1 This directory contains various demonstrations of what you can do with
2 Python. Most demos are grouped sub(sub*)directories according to
3 required optional built-in modules or specific platform; there is also
4 a set of generally useful scripts and there are some more-or-less
7 classes Some examples of how to use classes.
9 ibrowse An Emacs info file browser (uses stdwin).
10 See also ../doc (the Python library documentation can
11 be converted to info format).
13 md5test Test program for the optional md5 module.
15 rpc A set of classes for building clients and servers for
18 rsa An RSA public-key cryptosystem (needs mpz and md5).
20 scripts Some useful Python scripts that I put in my bin
21 directory. No optional built-in modules needed.
23 sockets Examples for the new built-in module 'socket'.
25 sgi Demos that only run on Silicon Graphics machines.
26 These require at least one of the optional built-in
27 modules that only make sense for the SGI, such as
28 'gl', 'al', and 'sv'. Split in subdirectories
31 stdwin Demos that use the STDWIN library. Require the 'stdwin'
34 threads Demos that use the 'thread' module. (Currently these
35 only run on SGIs, but this may change in the future.)
37 www Browsers for CERN's distributed hypertext system
38 World-Wide Web (one with a stdwin-based user
39 interface, one for dumb ttys). Also contains a
40 primitive gopher client and an ftp client.
41 See also ../doc (the Python library documentation can
42 be converted to WWW's "HTML" format).
44 WARNING: many scripts are executable and have a first line saying
46 #! /usr/local/bin/python
48 This is unlikely to give good results unless you've really installed
49 the latest version python there. Edit the first line before
50 installing such scripts; to try them out, you can just say "python
51 foo.py" or enter python interactively and say "import foo".