Adjusted to use the new module synopsis support macros.

Doc/lib/libaifc.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{aifc}}
-\label{module-aifc}
-\stmodindex{aifc}
+\declaremodule{standard}{aifc}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Read and write audio files in AIFF or AIFC format.}
+
 
 This module provides support for reading and writing AIFF and AIFF-C
 files.  AIFF is Audio Interchange File Format, a format for storing

Doc/lib/libal.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{al}}
-\label{module-al}
-\bimodindex{al}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{al}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Audio functions on the SGI.}
+
 
 This module provides access to the audio facilities of the SGI Indy
 and Indigo workstations.  See section 3A of the IRIX man pages for
@@ -160,8 +162,10 @@ Get status information on last error.
 
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{AL}}
-\nodename{AL (uppercase)}
-\stmodindex{AL}
+\declaremodule{standard}{AL}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Constants used with the \module{al} module.}
+
 
 This module defines symbolic constants needed to use the built-in
 module \module{al} (see above); they are equivalent to those defined

Doc/lib/liballos.tex

@@ -7,30 +7,4 @@ such as files and a clock.  The interfaces are generally modelled
 after the \UNIX{} or \C{} interfaces but they are available on most
 other systems as well.  Here's an overview:
 
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[os]
---- Miscellaneous OS interfaces.
-
-\item[time]
---- Time access and conversions.
-
-\item[getopt]
---- Parser for command line options.
-
-\item[tempfile]
---- Generate temporary file names.
-
-\item[errno]
---- Standard errno system symbols.
-
-\item[glob]
---- \UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern expansion.
-
-\item[fnmatch]
---- \UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern matching.
-
-\item[locale]
---- Internationalization services.
-
-\end{description}
+\localmoduletable

Doc/lib/libamoeba.tex

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 \chapter{Amoeba Specific Services}
 
 \section{Built-in Module \module{amoeba}}
-\label{module-amoeba}
-\bimodindex{amoeba}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{amoeba}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 This module provides some object types and operations useful for
 Amoeba applications.  It is only available on systems that support

Doc/lib/libanydbm.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{anydbm}}
-\label{module-anydbm}
-\stmodindex{anydbm}
+\declaremodule{standard}{anydbm}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Generic interface to DBM-style database modules.}
+
 
 \module{anydbm} is a generic interface to variants of the DBM
 database --- \module{dbhash}\refbimodindex{dbhash},
@@ -45,8 +47,10 @@ strings.
 
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{dumbdbm}}
-\label{module-dumbdbm}
-\stmodindex{dumbdbm}
+\declaremodule{standard}{dumbdbm}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 A simple and slow database implemented entirely in Python.  This
 should only be used when no other DBM-style database is available.

Doc/lib/libarray.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{array}}
-\label{module-array}
-\bimodindex{array}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{array}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Efficient arrays of uniformly typed numeric values.}
+
 \index{arrays}
 
 This module defines a new object type which can efficiently represent

Doc/lib/libaudioop.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{audioop}}
-\label{module-audioop}
-\bimodindex{audioop}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{audioop}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Manipulate raw audio data.}
+
 
 The \module{audioop} module contains some useful operations on sound
 fragments.  It operates on sound fragments consisting of signed

Doc/lib/libbase64.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{base64}}
-\label{module-base64}
-\stmodindex{base64}
+\declaremodule{standard}{base64}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Encode/decode binary files using the MIME base64 encoding.}
+
 \indexii{base64}{encoding}
 \index{MIME!base64 encoding}
 

Doc/lib/libbasehttp.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{BaseHTTPServer}}
-\label{module-BaseHTTPServer}
-\stmodindex{BaseHTTPServer}
+\declaremodule{standard}{BaseHTTPServer}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Basic HTTP server (base class for SimpleHTTPServer and CGIHTTPServer).}
+
 
 \indexii{WWW}{server}
 \indexii{HTTP}{protocol}

Doc/lib/libbastion.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{Bastion}}
-\label{module-Bastion}
-\stmodindex{Bastion}
+\declaremodule{standard}{Bastion}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Providing restricted access to objects.}
+
 
 % I'm concerned that the word 'bastion' won't be understood by people
 % for whom English is a second language, making the module name

Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{binascii}}
-\label{module-binascii}
-\bimodindex{binascii}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{binascii}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Tools for converting between binary and various ascii-encoded binary
+representation}
+
 
 The \module{binascii} module contains a number of methods to convert
 between binary and various \ASCII{}-encoded binary

Doc/lib/libbinhex.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{binhex}}
-\label{module-binhex}
-\stmodindex{binhex}
+\declaremodule{standard}{binhex}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Encode and decode files in binhex4 format.}
+
 
 This module encodes and decodes files in binhex4 format, a format
 allowing representation of Macintosh files in \ASCII{}. On the Macintosh,

