Clean up a bit. Drop -X option, update date, remove documentation
URLs, add various useful URLs. Update address and email. Drop PSA
and copyright. Add license info.
diff --git a/Misc/python.man b/Misc/python.man
index a296bda..2747eae 100644
--- a/Misc/python.man
+++ b/Misc/python.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PYTHON "1" "20 August, 1999"
+.TH PYTHON "1" "5 September, 2000"
.SH NAME
python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -24,12 +24,8 @@
[
.B \-v
]
-.br
- [
-.B \-x
-]
[
-.B \-X
+.B \-x
]
.br
[
@@ -52,8 +48,8 @@
constants, functions and modules.
Finally, the Python Reference Manual describes the syntax and
semantics of the core language in (perhaps too) much detail.
-(Information on locating these documents is included in
-.B "SEE ALSO"
+(These documents may be located via the
+.B "INTERNET RESOURCES"
below; they may be installed on your system as well.)
.PP
Python's basic power can be extended with your own modules written in
@@ -108,11 +104,6 @@
specific hack only. Warning: the line numbers in error messages will
be off by one!
.TP
-.B \-X
-Make the standard exceptions strings instead of classes.
-Use for backward compatibility with old code only. This is not
-necessary for most uses of string exceptions.
-.TP
.BI "\-c " command
Specify the command to execute (see next section).
This terminates the option list (following options are passed as
@@ -144,8 +135,8 @@
.I import sys
to be able to access it).
If no script name is given,
-.I sys.argv
-is empty; if
+.I sys.argv[0]
+is an empty string; if
.B \-c
is used,
.I sys.argv[0]
@@ -244,56 +235,36 @@
.IP PYTHONVERBOSE
If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying
the \fB\-v\fP option.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.IP "Python Tutorial"
-URL: http://www.python.org/doc/tut/tut.html
-.IP "Python Library Reference"
-URL: http://www.python.org/doc/lib/lib.html
-.IP "Python Reference Manual"
-URL: http://www.python.org/doc/ref/ref.html
-.IP "Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter"
-URL: http://www.python.org/doc/ext/ext.html
-.IP "Python/C API"
-URL: http://www.python.org/doc/api/api.html
-.PP
-Downloadable versions of these documents in many formats are available
-at the Python website; see \fB\INTERNET RESOURCES\fP below.
.SH AUTHOR
.nf
Guido van Rossum
-CNRI
-1895 Preston White Drive
-Reston, VA 20191
+BeOpen.com
+160 Saratoga Avenue
+Santa Clara, CA 95051
USA
.PP
-E-mail: guido@cnri.reston.va.us, guido@python.org
+E-mail: guido@beopen.com, guido@python.org
.fi
.PP
And a cast of thousands.
.SH INTERNET RESOURCES
-Web site: http://www.python.org
+Main website: http://www.python.org
.br
-FTP site: ftp://ftp.python.org
+BeOpen development team: http://pythonlabs.com
+.br
+Community website: http://starship.python.net
+.br
+Developer resources:
+.br
+ http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=5470
+.br
+FTP: ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python
+.br
+Module repository: http://www.vex.net/parnassus/
.br
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python, comp.lang.python.announce
-.PP
-There are many mirror sites; a current list is available at
-http://www.python.org/mirrors.html.
-.PP
-The \fI\Python Software Activity\fP provides many mailing lists which
-serve various special interests within the Python community;
-information on these special interest groups is available at
-http://www.python.org/sigs/.
-.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright 1991-1995 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam,
-The Netherlands.
-.IP " "
-All Rights Reserved
-.PP
-Copyright (c) 2000, BeOpen.com.
-Copyright (c) 1995-2000, Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
-Copyright (c) 1990-1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum.
-All rights reserved.
-
-See the file "Misc/COPYRIGHT" for information on usage and
-redistribution of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+.SH LICENSING
+Python is distributed under an Open Source license. See the file
+"LICENSE" in the Python source distribution for information on terms &
+conditions for accessing and otherwise using Python and for a
+DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.