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3266 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Fred Drake 1319e3ecbc Remove old note that os.popen() on Windows is unreliable; this is no
longer true.
2000-10-03 17:14:27 +00:00
Fred Drake 13589c6a52 Bump the release number for the upcoming candidate. 2000-10-03 16:50:48 +00:00
Fred Drake e35360ffd0 Jim Ahlstrom sent a few corrections to my changes. (Thanks!) 2000-10-03 15:16:31 +00:00
Fred Drake 5f84c9b55e $OFF_SITE_LINK_ICON: Don't define here; simply defining it overrides a
definition provided by previously loaded configuration code, and
        testing whether it's defined isn't needed since the default was
        false anyway.

get_link_icon():  Add support for $OFF_SITE_LINK_ICON_HEIGHT and
        $OFF_SITE_LINK_ICON_WIDTH, giving the dimensions of the icon
        being used.  This can make for faster page display.  Both are
        optional.

make_my_titlegraphic():  Fix insertion of the off-site icon link.

do_env_funcdesc():  Remove debugging print.

handle_rfclike_reference():  Remove trailing colon from first line; it
        doesn't really make sense and looks bad if we add an icon to
        mark off-site links.
2000-10-03 06:05:25 +00:00
Fred Drake 58a2dff7f4 Replace minimal \seetext references with better annotated \seerfc
references, telling the reader more about what to expect at the other end
of the links.
2000-10-03 05:56:55 +00:00
Fred Drake 4dc1a6d6ba Added some comments on the interaction of reload() and extension modules.
Based on comments from Chris Barker <cbarker@jps.net>.
2000-10-02 22:38:09 +00:00
Fred Drake 296b8f5bd2 Add deprecation note since the XML support is shaping up. 2000-10-02 22:14:09 +00:00
Fred Drake 8093b70a12 Minor change to attributes so that the stylesheets can have better control. 2000-10-02 21:26:28 +00:00
Fred Drake 427802470a Substantially revised documentation for the zipfile module, partially based
on revised text from Jim Ahlstrom <jim@interet.com>.

This closes SourceForge bug #115681.
2000-10-02 20:56:30 +00:00
Fred Drake 5df72f0632 Minor stylesheet nit. 2000-10-02 17:36:27 +00:00
Fred Drake 7a40c0702e make_icon_filename(): Convenience function to turn a partial filename
into a usable filename using $ICONSERVER and
                       $IMAGE_TYPE as needed.

get_link_icon():  Function to examine a URL and return the string to use
                  to insert an icon if the link points off-site, if needed
                  and $OFF_SITE_LINK_ICON is set.

Adjusted appropriate places to use these new functions.
2000-10-02 14:43:38 +00:00
Fred Drake f6791f3d12 Minor usage fix.
Add a note that some way of reliably detecting the use of KDE would be
really nice.
2000-10-02 03:42:43 +00:00
Fred Drake 8d3312f4d1 Add documentation and warnings for the isCallable(), isMappingType(),
isNumberType(), and isSequenceType() functions.

This closes SourceForge bug #115789.
2000-10-02 03:36:18 +00:00
Greg Ward 0bc5953e83 Added skeletal "Building Extensions: Tips and Tricks" section. This
is where all the FAQs about extension-building will be answered.
2000-09-30 21:06:40 +00:00
Martin v. Löwis d15a9427e8 Fixed spelling of module; closes bug 115712. 2000-09-30 17:04:40 +00:00
Fred Drake 58295dedf7 Replace to XXX notes to add references with real references. 2000-09-30 00:11:45 +00:00
Fred Drake ffe58ca6ef Reversely --> Conversely
This closes SourceForge bug #115673.
2000-09-29 17:31:54 +00:00
Fred Drake 31b761e326 Spelling: internalization --> internationalization
Fixed displays of the interactive prompt in running text.
These close SourceForge bug #115658.

Also:

Updated discussion of tuple unpacking to reflect the general ability
to unpack any sequence type.  Explained that it is possible to create
tuples which contain mutable values, and noted in the dictionary
section that such tuples cannot be used as keys.

Noted that .pyc and .pyo files can be run directly when provided as
the script parameter to the interpreter, and slightly clarified
comments about using modules with only the byte compiled code.

Removed some XXX comments that are no longer relevant.
Removed commented-out paragraph about __private names being experimental.