Doc/lib/libbisect.tex

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 % <arw@pythonpros.com>.
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{bisect}}
-\stmodindex{bisect}
-\label{module-bisect}
+\declaremodule{standard}{bisect}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 
 This module provides support for maintaining a list in sorted order

Doc/lib/libbltin.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{__builtin__}}
-\label{module-builtin}
-\bimodindex{__builtin__}
+\declaremodule[builtin]{builtin}{__builtin__}
+
+\modulesynopsis{The set of built-in functions.}
+
 
 This module provides direct access to all `built-in' identifiers of
 Python; e.g. \code{__builtin__.open} is the full name for the built-in

Doc/lib/libcalendar.tex

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 % This section was contributed by Drew Csillag <drew_csillag@geocities.com>.
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{calendar}}
-\label{module-calendar}
-\stmodindex{calendar}
+\declaremodule{standard}{calendar}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 
 This module allows you to output calendars like the \UNIX{}

Doc/lib/libcd.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{cd}}
-\label{module-cd}
-\bimodindex{cd}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{cd}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Interface to the CD-ROM on Silicon Graphics systems.}
+
 
 This module provides an interface to the Silicon Graphics CD library.
 It is available only on Silicon Graphics systems.

Doc/lib/libcgi.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{cgi}}
-\label{module-cgi}
-\stmodindex{cgi}
+\declaremodule{standard}{cgi}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Common Gateway Interface, used to interpret forms in server-side
+scripts.}
+
 \indexii{WWW}{server}
 \indexii{CGI}{protocol}
 \indexii{HTTP}{protocol}

Doc/lib/libcmath.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{cmath}}
-\label{module-cmath}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{cmath}
+
+
+\modulesynopsis{Mathematical functions for complex numbers.}
 
-\bimodindex{cmath}
 This module is always available.
 It provides access to mathematical functions for complex numbers.
 The functions are:

Doc/lib/libcmd.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 % Documentation by ESR
 \section{Standard Module \module{cmd}}
-\stmodindex{cmd}
-\label{module-cmd}
+\declaremodule{standard}{cmd}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Build line-oriented command interpreters; this is used by module
+\module{pdb}.}
+
 
 The \class{Cmd} class provides a simple framework for writing
 line-oriented command interpreters.  These are often useful for

Doc/lib/libcode.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{code}}
-\label{module-code}
-\stmodindex{code}
+\declaremodule{standard}{code}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Code object services.}
+
 
 The \code{code} module defines operations pertaining to Python code
 objects.

Doc/lib/libcommands.tex

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 % Documentation written by Sue Williams.
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{commands}}
-\stmodindex{commands}
-\label{module-commands}
+\declaremodule{standard}{commands}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Wrapper functions for \function{os.popen()}.}
+
 
 The \module{commands} module contains wrapper functions for
 \function{os.popen()} which take a system command as a string and

Doc/lib/libcopy.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{copy}}
-\label{module-copy}
-\stmodindex{copy}
+\declaremodule{standard}{copy}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Shallow and deep copy operations.}
+
 \setindexsubitem{(copy function)}
 \ttindex{copy}
 \ttindex{deepcopy}

Doc/lib/libcopyreg.tex

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{copy_reg}}
-% Note that the label is a little off; the underscore causes LaTeX to
-% yell & scream.
-\label{module-copyreg}
-\stmodindex{copy_reg}
+\declaremodule[copyreg]{standard}{copy_reg}
 
-The \code{copy_reg} module provides support for the
-\code{pickle}\refstmodindex{pickle} and
-\code{cPickle}\refbimodindex{cPickle} modules.  The
-\code{copy}\refstmodindex{copy} module is likely to use this in the
+\modulesynopsis{Register \module{pickle} support functions.}
+
+
+The \module{copy_reg} module provides support for the
+\module{pickle}\refstmodindex{pickle} and
+\module{cPickle}\refbimodindex{cPickle} modules.  The
+\module{copy}\refstmodindex{copy} module is likely to use this in the
 future as well.  It provides configuration information about object
 constructors which are not classes.  Such constructors may be factory
 functions or class instances.

