Python for OpenVMS - general manual - table of contents
Python for OpenVMS
Welcome to the Python programming language running on the OpenVMS operating system.
table of contents
title page
Copyrights
The Python copyright
The Python for OpenVMS copyright
Introduction
Welcome
Version numbers / file names
Documentation
access to the Python for OpenVMS documentation
conventions used in the documentation
Patches
Patches to OpenVMS
Patches are available from:
Patches commented:
Patches to Python
how patching is/was done on OpenVMS
Python in the OpenVMS environment
path support
command line editing
dynamic loading
embedding Python on OpenVMS
programming guidelines
file I/O
record lengths
functions
arguments
keyword arguments
functions returning no data
functions returning dictionaries
OpenVMS condition values
special OpenVMS datatypes
64-bit quadword
date and time calculations
128-bit octaword
processes
privileges
process identification (PID)
RMS
security related objects
ACL + ACE
rightslist identifiers
configuration guidelines
introduction
builtin modules
format of CONFIG.DAT
module methods
format of mod__METHODS.DAT
embedding the Python interpreter
changes to Python modules
changes to Python source
Tools
coming with Python for OpenVMS
BLDRUN
CVT_DOC
CVT__HTML
CVT__RNO
FILE2URL
FILE_SET_DATE
HTML2RNO
UNTAR2DATESET
VMSDEF2MAR
VMSDEF_BLDDIR2MAR
VMSVER2MAR
not delivered with Python for OpenVMS
GZIP
UNZIP
VMSTAR
The history of Python for OpenVMS
The future of Python for OpenVMS
Notes about implementation details
Python for OpenVMS notes
VMSDEF data structures
index
01-JUN-2000 ZE.