Chapters on Mac Toolbox modules and other undocumented modules, ready to
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\chapter{MacOS Toolbox Modules \label{toolbox}}
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There are a set of modules that provide interfaces to various MacOS
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toolboxes. If applicable the module will define a number of Python
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objects for the various structures declared by the toolbox, and
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operations will be implemented as methods of the object. Other
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operations will be implemented as functions in the module. Not all
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operations possible in C will also be possible in Python (callbacks
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are often a problem), and parameters will occasionally be different in
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Python (input and output buffers, especially). All methods and
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functions have a \member{__doc__} string describing their arguments
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and return values, and for additional description you are referred to
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\citetitle[http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macos8/mac8.html]{Inside
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Macintosh} or similar works.
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\strong{Warning!} These modules are not yet documented. If you
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wish to contribute documentation of any of these modules, please get
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in touch with \email{python-docs@python.org}.
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\localmoduletable
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%\section{Argument Handling for Toolbox Modules}
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\section{\module{AE} --- Apple Events}
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\declaremodule{standard}{AE}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the Apple Events toolbox}
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\section{\module{Cm} --- Component Manager}
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\declaremodule{standard}{Cm}
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\platform{Cm}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the Component Manager}
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\section{\module{Ctl} --- Control Manager}
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\declaremodule{standard}{Ctl}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the Control Manager}
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\section{\module{Dlg} --- Dialog Manager}
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\declaremodule{standard}{Dlg}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the Dialog Manager}
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\section{\module{Evt} --- Event Manager}
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\declaremodule{standard}{Evt}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the Event Manager}
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\section{\module{Fm} --- Font Manager}
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\declaremodule{standard}{Fm}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the Font Manager}
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\section{\module{List} --- List Manager}
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\declaremodule{standard}{List}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the List Manager}
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\section{\module{Menu} --- Menu Manager}
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\declaremodule{standard}{Menu}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the Menu Manager}
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\section{\module{Qd} --- QuickDraw}
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\declaremodule{builtin}{Qd}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the QuickDraw toolbox}
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\section{\module{Qt} --- QuickTime}
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\declaremodule{standard}{Qt}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the QuickTime toolbox}
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\section{\module{Res} --- Resource Manager and Handles}
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\declaremodule{standard}{Res}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the Resource Manager and Handles}
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\section{\module{Scrap} --- Scrap Manager}
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\declaremodule{standard}{Scrap}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the Scrap Manager}
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\section{\module{Snd} --- Sound Manager}
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\declaremodule{standard}{Snd}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the Sound Manager }
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\section{\module{TE} --- TextEdit}
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\declaremodule{standard}{TE}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to TextEdit}
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\section{\module{waste} --- non-Apple \program{TextEdit} replacement}
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\declaremodule{standard}{waste}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the ``WorldScript-Aware Styled Text Engine.''}
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\begin{seealso}
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\seetitle[http://www.merzwaren.com/waste/]{About WASTE}{Information
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about the WASTE widget and library, including
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documentation and downloads.}
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\end{seealso}
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\section{\module{Win} --- Window Manager}
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\declaremodule{standard}{Win}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Interface to the Window Manager}
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\chapter{Undocumented Modules \label{undocumented-modules}}
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The modules in this chapter are poorly documented (if at all). If you
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wish to contribute documentation of any of these modules, please get in
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touch with \email{python-docs@python.org}.
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\localmoduletable
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\section{\module{buildtools} --- Helper module for BuildApplet and Friends}
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\declaremodule{standard}{buildtools}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Helper module for BuildApple, BuildApplication and macfreeze}
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\section{\module{py_resource} --- }
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\declaremodule[pyresource]{standard}{py_resource}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{}
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\section{\module{cfmfile} --- Code Fragment Resource module}
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\declaremodule{standard}{cfmfile}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Code Fragment Resource module}
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\module{cfmfile} is a module that understands Code Fragments and the
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accompanying ``cfrg'' resources. It can parse them and merge them, and is
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used by BuildApplication to combine all plugin modules to a single
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executable.
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\section{\module{macerrors} --- MacOS Errors}
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\declaremodule{standard}{macerrors}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Constant definitions for many MacOS error codes}
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\module{macerrors} cotains constant definitions for many MacOS error codes.
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\section{\module{macfsn} --- NavServices calls}
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\declaremodule{standard}{macfsn}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{NavServices versions of StandardFile calls}
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\module{macfsn} contains wrapper functions that have the same API as the macfs
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StandardFile calls, but are implemented with Navigation Services. Importing it
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will replace the methods in macfs with these, if Navigation Services is
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available on your machine.
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\section{\module{icopen} --- Internet Config replacement for \method{open()}}
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\declaremodule{standard}{icopen}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Internet Config replacement for \method{open()}}
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Importing \module{icopen} will replace the builtin \method{open()}
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with a version that uses Internet Config to set file type and creator
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for new files.
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\section{\module{mactty} --- }
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\declaremodule{standard}{mactty}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{}
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\section{\module{nsremote} --- Wrapper around Netscape OSA modules}
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\declaremodule{standard}{nsremote}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Wrapper around Netscape OSA modules}
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\module{nsremote} is a wrapper around the Netscape OSA modules that
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allows you to easily send your browser to a given URL.
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\section{\module{PixMapWrapper} --- Wrapper for PixMap objects}
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\declaremodule{standard}{PixMapWrapper}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Wrapper for PixMap objects}
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\module{PixMapWrapper} wraps a PixMap object with a Python object that
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allows access to the fields by name. It also has methods to convert
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to and from \module{PIL} images.
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\section{\module{preferences} --- }
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\declaremodule{standard}{preferences}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{}
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\section{\module{pythonprefs} --- }
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\declaremodule{standard}{pythonprefs}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{}
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\section{\module{quietconsole} --- non-visible stdout output}
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\declaremodule{standard}{quietconsole}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{buffered, non-visible stdout output}
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\module{quietconsole} allows you to keep stdio output in a buffer
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without displaying it (or without displaying the stdout window
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altogether, if set with \program{EditPythonPrefs}) until you try to read from
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stdin or disable the buffering, at which point all the saved output is
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sent to the window. Good for GUI programs that do want to display their
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output at a crash.
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\section{\module{W} --- Widgets built on \module{FrameWork}}
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\declaremodule{standard}{W}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Widgets for the Mac, built on top of \module{FrameWork}}
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The \module{W} widgets are used extensively in the \program{IDE}.
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