Doc/lib/libcrypt.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{crypt}}
-\label{module-crypt}
-\bimodindex{crypt}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{crypt}
+
+\modulesynopsis{The \cfunction{crypt()} function used to check \UNIX{} passwords.}
+
 
 This module implements an interface to the \manpage{crypt}{3} routine,
 which is a one-way hash function based upon a modified DES algorithm;

Doc/lib/libcrypto.tex

@@ -6,18 +6,7 @@ The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms of
 a cryptographic nature.  They are available at the discretion of the
 installation.  Here's an overview:
 
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[md5]
---- RSA's MD5 message digest algorithm.
-
-\item[mpz]
---- Interface to the GNU MP library for arbitrary precision arithmetic.
-
-\item[rotor]
---- Enigma-like encryption and decryption.
-
-\end{description}
+\localmoduletable
 
 Hardcore cypherpunks will probably find the cryptographic modules
 written by Andrew Kuchling of further interest; the package adds

Doc/lib/libdbm.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{dbm}}
-\label{module-dbm}
-\bimodindex{dbm}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{dbm}
+
+\modulesynopsis{The standard ``database'' interface, based on ndbm.}
+
 
 The \code{dbm} module provides an interface to the \UNIX{}
 \code{(n)dbm} library.  Dbm objects behave like mappings

Doc/lib/libdis.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{dis}}
-\stmodindex{dis}
-\label{module-dis}
+\declaremodule{standard}{dis}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Disassembler.}
+
 
 The \module{dis} module supports the analysis of Python byte code by
 disassembling it.  Since there is no Python assembler, this module

Doc/lib/liberrno.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{errno}}
-\label{module-errno}
-\stmodindex{errno}
+\declaremodule{standard}{errno}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Standard errno system symbols.}
+
 
 
 This module makes available standard errno system symbols.

Doc/lib/libexcs.tex

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 \label{module-exceptions}
 \stmodindex{exceptions}
 
+
 Exceptions can be class objects or string objects.  While
 traditionally, most exceptions have been string objects, in Python
 1.5, all standard exceptions have been converted to class objects,

Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 % Manual text by Jaap Vermeulen
 \section{Built-in Module \module{fcntl}}
-\label{module-fcntl}
-\bimodindex{fcntl}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{fcntl}
+
+\modulesynopsis{The \function{fcntl()} and \function{ioctl()} system calls.}
+
 \indexii{UNIX@\UNIX{}}{file control}
 \indexii{UNIX@\UNIX{}}{I/O control}
 

Doc/lib/libfileinput.tex

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 % Documentation heavily adapted from module docstring.
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{fileinput}}
-\stmodindex{fileinput}
-\label{module-fileinput}
+\declaremodule{standard}{fileinput}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Perl-like iteration over lines from multiple input streams, with
+``save in place'' capability.}
+
 
 This module implements a helper class and functions to quickly write a
 loop over standard input or a list of files.

Doc/lib/libfl.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{fl}}
-\label{module-fl}
-\bimodindex{fl}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{fl}
+
+\modulesynopsis{FORMS library interface for GUI applications.}
+
 
 This module provides an interface to the FORMS Library\index{FORMS
 Library} by Mark Overmars\index{Overmars, Mark}.  The source for the
@@ -463,8 +465,10 @@ FORMS objects have these data attributes; see the FORMS documentation:
 \end{tableiii}
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{FL}}
-\label{module-FLuppercase}
-\stmodindex{FL}
+\declaremodule{standard}{FL}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Constants used with the \module{fl} module.}
+
 
 This module defines symbolic constants needed to use the built-in
 module \module{fl} (see above); they are equivalent to those defined in
@@ -478,8 +482,10 @@ from FL import *
 \end{verbatim}
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{flp}}
-\label{module-flp}
-\stmodindex{flp}
+\declaremodule{standard}{flp}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Loading functions for stored FORMS designs.}
+
 
 This module defines functions that can read form definitions created
 by the `form designer' (\program{fdesign}) program that comes with the

Doc/lib/libfm.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{fm}}
-\label{module-fm}
-\bimodindex{fm}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{fm}
+
+\modulesynopsis{\emph{Font Manager} interface for SGI workstations.}
+
 
 This module provides access to the IRIS \emph{Font Manager} library.
 \index{Font Manager, IRIS}

Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{fnmatch}}
-\label{module-fnmatch}
-\stmodindex{fnmatch}
+\declaremodule{standard}{fnmatch}
+
+\modulesynopsis{\UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern matching.}
+
 
 This module provides support for \UNIX{} shell-style wildcards, which
 are \emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are documented

Doc/lib/libformatter.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{formatter}}
-\label{module-formatter}
-\stmodindex{formatter}
+\declaremodule{standard}{formatter}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Generic output formatter and device interface.}
+
 
 
 This module supports two interface definitions, each with mulitple

Doc/lib/libftplib.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{ftplib}}
-\label{module-ftplib}
-\stmodindex{ftplib}
+\declaremodule{standard}{ftplib}
+
+\modulesynopsis{FTP protocol client (requires sockets).}
+
 \indexii{FTP}{protocol}
 
 

Doc/lib/libgdbm.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{gdbm}}
-\label{module-gdbm}
-\bimodindex{gdbm}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{gdbm}
+
+\modulesynopsis{GNU's reinterpretation of dbm.}
+
 
 % Note that if this section appears on the same page as the first
 % paragraph of the dbm module section, makeindex will produce the

Doc/lib/libgetopt.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{getopt}}
-\label{module-getopt}
-\stmodindex{getopt}
+\declaremodule{standard}{getopt}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Parser for command line options.}
+
 
 This module helps scripts to parse the command line arguments in
 \code{sys.argv}.

