| This package will install Python $FULL_VERSION for Mac OS X |
| $MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET for the following architecture(s): |
| $ARCHITECTURES. |
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| Installation requires approximately $INSTALL_SIZE MB of disk space, |
| ignore the message that it will take zero bytes. |
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| You must install onto your current boot disk, even though the |
| installer does not enforce this, otherwise things will not work. |
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| Python consists of the Python programming language interpreter, plus |
| a set of programs to allow easy access to it for Mac users including |
| an integrated development environment, IDLE, plus a set of pre-built |
| extension modules that open up specific Macintosh technologies to |
| Python programs. |
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| **** IMPORTANT **** |
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| Before using IDLE or other programs using the tkinter graphical user |
| interface toolkit, visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ |
| for current information about supported and recommended versions |
| of Tcl/Tk for this version of Python and Mac OS X. |
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| The installer puts applications, an "Update Shell Profile" command, |
| and a link to the optionally installed Python Documentation into the |
| "Python $VERSION" subfolder of the system Applications folder, |
| and puts the underlying machinery into the folder |
| $PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR. It can |
| optionally place links to the command-line tools in /usr/local/bin as |
| well. Double-click on the "Update Shell Profile" command to add the |
| "bin" directory inside the framework to your shell's search path. |
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| More information on Python in general can be found at |
| http://www.python.org. |