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You need these files even if you intend not to build the
Python interpreter yourself, but download
pre-compiled object modules!
The documentation is available in different forms:
Keep the [.VMS.DOC] tree intact, because there are hyperlinks between the
'manuals'.
All 3 manuals are stored in an OpenVMS text library. The library contains
a file (README_TLB.TXT) with detailed instructions how to extract the manuals
from the library, how to convert a '.MEM' file to a '.TXT' file to get the
'simple text format' mentioned above and how to
re-apply the correct record attributes to the '.MEM' and '.TXT' files.
Start at http://www.decus.de/~zessin/pyvms/obj.html
to see if and what versions are available.
Explaining this tool in more detail is beyond the scope of this manual, sorry.
You should be able to get along with it if you follow the instructions in the
'installing' section.
I have made available executable files of the tools that I use.
They can be downloaded from:
Of course, there is NO guarantee that they work for you. The
'General Manual' of the PYVMS
documentation has pointers
where more up-to date versions (perhaps including source) can be found.
the PYVMS source kit
You always need to download the
PYVMS 'source kit'.
This is the PYVMS distribution (source kit) with all files.
It has superseeded the old full kit (pyvms1_5_2-v001src.zip) and contains
all updates since then.
about 2240 blocks
the PYVMS documentation
The whole downloadable or online browsable documentation has been
updated for version 1.5.2-V005.
Note that the PYVMS documentation only describes the OpenVMS related parts.
You should download the
Python documentation, too.
http://www.decus.de/~zessin/docu/insman/pyvmsinsman.txt
about 68 blocks
http://www.decus.de/~zessin/docu/genman/pyvmsgenman.txt
about 213 blocks
http://www.decus.de/~zessin/docu/refman/pyvmsrefman.txt
about 1280 blocks
This file can be converted to the 'simple text
format ('.TXT')' mentioned above.
about 1900 blocks
$ LIBRARY /EXTRACT= README_TLB.TXT -
/OUTPUT= README_TLB.TXT -
PYVMS1_5_2-V005DOC.TLB
precompiled object code
For very specific configurations I MIGHT make precompiled object code
available. They may NOT work on your configuration! I'm sorry, but that
is the best you can expect from a 'hobby project'.
tools to build Python on OpenVMS
Beginning with version 1.5.2-V001 you only need the
UNZIP tool that is used to extract (and decompress) a single
or multiple files from a '.ZIP' archive.