277a21150b
Added entries for the xml.dom.minidom module.
2000-10-24 02:35:42 +00:00
669d36f02c
Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>:
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Documentation for the xml.dom.minidom module & Python DOM API.
FLD: I have revised the markup in some places and added a few minor
details to Paul's text, but that's it. Given the substantial
structural differences with the bulk of the presentation, I will be
making additional revisions over the next few days.
2000-10-24 02:34:45 +00:00
246f65f2bb
Correct the name of a parameter in the description of the register()
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function.
This closes bug #117467 .
2000-10-23 15:41:13 +00:00
8c2fd49cc3
Added missing entry for invert() function.
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Added table mapping abstract operations to syntax to functions, based on
a suggestion from Bob Weiner <weiner@beopen.com>.
2000-10-22 03:19:30 +00:00
4a152630ca
Capitalize first letter of an explanation for a \versionchanged
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annotation.
2000-10-19 05:33:46 +00:00
75afc0b914
Document the .lastindex and .lastgroup attributes of MatchObject
2000-10-18 23:08:13 +00:00
ba0a989988
Make all the \seemodule explanations consistent: start with a capitalized
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letter and end with proper punctuation. "Documenting Python" will be
updated accordingly so that this will be editorial policy for the Python
documentation.
2000-10-18 17:43:06 +00:00
510dfbad3d
Capitalize & use periods for \seemodule explanation parameter.
2000-10-18 16:47:52 +00:00
b4b401eda3
Update the links to the NumPy website and documentation, based on a
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comment from Janko Hauser <jhauser@ifm.uni-kiel.de>.
2000-10-17 04:58:01 +00:00
21c9df7641
For os.stat() & friends, note that the time fields are returned as
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floating-point values.
2000-10-14 05:46:11 +00:00
602aa77d2f
Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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Documentation for the codec base classes.
Lots of markup adjustments by FLD.
This closes SourceForge bug #115308 , patch #101877 .
2000-10-12 20:50:55 +00:00
babe326c65
Added entries for new files of SAX documentation.
2000-10-12 20:07:09 +00:00
014f0e3394
Massive addition of SAX documentation from Martin von Loewis
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<loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de>.
Reorganized to be more like other parts of the documentation in its
arrangement, but with few content changes.
This closes SourceForge patch #101850 .
2000-10-12 20:05:09 +00:00
93615657ec
Document the exceptions that now get raised on invalid parameters.
2000-10-11 22:27:51 +00:00
6fe9bacb8c
Make sure methods of ZipFile objects are in alphabetical order; the logical
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groupings are still maintained. Based on a comment by Steve Holden
<sholden@holdenweb.com>.
2000-10-11 18:56:00 +00:00
2c4f554b78
Fixed a large number of small problems, mostly noted by Detlef Lannert
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<lannert@lannert.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de>.
2000-10-10 22:00:03 +00:00
66c9f0781d
Note that the UserString/MutableString classes are far less efficient
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than the built-in string types (suggested by Moshe Zadka
<moshez@math.huji.ac.il>).
Clarified what "can be converted to a string" means.
Fixed a few markup nits.
2000-10-10 20:58:48 +00:00
ef52f601ed
Revise the examples not to use the "from socket import *", and adjust
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one comment in the example for clarity.
2000-10-10 20:36:29 +00:00
0fc6a67307
Remove duplicated text from urlopen() description, noted by Ka-Ping
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Yee <ping@lfw.org> and probably others as well.
2000-10-10 20:23:10 +00:00
3ece71327f
Make it clear that copy_reg.pickle() should not be used for classes, but
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only for extension types.
This partially fixes SourceForge bug #116295 .
2000-10-10 18:36:02 +00:00
f8ca7d88c6
Fixed lots of small nits caught by Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>.
2000-10-10 17:03:45 +00:00
2d34cd3ecf
Minor nit fixes based on suggestions from Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>.
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Added "See also" section with relevant RFC references.
2000-10-10 17:02:34 +00:00
25407882ea
Better synopsis based on suggestion from Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>.
2000-10-10 16:59:53 +00:00
4d3714b5c6
Better synopses based on suggestions from Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>.
2000-10-10 16:56:41 +00:00
6ff7aec2ab
Move the documentation for the mutex module to be with the threading
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and queue-management modules, since that is where the general context
for use in most cases.
