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 <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 document was 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>

 <CITE>
 If you want to try the examples here you will have to download some
 fixes to the 1.3 distribution to your Macintosh. You need an updated
 version of <A HREF="update-to-1.3/FrameWork.py">FrameWork.py</A> (to
 go in <CODE>Lib:mac</CODE> and updated <A
 HREF="update-to-1.3/into-PlugIns.hqx">project templates</A> to go into
 the <CODE>PlugIns</CODE> folder for PPC users.
 Users of 1.3.1 or later distributions don't need these fixes.<P>
 </CITE>

 If you are reading this document on the web and would prefer to read
 it offline you can transfer the whole stuff (as a BinHexed StuffIt
 archive) from <A HREF="complete.hqx"> here</A>. This archive includes
 the fixes mentioned in the previous paragraph. <p>

 <H2>Table of contents</H2>

 <UL>
 <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>
 In the Python distribution two more examples are included without
 explanation. <I>PICTbrowse</I> is an application that locates PICT
 resources and displays them, it demonstrates some quickdraw and the
 resource and list namagers. <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>
 <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.
 </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>, 7-Apr-1996.
	<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 document was 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>

	<CITE>
	If you want to try the examples here you will have to download some
	fixes to the 1.3 distribution to your Macintosh. You need an updated
	version of <A HREF="update-to-1.3/FrameWork.py">FrameWork.py</A> (to
	go in <CODE>Lib:mac</CODE> and updated <A
	HREF="update-to-1.3/into-PlugIns.hqx">project templates</A> to go into
	the <CODE>PlugIns</CODE> folder for PPC users.
	Users of 1.3.1 or later distributions don't need these fixes.<P>
	</CITE>

	If you are reading this document on the web and would prefer to read
	it offline you can transfer the whole stuff (as a BinHexed StuffIt
	archive) from <A HREF="complete.hqx"> here</A>. This archive includes
	the fixes mentioned in the previous paragraph. <p>

	<H2>Table of contents</H2>

	<UL>
	<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>
	In the Python distribution two more examples are included without
	explanation. <I>PICTbrowse</I> is an application that locates PICT
	resources and displays them, it demonstrates some quickdraw and the
	resource and list namagers. <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>
	<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.
	</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>, 7-Apr-1996.