zhpy 1.5.1

Write python language in chinese

Contents

• Introduction

• Play before Install

• Install

• Usage

• Programming Guide

• Change Log

Introduction

“If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, I would call it a duck.”

Zhpy acts like python and play like python, you (chinese users) could use it as python (plus with your native language).

Zhpy on python is good for Taiwan and China beginners to learn python in our native language (Traditional and Simplified chinese).

Zhpy is the full feature python language with fully tested chinese keywords, variables, and parameters support. Zhpy is INDEPENDENT on python version(2.4, 2.5….), bundle with command line tool, interpreter, bi-directional zhpy <-> python code translation, chinese shell script capability, in-place ini reference feature for keyword reuse, and great document.

The core of zhpy is a lightweight python module and a chinese source convertor based on python, which provides interpreter and command line tool to translate zhpy code to python.

See http://www.flickr.com/photos/gasolin/2064120327

You could use ‘zhpy’ command instead of “python” in command line to execute source code wrote in either Chinese or English.

Zhpy also provide a method ‘zh_exec’ that allow you to embed chinese script in python; Zhpy could be used as the chinese shell script as well.

The zhpy code written in traditional and simplified chinese could be translated and converted to natual python code. Thus it could be execute as nature python code and be used in normal python programs.

Bidirectional python-zhpy translation is possible. Normal python programs could be translated to traditional(.twpy) or simplified(.cnpy) chinese zhpy source via ‘zhpy’ command line tool.

Check examples here.

• http://zhpy.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/examples

Play before Install

To play zhpy you even don’t need to install it.

All you need to do is follow the 3 steps guide:

1. Download the source pack

2. Extract the pack with zip tool

3. Run:

   $ python interpreter.py

Then you got the usable zhpy interpreter!

Install

If you’d like play zhpy with more features, you should install zhpy.

You could use easy_install command to install or upgrade zhpy:

$ easy_install -U zhpy

or check instructions for detail.

• http://code.google.com/p/zhpy/wiki/DownloadInstall

Usage

You could use zhpy interpreter to test zhpy:

$ zhpy
zhpy [version] in [platform] on top of Python [py_version]
>>> print 'hello in chinese'
hello in chinese

Browse project homepage to get examples in chinese.

• http://code.google.com/p/zhpy/

check the BasicUsage for detail.

• http://code.google.com/p/zhpy/wiki/BasicUsage

Programming Guide

You could freely view the C.C. licensed zhpy book “A Byte of python (Zhpy)” on zhpy website.

• http://code.google.com/p/zhpy/wiki/ByteOfZhpy

There’s the API document available in zhpy download list, too.

• http://code.google.com/p/zhpy/downloads/list

PS: The book is based on “A Byte of Python”.

• http://swaroopch.info/text/Byte_of_Python:Main_Page

Change Log

You could view the ChangeLog to see what’s new in these version.

• http://zhpy.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/CHANGELOG.txt