Doc/lib/libgl.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{gl}}
-\label{module-gl}
-\bimodindex{gl}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{gl}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Functions from the Silicon Graphics \emph{Graphics Library}.}
+
 
 This module provides access to the Silicon Graphics
 \emph{Graphics Library}.
@@ -183,15 +185,22 @@ def main():
 main()
 \end{verbatim}
 %
-\section{Standard Modules \module{GL} and \module{DEVICE}}
-\nodename{GL and DEVICE}
-\stmodindex{GL}
-\stmodindex{DEVICE}
+\section{Standard Module \module{DEVICE}}
+\declaremodule{standard}{DEVICE}
 
-These modules define the constants used by the Silicon Graphics
-\emph{Graphics Library}
-that C programmers find in the header files
-\file{<gl/gl.h>}
-and
-\file{<gl/device.h>}.
-Read the module source files for details.
+\modulesynopsis{Constants used with the \module{gl} module.}
+
+This modules defines the constants used by the Silicon Graphics
+\emph{Graphics Library} that C programmers find in the header file
+\code{<gl/device.h>}.
+Read the module source file for details.
+
+
+\section{Standard Module \module{GL}}
+\declaremodule{standard}{GL}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Constants used with the \module{gl} module.}
+
+This module contains constants used by the Silicon Graphics
+\emph{Graphics Library} from the C header file \code{<gl/gl.h>}.
+Read the module source file for details.

Doc/lib/libglob.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{glob}}
-\label{module-glob}
-\stmodindex{glob}
+\declaremodule{standard}{glob}
+
+\modulesynopsis{\UNIX{} shell style pathname pattern expansion.}
+
 
 The \module{glob} module finds all the pathnames matching a specified
 pattern according to the rules used by the \UNIX{} shell.  No tilde

Doc/lib/libgopherlib.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{gopherlib}}
-\label{module-gopherlib}
-\stmodindex{gopherlib}
+\declaremodule{standard}{gopherlib}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Gopher protocol client (requires sockets).}
+
 \indexii{Gopher}{protocol}
 
 

Doc/lib/libgrp.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{grp}}
-\label{module-grp}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{grp}
+
+
+\modulesynopsis{The group database (\function{getgrnam()} and friends).}
 
-\bimodindex{grp}
 This module provides access to the \UNIX{} group database.
 It is available on all \UNIX{} versions.
 

Doc/lib/libgzip.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{gzip}}
-\label{module-gzip}
-\stmodindex{gzip}
+\declaremodule{standard}{gzip}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 The data compression provided by the \code{zlib} module is compatible
 with that used by the GNU compression program \program{gzip}.

Doc/lib/libhtmllib.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{htmllib}}
-\label{module-htmllib}
-\stmodindex{htmllib}
+\declaremodule{standard}{htmllib}
+
+\modulesynopsis{A parser for HTML documents.}
+
 \index{HTML}
 \index{hypertext}
 

Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{httplib}}
-\label{module-httplib}
-\stmodindex{httplib}
+\declaremodule{standard}{httplib}
+
+\modulesynopsis{HTTP protocol client (requires sockets).}
+
 \indexii{HTTP}{protocol}
 
 

Doc/lib/libimageop.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{imageop}}
-\label{module-imageop}
-\bimodindex{imageop}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{imageop}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Manipulate raw image data.}
+
 
 The \module{imageop} module contains some useful operations on images.
 It operates on images consisting of 8 or 32 bit pixels stored in

Doc/lib/libimaplib.tex

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 % The imaplib module was written by Piers Lauder.
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{imaplib}}
-\stmodindex{imaplib}
-\label{module-imaplib}
+\declaremodule{standard}{imaplib}
+
+\modulesynopsis{IMAP4 protocol client (requires sockets).}
+
 \indexii{IMAP4}{protocol}
 
 This module defines a class, \class{IMAP4}, which encapsulates a

Doc/lib/libimgfile.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{imgfile}}
-\label{module-imgfile}
-\bimodindex{imgfile}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{imgfile}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Support for SGI imglib files.}
+
 
 The \module{imgfile} module allows Python programs to access SGI imglib image
 files (also known as \file{.rgb} files).  The module is far from

Doc/lib/libimghdr.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{imghdr}}
-\label{module-imghdr}
-\stmodindex{imghdr}
+\declaremodule{standard}{imghdr}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream.}
+
 
 The \module{imghdr} module determines the type of image contained in a
 file or byte stream.

