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 <H1><IMG SRC="html.icons/python.gif">Macintosh Python crash course</H1>
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 This set of documents provides an introduction to various aspects of
 Python programming on the Mac. It is assumed that the reader is
 already familiar with Python and, to some extent, with MacOS Toolbox
 programming. Other readers may find something interesting here too,
 your mileage may vary. <p>

 There is a companion document <a href="using.html">Using Python on the Mac</a>
 which you should read before starting here: it explains the basics of using
 python on the Macintosh. <p>

 Another set of Macintosh-savvy examples, more aimed at beginners, is
 maintained by Joseph Strout, at <A
 HREF="http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/python/">
 http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/python/</A>.
 <P>

 The <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/lib/Top.html">Python Library Reference</a> contains a section on
 <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/lib/Macintosh-Specific-Services.html">Macintosh-specific modules</a>
 that you should also read. Documentation is also available in PostScript and other
 forms, see the <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/">documentation</a> section
 on the webserver. <p>

 Some of these documents were actually written while I was working on a "real"
 project: creating a single-button application that will allow my
 girlfriend to read her mail (which actually pass thry <EM>my</EM>
 mailbox, so I get to read it too, but don't tell her:-) without her
 having to worry about internet connections, unix commands, etc.  The
 application, when finished, will connect to the net using InterSLIP,
 start a (pseudo-)POP server on unix using rsh and use AppleScript to
 tell Eudora to connect to that server and retrieve messages.  <p>

 These examples were all built using Python 1.3.3, which can be downloaded
 from <a href="ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/jack/python/mac">ftp.cwi.nl, directory
 /pub/jack/python/mac</a>, and possibly from the <a href="ftp://ftp.python/org">
 ftp.python.org</a> server and its mirrors as well. Some examples may work
 with earlier versions of Python, some will definitely not.
 <H2>Table of contents</H2>

 <UL>
 <LI>
 <A HREF="example0.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications,
 part zero</A> whets your appetite by showing you how to ask the user
 for a filename, and how to display a message. It explains about end-of-line
 confusion while doing so.

 <LI>
 <A HREF="example1.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications,
 part one</A> explains how to create a simple modal-dialog application
 in Python. It also takes a glance at using the toolbox modules Res and
 Dlg, and EasyDialogs for simple question-dialogs.

 <LI>
 <A HREF="example2.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications,
 part two</A> turns the previous example program into a more complete
 mac application, using a modeless dialog, menus, etc. It also explains
 how to create applets, standalone applications written in Python.

 <LI>
 <A HREF="textedit.html">Using FrameWork and TextEdit</A> shows you
 how to use <code>FrameWork</code> application framework and the
 <code>TextEdit</code> toolbox to build a text editor.

 <LI>
 <A HREF="waste.html">Using WASTE</A> expands on this editor by using
 WASTE, an extended TextEdit replacement.

 <LI>
 <A HREF="plugins.html">Creating a C extension module on the Macintosh</A>
 is meant for the hardcore programmer, and shows how to create an
 extension module in C. It also handles using Modulator to create the
 boilerplate for your module, and creating dynamically-loadable modules
 on PowerPC Macs.

 <LI>
 <A HREF="applescript.html">Using Open Scripting Architecture from Python</A> explains
 how to create a Python module interfacing to a scriptable application,
 and how to use that module in your python program.

 <LI>
 <A HREF="cgi.html">Using python to create CGI scripts</A> is a preliminary
 introduction to writing CGI scripts in Python and to writing scriptable applications
 in Python.

 <LI>
 <A HREF="building.html">Building Mac Python from source</A> explains
 how to build a PPC or 68K interpreter from a source distribution.

 <LI>
 <A HREF="embed.html">Embedding Python on the Mac</A> is a minimal example of
 how to embed Python in other Mac applications.

 </UL>

 The Python distribution contains a few more examples, all unexplained:
 <UL>
 <LI>
 <I>PICTbrowse</I> is an application that locates PICT
 resources and displays them, it demonstrates some quickdraw and the
 resource and list managers.

 <LI>
 <I>Imgbrowse</I> displays image files in
 many different formats (gif, tiff, pbm, etc). It shows how to use the
 img modules on the mac.

 <LI>
 <I>Quicktime</I> has the standard <code>MovieInWindow</code> and
 <code>VerySimplePlayer</code> examples, re-coded in Python.

 <LI>
 <I>Resources</I>, <I>Sound</I> and <I>Speech</I> have some examples
 on using the respective managers.
 </UL>

 At some point in the (possibly distant) future, I will add chapters on
 how to use bgen to create modules completely automatic and how to make
 your Python program scriptable, but that will have to wait. <p>

 <HR>

 Please let me know if you miss critical information in this
 document. I am quite sure that I will never find the time to turn it
 into a complete MacPython programmers guide (which would probably be a
 400-page book instead of 5 lousy html-files), but it should contain
 at least the information that is neither in the standard Python
 documentation nor in Inside Mac or other Mac programmers
 documentation. <p>

 <HR>
 <A HREF="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack">Jack Jansen</A>,
 <A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 09-September-1996.
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	<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Macintosh Python crash course</TITLE></HEAD>
	<BODY>
	<H1><IMG SRC="html.icons/python.gif">Macintosh Python crash course</H1>
	<HR>

