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diff --git a/Mac/Demo/using.html b/Mac/Demo/using.html index 5f20097..849c6d1 100644 --- a/Mac/Demo/using.html +++ b/Mac/Demo/using.html @@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ HREF="http://www.python.org/doc/tut/tut.html">Python Tutorial</A> by Guido van Rossum. This guide more-or-less replaces chapter two of the tutorial, and provides some additional material. <p> +There is currently no good tutorial for the mac-specific features of +Python, but to whet your appetite: it has interfaces to many MacOS +toolboxes (quickdraw, sound, quicktime, open scripting, etc) and +various portable toolboxes are available too (Tk, stdwin, complex +numbers, image manipulation, etc). Some <A HREF="index.html"> +annotated sample programs</A> are available to give you an idea of +Python's power. <P> + The document refers to Python 1.3.3 or higher, some of the features (like setting applet options) will not work in earlier versions of Python. <p> @@ -24,7 +32,7 @@ The name of the interpreter may differ on different installations: it may be called <CODE>Python</CODE>, <CODE>PythonPPC</CODE> (for powerpc macs) or <CODE>Python68K</CODE> (indeed, for 68K macs). It will always be recognizable by the "16 ton" icon, though. You start the -interpreter in interactive mode by double-clicking it. <p> +interpreter in interactive mode by double-clicking its icon: <p> <img src="html.icons/python.gif"><p> @@ -88,7 +96,7 @@ edit-run cycle you can use the <CODE>import</CODE> statement and is Guido's original comment for how to do this, from the 1.1 release notes: <P> -<CITE> +<BLOCKQUOTE> Make sure the program is a module file (filename must be a Python identifier followed by '<CODE>.py</CODE>'). You can then import it @@ -121,7 +129,7 @@ does!). The trick is to first import the module again, then reload it. For instance, <CODE>import foo; reload(foo)</CODE>. Because the module object already exists internally, the import statement does not attempt to execute the module again -- it just places it in your -workspace. </CITE> +workspace. </BLOCKQUOTE> <h2>Clickable python scripts</h2> @@ -138,6 +146,14 @@ The <CODE>Scripts</CODE> folder contains a script set the correct creator and type for all files ending in <CODE>.py</CODE>. <p> +<BLOCKQUOTE> +Older releases of Python used the creator code +<CODE>'PYTH'</CODE> in stead of <CODE>'Pyth'</CODE>. If you still have +older Python sources on your system and named them with +<CODE>'.py'</CODE> extension the <CODE>fixfiletypes</CODE> script will +correct them. +</BLOCKQUOTE> + <h2>Interaction with the user</h2> Normally, the interpreter will check for user input (mouse clicks, @@ -355,7 +371,7 @@ set) the end-of-line convention used in a file. <p> <HR> <A HREF="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack">Jack Jansen</A>, -<A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 15-Apr-1996. +<A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 19-Apr-1996. </BODY> </HTML> |