| Welcome to the "PC" subdirectory of the Python distribution! |
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| This "PC" subdirectory contains complete project files to make |
| several 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. |
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| Be sure to read the documentation in the Python distribution. You |
| must set the environment variable PYTHONPATH to point to your Python |
| library directory. This is "../Lib", but you must use an absolute path, |
| and perhaps copy it somewhere else. Be sure to include the Windows |
| specific directory "win" too. If you use a DOS FAT file system and |
| either a DOS or Windows 3.1x Python version, you should also put |
| ../Lib/dos_8x3 on your PYTHONPATH too, since it has DOS 8x3 names |
| for the standard Python library names. So your autoexec.bat should have: |
| set PYTHONPATH=.;c:\python\lib;c:\python\lib\win |
| for Windows NT or |
| set PYTHONPATH=.;c:\python\lib;c:\python\lib\win;c:\python\lib\dos_8x3 |
| for DOS or Windows 3.1x (change the path to the correct path). |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| config.h An important configuration file specific to PC's. |
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| config.c The list of C modules to include in the Python PC |
| version. Manually edit this file to add or |
| remove Python modules. |
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| testpy.py A Python test program. Run this to test your |
| Python port. It should say "all tests OK". |
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| src A subdirectory used only for VC++ version 1.5 Python |
| source files. See below. The other compilers do not |
| use it. They reference the actual distribution |
| directories instead. |
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| Watcom C++ Version 10.6 |
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| The project file for the Watcom compiler is ./python.wpj. |
| It will build Watcom versions in the directories wat_*. |
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| wat_dos A 32-bit extended DOS Python (console-mode) using the |
| dos4gw DOS extender. Sockets are not included. |
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| wat_os2 A 32-bit OS/2 Python (console-mode). |
| Sockets are not included. |
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| Microsoft Visual C++ Version 4.0 (32-bit Windows) |
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| The project files are vc40.mdp, vc40.ncb and vc40.mak. They |
| will NOT work from this PC directory. To use them, first copy |
| them to the Python distribution directory with this command: |
| copy vc40.* .. |
| You may then want to remove them from here to prevent confusion. |
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| Once the project files are located in the directory just above |
| this one, start VC++ and read in the project. The targets are built |
| in the subdirectories vc40_*. |
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| vc40_dll The Python core built as an NT DLL. |
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| vc40_nt A Windows NT and 95 Python QuickWin (console-mode) |
| version of Python including sockets. It is |
| self-contained, and does not require any DLL's. |
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| Microsoft Visual C++ Version 1.5 (16-bit Windows) |
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| Since VC++1.5 does not handle long file names, it is necessary |
| to run the "makesrc.exe" program in this directory to copy |
| Python files from the distribution to the directory "src" |
| with shortened names. Included file names are shortened too. |
| Do this before you attempt to build Python. |
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| The "makesrc.exe" program is a native NT program, and you must |
| have NT, Windows 95 or Win32s to run it. Otherwise you will need |
| to copy distribution files to src yourself. |
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| The makefiles are named *.mak and are located in directories |
| starting with "vc15_". NOTE: When dependencies are scanned |
| VC++ will create dependencies for directories which are not |
| used because it fails to evaluate "#define" properly. You |
| must manaully edit makefiles (*.mak) to remove references to |
| "sys/" and other bad directories. |
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| vc15_lib A static Python library. Create this first because is |
| is required for vc15_w31. |
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| vc15_w31 A Windows 3.1x Python QuickWin (console-mode) |
| Python including sockets. Requires vc15_lib. |