Hi, I am not only new to Python, but new to programming in an environment like this, where knowing a little of how the underpinning work is essential.*
I am running the latest OSX (10.4.8) and know a little about moving about in the terminal. But the world of paths, etc. has me a little confused. And now it is getting in my way. I was wondering if I could get a little help with some things. - Can anyone point me to a well-regarded and pithy tutorial regarding the UNIX underpinnings of OSX, especially anything that would help with Python. (e.g., I can navigate to Python.framework and versions but see 2.5 and Current, which confuses me since 2.5 is the current version.) I would love to know what the structure of the Python installation means. - I am having trouble installing the BeautifulSoup package. The installer stumbles on a unicode issue (that the Soup developer says is a problem with my Python installation) -- so what is the best way to manually install this? And does the 2.5 / Current divide matter? Thanks in advance for any help with these basic issues. Good morning from Brooklyn, Clay * Any experience with coding webpages is not helping here - - - - - - - Clay S. Wiedemann aim: khlav wii: 3905 4571 6175 2469 twitter: seastokes _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor