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diff --git a/Doc/using/mac.rst b/Doc/using/mac.rst index 075a359d16..3e1b74df0b 100644 --- a/Doc/using/mac.rst +++ b/Doc/using/mac.rst @@ -17,14 +17,15 @@ the IDE and the Package Manager that are worth pointing out. Getting and Installing MacPython ================================ -Mac OS X 10.5 comes with Python 2.5.1 pre-installed by Apple. If you wish, you -are invited to install the most recent version of Python from the Python website -(http://www.python.org). A current "universal binary" build of Python, which -runs natively on the Mac's new Intel and legacy PPC CPU's, is available there. +Mac OS X 10.8 comes with Python 2.7 pre-installed by Apple. If you wish, you +are invited to install the most recent version of Python 3 from the Python +website (http://www.python.org). A current "universal binary" build of Python, +which runs natively on the Mac's new Intel and legacy PPC CPU's, is available +there. What you get after installing is a number of things: -* A :file:`MacPython 2.5` folder in your :file:`Applications` folder. In here +* A :file:`MacPython 3.3` folder in your :file:`Applications` folder. In here you find IDLE, the development environment that is a standard part of official Python distributions; PythonLauncher, which handles double-clicking Python scripts from the Finder; and the "Build Applet" tool, which allows you to @@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ aware of: programs that talk to the Aqua window manager (in other words, anything that has a GUI) need to be run in a special way. Use :program:`pythonw` instead of :program:`python` to start such scripts. -With Python 2.5, you can use either :program:`python` or :program:`pythonw`. +With Python 3.3, you can use either :program:`python` or :program:`pythonw`. Configuration @@ -125,13 +126,11 @@ Installing Additional Python Packages There are several methods to install additional Python packages: -* http://pythonmac.org/packages/ contains selected compiled packages for Python - 2.5, 2.4, and 2.3. - * Packages can be installed via the standard Python distutils mode (``python setup.py install``). -* Many packages can also be installed via the :program:`setuptools` extension. +* Many packages can also be installed via the :program:`setuptools` extension + or :program:`pip` wrapper, see http://www.pip-installer.org/. GUI Programming on the Mac @@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro. Distributing Python Applications on the Mac =========================================== -The "Build Applet" tool that is placed in the MacPython 2.5 folder is fine for +The "Build Applet" tool that is placed in the MacPython 3.3 folder is fine for packaging small Python scripts on your own machine to run as a standard Mac application. This tool, however, is not robust enough to distribute Python applications to other users. |