[Pythonmac-SIG] Python documentation in PythonIDE--for Lee Cullens

[Lee Cullens]

Thanks Charles,

Yes, I had saved Russell's post.  I'll be getting Wing in a few days (I 
use my monthly SS deposit to pay for my toys :~)

I wasted a month fighting with a sleazy Apple reseller, then went to 
Apple.com to order my G5, so by the time I got it installed Feb. was 
almost over.  Since then I've got my LAN set up (with the clunky ol PCs 
:<)), worked my way through "Mac OS X Panther Unleashed" and most of 
the way through "Learning Python," so I'm making pretty good progress.

Lee C


On Apr 6, 2005, at 10:14 PM, Charles Hartman wrote:

> Welcome to the Wing bandwagon (??). I like it a whole lot. It works a 
> little more easily on Windows (which I use only to build 
> distributables) than on Mac (where I use it all the time), because of 
> the X11 layer on Mac; but it works well and has great support. I 
> strongly recommend that you download and install the Mac keymap that 
> Russell Owen just posted here. It reduces the alien feel of X11 a fair 
> amount.
>
> Charles Hartman
>
>
> On Apr 6, 2005, at 9:19 PM, Lee Cullens wrote:
>
>> Just a followup.  I thought since I was the one that complained 
>> _coupled_ with Bob's mention of not much help in pulling it all 
>> together on OS X, that I would see if I was far enough along yet to 
>> prepare the needed Help Viewer resource to include in the pythonIDE 
>> package.
>>
>> Kevin Walzer graciously pointed me at the appropriate ADC 
>> instructions,  and Robert Kern tried to make it even simpler by 
>> pointing me to the applicable scripts in the 2.4 source distribution.
>>
>> After studying both approaches I believe it would take *me* a minimum 
>> of several days to create the said resource file, or even longer 
>> trying to use the source distribution scripts (figuring out exactly 
>> how to).  One thing I did note in the scripts is that Jack makes some 
>> changes in the docs that he must believe are appropriate and if I 
>> were to take the former approach (ADC instructions) I should mimic in 
>> the spirit of he and Bob's work.
>>
>> Balancing this with the relevant need (does anyone other than a 
>> novice like me even care about PythonIDE on a Mac?) and that I've 
>> decided to bite the bullet and go with Wing, I've decided to forego 
>> this little exercise (barring any crowd riot :~) and proceed with my 
>> Python learning cycle (after which I might be able to provide more 
>> meaningful help in furthering Python on Mac OS X).
>>
>> Lee C