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diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst index ff78ca7..d00be24 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst @@ -90,11 +90,12 @@ then compiles the generated C code and links it with the rest of the Python interpreter to form a self-contained binary which acts exactly like your script. Obviously, freeze requires a C compiler. There are several other utilities -which don't. One is Thomas Heller's py2exe (Windows only) at +which don't: - http://www.py2exe.org/ - -Another tool is Anthony Tuininga's `cx_Freeze <https://anthony-tuininga.github.io/cx_Freeze/>`_. +* `py2exe <http://www.py2exe.org/>`_ for Windows binaries +* `py2app <https://github.com/ronaldoussoren/py2app>`_ for Mac OS X binaries +* `cx_Freeze <https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ for cross-platform + binaries Are there coding standards or a style guide for Python programs? diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst index c8e9c5f..186dac2 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -140,11 +140,9 @@ offender. How do I make an executable from a Python script? ------------------------------------------------- -See `cx_Freeze <https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ for a distutils extension -that allows you to create console and GUI executables from Python code. -`py2exe <http://www.py2exe.org/>`_, the most popular extension for building -Python 2.x-based executables, does not yet support Python 3 but a version that -does is in development. +See `cx_Freeze <https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ and +`py2exe <http://www.py2exe.org/>`_, both are distutils extensions +that allow you to create console and GUI executables from Python code. Is a ``*.pyd`` file the same as a DLL? diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index 3d63864..68ee09c 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ shipped with PyWin32. It is an embeddable IDE with a built-in debugger. cx_Freeze --------- -`cx_Freeze <https://anthony-tuininga.github.io/cx_Freeze/>`_ is a :mod:`distutils` +`cx_Freeze <https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ is a :mod:`distutils` extension (see :ref:`extending-distutils`) which wraps Python scripts into executable Windows programs (:file:`{*}.exe` files). When you have done this, you can distribute your application without requiring your users to install |