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:mod:`MacOS` --- Access to Mac OS interpreter features
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.. module:: MacOS
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:platform: Mac
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:synopsis: Access to Mac OS-specific interpreter features.
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:deprecated:
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This module provides access to MacOS specific functionality in the Python
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interpreter, such as how the interpreter eventloop functions and the like. Use
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with care.
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.. note::
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This module has been removed in Python 3.x.
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Note the capitalization of the module name; this is a historical artifact.
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.. data:: runtimemodel
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Always ``'macho'``, from Python 2.4 on. In earlier versions of Python the value
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could also be ``'ppc'`` for the classic Mac OS 8 runtime model or ``'carbon'``
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for the Mac OS 9 runtime model.
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.. data:: linkmodel
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The way the interpreter has been linked. As extension modules may be
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incompatible between linking models, packages could use this information to give
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more decent error messages. The value is one of ``'static'`` for a statically
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linked Python, ``'framework'`` for Python in a Mac OS X framework, ``'shared'``
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for Python in a standard Unix shared library. Older Pythons could also have the
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value ``'cfm'`` for Mac OS 9-compatible Python.
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.. exception:: Error
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.. index:: module: macerrors
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This exception is raised on MacOS generated errors, either from functions in
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this module or from other mac-specific modules like the toolbox interfaces. The
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arguments are the integer error code (the :cdata:`OSErr` value) and a textual
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description of the error code. Symbolic names for all known error codes are
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defined in the standard module :mod:`macerrors`.
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.. function:: GetErrorString(errno)
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Return the textual description of MacOS error code *errno*.
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.. function:: DebugStr(message [, object])
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On Mac OS X the string is simply printed to stderr (on older Mac OS systems more
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elaborate functionality was available), but it provides a convenient location to
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attach a breakpoint in a low-level debugger like :program:`gdb`.
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.. note::
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Not available in 64-bit mode.
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.. function:: SysBeep()
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Ring the bell.
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.. note::
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Not available in 64-bit mode.
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.. function:: GetTicks()
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Get the number of clock ticks (1/60th of a second) since system boot.
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.. function:: GetCreatorAndType(file)
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Return the file creator and file type as two four-character strings. The *file*
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parameter can be a pathname or an ``FSSpec`` or ``FSRef`` object.
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.. note::
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It is not possible to use an ``FSSpec`` in 64-bit mode.
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.. function:: SetCreatorAndType(file, creator, type)
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Set the file creator and file type. The *file* parameter can be a pathname or an
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``FSSpec`` or ``FSRef`` object. *creator* and *type* must be four character
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strings.
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.. note::
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It is not possible to use an ``FSSpec`` in 64-bit mode.
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.. function:: openrf(name [, mode])
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Open the resource fork of a file. Arguments are the same as for the built-in
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function :func:`open`. The object returned has file-like semantics, but it is
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not a Python file object, so there may be subtle differences.
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.. function:: WMAvailable()
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Checks whether the current process has access to the window manager. The method
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will return ``False`` if the window manager is not available, for instance when
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running on Mac OS X Server or when logged in via ssh, or when the current
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interpreter is not running from a fullblown application bundle. A script runs
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from an application bundle either when it has been started with
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:program:`pythonw` instead of :program:`python` or when running as an applet.
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.. function:: splash([resourceid])
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Opens a splash screen by resource id. Use resourceid ``0`` to close
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the splash screen.
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.. note::
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Not available in 64-bit mode.
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