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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 BuildApplet, BuildApplication and
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macfreeze}
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\section{\module{py_resource} --- Resources from Python code}
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\declaremodule[pyresource]{standard}{py_resource}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Helper to create \texttt{'PYC '} resources for compiled
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applications}
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This module is primarily used as a help module for BuildApplet and
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BuildApplication. It is able to store compiled Python code as
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\texttt{'PYC '} resources in a file.
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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} --- Serial line connections}
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\declaremodule{standard}{mactty}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Easy access serial to line connections}
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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. A related
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module that may be of interest is the \module{webbrowser} module,
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documented in the \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library
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Reference}.
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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} --- Application preferences manager}
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\declaremodule{standard}{preferences}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Nice application preferences manager with support for
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defaults}
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The \module{preferences} module allows storage of user preferences in
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the system-wide preferences folder, with defaults coming from the
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application itself and the possibility to override preferences for
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specific situations.
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\section{\module{pythonprefs} --- Preferences manager for Python}
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\declaremodule{standard}{pythonprefs}
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\platform{Mac}
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\modulesynopsis{Specialized preferences manager for the Python
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interpreter}
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This module is a specialization of the \refmodule{preferences} module
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that allows reading and writing of the preferences for the Python
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interpreter.
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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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