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Rewrote sections on GNU readline (now that I'm using 2.0), ftp, and

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@ -142,24 +142,37 @@ exec_prefix=DIRECTORY) overrides the prefix set at configuration time;
this may be more convenient than re-running the configure script if
you change your mind about the install prefix...
- You can use the GNU readline library to improve the interactive
user interface: this gives you line editing and command history when
calling python interactively. You need to build the GNU readline
library before running the configure script. Its sources are
distributed with Python. This may involve some editing of the
Makefile there -- I'm sorry, but I don't feel responsible for making
it more portable or adapting it to autoconf... Pass the configure
script the option --with-readline=DIRECTORY where DIRECTORY is the
absolute pathname of the directory where you've built the readline
library. A known problem with the readline library is that it
contains entry points which cause conflicts with the STDWIN and SGI GL
libraries. The stdwin conflict can be solved (and will be, in some
future release of stdwin) by adding a line saying '#define werase
w_erase' to the stdwin.h file (in the stdwin distribution,
subdirectory H). The GL conflict may be solvable by reordering the -l
options on the final link command, but it appears unsafe... Another
hint: you may have to add -Dindex=strchr -Drindex=strrchr to
readline's CFLAGS if your system doesn't have index and rindex.
- You can use the GNU readline library to improve the interactive user
interface: this gives you line editing and command history when
calling python interactively. You need to configure build the GNU
readline library before running the configure script. Its sources are
no longer distributed with Python; you can ftp them from any GNU
mirror site, or from its home site:
ftp://slc2.ins.cwru.edu/pub/dist/readline-2.0.tar.gz (or a higher
version number -- using version 1.x is not recommended). Pass the
Python configure script the option --with-readline=DIRECTORY where
DIRECTORY is the absolute pathname of the directory where you've built
the readline library. Some hints on building and using the readline
library:
- On SGI IRIX 5, you may have to add the following
to rldefs.h:
#ifndef sigmask
#define sigmask(sig) (1L << ((sig)-1))
#endif
- The readline library requires use of the termcap library. A
known problem with this is that it contains entry points which
cause conflicts with the STDWIN and SGI GL libraries. The stdwin
conflict can be solved (and will be, in the next release of
stdwin) by adding a line saying '#define werase w_erase' to the
stdwin.h file (in the stdwin distribution, subdirectory H). The
GL conflict has been solved in the Python configure script by a
hack that forces use of the static version of the termcap library.
- Check the newsgroup gnu.bash.bugs for specific problems with the
readline library.
- On SGI IRIX, and on Sun SOLARIS 2, you can use multiple threads. To
enable this, pass --with-thread. In the Modules/Setup file, enable
@ -339,30 +352,22 @@ readline/ Source code for the GNU readline library
Ftp access
----------
The latest Python source distribution can be ftp'ed from site
ftp.cwi.nl, directory /pub/python, file python<version>.tar.Z. You
can also find PostScript of the main Python documentation there,
Macintosh and PC binaries, and the latest STDWIN source distribution
(in directory /pub/stdwin). Mirror sites are gatekeeper.dec.com
(/pub/plan/python/cwi), ftp.wustl.edu
(/graphics/graphics/sgi-stuff/python) and ftp.uu.net
(/languages/python) -- try these sites first if you are on the US
continent, or at least closer to it than to Europe. These mirror
sites are at most a day behind on the European archive!
If you don't have ftp access, send mail containing only the word HELP
to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com or bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu, and the
server will send you instructions on how to make requests.
The latest Python source distribution can be ftp'ed from
ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/python/python<version>.tar.gz. You can also find
PostScript of the main Python documentation there, Macintosh and PC
binaries, and the latest STDWIN source distribution (in directory
/pub/stdwin). oFr mirror sites, see the list in the FAQ (Misc/FAQ
this directory).
Mailing list
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bugs. To subscribe, send mail containing your real name and e-mail
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built and installed Python, you are urgently to subscribe to this
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There are a mailing list and a newsgroup devoted to Python
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