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diff --git a/Doc/inst/inst.tex b/Doc/inst/inst.tex index f0ee44c..b9fde6c 100644 --- a/Doc/inst/inst.tex +++ b/Doc/inst/inst.tex @@ -168,22 +168,11 @@ cd c:\Temp\foo-1.0 python setup.py install \end{verbatim} -On Mac OS, you have to go through a bit more effort to supply -command-line arguments to the setup script: -\begin{itemize} -\item hit option-double-click on the script's icon (or option-drop it - onto the Python interpreter's icon) -\item press the ``Set unix-style command line'' button -\item set the ``Keep stdio window open on termination'' if you're - interested in seeing the output of the setup script (which is usually - voluminous and often useful) -\item when the command-line dialog pops up, enter ``install'' (you - can, of course, enter any Distutils command-line as described in this - document or in \citetitle[../dist/dist.html]{Distributing Python - Modules}: just leave off the initial \code{python setup.py} and - you'll be fine) -\end{itemize} - +On Mac OS 9, you double-click the \file{setup.py} script. It will bring +up a dialog where you can select the \command{install} command. Then +selecting the \command{run} button will install your distribution. +The dialog is built dynamically, so all commands and options for this +specific distribution are listed. \subsection{Splitting the job up} \label{splitting-up} @@ -320,7 +309,7 @@ installation uses for \filevar{prefix} and \filevar{exec-prefix} by running Python in interactive mode and typing a few simple commands. Under \UNIX, just type \code{python} at the shell prompt. Under Windows, choose \menuselection{Start \sub Programs \sub Python -2.1 \sub Python (command line)}. Under Mac OS, \XXX{???}. +2.1 \sub Python (command line)}. Under Mac OS 9, start \file{PythonInterpreter}. Once the interpreter is started, you type Python code at the prompt. For example, on my Linux system, I type the three Python statements shown below, and get the output as shown, to find out my @@ -680,7 +669,7 @@ In fact, you can use environment variables in config files on platforms that have such a notion but the Distutils additionally define a few extra variables that may not be in your environment, such as \code{\$PLAT}. (And of course, on systems that don't have -environment variables, such as Mac OS (\XXX{true?}), the configuration +environment variables, such as Mac OS 9, the configuration variables supplied by the Distutils are the only ones you can use.) See section~\ref{config-files} for details. |