Updated to reflect new situation, added a warning on fmmodule.c
diff --git a/Mac/Relnotes-source b/Mac/Relnotes-source
index 011df45..f3cd414 100644
--- a/Mac/Relnotes-source
+++ b/Mac/Relnotes-source
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
first thing you need is a tar program for the mac. Suntar is
reasonable and can be found at the info-mac sites. Edit the
preferences to make it extract C sources with creator CWIE
-and .py files as text files with creator PYTH, this will save
+and .py files as text files with creator Pyth, this will save
you work later.
-You will also need CodeWarrior 7. If you have another development
+You will also need CodeWarrior 8. If you have another development
environment you are on your own, basically.
You may also need the img distribution and the stdwin distribution.
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@
to remove references to them.
When you've extracted everything you may have to unpack the
-.hqx files in Mac:Resources and Mac:Mwerks:Projects (but suntar
+.hqx files in Mac:Resources and Mac:mwerks:Projects (but suntar
may have done this for you already).
+You have to remove Modules:fmmodule.c, the SGI fm module, which has a
+name conflict with the Mac Fmmodule.c.
+
Next, create your build directories. I use the following naming
convention:
build.macppc.shared PowerPC shared-library
@@ -28,48 +31,51 @@
to be located right in the main python folder, if you put them elsewhere
you will have to edit the access paths.
-Move MWCRuntimePython.µ, PythonCore.µ, PythonPPC.µ and PythonApplet.µ
-(from the Mac:Mwerks:Projects folder) to build.macppc.shared, move
-Python68K.µ to build.mac68k.stand.
+Move MWCPythonCoreRuntime.µ, PythonCore.µ, PythonPPC.µ and
+PythonApplet.µ (from the Mac:mwerks:projects folder) to
+build.macppc.shared, move Python68K.µ to build.mac68k.stand.
Build the projects. For the PPC projects, keep the order given above.
-Do *not* run the python interpreter yet. First, move the interpreter to
-the main python folder. For PPC, also move PythonCore to the main python folder.
+Do *not* run the python interpreter yet. First, move the interpreter
+to the main python folder. For PPC, also move PythonCore to the main
+python folder.
-Now try your python interpreter, this will create an initial preferences file.
+Now try your python interpreter, this will create an initial
+preferences file.
For 68K python you are now done.
-For PPC Python, don't try complicated scripts yet, you first have to create
-the dynamically loadable modules. Create a folder PlugIns (in the toplevel
-python folder) and move all the projects that have "module" or "modules" in
-their name there. Build these projects. This will create a number of ".exp"
-files, edit these files to contain only all the "init" modules, and build
-the projects again. This latter step isn't really essential, so feel free
-to skip it.
+For PPC Python, don't try complicated scripts yet, you first have to
+create the dynamically loadable modules. Create a folder PlugIns (in
+the toplevel python folder) and move all the projects that have
+"module" or "modules" in their name there. Build these projects. This
+will create a number of ".exp" files, edit these files to contain only
+all the "init" modules, and build the projects again. This latter step
+isn't really essential, so feel free to skip it.
-The next step is to create aliases for the various modules that "live together"
-in one shared library. For this, take MkPluginAliases.py and MkPluginAliases.rsrc
-from the Mac:scripts folder and move or copy them to the python home folder.
-Run the script from there.
+The next step is to create aliases for the various modules that "live
+together" in one shared library. For this, take MkPluginAliases.py and
+MkPluginAliases.rsrc from the Mac:scripts folder and move or copy them
+to the python home folder. Run the script from there.
-If you haven't created all plugins you'll get some errors about files not existing,
-don't worry. Don't forget to move the scripts back.
+If you haven't created all plugins you'll get some errors about files
+not existing, don't worry. Don't forget to move the scripts back.
-Next, make an alias of PythonCore (also named PythonCore) and put it in
-System Folder:Extensions. This will ensure that you can run python anywhere,
-not just from the folder where PythonCore lives.
+Next, make an alias of PythonCore (also named PythonCore) and put it
+in System Folder:Extensions. This will ensure that you can run python
+anywhere, not just from the folder where PythonCore lives.
-Most of your environment is now setup. You can try it by running EditPythonPrefs.py
-(in Mac:scripts), it should now work from there.
+Most of your environment is now setup. You can try it by running
+EditPythonPrefs.py (in Mac:scripts), it should now work from there.
-Lastly, you should setup some stuff needed for applet creation. First, you should put
-PythonApplet (or an alias to it) in the python home folder. Next, you should turn
-mkapplet.py (from mac:scripts) into an applet itself: double-click it and give it itself
-as input in the input file dialog.
+Lastly, you should setup some stuff needed for applet creation. First,
+you should put PythonApplet (or an alias to it) in the python home
+folder. Next, you should turn mkapplet.py (from mac:scripts) into an
+applet itself: double-click it and give it itself as input in the
+input file dialog.
-Now that you have created mkapplet you can use this as a droplet: drag-and-drop python sources
-onto it (EditPythonPrefs.py and RunLibScript.py come to mind) and the applets will be
-created.
+Now that you have created mkapplet you can use this as a droplet:
+drag-and-drop python sources onto it (EditPythonPrefs.py and
+RunLibScript.py come to mind) and the applets will be created.
- Jack Jansen, CWI, 20 December 1995.
+ Jack Jansen, CWI, 18 March 1996.