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diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst index f22548f..83ce56b 100644 --- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst +++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ conflict. .. envvar:: PYTHONCASEOK If this is set, Python ignores case in :keyword:`import` statements. This - only works on Windows and OS X. + only works on Windows and macOS. .. envvar:: PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ conflict. If this environment variable is set, ``sys.argv[0]`` will be set to its value instead of the value got through the C runtime. Only works on - Mac OS X. + macOS. .. envvar:: PYTHONWARNINGS diff --git a/Doc/using/mac.rst b/Doc/using/mac.rst index ead71e1..2f132a9 100644 --- a/Doc/using/mac.rst +++ b/Doc/using/mac.rst @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ .. _using-on-mac: -*************************** -Using Python on a Macintosh -*************************** +********************* +Using Python on a Mac +********************* :Author: Bob Savage <bobsavage@mac.com> -Python on a Macintosh running Mac OS X is in principle very similar to Python on +Python on a Mac running macOS is in principle very similar to Python on any other Unix platform, but there are a number of additional features such as the IDE and the Package Manager that are worth pointing out. @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ the IDE and the Package Manager that are worth pointing out. Getting and Installing MacPython ================================ -Mac OS X 10.8 comes with Python 2.7 pre-installed by Apple. If you wish, you +macOS since version 10.8 comes with Python 2.7 pre-installed by Apple. If you wish, you are invited to install the most recent version of Python 3 from the Python website (https://www.python.org). A current "universal binary" build of Python, which runs natively on the Mac's new Intel and legacy PPC CPU's, is available @@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ section on running Python scripts from the Unix shell. How to run a Python script -------------------------- -Your best way to get started with Python on Mac OS X is through the IDLE +Your best way to get started with Python on macOS is through the IDLE integrated development environment, see section :ref:`ide` and use the Help menu when the IDE is running. If you want to run Python scripts from the Terminal window command line or from -the Finder you first need an editor to create your script. Mac OS X comes with a +the Finder you first need an editor to create your script. macOS comes with a number of standard Unix command line editors, :program:`vim` and :program:`emacs` among them. If you want a more Mac-like editor, :program:`BBEdit` or :program:`TextWrangler` from Bare Bones Software (see @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ To run your script from the Finder you have two options: Running scripts with a GUI -------------------------- -With older versions of Python, there is one Mac OS X quirk that you need to be +With older versions of Python, there is one macOS quirk that you need to be aware of: programs that talk to the Aqua window manager (in other words, anything that has a GUI) need to be run in a special way. Use :program:`pythonw` instead of :program:`python` to start such scripts. @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ With Python 3.9, you can use either :program:`python` or :program:`pythonw`. Configuration ------------- -Python on OS X honors all standard Unix environment variables such as +Python on macOS honors all standard Unix environment variables such as :envvar:`PYTHONPATH`, but setting these variables for programs started from the Finder is non-standard as the Finder does not read your :file:`.profile` or :file:`.cshrc` at startup. You need to create a file @@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ X by Apple, and the latest version can be downloaded and installed from https://www.activestate.com; it can also be built from source. *wxPython* is another popular cross-platform GUI toolkit that runs natively on -Mac OS X. Packages and documentation are available from https://www.wxpython.org. +macOS. Packages and documentation are available from https://www.wxpython.org. -*PyQt* is another popular cross-platform GUI toolkit that runs natively on Mac -OS X. More information can be found at +*PyQt* is another popular cross-platform GUI toolkit that runs natively on +macOS. More information can be found at https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro. |