Got rid of all references to stdwin.
Documented insertion of script directory in path.
Updated author's address.
Changed MAILING LIST section to INTERNET RESOURCES.
diff --git a/Misc/python.man b/Misc/python.man
index 4e7d46a..548244f 100644
--- a/Misc/python.man
+++ b/Misc/python.man
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-.TH PYTHON "4 January 1995"
+.TH PYTHON "30 July 1996"
.SH NAME
python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B python
[
-.I X11-options
-]
-[
.B \-d
]
[
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@
.PP
Python's basic power can be extended with your own modules written in
C or C++.
-On some (most?) systems such modules may be dynamically loaded.
+On most systems such modules may be dynamically loaded.
Python is also adaptable as an extension language for existing
applications.
See the internal documentation for hints.
@@ -77,18 +74,6 @@
Specify the command to execute (see next section).
This terminates the option list (following options are passed as
arguments to the command).
-.PP
-When the interpreter is configured to contain the
-.I stdwin
-built-in module for use with the X window system, additional command
-line options common to most X applications are recognized (by STDWIN),
-e.g.
-.B \-display
-.I displayname
-and
-.B \-geometry
-.I widthxheight+x+y.
-The complete set of options is described in the STDWIN documentation.
.SH INTERPRETER INTERFACE
The interpreter interface resembles that of the UNIX shell: when
called with standard input connected to a tty device, it prompts for
@@ -123,7 +108,7 @@
.I sys.argv[0]
contains the string
.I '-c'.
-Note that options interpreter by the Python interpreter or by STDWIN
+Note that options interpreted by the Python interpreter itself
are not placed in
.I sys.argv.
.PP
@@ -148,7 +133,7 @@
conventions:
.IP /usr/local/bin/python
Recommended location of the interpreter.
-.IP /usr/local/lib/python
+.IP /usr/local/lib/python1.4
Recommended location of the directory containing the standard modules.
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.IP PYTHONPATH
@@ -160,6 +145,8 @@
with `.', (for example,
.I .:/usr/local/lib/python ).
The default search path is appended to $PYTHONPATH.
+If a script argument is given, the directory containing the script is
+inserted in the path in front of $PYTHONPATH.
The search path can be manipulated from within a Python program as the
variable
.I sys.path .
@@ -196,30 +183,22 @@
Python Library Reference
.br
Python Reference Manual
-.br
-STDWIN under X11
-.SH BUGS AND CAVEATS
-The first time
-.I stdwin
-is imported, it initializes the STDWIN library.
-If this initialization fails, e.g. because the display connection
-fails, the interpreter aborts immediately.
.SH AUTHOR
.nf
Guido van Rossum
-CWI (Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica)
-P.O. Box 4079
-1009 AB Amsterdam
-The Netherlands
+CNRI
+1895 Preston White Drive
+Reston, VA 20191
+USA
.PP
-E-mail: Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl
+E-mail: guido@cnri.reston.va.us, guido@python.org
.fi
-.SH MAILING LIST
-There is a mailing list devoted to Python programming, bugs and
-design.
-To subscribe, send mail containing your real name and e-mail address
-in Internet form to
-.I python-list-request@cwi.nl.
+.SH INTERNET RESOURCES
+Web site: http://www.python.org
+.br
+FTP site: ftp://ftp.python.org
+.br
+Newsgroup: comp.lang.python
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1991-1995 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.