Yes, my error - it's ActivePerl that has the WHS extension. I also
overlooked the Windows help file since I don't use them or the proprietary
PPM utility.

You still can't redistribute ActivePython though...

David LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: python-list-admin@[...].org
>  [mailto:python-list-admin@[...].org]On Behalf Of Trent Mick
>  Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 10:32
>  To: David LeBlanc
>  Cc: Chris; python-list@[...].org
>  Subject: Re: Couple of Qs: ActiveState or "standard" distribution? (and
>  GUI toolkits)
> 
> 
>  [David LeBlanc wrote]
>  > The difference between AS Python and Python.org Python are:
>  >
>  >  * AS Python includes PythonWin. PythonWin is available separately for
>  > python.org Python.
>  >  * AS includes a Windows Scripting Host interface that is not otherwise
>  > available anywhere AFAIK.
>  >  * AS distribution can't be redistributed under the terms of
>  it's license
>  > without permission.
>  >
>  > So, if you want to do Python scripts/macros in Excel or Word (or IE?),
>  > you'll need to get AS Python. If that's not so important to
>  you, then it's
>  > either or... If you want to bundle a Python distro with an app and
>  > redistribute it, python.org Python is the only choice compared
>  to AS Python
>  > (there are, or where, other distros of Python - see
>  www.pythonware.com for
>  > one). My choice has to been to lean towards what I see as the more open
>  > solution of python.org Python and the separate PythonWin distribution.
> 
>  This is not accurate. ActivePython does not have any special WSH
>  interface that is not available otherwise.
> 
>  Here is a description of what you get with ActivePython:
>      http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/more_information.plex
> 
>  The differences with the PythonLabs distribution are basically:
>      - On Windows, Mark Hammond's PyWin32 distribution is installed by
>        default. This package includes PythonWin (a Python IDE), and
>        interfaces to the Win32 API and Windows COM.
>      - more bundled documentation
>      - On Windows, documentation comes in compiled help format, .chm.
>        (Although I think very recent PythonLabs' installers do too?)
>      - A fancy MSI installer on Windows
>      - PyPPM. This is a command line tool that makes it easy to installer
>        certain popular third-party Python modules, like PIL, Numeric,
>        PyChecker, PyXML, etc.
> 
>  Cheers,
>  Trent
> 
> 
>  --
>  Trent Mick
>  TrentM@[...].com
> 
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