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README
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This is Python version 2.0
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==========================
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This is Python version 2.0 beta 1
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=================================
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There are various beta versions -- these are distinguishable through
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Include/patchlevel.h or by the name of the top-level directory and the
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tar file.
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Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.
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All rights reserved.
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Copyright (c) 1995-2000 Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
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All rights reserved.
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Copyright (c) 1991-1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum.
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All rights reserved.
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License information
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-------------------
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See the file "LICENSE" for information on terms & conditions for
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accessing and otherwise using this software, and for a DISCLAIMER OF
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ALL WARRANTIES.
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The Python distribution is *not* affected by the GNU Public Licence
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(GPL). There are interfaces to some GNU code but these are entirely
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optional and no GNU code is distributed with Python.
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What's new in this release?
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---------------------------
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See http://www.pythonlabs.com/tech/python2.html .
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See the file Misc/NEWS; see also this URL:
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http://www.pythonlabs.com/tech/python2.html
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If you don't read instructions
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What is Python anyway?
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Python is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, and is
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often compared to Tcl, Perl, Java or Scheme. To find out more, point
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your browser to http://www.pythonlabs.com/.
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Python is an interpreted object-oriented programming language. It is
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often compared to Tcl, Perl, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic or Scheme.
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To find out more about what Python can do for you, point your browser
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to http://www.pythonlabs.com/.
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How do I learn Python?
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http://www.python.org/psa/bookstore/ for a list.
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Copyright issues
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----------------
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Documentation
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-------------
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Python is COPYRIGHTED but free to use for all. See the full copyright
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notice at the end of this file and in the file Misc/COPYRIGHT.
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All documentation is provided online in a variety of formats. In
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order of importance for new users: Tutorial, Library Reference,
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Language Reference, Extending & Embedding, and the Python/C API.
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Especially the Library Reference is of immense value since much of
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Python's power (including the built-in data types and functions!) is
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described there.
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The Python distribution is *not* affected by the GNU Public Licence
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(GPL). There are interfaces to some GNU code but these are entirely
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optional and no GNU code is distributed with Python.
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All documentation is also available online via the Python web site
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(http://www.python.org/doc/, see below). It is available online for
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occaissional reference, or can be downloaded in many formats for
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faster access. The documents are available in HTML, PostScript, PDF,
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HTML Help, and LaTeX; the LaTeX version is primarily for documentation
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authors or people with special formatting requirements.
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Web site
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--------
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Python's web site is at http://www.python.org/. The Python core
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development team at BeOpen has its own website at
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http://www.pythonlabs.com/. Come visit us!
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Newsgroups
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----------
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Read comp.lang.python, a high-volume discussion newsgroup about
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Python, or comp.lang.python.announce, a low-volume moderated newsgroup
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for Python-related announcements. These are also accessible as
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mailing lists, see the next item.
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Archives are accessible via Deja News; the Python website has a
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query form for the archives at http://www.python.org/search/.
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Mailing lists
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-------------
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See http://www.python.org/psa/MailingLists.html for an overview of the
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many Python related mailing lists.
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Bug reports
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-----------
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To report or search for bugs, please use the SourceForge Bugs
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Tracker at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470 .
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Patches and contributions
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-------------------------
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To submit a patch or other contribution, please use the SourceForge
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Patch Manager at http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=5470 .
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If you have a proposal to change Python, it's best to submit a Python
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Enhancement Proposal (PEP) first. All current PEPs, as well as
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guidelines for submitting a new PEP, are here:
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http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/.
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Questions
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---------
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For help, if you can't find it in the manuals or on the web site, it's
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best to post to the comp.lang.python or the Python mailing list (see
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above). If you specifically don't want to involve the newsgroup or
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mailing list, send questions to <help@python.org> (a group of
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volunteers which does *not* include me). Because of my work and email
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volume, I'm often be slow in answering questions sent to me directly;
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I prefer to answer questions posted to the newsgroup.
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Miscellaneous issues
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====================
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Documentation
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-------------
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All documentation is provided online in a variety of formats. In
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order of importance for new users: Tutorial, Library Reference,
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Language Reference, Extending & Embedding, and the Python/C API.
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Especially the Library Reference is of immense value since much of
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Python's power (including the built-in data types and functions!) is
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described there.
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All documentation is also available online via the Python web site
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(http://www.python.org/doc/, see below). It is available online for
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occaissional reference, or can be downloaded in many formats for
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faster access. The documents are available in HTML, PostScript, PDF,
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HTML Help, and LaTeX; the LaTeX version is primarily for documentation
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authors or people with special formatting requirements.