Doc/lib/libimp.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{imp}}
-\label{module-imp}
-\bimodindex{imp}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{imp}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Access the implementation of the \keyword{import} statement.}
+
 \index{import}
 
 This module provides an interface to the mechanisms used to implement

Doc/lib/libjpeg.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{jpeg}}
-\label{module-jpeg}
-\bimodindex{jpeg}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{jpeg}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Read and write image files in compressed JPEG format.}
+
 
 The module \module{jpeg} provides access to the jpeg compressor and
 decompressor written by the Independent JPEG Group%

Doc/lib/libkeyword.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{keyword}}
-\label{module-keyword}
-\stmodindex{keyword}
+\declaremodule{standard}{keyword}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Test whether a string is a keyword in the Python language.}
+
 
 This module allows a Python program to determine if a string is a
 keyword.  A single function is provided:

Doc/lib/liblocale.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{locale}}
-\stmodindex{locale}
+\declaremodule{standard}{locale}
+
+
+\modulesynopsis{Internationalization services.}
 
-\label{module-locale}
 
 The \code{locale} module opens access to the \POSIX{} locale database
 and functionality. The \POSIX{} locale mechanism allows applications

Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{mailbox}}
-\label{module-mailbox}
-\stmodindex{mailbox}
+\declaremodule{standard}{mailbox}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Read various mailbox formats.}
+
 
 
 This module defines a number of classes that allow easy and uniform

Doc/lib/libmailcap.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{mailcap}}
-\label{module-mailcap}
-\stmodindex{mailcap}
+\declaremodule{standard}{mailcap}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Mailcap file handling.}
+
 
 Mailcap files are used to configure how MIME-aware applications such
 as mail readers and Web browsers react to files with different MIME

Doc/lib/libmain.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{__main__}}
-\label{module-main}
-\bimodindex{__main__}
+\declaremodule[main]{builtin}{__main__}
+
+\modulesynopsis{The environment where the top-level script is run.}
+
 This module represents the (otherwise anonymous) scope in which the
 interpreter's main program executes --- commands read either from
 standard input or from a script file.

Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{marshal}}
-\label{module-marshal}
-\bimodindex{marshal}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{marshal}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with
+different constraints).}
+
 
 This module contains functions that can read and write Python
 values in a binary format.  The format is specific to Python, but

Doc/lib/libmath.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{math}}
-\label{module-math}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{math}
+
+
+\modulesynopsis{Mathematical functions (\function{sin()} etc.).}
 
-\bimodindex{math}
 This module is always available.
 It provides access to the mathematical functions defined by the \C{}
 standard.

Doc/lib/libmd5.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{md5}}
-\label{module-md5}
-\bimodindex{md5}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{md5}
+
+\modulesynopsis{RSA's MD5 message digest algorithm.}
+
 
 This module implements the interface to RSA's MD5 message digest
 \index{message digest, MD5}

Doc/lib/libmimetools.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{mimetools}}
-\label{module-mimetools}
-\stmodindex{mimetools}
+\declaremodule{standard}{mimetools}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Tools for parsing MIME style message bodies.}
+
 
 
 This module defines a subclass of the \class{rfc822.Message} class and

Doc/lib/libmimetypes.tex

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 % mimetypes module.
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{mimetypes}}
-\label{module-mimetypes}
-\stmodindex{mimetypes}
+\declaremodule{standard}{mimetypes}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Mapping of filename extensions to MIME types.}
+
 \indexii{MIME}{content type}
 
 The \module{mimetypes} converts between a filename or URL and the MIME

Doc/lib/libmimify.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{mimify}}
-\label{module-mimify}
-\stmodindex{mimify}
+\declaremodule{standard}{mimify}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Mimification and unmimification of mail messages.}
+
 
 The mimify module defines two functions to convert mail messages to
 and from MIME format.  The mail message can be either a simple message

Doc/lib/libmisc.tex

@@ -4,29 +4,4 @@
 The modules described in this chapter provide miscellaneous services
 that are available in all Python versions.  Here's an overview:
 
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[math]
---- Mathematical functions (\function{sin()} etc.).
-
-\item[cmath]
---- Mathematical functions for complex numbers.
-
-\item[whrandom]
---- Floating point pseudo-random number generator.
-
-\item[random]
---- Generate pseudo-random numbers with various common distributions.
-
-\item[array]
---- Efficient arrays of uniformly typed numeric values.
-
-\item[fileinput]
---- Perl-like iteration over lines from multiple input streams, with
-``save in place'' capability.
-
-\item[cmd]
---- Build line-oriented command interpreters; this is used by module
-\module{pdb}.
-
-\end{description}
+\localmoduletable

Doc/lib/libmm.tex

@@ -5,25 +5,4 @@ The modules described in this chapter implement various algorithms or
 interfaces that are mainly useful for multimedia applications.  They
 are available at the discretion of the installation.  Here's an overview:
 
