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* the `Python Packaging Index <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`__ is a public

* the `Python Packaging Index <https://pypi.org>`__ is a public

repository of open source licensed packages made available for use by

other Python users

* the `Python Packaging Authority

| | be built | :class:`distutils.core.Extension` |

+--------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+

| *classifiers* | A list of categories for the | a list of strings; valid classifiers are listed on `PyPI |

| | package | <https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=list_classifiers>`_. |

| | package | <https://pypi.org/classifiers>`_. |

+--------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+

| *distclass* | the :class:`Distribution` | a subclass of |

| | class to use | :class:`distutils.core.Distribution` |

successfully.

.. _Python Package Index (PyPI): https://pypi.python.org/pypi

.. _Python Package Index (PyPI): https://pypi.org

Python code), and operating system interfaces (system calls, filesystems, TCP/IP

sockets). Look at the table of contents for :ref:`library-index` to get an idea

of what's available. A wide variety of third-party extensions are also

available. Consult `the Python Package Index <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_ to

available. Consult `the Python Package Index <https://pypi.org>`_ to

find packages of interest to you.

library and will be able to skip this step.)

For third-party packages, search the `Python Package Index

<https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_ or try `Google <https://www.google.com>`_ or

<https://pypi.org>`_ or try `Google <https://www.google.com>`_ or

another Web search engine. Searching for "Python" plus a keyword or two for

your topic of interest will usually find something helpful.

"expect" library. A Python extension that interfaces to expect is called

"expy" and available from http://expectpy.sourceforge.net. A pure Python

solution that works like expect is `pexpect

<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pexpect/>`_.

<https://pypi.org/project/pexpect/>`_.

How do I access the serial (RS232) port?

need to be sent to the terminal to produce the right output. curses

doesn't provide many user-interface concepts such as buttons, checkboxes,

or dialogs; if you need such features, consider a user interface library such as

`Urwid <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/urwid/>`_.

`Urwid <https://pypi.org/project/urwid/>`_.

The curses library was originally written for BSD Unix; the later System V

versions of Unix from AT&T added many enhancements and new functions. BSD curses

The Windows version of Python doesn't include the :mod:`curses`

module. A ported version called `UniCurses

<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/UniCurses>`_ is available. You could

<https://pypi.org/project/UniCurses>`_ is available. You could

also try `the Console module <http://effbot.org/zone/console-index.htm>`_

written by Fredrik Lundh, which doesn't

use the same API as curses but provides cursor-addressable text output

The C curses library offers only very simple input mechanisms. Python's

:mod:`curses` module adds a basic text-input widget. (Other libraries

such as `Urwid <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/urwid/>`_ have more extensive

such as `Urwid <https://pypi.org/project/urwid/>`_ have more extensive

collections of widgets.)

There are two methods for getting input from a window:

.. _2to3: https://docs.python.org/3/library/2to3.html

.. _caniusepython3: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/caniusepython3

.. _caniusepython3: https://pypi.org/project/caniusepython3

.. _cheat sheet: http://python-future.org/compatible_idioms.html

.. _coverage.py: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/coverage

.. _coverage.py: https://pypi.org/project/coverage

.. _Futurize: http://python-future.org/automatic_conversion.html

.. _importlib: https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html#module-importlib

.. _importlib2: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/importlib2

.. _Modernize: https://python-modernize.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

.. _mypy: http://mypy-lang.org/

.. _Porting to Python 3: http://python3porting.com/

.. _Pylint: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylint

.. _Pylint: https://pypi.org/project/pylint

.. _Python 3 Q & A: https://ncoghlan-devs-python-notes.readthedocs.org/en/latest/python3/questions_and_answers.html

.. _pytype: https://github.com/google/pytype

.. _python-future: http://python-future.org/

.. _python-porting: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-porting

.. _six: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six

.. _tox: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tox

.. _trove classifier: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers

.. _six: https://pypi.org/project/six

.. _tox: https://pypi.org/project/tox

.. _trove classifier: https://pypi.org/classifiers

.. _"What's New": https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/index.html

``venv``. It allows virtual environments to be used on versions of

Python prior to 3.4, which either don't provide ``venv`` at all, or

aren't able to automatically install ``pip`` into created environments.

* The `Python Packaging Index <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`__ is a public

* The `Python Packaging Index <https://pypi.org>`__ is a public

repository of open source licensed packages made available for use by

other Python users.

* the `Python Packaging Authority

These libraries help you with publishing and installing Python software.

While these modules are designed to work in conjunction with the

`Python Package Index <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`__, they can also be used

`Python Package Index <https://pypi.org>`__, they can also be used

with a local index server, or without any index server at all.

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In addition to the standard library, there is a growing collection of

several thousand components (from individual programs and modules to

packages and entire application development frameworks), available from

the `Python Package Index <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_.

the `Python Package Index <https://pypi.org>`_.

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