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Doc/c-api/intro.rst

@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ frequently-used builds will be described in the remainder of this section.
 
 Compiling the interpreter with the :c:macro:`Py_DEBUG` macro defined produces
 what is generally meant by "a debug build" of Python. :c:macro:`Py_DEBUG` is
-enabled in the Unix build by adding :option:`--with-pydebug` to the
+enabled in the Unix build by adding ``--with-pydebug`` to the
-:file:`configure` command.  It is also implied by the presence of the
+:file:`./configure` command.  It is also implied by the presence of the
 not-Python-specific :c:macro:`_DEBUG` macro.  When :c:macro:`Py_DEBUG` is enabled
 in the Unix build, compiler optimization is disabled.
 

Doc/distutils/introduction.rst

@@ -79,11 +79,17 @@ Some observations:
   for an example)
 
 To create a source distribution for this module, you would create a setup
-script, :file:`setup.py`, containing the above code, and run::
+script, :file:`setup.py`, containing the above code, and run this command from a
+terminal::
 
    python setup.py sdist
 
-which will create an archive file (e.g., tarball on Unix, ZIP file on Windows)
+For Windows, open a command prompt windows ("DOS box") and change the command
+to::
+
+   setup.py sdist
+
+:command:`sdist` will create an archive file (e.g., tarball on Unix, ZIP file on Windows)
 containing your setup script :file:`setup.py`, and your module :file:`foo.py`.
 The archive file will be named :file:`foo-1.0.tar.gz` (or :file:`.zip`), and
 will unpack into a directory :file:`foo-1.0`.

Doc/documenting/markup.rst

@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ following example shows all of the features of this directive type::
 
        Spam or ham the foo.
 
-The signatures of object methods or data attributes should always include the
+The signatures of object methods or data attributes should not include the
-type name (``.. method:: FileInput.input(...)``), even if it is obvious from the
+class name, but be nested in a class directive.  The generated files will
-context which type they belong to; this is to enable consistent
+reflect this nesting, and the target identifiers (for HTML output) will use
-cross-references.  If you describe methods belonging to an abstract protocol,
+both the class and method name, to enable consistent cross-references.  If you
-such as "context managers", include a (pseudo-)type name too to make the
+describe methods belonging to an abstract protocol such as context managers,
+use a class directive with a (pseudo-)type name too to make the
 index entries more informative.
 
 The directives are:

Doc/install/index.rst

@@ -96,10 +96,16 @@ in the name of the downloaded archive, e.g. :file:`foo-1.0.tar.gz` or
 directory: :file:`foo-1.0` or :file:`widget-0.9.7`.  Additionally, the
 distribution will contain a setup script :file:`setup.py`, and a file named
 :file:`README.txt` or possibly just :file:`README`, which should explain that
-building and installing the module distribution is a simple matter of running ::
+building and installing the module distribution is a simple matter of running
+one command from a terminal::
 
    python setup.py install
 
+For Windows, this command should be run from a command prompt windows ("DOS
+box")::
+
+   setup.py install
+
 If all these things are true, then you already know how to build and install the
 modules you've just downloaded:  Run the command above. Unless you need to
 install things in a non-standard way or customize the build process, you don't
@@ -113,14 +119,11 @@ Standard Build and Install
 ==========================
 
 As described in section :ref:`inst-new-standard`, building and installing a module
-distribution using the Distutils is usually one simple command::
+distribution using the Distutils is usually one simple command to run from a
+terminal::
 
    python setup.py install
 
-On Unix, you'd run this command from a shell prompt; on Windows, you have to
-open a command prompt window ("DOS box") and do it there; on Mac OS X, you open
-a :command:`Terminal` window to get a shell prompt.
-
 
 .. _inst-platform-variations:
 

Doc/library/builtins.rst

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 This module provides direct access to all 'built-in' identifiers of Python; for
 example, ``builtins.open`` is the full name for the built-in function
-:func:`open`.
+:func:`open`.  See :ref:`built-in-funcs` and :ref:`built-in-consts` for
+documentation.
+
 
 This module is not normally accessed explicitly by most applications, but can be
 useful in modules that provide objects with the same name as a built-in value,

Doc/library/constants.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _built-in-consts:
+
 Built-in Constants
 ==================
 

Doc/license.rst

@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ expat
 -----
 
 The :mod:`pyexpat` extension is built using an included copy of the expat
-sources unless the build is configured :option:`--with-system-expat`::
+sources unless the build is configured ``--with-system-expat``::
 
   Copyright (c) 1998, 1999, 2000 Thai Open Source Software Center Ltd
                                  and Clark Cooper
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ libffi
 ------
 
 The :mod:`_ctypes` extension is built using an included copy of the libffi
-sources unless the build is configured :option:`--with-system-libffi`::
+sources unless the build is configured ``--with-system-libffi``::
 
    Copyright (c) 1996-2008  Red Hat, Inc and others.
 

Doc/using/cmdline.rst

@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ Debug-mode variables
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Setting these variables only has an effect in a debug build of Python, that is,
-if Python was configured with the :option:`--with-pydebug` build option.
+if Python was configured with the ``--with-pydebug`` build option.
 
 .. envvar:: PYTHONTHREADDEBUG