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[audioop]
---- Manipulate raw audio data.
-
-\item[imageop]
---- Manipulate raw image data.
-
-\item[aifc]
---- Read and write audio files in AIFF or AIFC format.
-
-\item[jpeg]
---- Read and write image files in compressed JPEG format.
-
-\item[rgbimg]
---- Read and write image files in ``SGI RGB'' format (the module is
-\emph{not} SGI specific though)!
-
-\item[imghdr]
---- Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream.
-
-\end{description}
+\localmoduletable

Doc/lib/libmpz.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{mpz}}
-\label{module-mpz}
-\bimodindex{mpz}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{mpz}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Interface to the GNU MP library for arbitrary precision arithmetic.}
+
 
 This is an optional module.  It is only available when Python is
 configured to include it, which requires that the GNU MP software is

Doc/lib/libmultifile.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 % Documentation by ESR
 \section{Standard Module \module{multifile}}
-\stmodindex{multiFile}
-\label{module-multifile}
+\declaremodule[multifile]{standard}{multiFile}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 The \class{MultiFile} object enables you to treat sections of a text
 file as file-like input objects, with \code{''} being returned by

Doc/lib/libni.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{ni}}
-\label{module-ni}
-\stmodindex{ni}
+\declaremodule{standard}{ni}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 \strong{Warning: This module is obsolete.}  As of Python 1.5a4,
 package support (with different semantics for \code{__init__} and no

Doc/lib/libnntplib.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{nntplib}}
-\label{module-nntplib}
-\stmodindex{nntplib}
+\declaremodule{standard}{nntplib}
+
+\modulesynopsis{NNTP protocol client (requires sockets).}
+
 \indexii{NNTP}{protocol}
 \index{Network News Transfer Protocol}
 

Doc/lib/liboperator.tex

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 % Contributed by Skip Montanaro, from the module's doc strings.
 
 \section{Built-in Module \module{operator}}
-\label{module-operator}
-\bimodindex{operator}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{operator}
+
+\modulesynopsis{All Python's standard operators as built-in functions.}
+
 
 The \module{operator} module exports a set of functions implemented in C
 corresponding to the intrinsic operators of Python.  For example,

Doc/lib/libos.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{os}}
-\label{module-os}
-\stmodindex{os}
+\declaremodule{standard}{os}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Miscellaneous OS interfaces.}
+
 
 This module provides a more portable way of using operating system
 (OS) dependent functionality than importing an OS dependent built-in

Doc/lib/libpanel.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{panel}}
-\label{module-panel}
-\stmodindex{panel}
+\declaremodule{standard}{panel}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 \strong{Please note:} The FORMS library, to which the
 \code{fl}\refbimodindex{fl} module described above interfaces, is a
@@ -30,8 +32,10 @@ or
 \code{panel.defpanellist()}.
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{panelparser}}
-\label{module-panelparser}
-\stmodindex{panelparser}
+\declaremodule{standard}{panelparser}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 This module defines a self-contained parser for S-expressions as output
 by the Panel Editor (which is written in Scheme so it can't help writing
@@ -46,8 +50,10 @@ For more details, read the module file.
 % XXXXJH should be funcdesc, I think
 
 \section{Built-in Module \module{pnl}}
-\label{module-pnl}
-\bimodindex{pnl}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{pnl}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 This module provides access to the
 \emph{Panel Library}

Doc/lib/libparser.tex

@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@
 %
 
 \section{Built-in Module \module{parser}}
-\label{module-parser}
-\bimodindex{parser}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{parser}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Retrieve and submit parse trees from and to the runtime support
+environment.}
+
 \index{parsing!Python source code}
 
 The \module{parser} module provides an interface to Python's internal

Doc/lib/libpdb.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \chapter{The Python Debugger}
-\label{module-pdb}
-\stmodindex{pdb}
+\declaremodule{standard}{pdb}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 \index{debugging}
 
 

Doc/lib/libpickle.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{pickle}}
-\label{module-pickle}
-\stmodindex{pickle}
+\declaremodule{standard}{pickle}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.}
+
 \index{persistency}
 \indexii{persistent}{objects}
 \indexii{serializing}{objects}
@@ -273,8 +275,10 @@ registration}
 
 
 \section{Built-in Module \module{cPickle}}
-\bimodindex{cPickle}
-\label{module-cPickle}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{cPickle}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Faster version of \module{pickle}, but not subclassable.}
+
 
 % This section was written by Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
 

Doc/lib/libpopen2.tex

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 % Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>.
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{popen2}}
-\label{module-popen2}
-\stmodindex{popen2}
+\declaremodule{standard}{popen2}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 This module allows you to spawn processes and connect their 
 input/output/error pipes and obtain their return codes.

