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Updated for 2.0c1

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How to install Python 2.0b1+ on your Macintosh
How to install Python 2.0c1 on your Macintosh
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If this is your first encounter with Python: you definitely need the
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Caveats
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This is a beta version, so use with caution. This b1+ beta has received
only very little testing, use the older b1 if it proves problematic.
If you have used an earlier version of 2.0b1 you _must_ remove your old
preference file, the files are incompatible.
This is a final candidate version, so use with caution, and please report
problems as soon as possible, to pythonmac-sig@python.org.
Aside from the general new Python 2.0 features (compared to 1.5.2, there
was no 1.6 for the macintosh) like unicode support the main new features
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It is probably a good idea to run the automatic tests. Start
Python and "import test.autotest". This should print only 2 or 3 errors, about some
AM/PM format not supported in strftime, about a MemoryError in test_longexp and
about a memory error in test_zlib.
Python and "import test.autotest".
Three tests will fail on the mac, all with MemoryErrors: test_sha, test_longexp
and test_zlib. If you increase the PythonInterpreter memory partition size they
will pass.
It will, however, print some messages about optional features
not supported. Also, if you didn't run compileall before autotesting
you may run out of memory the first time you run the
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Two items are installed in the system folder: the interpreter shared
library "PythonCore 2.0b1" lives in the Extensions folder and the
"Python 2.0b1 Preferences" file in the Python subfolder in the
library "PythonCore 2.0c1" lives in the Extensions folder and the
"Python 2.0c1 Preferences" file in the Python subfolder in the
Preferences folder. All the rest of Python lives in the folder you
installed in.
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whether to upgrade. The bad news is that your old preference settings
are lost and you have to set them again.
After you are satisfied that 2.0b1 works as expected you can trash
After you are satisfied that 2.0c1 works as expected you can trash
anything in the system folder that has "python" in the name and not
"2.0b1".
"2.0c1".
The installer
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Goodger, Chris Barker, Luc Lefebvre and all the other people who
provided feedback, code or both!
MacPython includes waste, a TextEdit replacement which is (c) 1998 Marco Piovanelli.
Feedback
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