; it contains a "python" style -used throughout most of the Python C source files. (Newer versions of -Emacs or XEmacs may already come with the latest version of -python-mode.) - - -Web site --------- - -Python's web site is at http://www.python.org/. The Python core -development team at BeOpen has its own website at -http://www.pythonlabs.com/. Come visit us! - - -Newsgroups ----------- - -Read comp.lang.python, a high-volume discussion newsgroup about -Python, or comp.lang.python.announce, a low-volume moderated newsgroup -for Python-related announcements. These are also accessible as -mailing lists, see the next item. - -Archives are accessible via Deja News; the Python website has a -query form for the archives at http://www.python.org/search/. - - -Mailing lists -------------- - -See http://www.python.org/psa/MailingLists.html for an overview of the -many Python related mailing lists. - - -Bug reports ------------ - -To report or search for bugs, please use the SourceForge Bugs -Tracker at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470 . - - -Patches and contributions -------------------------- - -To submit a patch or other contribution, please use the SourceForge -Patch Manager at http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=5470 . - -If you have a proposal to change Python, it's best to submit a Python -Enhancement Proposal (PEP) first. All current PEPs, as well as -guidelines for submitting a new PEP, are here: -http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/. - - -Questions ---------- - -For help, if you can't find it in the manuals or on the web site, it's -best to post to the comp.lang.python or the Python mailing list (see -above). If you specifically don't want to involve the newsgroup or -mailing list, send questions to <help@python.org> (a group of -volunteers which does *not* include me). Because of my work and email -volume, I'm often be slow in answering questions sent to me directly; -I prefer to answer questions posted to the newsgroup. +is now maintained by the equally famous Barry Warsaw. The latest +version, along with various other contributed Python-related Emacs +goodies, is online at <http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode>. And +if you are planning to edit the Python C code, please pick up the +latest version of CC Mode <http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode>; it +contains a "python" style used throughout most of the Python C source +files. (Newer versions of Emacs or XEmacs may already come with the +latest version of python-mode.) The Tk interface @@ -740,7 +746,7 @@ guido, matt and www (the matt and guido subdirectories have been overhauled to use more recent Tkinter coding conventions). Note that there's a Python module called "Tkinter" (capital T) which -lives in Lib/tkinter/Tkinter.py, and a C module called "_tkinter" +lives in Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py, and a C module called "_tkinter" (lower case t and leading underscore) which lives in Modules/_tkinter.c. Demos and normal Tk applications only import the Python Tkinter module -- only the latter uses the C _tkinter module @@ -760,50 +766,47 @@ Distribution structure Most subdirectories have their own README file. Most files have comments. +.cvsignore Additional filename matching patterns for CVS to ignore +BeOS/ Files specific to the BeOS port Demo/ Demonstration scripts, modules and programs +Doc/ Documentation sources (LaTeX) Grammar/ Input for the parser generator Include/ Public header files +LICENSE Licensing information Lib/ Python library modules Makefile.in Source from which config.status creates Makefile Misc/ Miscellaneous useful files Modules/ Implementation of most built-in modules Objects/ Implementation of most built-in object types -PC/ PC porting files (DOS, Windows, OS/2) -PCbuild/ Directory where you should build for Windows NT/95 +PC/ Files specific to PC ports (DOS, Windows, OS/2) +PCbuild/ Build directory for Microsoft Visual C++ Parser/ The parser and tokenizer and their input handling Python/ The "compiler" and interpreter README The file you're reading now Tools/ Some useful programs written in Python -acconfig.h Additional input for the autoheader program -config.h.in Source from which config.status creates config.h +acconfig.h Additional input for the GNU autoheader program +config.h.in Source from which config.h is created (GNU autoheader output) configure Configuration shell script (GNU autoconf output) -configure.in Configuration specification (GNU autoconf input) +configure.in Configuration specification (input for GNU autoconf) install-sh Shell script used to install files The following files will (may) be created in the toplevel directory by the configuration and build processes: Makefile Build rules -config.cache cache of configuration variables +buildno Keeps track of the build number +config.cache Cache of configuration variables config.h Configuration header config.log Log from last configure run config.status Status from last run of configure script +getbuildinfo.o Object file from Modules/getbuildinfo.c libpython2.0.a The library archive python The executable interpreter tags, TAGS Tags files for vi and Emacs - -How to reach the author -======================= - -Guido van Rossum -BeOpen.com -160 Saratoga Avenue, Suite 46 -Santa Clara, CA 95051 - -E-mail: guido@beopen.com or guido@python.org - +That's all, folks! +------------------ ---Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) +--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/) |