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-===== About =====
+===== Introducing Python =====
-Mystic BBS has an embedded Python engine which allows for an incredible amount of flexibility when it comes to creating modifications to BBS functionality or even creating your own games.
+Mystic BBS has an embedded Python engine which allows for an incredible amount of flexibility when it comes to creating modifications to BBS functionality, or even creating your own games.
-Custom Python scripts can be executed by a menu command on any menu, and can also replace any prompt in a Theme's prompts file so that the script is executed instead of the prompt that normally we have been displayed.
+Custom Python scripts can be executed by a menu command on any menu, and can also replace any prompt in a Theme's prompts file so that the script is executed instead of the prompt that normally we have been displayed.  Python scripts can also be executed by MPL scripts and even other Python scripts as well.
-===== Installation and Requirements =====
+This is a full implementation of Python, meaning you can use external modules to accomplish just about anything alongside with many built in BBS-related functions for user input/output, user security, BBS database access, and so on.
-Mystic BBS requires that Python 2.7 is installed on your system.  If you are using the 32-bit version of Mystic BBS (even if it is in a 64-bit operating system), then you need the 32-bit version of Python 2.7 installed.  If you are using the 64-bit version of Mystic then you need to have the 64-bit version of Python installed.
-In addition to the basic Python installation, some environment variables need to be set so that Mystic can find and import any 3rd party modules you'd like to use within your Python programs.
-   Placeholder for environment information
+==== Installation and Getting Started ====
+See the subsections of this documentation for information on [[python_install|installation]], [[python_getstarted|creating your first Python script]], and a [[python_functions|function reference]].