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Guido van Rossum a83f3b82b9 Barry's latest (2.83). He likes this version particularly because 
83 is a prime number.
1996-10-23 20:55:00 +00:00
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ACKS Nils Fischbeck, Tim Hochberg, Terry Reedy, Ka-Ping Yee 1996-10-08 17:22:00 +00:00
AIX-NOTES New version for 1.4 from Manus. 1996-10-22 22:08:02 +00:00
BLURB Initial revision 1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
BLURB.LUTZ Initial revision 1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
cheatsheet Very useful file! 1994-08-05 15:57:31 +00:00
COPYRIGHT Added 1995 to copyright message; added a few people to acks again... 1995-01-04 19:21:21 +00:00
editline-fix Added editline fix 1996-09-12 17:29:33 +00:00
FAQ Added answer by Greg Stein about threads on Linux. 1996-10-23 20:52:55 +00:00
faq2html.py Rewritten by Ka-Ping Yee. 1996-09-10 17:59:15 +00:00
Fixcprt.py Added 1995 to copyright message; added a few people to acks again... 1995-01-04 19:21:21 +00:00
fixfuncptrs.sh Initial revision 1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
gMakefile New version submitted by Jim Fulton. 1996-08-28 19:29:44 +00:00
HISTORY Moved 1.3 news to HISTORY; put some 1.4 news in NEWS 1996-07-30 18:53:51 +00:00
HPUX-NOTES Some new files... 1994-09-14 14:06:46 +00:00
HYPE Initial revision 1994-04-14 13:02:35 +00:00
indent.pro Some new files... 1994-09-14 14:06:46 +00:00
Makefile Initial revision 1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
Makefile.pre.in Add a dependency on clobber to the boot target. Now, if you run "make 1996-10-10 19:12:47 +00:00
NEWS Added all current changes. 1996-10-22 02:16:19 +00:00
NEXT-NOTES PS: use -O2, not -O3 1996-09-06 23:31:18 +00:00
python-mode-old.el Barry's latest (2.83). He likes this version particularly because 1996-10-23 20:55:00 +00:00
python-mode.el (py-indent-line): take an optional universal argument which says to 1996-10-23 20:44:59 +00:00
python.gif Initial revision 1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
python.man Got rid of all references to stdwin. 1996-07-30 19:27:05 +00:00
README Added editline fix 1996-09-12 17:29:33 +00:00
RENAME directives for Tools/scripts/fixcid.py 1996-07-30 18:02:59 +00:00
renumber.py Fix bug in formatting of new questions 1994-09-29 15:19:10 +00:00
RFD Initial revision 1994-01-26 10:20:16 +00:00
setuid-prog.c Initial revision 1995-07-20 21:57:15 +00:00

README 

Python Misc subdirectory
========================

This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere, in
particular the UNIX manual page, an Emacs mode for Python source code,
and a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers).  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
----------------

ACKS		Acknowledgements
AIX-NOTES	Notes for building Python on AIX (all new!)
BLURB		A quick description of Python for newcomers
BLURB.LUTZ	A testimonial from a converted Tcl/Perl hacker :-)
COPYRIGHT	The Python copyright notice
FAQ		Frequently Asked Questions about Python (and answers)
Fixcprt.py	Fix the copyright message (a yearly chore :-)
HISTORY		News from previous releases -- oldest last
HPUX-NOTES	Notes about dynamic loading under HP-UX
HYPE		More hype about Python
Makefile	Used for administrative chores like cleaning up
Makefile.pre.in	Template for building extensions (static or dynamic)
NEWS		News for this release
README		The file you're reading now
RFD		Request For Discussion about a Python newsgroup
cheatsheet	Quick summary of Python by Ken Manheimer
editline-fix	A news article on how to fix R$'s editline for Python
fixfuncptrs.sh	Shell script to fix function pointer initializers
gMakefile	Generic Makefile for dynamically loadable modules
indent.pro	GNU indent profile approximating my C style
python-mode.el	Emacs mode for editing Python programs
python.man	UNIX man page for the python interpreter
renumber.py	Script to renumber the sections in the FAQ
setuid-prog.c	C helper program for set-uid Python scripts