Adjusted markup for consistency in some places.
2000-09-29 15:17:36 +00:00
Fred Drake 4ce4f2eedd os.startfile() documentation, based on text from Tim Peters. 2000-09-29 04:15:19 +00:00
Fred Drake 329796d634 Consistency nits, untabify. 2000-09-28 20:41:16 +00:00
Fred Drake 8a9db99760 Updated documentation relating to the various flavors of popen[234]()
for Windows & Unix.
2000-09-28 20:27:51 +00:00
Fred Drake 44774c9429 Add regex and regsub to the list of undocumented obsolete modules. 2000-09-28 05:31:39 +00:00
Fred Drake 33dde92ecf Update the documentation for ConfigParser to match the recent changes. 2000-09-27 22:48:44 +00:00
Andrew M. Kuchling fc1b60e3da Fix double negative spotted by matt@mondoinfo.com 2000-09-27 02:49:24 +00:00
Andrew M. Kuchling be870dd96f Added a section describing the new development process. Part of it
comes from two comp.lang.tcl postings of mine, with much rewriting
   and expansion of the material.
Note that 2.0 will be released in the autumn, not the summer.
2000-09-27 02:36:10 +00:00
Andrew M. Kuchling 3ad4e74870 Wrote text for features added between 2.0b1 and b2.
Minor rewrites, and added the CVS ID in a comment.
2000-09-27 01:33:41 +00:00
Andrew M. Kuchling 118ee9680e Fixed error in explanation of codec decode_func pointed out by Gregg Hauser,
and rewrote paragraph a bit.
2000-09-27 01:01:18 +00:00
Fred Drake 0b71ceaeff Note that including Python.h includes limits.h when available. 2000-09-26 05:51:50 +00:00
Greg Ward 15f5e2aa0f Remove a ?? in the description of Mac OS support. 2000-09-26 02:54:43 +00:00
Fred Drake 7f577e7fd4 regex and regsub are obsolete and Evil, so don't include them in the club. 2000-09-25 18:26:21 +00:00
Fred Drake e53793bf4c Updates from Fredrik Lundh <effbot@telia.com> about Unicode-related
behavior.
2000-09-25 17:52:40 +00:00
Fred Drake ef5781b8c8 Add obsolescence note to the module descriptions that get added to the
list of module synopses at the front of the chapter; based on a comment
from Aahz <aahz@panix.com>.
2000-09-25 17:23:04 +00:00
Andrew M. Kuchling 6d4addd1f4 Update URL for Python 2.0 2000-09-25 14:40:15 +00:00
Fred Drake d79c33a47b Minor cleanups, wrap long lines. 2000-09-25 14:14:30 +00:00
Fred Drake 7be3115860 Added explanation of the use of the first program argument passed to the
exec*() family of functions.
2000-09-23 05:22:07 +00:00
Fred Drake 7fbc85c5c5 Rename the public interface from "pyexpat" to "xml.parsers.expat". 2000-09-23 04:47:56 +00:00
Fred Drake c32741d1ab Added warnings about platform vagaries to the strptime() documentation.
This closes SourceForge bug #115146.
2000-09-23 04:36:14 +00:00
Fred Drake 891150bdf2 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
This closes SourceForge patch #101233.
2000-09-23 03:25:42 +00:00
Fred Drake 1fa9365066 Added refcount information for the *_InPlace*() API series.
This closes SourceForge bug #114287.
2000-09-22 18:19:37 +00:00
Fred Drake c0e6c5beb2 PyNumber_Coerce() returns an int, not a PyObject *. 2000-09-22 18:17:49 +00:00
Fred Drake 3764b6b67e Fix the way we found relevant cfuncdesc lines; PREFIX was not a regular
expression!
2000-09-22 17:55:32 +00:00
Fred Drake 38178fd951 use_sans_serif(),
use_italics():  Remove both functions, inlining use_italics() at its
                only call site.

init_myformat():  Uncomment line so that some internal markup does not
                  get generated, since it is not properly removed later.
                  (Fix on aspect of SourceForge bug #114749.)

Modified call to process_commands_wrap_deferred(), removing \code from
the list since it had a bad interaction with other changes in some contexts.
2000-09-22 17:05:04 +00:00
Fred Drake a9dd2eeb51 Update versioning for the next Python release. 2000-09-22 16:20:23 +00:00
Fred Drake e71912c241 Update RELEASE for the next Python release. 2000-09-22 16:18:19 +00:00
Fred Drake 4c6d21a790 Fix some minor nits about the use of \optional in parameter lists. 2000-09-22 15:46:35 +00:00
Neil Schemenauer 544de1effb - Add DEBUG_SAVEALL option. When enabled all garbage objects found by the
collector will be saved in gc.garbage.  This is useful for debugging a
  program that creates reference cycles.

- Fix else statements in gcmodule.c to conform to Python coding standards.
2000-09-22 15:22:38 +00:00
Fred Drake 343ad7a572 Correct some bitrot; some things have become inaccurate in the tutorial.
<file>.readlines() does not call <file>.readline() internally anymore,
and the sizehint parameter should be mentioned briefly.

Some displays of floating point numbers needed to be updated due to the
change in the repr() of floats (from 1.6).

Both issues were noted by Aahz <aahz@panix.com>.
2000-09-22 04:12:27 +00:00
Fred Drake f89259786a Denis S. Otkidach <ods@users.sourceforge.net>:
Show how code can be written to handle __getslice__ & friends in a way that
is compatible with pre-2.0 versions of Python while still working with the
"new" way of handling slicing.

Additional explanation added by Fred Drake.

This closes SourceForge patch #101388.
2000-09-21 22:27:16 +00:00
Fred Drake d68442b164 Lots of minor fixes, many suggested by Detlef Lannert
<lannert@uni-duesseldorf.de>.
2000-09-21 22:01:36 +00:00
Fred Drake 00fb4160d3 Added dependencies on the bug-reporting text. 2000-09-21 21:37:09 +00:00