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diff --git a/Mac/Demo/using.html b/Mac/Demo/using.html index bb2fdd5..16c1ea6 100644 --- a/Mac/Demo/using.html +++ b/Mac/Demo/using.html @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Python's power. <P> <h2>Invoking the interpreter</h2> The name of the interpreter may differ on different installations: it -may be called <CODE>Python</CODE>, <CODE>PythonPPC</CODE> (for powerpc -macs), <CODE>PythonCFM68K</CODE> or<CODE>Python68K</CODE> (both for 68K macs). +may be called <CODE>PythonFAT</CODE> (for powerpc macs and 68K macs with +CFM68K installed) or <CODE>Python68K</CODE> (for 68K macs). It will always be recognizable by the "16 ton" icon, though. You start the interpreter in interactive mode by double-clicking its icon: <p> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ interpreter in interactive mode by double-clicking its icon: <p> This should give you a text window with an informative version string and a prompt, something like the following: <PRE> -Python 1.5 (#0 Aug 27, 1997) [CW PPC w/GUSI MSL] +Python 1.5 (#12 Aug 27, 1997) [CW PPC w/GUSI MSL] Copyright 1991-1997 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam >>> </PRE> @@ -299,9 +299,8 @@ itself. Note that the text field may extend "beyond the bottom" even though it does not have a scroll bar. Using the arrow keys works, though.<p> -The Python home folder $(PYTHON) is initially, when you execute the -interpreter for the first time, set to the folder where the -interpreter lives. You can change it here. <p> +The Python home folder $(PYTHON) is initially, when you install Python, +set to the folder where the interpreter lives. You can change it here. <p> Finally, you can set the default startup options here, through a sub-dialog. @@ -373,6 +372,11 @@ message should actually say "Not enough memory in the system heap to load PythonCore". Blame Apple for the confusing message. <p> +There appear to be problems with QuickTime for the CFM68K version of the +interpreter. If you experience these please contact the SIG: some people +use quicktime without problems and some not, and we are still hunting for +the cause. <p> + Python is a rather safe language, and hence it should be difficult to crash the interpreter of the system with a Python script. There is an exception to this rule, though: the modules that interface to the @@ -408,7 +412,7 @@ The next section to check out is the <a href="index.html">annotated sample progr <HR> <A HREF="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack">Jack Jansen</A>, -<A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 27-Aug-1997. +<A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 08-Sep-1997. </BODY> </HTML> |