paul, thanks for the replies to my issues!!! much appreciation.
i've got the python app: http://www.boddie.org.uk/python/downloads/libxml2dom-0.3.3.tar.gz and i've downloaded it, an untarred it... i have the dir structure, but i don't know what needs to be done now!!! i have a setup.py. does it get run? the Readme file didn't tell me how to build the app.... i now, but everyone starts at something, sometime!! thanks -bruce -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
