Getting started with the Python source

[dakman at gmail.com]

Right, I am pretty sure that the "toplevel" source of idle is in
dir-to-pylibs/idlelib/idle.py
(or maybe .pyw) that is were all the glue code is for idle, as for the
python source, I haven't messed around with it too much so I couldn'
tell you, well just have to wait for somone else to post that
information...

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renguy wrote:
> Thank you for your response. I guess I was looking for a more specific
> answer. I have the source and I have been looking around at the various
> code. I think my question is, what is the name of the toplevel source
> code file of C code for the Python interpreter, and what is the name of
> the toplevel source code file for IDLE? Does that make sense?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> dakman at gmail.com wrote:
> > Actually IDLE was written purley in python, you can find the sources to
> > it in...
> >
> > UNIX: /usr/lib/python<version>/idlelib
> > Windows: C:\Python<version>\Lib\idlelib
> >
> > If you are looking to modifly mostly just the IDE I would start there,
> > however if you are more interesting in modifying python Itself just
> > look around in the sources, it should be relativley easy to find.
> >
> > renguy wrote:
> > > I am interested in making some changes and additions to the Python
> > > environment (Python and IDLE). I have the source code and can build the
> > > source, but what I want to know is what are the "main" functions or
> > > source code for Python and IDLE. Specifically I would like to know what
> > > in Python and IDLE would be analogous to void main () in a standard C
> > > program. This will help me to work out the structure of the interpreter
> > > and the environment. Your help will be greatly appreciated. The changes
> > > I wish to make are for investigating the modification of the Python
> > > environment for novice programmers.