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diff --git a/Misc/python.man b/Misc/python.man index a296bda..2747eaed 100644 --- a/Misc/python.man +++ b/Misc/python.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH PYTHON "1" "20 August, 1999" +.TH PYTHON "1" "5 September, 2000" .SH NAME python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -24,12 +24,8 @@ python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language [ .B \-v ] -.br - [ -.B \-x -] [ -.B \-X +.B \-x ] .br [ @@ -52,8 +48,8 @@ The Python Library Reference documents built-in and standard types, constants, functions and modules. Finally, the Python Reference Manual describes the syntax and semantics of the core language in (perhaps too) much detail. -(Information on locating these documents is included in -.B "SEE ALSO" +(These documents may be located via the +.B "INTERNET RESOURCES" below; they may be installed on your system as well.) .PP Python's basic power can be extended with your own modules written in @@ -108,11 +104,6 @@ Skip the first line of the source. This is intended for a DOS specific hack only. Warning: the line numbers in error messages will be off by one! .TP -.B \-X -Make the standard exceptions strings instead of classes. -Use for backward compatibility with old code only. This is not -necessary for most uses of string exceptions. -.TP .BI "\-c " command Specify the command to execute (see next section). This terminates the option list (following options are passed as @@ -144,8 +135,8 @@ which is a list of strings (you must first .I import sys to be able to access it). If no script name is given, -.I sys.argv -is empty; if +.I sys.argv[0] +is an empty string; if .B \-c is used, .I sys.argv[0] @@ -244,56 +235,36 @@ the \fB\-u\fP option. .IP PYTHONVERBOSE If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying the \fB\-v\fP option. -.SH SEE ALSO -.IP "Python Tutorial" -URL: http://www.python.org/doc/tut/tut.html -.IP "Python Library Reference" -URL: http://www.python.org/doc/lib/lib.html -.IP "Python Reference Manual" -URL: http://www.python.org/doc/ref/ref.html -.IP "Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter" -URL: http://www.python.org/doc/ext/ext.html -.IP "Python/C API" -URL: http://www.python.org/doc/api/api.html -.PP -Downloadable versions of these documents in many formats are available -at the Python website; see \fB\INTERNET RESOURCES\fP below. .SH AUTHOR .nf Guido van Rossum -CNRI -1895 Preston White Drive -Reston, VA 20191 +BeOpen.com +160 Saratoga Avenue +Santa Clara, CA 95051 USA .PP -E-mail: guido@cnri.reston.va.us, guido@python.org +E-mail: guido@beopen.com, guido@python.org .fi .PP And a cast of thousands. .SH INTERNET RESOURCES -Web site: http://www.python.org +Main website: http://www.python.org .br -FTP site: ftp://ftp.python.org +BeOpen development team: http://pythonlabs.com +.br +Community website: http://starship.python.net +.br +Developer resources: +.br + http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=5470 +.br +FTP: ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python +.br +Module repository: http://www.vex.net/parnassus/ .br Newsgroups: comp.lang.python, comp.lang.python.announce -.PP -There are many mirror sites; a current list is available at -http://www.python.org/mirrors.html. -.PP -The \fI\Python Software Activity\fP provides many mailing lists which -serve various special interests within the Python community; -information on these special interest groups is available at -http://www.python.org/sigs/. -.SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright 1991-1995 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, -The Netherlands. -.IP " " -All Rights Reserved -.PP -Copyright (c) 2000, BeOpen.com. -Copyright (c) 1995-2000, Corporation for National Research Initiatives. -Copyright (c) 1990-1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum. -All rights reserved. - -See the file "Misc/COPYRIGHT" for information on usage and -redistribution of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +.SH LICENSING +Python is distributed under an Open Source license. See the file +"LICENSE" in the Python source distribution for information on terms & +conditions for accessing and otherwise using Python and for a +DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. |