cpython/PC
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clinic bpo-36346: Make using the legacy Unicode C API optional (GH-21437) 2020-07-10 23:26:06 +03:00
icons bpo-38439: Update the Windows Store package's icons for IDLE. Artwork by Andrew Clover (GH-22817) 2020-10-20 15:54:13 +01:00
layout bpo-42802: Remove distutils bdist_wininst command (GH-24043) 2021-01-09 00:35:01 +01:00
_msi.c bpo-42519: Replace PyObject_MALLOC() with PyObject_Malloc() (GH-23587) 2020-12-01 10:37:39 +01:00
_testconsole.c bpo-41729: Fix test_winconsole failures (3) and hang (GH-22146) 2020-09-12 01:51:52 -04:00
classicAppCompat.can.xml bpo-34977: Add Windows App Store package (GH-11027) 2018-12-10 18:52:57 -08:00
classicAppCompat.cat bpo-34977: Add Windows App Store package (GH-11027) 2018-12-10 18:52:57 -08:00
classicAppCompat.sccd bpo-34977: Add Windows App Store package (GH-11027) 2018-12-10 18:52:57 -08:00
config.c bpo-40939: Remove the old parser (GH-20768) 2020-06-11 17:30:46 +01:00
crtlicense.txt Implement Windows release builds in Azure Pipelines (GH-14065) 2019-06-14 08:29:20 -07:00
dl_nt.c bpo-41054: Simplify resource compilation on Windows (GH-21004) 2020-06-23 20:05:57 +01:00
empty.c Add main program for icon file. 2004-09-03 13:32:57 +00:00
errmap.h bpo-37705: Improve the implementation of winerror_to_errno() (GH-15623) 2019-09-09 02:35:08 -07:00
errmap.mak Much-needed merge (using svnmerge.py this time) of trunk changes into p3yk. 2006-05-27 19:21:47 +00:00
frozen_dllmain.c Use GetModuleHandleW to avoid *A functions where possible. 2012-01-14 17:54:09 +01:00
getpathp.c bpo-41304: Ensure python3x._pth is loaded on Windows (GH-21495) 2020-07-15 22:56:49 +01:00
invalid_parameter_handler.c Issue #23524: Replace _PyVerify_fd function with calls to _set_thread_local_invalid_parameter_handler. 2015-04-12 00:26:27 -04:00
launcher.c Fix typo in launcher.c (GH-24497) 2021-02-20 19:03:50 +09:00
msvcrtmodule.c bpo-40826: Fix test_repl.test_close_stdin() on Windows (GH-20779) 2020-06-10 18:49:23 +02:00
pyconfig.h bpo-11717: fix ssize_t redefinition error when targeting 32bit Windows app (GH-24479) 2021-03-01 11:18:33 +00:00
pylauncher.rc bpo-34977: Add Windows App Store package (GH-11027) 2018-12-10 18:52:57 -08:00
pyshellext.cpp bpo-41070: Simplify pyshellext.dll build (GH-21037) 2020-06-24 00:32:23 +01:00
pyshellext.def bpo-41070: Simplify pyshellext.dll build (GH-21037) 2020-06-24 00:32:23 +01:00
pyshellext.rc Issue #27469: Adds a shell extension to the launcher so that drag and drop works correctly. 2016-07-16 16:17:33 -07:00
python3dll.c bpo-43155: Add PyCMethod_New to PC/python3dll.c (GH-24500) 2021-02-16 01:14:13 +01:00
python_exe.rc Issue #27756: Adds new icons for Python files and processes on Windows. Designs by Cherry Wang. 2016-09-05 14:05:17 -07:00
python_nt.rc bpo-41054: Simplify resource compilation on Windows (GH-21004) 2020-06-23 20:05:57 +01:00
python_uwp.cpp bpo-38304: PyConfig_InitPythonConfig() cannot fail anymore (GH-16509) 2019-10-01 12:06:16 +02:00
python_ver_rc.h Bring Python into the new year. (GH-24036) 2021-01-02 00:37:23 +09:00
python.manifest bpo-30731: python.manifest fix (#2328) 2017-07-13 21:34:42 +02:00
pythonw_exe.rc Issue #27756: Adds new icons for Python files and processes on Windows. Designs by Cherry Wang. 2016-09-05 14:05:17 -07:00
readme.txt Issue #25022: Merge with 3.4 2015-09-10 15:02:14 -05:00
sqlite3.rc Adds version info to all signed binaries on Windows. 2016-04-06 12:35:24 -07:00
store_info.txt Update information about publishing a new version to the Microsoft Store (GH-17262) 2019-11-20 08:21:14 -08:00
testpy.py Cleanup regrtest "main()" function 2016-03-24 17:53:20 +01:00
validate_ucrtbase.py Issue #27705: Update message in validate_ucrtbase.py 2016-09-09 18:21:15 -07:00
WinMain.c Use UNICODE wWinMain, to make CRT initialize __wargv. 2008-05-09 17:06:49 +00:00
winreg.c Fix signed/unsigned comparison to avoid compilation warning (GH-24441) 2021-02-04 21:38:18 +00:00
winsound.c Fix miscellaneous typos (#4275) 2017-11-05 15:37:50 +02:00

