mode ('V') and in binary mode ('X').

Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg.

the builtin codecs.  Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg.

Codec registry.

object.

unichr(); changed ord() to support Unicode strings; added new
exception UnicodeError; fixed a typo in doc string for buffer().

Lemburg.

(Unicode and raw Unicode).

Fredrik Lundh.

gencodec.py - Create Python codecs from Unicode mapping files

PyObject_AsReadBuffer, PyObject_AsWriteBuffer.

Some new configuration tests and a new option, --with-wctype-functions.

'link_static_lib()'.

the simplified scheme that Guido proposed.  Also already-obsolete,
and saved only for posterity.

installation scheme that Fred Drake and I cooked up.  Only saved for
posterity.

a static library (using lib.exe as found by '__init__()', hopefully through
registry entries pointing to DevStudio).

process

not yet connected with IDLE

sure it's imported!  ;)

Re-wrap the docstrings on get_python_inc() and get_python_lib() to be
closer to the "normal" Python style.  See GvR's "style guide" on the
essays page (http://www.python.org/doc/essays/).

There should never be a space between a function name and the '(' that
opens the argument list (see the style guide again).

  the platform-neutral include dir by default and with Mac support.
Added 'get_python_lib()', inspired by 'get_python_inc()'.
Rewrote 'get_config_h_filename()' and 'get_makefile_filename()'
  in terms of 'get_python_inc()' and 'get_python_lib()'.
Changed '_init_nt()' and '_init_mac()' to use 'get_python_inc()' and
  'get_python_lib()' for directory names.

Also added a Handle() function which is like Resource() but has auto-dispose on by default.

(inspired by Detlef Lannert).  Specifically,

    -k/--keyword no longer takes an optional argument to clear the
    default keywords.  Instead, use -K/--no-default-keywords to clear
    them.

    -n/--add-location also no longer takes an optional argument to set
    the comment style.  Instead, use -S/--style to set the comment
    style to GNU or Solaris.

    -o/--output can take `-' as the filename, meaning write to
    standard output.

    The inputfile name can also be `-' meaning read from standard in.

A few other changes include

    Kludge to mark the file docstring as translatable.  Since the
    marking is to place _() around the docstring, and because we
    actually have to define the _() function before we use it, this
    means that we have to manually assign to __doc__ the output of
    _().  This doesn't seem too bad because you'll only use this idiom
    when translating a script's docstring (you really don't need to
    translate most module docstrings).

    Convert everything to string methods and do not import the string
    module.

    Bump the version number to 1.1

It beeps if you try to insert or delete before the "iomark" mark.
This makes the shell less confusing for newbies.