Markup nits.

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Fred Drake 1998-08-07 16:02:28 +00:00
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@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ library
These modules are not on the standard module search path;
\indexiii{module}{search}{path}
but are available in the directory \file{lib-old/} installed under
\file{\textrm{\$prefix}/lib/python1.5/}. To use any of these
modules, add that directory to \code{sys.path}, possibly using
\envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
\file{\textrm{\$prefix}/lib/python1.5/}. % $ <-- bow to font lock
To use any of these modules, add that directory to \code{sys.path},
possibly using \envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
\begin{description}
\item[newdir.py]
@ -227,16 +227,20 @@ modules, add that directory to \code{sys.path}, possibly using
\item[lockfile.py]
--- wrapper around FCNTL file locking (use
fcntl.lockf/flock intead)
\function{fcntl.lockf()}/\function{flock()} intead)
\item[tb.py]
--- Print tracebacks, with a dump of local variables (use
pdb.pm() or traceback.py instead)
\function{pdb.pm()} or \module{traceback} instead)
\item[codehack.py]
--- extract function name or line number from a function
--- Extract function name or line number from a function
code object (these are now accessible as attributes: co.co_name,
func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno)
func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno).
\item[timingmodule]
--- Measure time intervals to high resolution (use
\function{time.clock()} instead). (This is an extension module.)
\end{description}
The following modules were documented in previous versions of this
@ -244,7 +248,8 @@ manual, but are now considered obsolete:
\begin{description}
\item[ni]
--- Import modules in ``packages.''
--- Import modules in ``packages.'' Basic package support is now
built in.
\item[rand]
--- Old interface to the random number generator.
@ -267,37 +272,37 @@ dbm clone).
\item[dlmodule.c]
--- A highly experimental and dangerous device for calling
arbitrary C functions in arbitrary shared libraries.
arbitrary \C{} functions in arbitrary shared libraries.
\item[newmodule.c]
--- Tommy Burnette's `new' module (creates new empty objects of
--- Tommy Burnette's \module{new} module (creates new empty objects of
certain kinds) --- dangerous.
\item[nismodule.c]
--- NIS (a.k.a. Sun's Yellow Pages) interface.
\item[timingmodule.c]
--- Measure time intervals to high resolution (obsolete --- use
time.clock() instead).
\item[stdwinmodule.c]
--- Interface to STDWIN (an old, unsupported
platform-independent GUI package). Obsolete; use Tkinter for a
platform-independent GUI instead.
\end{description}
The following are SGI specific:
\begin{description}
\item[clmodule.c]
--- Interface to the SGI compression library.
\item[svmodule.c]
--- Interface to the ``simple video'' board on SGI Indigo
(obsolete hardware).
\end{description}
The following is Windows specific:
\begin{description}
\item[msvcrtmodule.c]
(in directory \file{PC/}) --- define a number of Windows
specific goodies like \code{khbit()}, \code{getch()} and
\code{setmode()}. (Windows 95 and NT only.)
specific goodies like \function{khbit()}, \function{getch()} and
\function{setmode()}. (Windows 95 and NT only.)
\end{description}