Migrating from Windows to OS X

[ladasky]

Hello, fellow programmers!

I am sitting in front of a nice new PowerBook portable which has OS
10.4 installed. The Python.org web site says that Apple has shipped OS
10.4 with Python 2.3.5 installed. How exactly do I access this? I
have searched through the Applications and Libraries folders. I found
the site-packages directory, but nothing other than that.

Thanks for your help,
John Ladasky

[Kalle Anke]

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:26:23 +0200, la*****@my-deja.com wrote
(in article <11**********************@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>):

I am sitting in front of a nice new PowerBook portable which has OS
10.4 installed. The Python.org web site says that Apple has shipped OS
10.4 with Python 2.3.5 installed. How exactly do I access this? I
have searched through the Applications and Libraries folders. I found
the site-packages directory, but nothing other than that.

Launch Terminal (can be found in /Application/Utilities/)

type python

that's it

jem

[Chinook]

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 03:26:23 -0400, la*****@my-deja.com wrote
(in article <11**********************@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>):

Hello, fellow programmers!

I am sitting in front of a nice new PowerBook portable which has OS
10.4 installed. The Python.org web site says that Apple has shipped OS
10.4 with Python 2.3.5 installed. How exactly do I access this? I
have searched through the Applications and Libraries folders. I found
the site-packages directory, but nothing other than that.

Thanks for your help,
John Ladasky

You might also want to take a look at:
http://undefined.org/python/#TigerPython24Fix

That is if you want to use Python 2.4.1

There is also a Python SIG for us Mac elitists :~)
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Lee C

[ladasky]

Kalle Anke wrote:

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:26:23 +0200, la*****@my-deja.com wrote
(in article <11**********************@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>):

I am sitting in front of a nice new PowerBook portable which has OS
10.4 installed. The Python.org web site says that Apple has shipped OS
10.4 with Python 2.3.5 installed. How exactly do I access this? I
have searched through the Applications and Libraries folders. I found
the site-packages directory, but nothing other than that.

Launch Terminal (can be found in /Application/Utilities/)

type python

that's it

O.K., I found it... thanks! I haven't been down to the UNIX prompt on
the Mac before.

How are the development tools for the Mac? I'll use IDLE if it's
available, but I like Scintilla better.

Repeating my thanks,
John Ladasky

[Maurice LING]

la*****@my-deja.com wrote:

Hello, fellow programmers!

I am sitting in front of a nice new PowerBook portable which has OS
10.4 installed. The Python.org web site says that Apple has shipped OS
10.4 with Python 2.3.5 installed. How exactly do I access this? I
have searched through the Applications and Libraries folders. I found
the site-packages directory, but nothing other than that.

Thanks for your help,
John Ladasky

If I recall correctly, the actual Python installation is in
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework but the site-package is
symlinked to /Library/Python. Do not attempt to touch that. This
installation can be accessed in Terminal by typing "pythonw".

Are you or will you be using package managers such as darwinports or Fink?

maurice

[Kalle Anke]

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 17:07:04 +0200, la*****@my-deja.com wrote
(in article <11**********************@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>):

How are the development tools for the Mac? I'll use IDLE if it's
available, but I like Scintilla better.

Don't know ... I think that MacPython is perhaps what you're looking for.

Personally, I use BBEdit

jem