Currently, it *doesnt* work on win32s as far as we know. We intend doing
more testing on Win32s, then releasing an "official" version. It does work
fine on NT 3.5. Hopefully this first release will also sort out any
problems created by upgrading the compiler version!!
The files are on ftp.cwi.nl in pub/python/nt, and are named:
win32bin.tar.gz - Python core binaries
win32gui.tar.gz - The GUI stuff.
win32ext.tar.gz - Visual C++ 2.0 provided DLL's required to run either
binary.
Hopefully within a week, I will release an "official" version, and then
create the win32all.tar.gz archive, and a pkzip generated 8.3 friendly
filenames version, specifically for Win32s. Note that Win32s version 1.2
will be required, so if you intend running the new version from Windows
3.1(1), get hold of the new win32s now (ftp.microsoft.com).
As a matter of interest, in a very early stage is a replacement
socketmodule, which provides true asynch sockets from a GUI application,
without (most of the) worry about blocking issues. Please mail me if there
is specific interest in this module.
As yet another matter of interest, we are almost ready to go beta on our
first Python written application. It is called "Goblin", a news "gobbler".
It manages a news/mail spool on your local hard disk, and can connect to
NNTP/POP3 servers, and "gobble" up the news. In addition, it functions as
an NNTP server, so your existing WinSock newsreader can read news off it -
turning your online reader magically into an offline reader. This is still
a couple of weeks away, but also mail me if you are interested in being one
of the first beta testers.
Mark (MHammond@cmutual.com.au)