Python Setup and Usage

This part of the documentation is devoted to general information on the setup of the Python environment on different platforms, the invocation of the interpreter and things that make working with Python easier.

Command line and environment
- Command line
- Environment variables
  - Debug-mode variables
Using Python on Unix platforms
- Getting and installing the latest version of Python
- Building Python
- Python-related paths and files
- Miscellaneous
- Editors and IDEs
Using Python on Windows
- Installing Python
- Alternative bundles
- Configuring Python
  - Excursus: Setting environment variables
  - Finding the Python executable
- Python Launcher for Windows
  - Getting started
  - Shebang Lines
  - Arguments in shebang lines
  - Customization
    - Customization via INI files
    - Customizing default Python versions
  - Diagnostics
- Finding modules
- Additional modules
- Compiling Python on Windows
- Embedded Distribution
  - Python Application
  - Embedding Python
- Other resources
Using Python on a Macintosh
- Getting and Installing MacPython
- The IDE
- Installing Additional Python Packages
- GUI Programming on the Mac
- Distributing Python Applications on the Mac
- Other Resources