Bug #643631: MacOS 9 details missing from inst.tex
Fill in the missing details. (From Jack Jansen)
diff --git a/Doc/inst/inst.tex b/Doc/inst/inst.tex
index f0ee44c..b9fde6c 100644
--- a/Doc/inst/inst.tex
+++ b/Doc/inst/inst.tex
@@ -168,22 +168,11 @@
python setup.py install
\end{verbatim}
-On Mac OS, you have to go through a bit more effort to supply
-command-line arguments to the setup script:
-\begin{itemize}
-\item hit option-double-click on the script's icon (or option-drop it
- onto the Python interpreter's icon)
-\item press the ``Set unix-style command line'' button
-\item set the ``Keep stdio window open on termination'' if you're
- interested in seeing the output of the setup script (which is usually
- voluminous and often useful)
-\item when the command-line dialog pops up, enter ``install'' (you
- can, of course, enter any Distutils command-line as described in this
- document or in \citetitle[../dist/dist.html]{Distributing Python
- Modules}: just leave off the initial \code{python setup.py} and
- you'll be fine)
-\end{itemize}
-
+On Mac OS 9, you double-click the \file{setup.py} script. It will bring
+up a dialog where you can select the \command{install} command. Then
+selecting the \command{run} button will install your distribution.
+The dialog is built dynamically, so all commands and options for this
+specific distribution are listed.
\subsection{Splitting the job up}
\label{splitting-up}
@@ -320,7 +309,7 @@
running Python in interactive mode and typing a few simple commands.
Under \UNIX, just type \code{python} at the shell prompt. Under
Windows, choose \menuselection{Start \sub Programs \sub Python
-2.1 \sub Python (command line)}. Under Mac OS, \XXX{???}.
+2.1 \sub Python (command line)}. Under Mac OS 9, start \file{PythonInterpreter}.
Once the interpreter is started, you type Python code at the
prompt. For example, on my Linux system, I type the three Python
statements shown below, and get the output as shown, to find out my
@@ -680,7 +669,7 @@
platforms that have such a notion but the Distutils additionally
define a few extra variables that may not be in your environment, such
as \code{\$PLAT}. (And of course, on systems that don't have
-environment variables, such as Mac OS (\XXX{true?}), the configuration
+environment variables, such as Mac OS 9, the configuration
variables supplied by the Distutils are the only ones you can use.)
See section~\ref{config-files} for details.