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Emacs mode
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----------
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There's an excellent Emacs editing mode for Python code; see the file
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Misc/python-mode.el. Originally written by the famous Tim Peters, it
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is now maintained by the equally famous Barry Warsaw
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<bwarsaw@python.org>. The latest version, along with various other
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contributed Python-related Emacs goodies, is online at
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<http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode>. And if you are planning to
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edit the Python C code, please pick up the latest version of CC Mode
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<http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode>; it contains a "python" style
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used throughout most of the Python C source files. (Newer versions of
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Emacs or XEmacs may already come with the latest version of
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python-mode.)
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Web site
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--------
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Python's web site is at http://www.python.org/. The Python core
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development team at BeOpen has its own website at
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http://www.pythonlabs.com/. Come visit us!
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Newsgroups
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----------
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Read comp.lang.python, a high-volume discussion newsgroup about
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Python, or comp.lang.python.announce, a low-volume moderated newsgroup
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for Python-related announcements. These are also accessible as
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mailing lists, see the next item.
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Archives are accessible via Deja News; the Python website has a
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query form for the archives at http://www.python.org/search/.
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Mailing lists
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-------------
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See http://www.python.org/psa/MailingLists.html for an overview of the
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many Python related mailing lists.
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Bug reports
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-----------
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To report or search for bugs, please use the SourceForge Bugs
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Tracker at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470 .
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Patches and contributions
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-------------------------
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To submit a patch or other contribution, please use the SourceForge
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Patch Manager at http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=5470 .
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If you have a proposal to change Python, it's best to submit a Python
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Enhancement Proposal (PEP) first. All current PEPs, as well as
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guidelines for submitting a new PEP, are here:
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http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/.
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Questions
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---------
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For help, if you can't find it in the manuals or on the web site, it's
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best to post to the comp.lang.python or the Python mailing list (see
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above). If you specifically don't want to involve the newsgroup or
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mailing list, send questions to <help@python.org> (a group of
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volunteers which does *not* include me). Because of my work and email
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volume, I'm often be slow in answering questions sent to me directly;
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I prefer to answer questions posted to the newsgroup.
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is now maintained by the equally famous Barry Warsaw. The latest
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version, along with various other contributed Python-related Emacs
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goodies, is online at <http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode>. And
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if you are planning to edit the Python C code, please pick up the
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latest version of CC Mode <http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode>; it
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contains a "python" style used throughout most of the Python C source
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files. (Newer versions of Emacs or XEmacs may already come with the
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latest version of python-mode.)
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The Tk interface
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overhauled to use more recent Tkinter coding conventions).
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Note that there's a Python module called "Tkinter" (capital T) which
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lives in Lib/tkinter/Tkinter.py, and a C module called "_tkinter"
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lives in Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py, and a C module called "_tkinter"
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(lower case t and leading underscore) which lives in
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Modules/_tkinter.c. Demos and normal Tk applications only import the
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Python Tkinter module -- only the latter uses the C _tkinter module
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Most subdirectories have their own README file. Most files have
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comments.
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.cvsignore Additional filename matching patterns for CVS to ignore
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BeOS/ Files specific to the BeOS port
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Demo/ Demonstration scripts, modules and programs
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Doc/ Documentation sources (LaTeX)
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Grammar/ Input for the parser generator
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Include/ Public header files
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LICENSE Licensing information
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Lib/ Python library modules
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Makefile.in Source from which config.status creates Makefile
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Misc/ Miscellaneous useful files
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Modules/ Implementation of most built-in modules
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Objects/ Implementation of most built-in object types
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PC/ PC porting files (DOS, Windows, OS/2)
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PCbuild/ Directory where you should build for Windows NT/95
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PC/ Files specific to PC ports (DOS, Windows, OS/2)
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PCbuild/ Build directory for Microsoft Visual C++
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Parser/ The parser and tokenizer and their input handling
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Python/ The "compiler" and interpreter
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README The file you're reading now
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Tools/ Some useful programs written in Python
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acconfig.h Additional input for the autoheader program
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config.h.in Source from which config.status creates config.h
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acconfig.h Additional input for the GNU autoheader program
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config.h.in Source from which config.h is created (GNU autoheader output)
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configure Configuration shell script (GNU autoconf output)
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configure.in Configuration specification (GNU autoconf input)
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configure.in Configuration specification (input for GNU autoconf)
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install-sh Shell script used to install files
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The following files will (may) be created in the toplevel directory by
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the configuration and build processes:
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Makefile Build rules
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config.cache cache of configuration variables
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buildno Keeps track of the build number
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config.cache Cache of configuration variables
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config.h Configuration header
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config.log Log from last configure run
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config.status Status from last run of configure script
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getbuildinfo.o Object file from Modules/getbuildinfo.c
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libpython2.0.a The library archive
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python The executable interpreter
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tags, TAGS Tags files for vi and Emacs
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How to reach the author
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=======================
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Guido van Rossum
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BeOpen.com
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160 Saratoga Avenue, Suite 46
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Santa Clara, CA 95051
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E-mail: guido@beopen.com or guido@python.org
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That's all, folks!
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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)
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