Welcome to the "PC" subdirectory of the Python distribution
***********************************************************

This "PC" subdirectory contains complete project files to make
several older PC ports of Python, as well as all the PC-specific
Python source files.  It should be located in the root of the
Python distribution, and there should be directories "Modules",
"Objects", "Python", etc. in the parent directory of this "PC"
subdirectory.  Be sure to read the documentation in the Python
distribution.

Python requires library files such as string.py to be available in
one or more library directories.  The search path of libraries is
set up when Python starts.  To see the current Python library search
path, start Python and enter "import sys" and "print sys.path".

All PC ports use this scheme to try to set up a module search path:

  1) The script location; the current directory without script.
  2) The PYTHONPATH variable, if set.
  3) For Win32 platforms (NT/95), paths specified in the Registry.
  4) Default directories lib, lib/win, lib/test, lib/tkinter;
     these are searched relative to the environment variable
     PYTHONHOME, if set, or relative to the executable and its
     ancestors, if a landmark file (Lib/string.py) is found ,
     or the current directory (not useful).
  5) The directory containing the executable.

The best installation strategy is to put the Python executable (and
DLL, for Win32 platforms) in some convenient directory such as
C:/python, and copy all library files and subdirectories (using XCOPY)
to C:/python/lib.  Then you don't need to set PYTHONPATH.  Otherwise,
set the environment variable PYTHONPATH to your Python search path.
For example,
   set PYTHONPATH=.;d:\python\lib;d:\python\lib\win;d:\python\lib\dos-8x3

There are several add-in modules to build Python programs which use
the native Windows operating environment.  The ports here just make
"QuickWin" and DOS Python versions which support a character-mode
(console) environment.  Look in www.python.org for Tkinter, PythonWin,
WPY and wxPython.

To make a Python port, start the Integrated Development Environment
(IDE) of your compiler, and read in the native "project file"
(or makefile) provided.  This will enable you to change any source
files or build settings so you can make custom builds.

pyconfig.h    An important configuration file specific to PC's.

config.c    The list of C modules to include in the Python PC
            version.  Manually edit this file to add or
            remove Python modules.

testpy.py   A Python test program.  Run this to test your
            Python port.  It should produce copious output,
	    ending in a report on how many tests were OK, how many
	    failed, and how many were skipped.  Don't worry about
	    skipped tests (these test unavailable optional features).


Additional files and subdirectories for 32-bit Windows
======================================================

python_nt.rc   Resource compiler input for python15.dll.

dl_nt.c
               Additional sources used for 32-bit Windows features.

getpathp.c     Default sys.path calculations (for all PC platforms).

dllbase_nt.txt A (manually maintained) list of base addresses for
               various DLLs, to avoid run-time relocation.


Note for Windows 3.x and DOS users
==================================

Neither Windows 3.x nor DOS is supported any more.  The last Python
version that supported these was Python 1.5.2; the support files were
present in Python 2.0 but weren't updated, and it is not our intention
to support these platforms for Python 2.x.