Doc/lib/libpoplib.tex

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 %the imaplib ``chapter''.
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{poplib}}
-\stmodindex{poplib}
-\label{module-poplib}
+\declaremodule{standard}{poplib}
+
+\modulesynopsis{POP3 protocol client (requires sockets).}
+
 \indexii{POP3}{protocol}
 
 This module defines a class, \class{POP3}, which encapsulates a

Doc/lib/libposix.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{posix}}
-\label{module-posix}
-\bimodindex{posix}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{posix}
+
+\modulesynopsis{The most common \POSIX{} system calls (normally used via module
+\module{os}).}
+
 
 This module provides access to operating system functionality that is
 standardized by the \C{} Standard and the \POSIX{} standard (a thinly

Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 % Manual text and implementation by Jaap Vermeulen
 \section{Standard Module \module{posixfile}}
-\label{module-posixfile}
-\bimodindex{posixfile}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{posixfile}
+
+\modulesynopsis{A file-like object with support for locking.}
+
 \indexii{\POSIX{}}{file object}
 
 \emph{Note:} This module will become obsolete in a future release.

Doc/lib/libppath.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{posixpath}}
-\label{module-posixpath}
-\stmodindex{posixpath}
+\declaremodule{standard}{posixpath}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Common \POSIX{} pathname manipulations.}
 
 This module implements some useful functions on \POSIX{} pathnames.
 

Doc/lib/libpprint.tex

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 %%  Author:  Fred L. Drake, Jr.		<fdrake@acm.org>
 
 \section{Standard Module \module{pprint}}
-\stmodindex{pprint}
-\label{module-pprint}
+\declaremodule{standard}{pprint}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Data pretty printer.}
+
 
 The \module{pprint} module provides a capability to ``pretty-print''
 arbitrary Python data structures in a form which can be used as input

Doc/lib/libprofile.tex

@@ -255,8 +255,10 @@ of algorithms to be directly compared to iterative implementations.
 
 
 \section{Reference Manual}
-\stmodindex{profile}
-\label{module-profile}
+\declaremodule{standard}{profile}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 
 The primary entry point for the profiler is the global function

Doc/lib/libpwd.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{pwd}}
-\label{module-pwd}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{pwd}
+
+
+\modulesynopsis{The password database (\function{getpwnam()} and friends).}
 
-\bimodindex{pwd}
 This module provides access to the \UNIX{} password database.
 It is available on all \UNIX{} versions.
 

Doc/lib/libpython.tex

@@ -5,80 +5,4 @@ The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of services
 related to the Python interpreter and its interaction with its
 environment.  Here's an overview:
 
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[sys]
---- Access system specific parameters and functions.
-
-\item[types]
---- Names for all built-in types.
-
-\item[UserDict]
---- Class wrapper for dictionary objects.
-
-\item[UserList]
---- Class wrapper for list objects.
-
-\item[operator]
---- All Python's standard operators as built-in functions.
-
-\item[traceback]
---- Print or retrieve a stack traceback.
-
-\item[pickle]
---- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.
-
-\item[cPickle]
---- Faster version of \module{pickle}, but not subclassable.
-
-\item[copy_reg]
---- Register \module{pickle} support functions.
-
-\item[shelve]
---- Python object persistency.
-
-\item[copy]
---- Shallow and deep copy operations.
-
-\item[marshal]
---- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with
-different constraints).
-
-\item[imp]
---- Access the implementation of the \keyword{import} statement.
-
-\item[parser]
---- Retrieve and submit parse trees from and to the runtime support
-environment.
-
-\item[symbol]
---- Constants representing internal nodes of the parse tree.
-
-\item[token]
---- Constants representing terminal nodes of the parse tree.
-
-\item[keyword]
---- Test whether a string is a keyword in the Python language.
-
-\item[code]
---- Code object services.
-
-\item[pprint]
---- Data pretty printer.
-
-\item[dis]
---- Disassembler.
-
-\item[site]
---- A standard way to reference site-specific modules.
-
-\item[user]
---- A standard way to reference user-specific modules.
-
-\item[__builtin__]
---- The set of built-in functions.
-
-\item[__main__]
---- The environment where the top-level script is run.
-
-\end{description}
+\localmoduletable

Doc/lib/libqueue.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{Queue}}
-\stmodindex{Queue}
-\label{module-Queue}
+\declaremodule{standard}{Queue}
+
+\modulesynopsis{A stynchronized queue class.}
+
 
 
 The \module{Queue} module implements a multi-producer, multi-consumer

Doc/lib/libquopri.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{quopri}}
-\label{module-quopri}
-\stmodindex{quopri}
+\declaremodule{standard}{quopri}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Encode/decode binary files using the MIME quoted-printable encoding.}
+
 
