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<h1>Macintosh Library Modules</h1>
<p><b><font size="+2">Guido van Rossum</font></b></p>
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        <strong>Python Software Foundation</strong>
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Email: <span class="email">docs@python.org</span>
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<p><i>  Fred L. Drake, Jr., editor</i></p>
<p><strong>Release 2.4.2</strong><br />
<strong>28 September 2005</strong></p>
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<LI><A href="using.html">1. Using Python on a Macintosh</a>
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<LI><A href="getting-OSX.html">1.1 Getting and Installing MacPython</a>
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<LI><A href="node5.html">1.1.1 How to run a Python script</a>
<LI><A href="osx-gui-scripts.html">1.1.2 Running scripts with a GUI</a>
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<LI><A href="node9.html">1.2.1 Using the ``Python Interactive'' window</a>
<LI><A href="IDEwrite.html">1.2.2 Writing a Python Script</a>
<LI><A href="IDEexecution.html">1.2.3 Executing a script from within the IDE</a>
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<LI><A href="module-macpath.html">2.1 <tt class="module">macpath</tt> --
         MacOS path manipulation functions</a>
<LI><A href="module-macfs.html">2.2 <tt class="module">macfs</tt> --
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<LI><A href="fsspec-objects.html">2.2.1 FSSpec Objects</a>
<LI><A href="alias-objects.html">2.2.2 Alias Objects</a>
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<LI><A href="module-gensuitemodule.html">3.1 <tt class="module">gensuitemodule</tt> --
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<LI><A href="module-applesingle.html">5.1 <tt class="module">applesingle</tt> -- AppleSingle decoder</a>
<LI><A href="module-buildtools.html">5.2 <tt class="module">buildtools</tt> -- Helper module for BuildApplet and Friends</a>
<LI><A href="module-cfmfile.html">5.3 <tt class="module">cfmfile</tt> -- Code Fragment Resource module</a>
<LI><A href="module-icopen.html">5.4 <tt class="module">icopen</tt> -- Internet Config replacement for <tt class="method">open()</tt></a>
<LI><A href="module-macerrors.html">5.5 <tt class="module">macerrors</tt> -- Mac OS Errors</a>
<LI><A href="module-macresource.html">5.6 <tt class="module">macresource</tt> -- Locate script resources</a>
<LI><A href="module-Nav.html">5.7 <tt class="module">Nav</tt> -- NavServices calls</a>
<LI><A href="module-PixMapWrapper.html">5.8 <tt class="module">PixMapWrapper</tt> -- Wrapper for PixMap objects</a>
<LI><A href="module-videoreader.html">5.9 <tt class="module">videoreader</tt> -- Read QuickTime movies</a>
<LI><A href="module-W.html">5.10 <tt class="module">W</tt> -- Widgets built on <tt class="module">FrameWork</tt></a>
<LI><A href="module-waste.html">5.11 <tt class="module">waste</tt> -- non-Apple <b class="program">TextEdit</b> replacement</a>
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<LI><A href="node80.html">A.1 History of the software</a>
<LI><A href="node81.html">A.2 Terms and conditions for accessing or otherwise using Python</a>
<LI><A href="node82.html">A.3 Licenses and Acknowledgements for Incorporated Software</a>
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<LI><A href="node83.html">A.3.1 Mersenne Twister</a>
<LI><A href="node84.html">A.3.2 Sockets</a>
<LI><A href="node85.html">A.3.3 Floating point exception control</a>
<LI><A href="node86.html">A.3.4 MD5 message digest algorithm</a>
<LI><A href="node87.html">A.3.5 Asynchronous socket services</a>
<LI><A href="node88.html">A.3.6 Cookie management</a>
<LI><A href="node89.html">A.3.7 Profiling</a>
<LI><A href="node90.html">A.3.8 Execution tracing</a>
<LI><A href="node91.html">A.3.9 UUencode and UUdecode functions</a>
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