[Pythonmac-SIG] RTFM

[Dan Shafer]

>Jack Jansen wrote:
>>  Ok, then we misunderstood each other. The "highlevel
>>  documentation" will definitely have to be rewritten for OSX. My
>>  request was mainly for the "Macintosh" section of the Python
>>  Library Reference.
>
>Do you mean the "MacPython Modules" section of the "Macintosh Library
>Modules" Doc?
>(http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/mac/mac.html).
>
>That doc was edited an reorganised by me a year or so ago (or two, I
>don't remember!). It still needs a lot of help, and, of course updates
>for OS-X. I think the  "Using Python on the Macintosh" section should be
>re-written, and perhaps broken into two setions, one for OS-X and one
>for OS-9. I'd be glad to help edit and deal with the LaTeX stuff, but I
>don't have the time or OS-X experience tpo really do any writing at the
>moment.

I'd be delighted to work on this project as I have time. I do have 
some OS X experience (expertise is probably an overstatement) and I 
would benefit from understanding Python on Mac better in any case.

>The target for the OS-X stuff should be 2.3, and the new framework
>Mach-O build structure. A mention of Unix Python should probably be put
>in, but since it is Unix- Python, it doesn't really need to be
>documented much there.

I could certainly buy into this.

>I really would like to see this "Official" doc be put into good shape!
>
>-Chris
>
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