	This set of documents provides an introduction to various aspects of
	Python programming on the Mac. It is assumed that the reader is
	already familiar with Python and, to some extent, with MacOS Toolbox
	programming. Other readers may find something interesting here too,
	your mileage may vary. <p>

	There is a companion document <a href="using.html">Using Python on the Mac</a>
	which you should read before starting here: it explains the basics of using
	python on the Macintosh. <p>

	Another set of Macintosh-savvy examples, more aimed at beginners, is
	maintained by Joseph Strout, at <A
	HREF="http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/python/">
	http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/python/</A>.
	<P>

	The <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/lib/Top.html">Python Library Reference</a> contains a section on
	<a href="http://www.python.org/doc/lib/Macintosh-Specific-Services.html">Macintosh-specific modules</a>
	that you should also read. Documentation is also available in PostScript and other
	forms, see the <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/">documentation</a> section
	on the webserver. <p>

	Some of these documents were actually written while I was working on a "real"
	project: creating a single-button application that will allow my
	girlfriend to read her mail (which actually pass thry <EM>my</EM>
	mailbox, so I get to read it too, but don't tell her:-) without her
	having to worry about internet connections, unix commands, etc. The
	application, when finished, will connect to the net using InterSLIP,
	start a (pseudo-)POP server on unix using rsh and use AppleScript to
	tell Eudora to connect to that server and retrieve messages. <p>

	These examples were all built using Python 1.3.3, which can be downloaded
	from <a href="ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/jack/python/mac">ftp.cwi.nl, directory
	/pub/jack/python/mac</a>, and possibly from the <a href="ftp://ftp.python/org">
	ftp.python.org</a> server and its mirrors as well. Some examples may work
	with earlier versions of Python, some will definitely not.
	<H2>Table of contents</H2>

	<UL>
	<LI>
	<A HREF="example0.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications,
	part zero</A> whets your appetite by showing you how to ask the user
	for a filename, and how to display a message. It explains about end-of-line
	confusion while doing so.

	<LI>
	<A HREF="example1.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications,
	part one</A> explains how to create a simple modal-dialog application
	in Python. It also takes a glance at using the toolbox modules Res and
	Dlg, and EasyDialogs for simple question-dialogs.

	<LI>
	<A HREF="example2.html">Using python to create Macintosh applications,
	part two</A> turns the previous example program into a more complete
	mac application, using a modeless dialog, menus, etc. It also explains
	how to create applets, standalone applications written in Python.

	<LI>
	<A HREF="textedit.html">Using FrameWork and TextEdit</A> shows you
	how to use <code>FrameWork</code> application framework and the
	<code>TextEdit</code> toolbox to build a text editor.

	<LI>
	<A HREF="waste.html">Using WASTE</A> expands on this editor by using
	WASTE, an extended TextEdit replacement.

	<LI>
	<A HREF="plugins.html">Creating a C extension module on the Macintosh</A>
	is meant for the hardcore programmer, and shows how to create an
	extension module in C. It also handles using Modulator to create the
	boilerplate for your module, and creating dynamically-loadable modules
	on PowerPC Macs.

	<LI>
	<A HREF="applescript.html">Using Open Scripting Architecture from Python</A> explains
	how to create a Python module interfacing to a scriptable application,
	and how to use that module in your python program.

	<LI>
	<A HREF="cgi.html">Using python to create CGI scripts</A> is a preliminary
	introduction to writing CGI scripts in Python and to writing scriptable applications
	in Python.

	<LI>
	<A HREF="building.html">Building Mac Python from source</A> explains
	how to build a PPC or 68K interpreter from a source distribution.

	<LI>
	<A HREF="embed.html">Embedding Python on the Mac</A> is a minimal example of
	how to embed Python in other Mac applications.

	</UL>

	The Python distribution contains a few more examples, all unexplained:
	<UL>
	<LI>
	<I>PICTbrowse</I> is an application that locates PICT
	resources and displays them, it demonstrates some quickdraw and the
	resource and list managers.

	<LI>
	<I>Imgbrowse</I> displays image files in
	many different formats (gif, tiff, pbm, etc). It shows how to use the
	img modules on the mac.

	<LI>
	<I>Quicktime</I> has the standard <code>MovieInWindow</code> and
	<code>VerySimplePlayer</code> examples, re-coded in Python.

	<LI>
	<I>Resources</I>, <I>Sound</I> and <I>Speech</I> have some examples
	on using the respective managers.
	</UL>

	At some point in the (possibly distant) future, I will add chapters on
	how to use bgen to create modules completely automatic and how to make
	your Python program scriptable, but that will have to wait. <p>

	<HR>

	Please let me know if you miss critical information in this
	document. I am quite sure that I will never find the time to turn it
	into a complete MacPython programmers guide (which would probably be a
	400-page book instead of 5 lousy html-files), but it should contain
	at least the information that is neither in the standard Python
	documentation nor in Inside Mac or other Mac programmers
	documentation. <p>

	<HR>
	<A HREF="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack">Jack Jansen</A>,
	<A HREF="mailto:jack@cwi.nl">jack@cwi.nl</A>, 09-September-1996.
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