1 This directory contains a number of Python programs that are useful
2 while building or extending Python.
4 audiopy Audiopy is a program to control the Solaris audio
5 device, allowing you to choose both the input and
6 output devices, and to set the output volume, that can
7 be run either as a command-line script, or as a
10 bgen Generate complete extension modules from a
11 description. Still under development!
13 compiler Tools used to maintain the compiler package in the
17 See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw.py
20 freeze Create a stand-alone executable from a Python program.
22 i18n Tools for internationalization. pygettext.py
23 parses Python source code and generates .pot files,
24 and msgfmt.py generates a binary message catalog
25 from a catalog in text format.
27 idle A Tkinter-based Python IDE.
29 modulator Interactively generate boiler plate for an extension
30 module. Works easiest if you have Tk.
32 pynche A Tkinter-based color editor.
34 scripts A number of useful single-file programs, e.g. tabnanny.py
35 (by Tim Peters), which checks for inconsistent mixing
38 unicode Tools used to generate unicode database files for
39 Python 2.0 (by Fredrik Lundh).
41 versioncheck A tool to automate checking whether you have the latest
42 version of a package (by Jack Jansen).
44 webchecker A link checker for web sites.
46 world Script to take a list of Internet addresses and print
47 out where in the world those addresses originate from,
48 based on the top-level domain country code found in