jgarte · January 9, 2024 05:11 · Aug 20, 2015 · Aug 20, 2015 · Aug 20, 2015 · Aug 20, 2015
diff --git a/pex.md b/pex.md
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Ok - first to make our script! Call it foo.py:
       req = requests.get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pantsbuild/pex/master/README.rst")
       print req.text.split("\n")[0]
 
-It's a `requests` *hello world* program. To package it we need a minimal setup.py for distributing a script:
+It's a `requests` *hello world* program. To package it we need a minimal `setup.py` for distributing a script. Put it
+in the same directory:
 
     from distutils.core import setup
     setup(name='foo',

diff --git a/pex.md b/pex.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-So you want to create a pex from a single python file with dependencies?
+So you want to create a pex that packages your script and its dependencies?
 
 Ok - first to make our script! Call it foo.py:
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Ok - first to make our script! Call it foo.py:
       req = requests.get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pantsbuild/pex/master/README.rst")
       print req.text.split("\n")[0]
 
-To package it we need a minimal setup.py for distributing a script:
+It's a `requests` *hello world* program. To package it we need a minimal setup.py for distributing a script:
 
     from distutils.core import setup
     setup(name='foo',
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Now that our script is packageable we can use `pex` to build an executable out o
 
     $ pex . requests -c foo.py -o foo.pex -f dist
 
-Briefly - `requests` and `.` are our dependencies. `-c foo.py` tells us what to run. `-o foo.pex` creates the
+Briefly - `requests` and `.` are our dependencies. `-c foo.py` tells pex what to run. And `-o foo.pex` creates the
 output file.
 
 You should get a `foo.pex` file in the same directory. Run it to see the script execute:

diff --git a/pex.md b/pex.md
@@ -16,17 +16,12 @@ To package it we need a minimal setup.py for distributing a script:
         scripts=['foo.py'],
         )
 
-Build an sdist with 
+Now that our script is packageable we can use `pex` to build an executable out of it:
 
-    $ python setup.py sdist
-
-This puts a tarball for our package in the `./dist` folder. Use `pex` to package our script 
-and dependency into an executable:
-
-    $ pex requests foo -c foo.py -o foo.pex -f dist
+    $ pex . requests -c foo.py -o foo.pex -f dist
 
-Briefly - `requests` and `foo` are our dependencies. `-c foo.py` tells us what to run. `-o foo.pex` creates the
-output file and `-f dist` tells pex it can look in the `dist` directory to satisfy dependencies.
+Briefly - `requests` and `.` are our dependencies. `-c foo.py` tells us what to run. `-o foo.pex` creates the
+output file.
 
 You should get a `foo.pex` file in the same directory. Run it to see the script execute:
 

diff --git a/pex.md b/pex.md
@@ -36,6 +36,4 @@ You should get a `foo.pex` file in the same directory. Run it to see the script
 And you can unzip the pex to see the contents including the packaged dependencies:
 
     $ unzip -t foo.pex
-
-
-  $ 
+    ... much output not shown...
diff --git a/pex.md b/pex.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ and dependency into an executable:
 
     $ pex requests foo -c foo.py -o foo.pex -f dist
 
-Briefly - `requests` and `foo` are our dependencies. `-ck foo.py` tells us what to run. `-o foo.pex` creates the
+Briefly - `requests` and `foo` are our dependencies. `-c foo.py` tells us what to run. `-o foo.pex` creates the
 output file and `-f dist` tells pex it can look in the `dist` directory to satisfy dependencies.
 
 You should get a `foo.pex` file in the same directory. Run it to see the script execute:

diff --git a/pex.md b/pex.md
@@ -10,32 +10,32 @@ Ok - first to make our script! Call it foo.py:
 
 To package it we need a minimal setup.py for distributing a script:
 
-  from distutils.core import setup
-  setup(name='foo',
+    from distutils.core import setup
+    setup(name='foo',
         version='1.0',
         scripts=['foo.py'],
         )
 
 Build an sdist with 
 
-  $ python setup.py sdist
+    $ python setup.py sdist
 
 This puts a tarball for our package in the `./dist` folder. Use `pex` to package our script 
 and dependency into an executable:
 
-  $ pex requests foo -c foo.py -o foo.pex -f dist
+    $ pex requests foo -c foo.py -o foo.pex -f dist
 
 Briefly - `requests` and `foo` are our dependencies. `-ck foo.py` tells us what to run. `-o foo.pex` creates the
 output file and `-f dist` tells pex it can look in the `dist` directory to satisfy dependencies.
 
 You should get a `foo.pex` file in the same directory. Run it to see the script execute:
 
-  $ ./foo.pex
-  PEX
+    $ ./foo.pex
+    PEX
 
 And you can unzip the pex to see the contents including the packaged dependencies:
 
-  $ unzip -t foo.pex
+    $ unzip -t foo.pex
 
 
   $ 
diff --git a/pex.md b/pex.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ So you want to create a pex from a single python file with dependencies?
 
 Ok - first to make our script! Call it foo.py:
 
-  import requests
-
-  if __name__ == '__main__':
-    req = requests.get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pantsbuild/pex/master/README.rst")
-    print req.text.split("\n")[0]
+    import requests
+  
+    if __name__ == '__main__':
+      req = requests.get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pantsbuild/pex/master/README.rst")
+      print req.text.split("\n")[0]
 
 To package it we need a minimal setup.py for distributing a script:
 

diff --git a/Creating a PEX from a python script.md → pex.md b/Creating a PEX from a python script.md → pex.md
diff --git a/Creating a PEX from a python script.md b/Creating a PEX from a python script.md
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+So you want to create a pex from a single python file with dependencies?
+
+Ok - first to make our script! Call it foo.py:
+
+  import requests
+
+  if __name__ == '__main__':
+    req = requests.get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pantsbuild/pex/master/README.rst")
+    print req.text.split("\n")[0]
+
+To package it we need a minimal setup.py for distributing a script:
+
+  from distutils.core import setup
+  setup(name='foo',
+        version='1.0',
+        scripts=['foo.py'],
+        )
+
+Build an sdist with 
+
+  $ python setup.py sdist
+
+This puts a tarball for our package in the `./dist` folder. Use `pex` to package our script 
+and dependency into an executable:
+
+  $ pex requests foo -c foo.py -o foo.pex -f dist
+
+Briefly - `requests` and `foo` are our dependencies. `-ck foo.py` tells us what to run. `-o foo.pex` creates the
+output file and `-f dist` tells pex it can look in the `dist` directory to satisfy dependencies.
+
+You should get a `foo.pex` file in the same directory. Run it to see the script execute:
+
+  $ ./foo.pex
+  PEX
+
+And you can unzip the pex to see the contents including the packaged dependencies:
+
+  $ unzip -t foo.pex
+
+
+  $
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