 This module performs quoted-printable transport encoding and decoding,
 as defined in \rfc{1521}: ``MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)

Doc/lib/librand.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{rand}}
-\label{module-rand}
-\stmodindex{rand}
+\declaremodule{standard}{rand}
+
+\modulesynopsis{None}
+
 
 The \code{rand} module simulates the C library's \code{rand()}
 interface, though the results aren't necessarily compatible with any

Doc/lib/librandom.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{random}}
-\label{module-random}
-\stmodindex{random}
+\declaremodule{standard}{random}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Generate pseudo-random numbers with various common distributions.}
+
 
 This module implements pseudo-random number generators for various
 distributions: on the real line, there are functions to compute normal

Doc/lib/libre.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{re}}
-\label{module-re}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{re}
+
+
+\modulesynopsis{New Perl-style regular expression search and match operations.}
 
-\bimodindex{re}
 
 This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to
 those found in Perl.  It's 8-bit clean: the strings being processed

Doc/lib/libregex.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{regex}}
-\label{module-regex}
-\bimodindex{regex}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{regex}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Regular expression search and match operations.}
+
 
 This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to
 those found in Emacs.

Doc/lib/libregsub.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{regsub}}
-\label{module-regsub}
-\stmodindex{regsub}
+\declaremodule{standard}{regsub}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Substitution and splitting operations that use regular expressions.}
+
 
 This module defines a number of functions useful for working with
 regular expressions (see built-in module \code{regex}).

Doc/lib/libresource.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{resource}}
-\label{module-resource}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{resource}
+
+
+\modulesynopsis{An interface to provide resource usage information on the current
+process.}
 
-\bimodindex{resource}
 This module provides basic mechanisms for measuring and controlling
 system resources utilized by a program.
 

Doc/lib/librestricted.tex

@@ -63,15 +63,7 @@ class and instance object attribute \code{__dict__} are unavailable.
 Two modules provide the framework for setting up restricted execution
 environments:
 
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[rexec]
---- Basic restricted execution framework.
-
-\item[Bastion]
---- Providing restricted access to objects.
-
-\end{description}
+\localmoduletable
 
 \begin{seealso}
 \seetext{Andrew Kuchling, ``Restricted Execution HOWTO.''  Available

Doc/lib/librexec.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{rexec}}
-\label{module-rexec}
-\stmodindex{rexec}
+\declaremodule{standard}{rexec}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Basic restricted execution framework.}
+
 
 
 This module contains the \class{RExec} class, which supports

Doc/lib/librfc822.tex

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{rfc822}}
-\label{module-rfc822}
-\stmodindex{rfc822}
+\declaremodule{standard}{rfc822}
 
+\modulesynopsis{Parse \rfc{822} style mail headers.}
+
+%\index{RFC!RFC 822}
 
 This module defines a class, \class{Message}, which represents a
 collection of ``email headers'' as defined by the Internet standard

Doc/lib/librgbimg.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{rgbimg}}
-\label{module-rgbimg}
-\bimodindex{rgbimg}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{rgbimg}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Read and write image files in ``SGI RGB'' format (the module is
+\emph{not} SGI specific though)!}
+
 
 The \module{rgbimg} module allows Python programs to access SGI imglib image
 files (also known as \file{.rgb} files).  The module is far from

Doc/lib/librotor.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{rotor}}
-\label{module-rotor}
-\bimodindex{rotor}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{rotor}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Enigma-like encryption and decryption.}
+
 
 This module implements a rotor-based encryption algorithm, contributed by
 Lance Ellinghouse\index{Ellinghouse, Lance}.  The design is derived

Doc/lib/libselect.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Built-in Module \module{select}}
-\label{module-select}
-\bimodindex{select}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{select}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Wait for I/O completion on multiple streams.}
+
 
 This module provides access to the function \cfunction{select()}
 available in most \UNIX{} versions.  It defines the following:

Doc/lib/libsgi.tex

@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 
 The modules described in this chapter provide interfaces to features
 that are unique to SGI's IRIX operating system (versions 4 and 5).
+
+\localmoduletable

Doc/lib/libsgmllib.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{sgmllib}}
-\label{module-sgmllib}
-\stmodindex{sgmllib}
+\declaremodule{standard}{sgmllib}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Only as much of an SGML parser as needed to parse HTML.}
+
 \index{SGML}
 
 This module defines a class \class{SGMLParser} which serves as the

Doc/lib/libshelve.tex

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \section{Standard Module \module{shelve}}
-\label{module-shelve}
-\stmodindex{shelve}
+\declaremodule{standard}{shelve}
+
+\modulesynopsis{Python object persistency.}
+
 
 A ``shelf'' is a persistent, dictionary-like object.  The difference
 with ``dbm'' databases is that the values (not the keys!) in a shelf