2000-10-10 16:46:36 +00:00
17a2b640e4
Work around annoyances in LaTeX2HTML.
2000-10-09 18:12:29 +00:00
955e03bd68
Push xmllib to the end of the markup chapter since it is deprecated.
2000-10-09 18:11:24 +00:00
3383792c74
Denis S. Otkidach <ods@users.sourceforge.net>:
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Correct description of leapdays() function.
This closes SourceForge patch #101840 .
2000-10-09 15:27:31 +00:00
c2bac8745d
Include more information from the docstrings.
2000-10-06 21:07:14 +00:00
519744409b
Fix really bad typo, noted by Neil Schemenauer <nas@arctrix.com>.
2000-10-06 20:16:50 +00:00
c6243e4e08
Add notes on the requirements for subclasses.
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This closes SourceForge bug #115928 .
2000-10-06 20:04:48 +00:00
2e06c209dc
Revise the versioning information to say that this was revised in 1.6,
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not added then, and note what the change was (ncurses, change to a package).
2000-10-06 20:01:23 +00:00
062ea2e70b
Made a number of revisions suggested by Fredrik Lundh.
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Revised the first paragraph so it doesn't sound like it was written
when 7-bit strings were assumed; note that Unicode strings can be used.
2000-10-06 19:59:22 +00:00
d88d0a1d5b
It turns out that Guido does not like or encourage the use of the term
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"disciplines" for the __*__() methods, so they should be referred to as
"methods" or "special methods", as appropriate in context.
2000-10-06 19:39:47 +00:00
5d63a39983
is_zipfile() description: Use the same name for the parameter as the
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code, in case someone wants to use it as a keyword paramter.
ZIP_DEFLATED description: Do not reveal the specific value of the
constant, since code should only use the symbolic name.
2000-10-06 15:29:56 +00:00
9351dd2084
Document the lookbehind assertions (closing bug#115119)
2000-10-05 15:22:28 +00:00
7a90db6131
Document expand() method of MatchObjects
2000-10-05 12:35:29 +00:00
b2c2c9e977
- update Neil's email address
2000-10-04 16:34:09 +00:00
15f06661c1
Added deprecation notices to atof(), atoi(), and atol(), recommending
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use of the float(), int(), and long() built-ins instead.
Fixed minor markup nit elsewhere (use of \optional).
2000-10-04 13:59:52 +00:00
c71c23e392
Added \versionchanged comment to os.popen() noting that it was unreliable
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in earlier versions of Python; this is useful information for people
interested in writing code that is portable across Python versions.
Suggested by Peter Funk <pf@artcom-gmbh.de>.
2000-10-04 13:57:27 +00:00
0b4e25d0c0
Use \obindex{...} instead of \indexii{...}{type} in many places; this is
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more consistent with other index entries in the documentation.
2000-10-04 04:21:19 +00:00
1319e3ecbc
Remove old note that os.popen() on Windows is unreliable; this is no
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longer true.
2000-10-03 17:14:27 +00:00
e35360ffd0
Jim Ahlstrom sent a few corrections to my changes. (Thanks!)
2000-10-03 15:16:31 +00:00
58a2dff7f4
Replace minimal \seetext references with better annotated \seerfc
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references, telling the reader more about what to expect at the other end
of the links.
2000-10-03 05:56:55 +00:00
296b8f5bd2
Add deprecation note since the XML support is shaping up.
2000-10-02 22:14:09 +00:00
427802470a
Substantially revised documentation for the zipfile module, partially based
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on revised text from Jim Ahlstrom <jim@interet.com>.
This closes SourceForge bug #115681 .
2000-10-02 20:56:30 +00:00
f6791f3d12
Minor usage fix.
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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
8d3312f4d1
Add documentation and warnings for the isCallable(), isMappingType(),
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isNumberType(), and isSequenceType() functions.
This closes SourceForge bug #115789 .
2000-10-02 03:36:18 +00:00
d15a9427e8
Fixed spelling of module; closes bug 115712.
2000-09-30 17:04:40 +00:00
58295dedf7
Replace to XXX notes to add references with real references.
2000-09-30 00:11:45 +00:00
Fred Drake
Andrew M. Kuchling
Neil Schemenauer
Martin v. Löwis