[Tutor] mac users

[Alan Gauld]

Hi Shane,

> I am a macOSX user and I would like to simultaneously learn how to program 
> and learn python. Does anyone know of a good book, or online tutorial that 
> would be helpful?

The Python web site lists lots of tutorials and they are all free so try 
them and
see which suits your style. Tutorials tend to be very individual in nature,
what suits one may not work for another.

> Python for the absolute beginner". but... its was made for Windows users 
> and the examples in the book dont work for me, for example,
>
> print "\a"
>
> does not make my macOSX system "beep"

Did you try it in the Terminal (Applications->Utilities)
I don't think \a works in the IDE that comes with MacPython but the
Terminal should work I think...(Where is my iBook when I need it?!)

regards,

Alan G
Author of the learn to program web tutor
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld