| author | William Roberts <williamr@symbian.org> |
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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Macintosh Python crash course</TITLE></HEAD> |
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<H1><IMG SRC="html.icons/python.gif">Macintosh Python crash course</H1> |
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<p>This set of documents provides an introduction to various aspects of |
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Python programming on the Mac. It is assumed that the reader is |
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already familiar with Python and, to some extent, with MacOS Toolbox |
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programming. Other readers may find something interesting here too, |
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your mileage may vary. </p> |
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<p>As the previous paragraph reveals to the careful observer these examples |
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are dated, most of them were writting before OSX and haven't been updated |
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afterwards. They still show how to use the Carbon wrappers but aren't |
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necessarily the best way to use the Carbon API's in OSX.</p> |
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Another set of Macintosh-savvy examples, more aimed at beginners, is |
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maintained by Joseph Strout, at Python Tidbits in <A |
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http://www.strout.net/python/</A>. |
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The <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/lib/Top.html">Python Library |
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Reference</a> contains a section on <a |
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href="http://www.python.org/doc/lib/Macintosh-Specific-Services.html">Macintosh-specific |
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modules</a> that you should also read. Documentation is also available |
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in PostScript and other forms, see the <a |
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href="http://www.python.org/doc/">documentation</a> section on the |
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<p>The W widget set by Just van Rossum, does not have complete documentation as |
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of this writing, but Corran Webster has documented most of it on his |
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<A HREF="http://www.nevada.edu/~cwebster/Python/">Python Page</A>.</p> |
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There are also some documentation links, as well as other MacPython-related |
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<H2>Table of contents</H2> |
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<blockquote><B>Note:</B> |
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Some of these documents were actually written a long time ago and have seen |
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little maintainance, so use with care. </blockquote> |
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<A HREF="example0.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications, |
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part zero</A> whets your appetite by showing you how to ask the user |
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for a filename, and how to display a message. It explains about end-of-line |
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part one</A> explains how to create a simple modal-dialog application |
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in Python. It also takes a glance at using the toolbox modules Res and |
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part two</A> turns the previous example program into a more complete |
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mac application, using a modeless dialog, menus, etc. It also explains |
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how to create applets, standalone applications written in Python. |
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<A HREF="freezing.html">Freezing Python programs</A> extends on this concept, |
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and shows you how to create applications that can be used on machines without |
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<A HREF="textedit.html">Using FrameWork and TextEdit</A> shows you |
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how to use <code>FrameWork</code> application framework and the |
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how to embed Python in other Mac applications. |
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resource and list managers. In the same folder you will find the very |
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on using the respective managers. In the <i>Mac:Lib</i> folder you |
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At some point in the (possibly distant) future, I will add chapters on |
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Please let me know if you miss critical information in this |
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document. I am quite sure that I will never find the time to turn it |
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<A HREF="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack">Jack Jansen</A>, |
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<A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 22-Apr-00. |
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