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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-04-22 21:23:22 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-04-22 21:23:22 (GMT)
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Make internal module references hyperlinks wherever it makes sense.
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libal.tex6
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libaudioop.tex6
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex10
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libcopyreg.tex10
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libexcs.tex4
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libformatter.tex2
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex2
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libimageop.tex6
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex6
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libparser.tex8
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libpickle.tex62
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libprofile.tex2
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libquopri.tex4
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libregsub.tex15
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/librexec.tex10
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/librfc822.tex6
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libshelve.tex4
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex24
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libstring.tex6
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libsys.tex6
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libthreading.tex4
21 files changed, 103 insertions, 100 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libal.tex b/Doc/lib/libal.tex
index b0e0169..39ad273 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libal.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libal.tex
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ All functions and methods defined in this module are equivalent to
the C functions with \samp{AL} prefixed to their name.
Symbolic constants from the C header file \code{<audio.h>} are
-defined in the standard module \module{AL}\refstmodindex{AL}, see
-below.
+defined in the standard module
+\refmodule[al-constants]{AL}\refstmodindex{AL}, see below.
\strong{Warning:} the current version of the audio library may dump core
when bad argument values are passed rather than returning an error
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Get status information on last error.
This module defines symbolic constants needed to use the built-in
-module \module{al} (see above); they are equivalent to those defined
+module \refmodule{al} (see above); they are equivalent to those defined
in the C header file \code{<audio.h>} except that the name prefix
\samp{AL_} is omitted. Read the module source for a complete list of
the defined names. Suggested use:
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libaudioop.tex b/Doc/lib/libaudioop.tex
index 7bcc8ed..0c7b7b2 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libaudioop.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libaudioop.tex
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
\section{\module{audioop} ---
- Manipulate raw audio data.}
-\declaremodule{builtin}{audioop}
+ Manipulate raw audio data}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{audioop}
\modulesynopsis{Manipulate raw audio data.}
The \module{audioop} module contains some useful operations on sound
fragments. It operates on sound fragments consisting of signed
integer samples 8, 16 or 32 bits wide, stored in Python strings. This
-is the same format as used by the \module{al} and \module{sunaudiodev}
+is the same format as used by the \refmodule{al} and \refmodule{sunaudiodev}
modules. All scalar items are integers, unless specified otherwise.
% This para is mostly here to provide an excuse for the index entries...
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex b/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex
index 239565a..cb9c166 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
\section{\module{binascii} ---
- Convert between binary and various ascii-encoded representations.}
-\declaremodule{builtin}{binascii}
+ Convert between binary \ASCII{}-encoded formats}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{binascii}
\modulesynopsis{Tools for converting between binary and various
-ascii-encoded binary representations.}
+ \ASCII{}-encoded binary representations.}
The \module{binascii} module contains a number of methods to convert
between binary and various \ASCII{}-encoded binary
-representations. Normally, you will not use these modules directly but
-use wrapper modules like \module{uu}\refstmodindex{uu} or
+representations. Normally, you will not use these functions directly
+but use wrapper modules like \refmodule{uu}\refstmodindex{uu} or
\module{hexbin}\refstmodindex{hexbin} instead, this module solely
exists because bit-manipuation of large amounts of data is slow in
Python.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcopyreg.tex b/Doc/lib/libcopyreg.tex
index e6e6e44..2d5c47ec 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcopyreg.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcopyreg.tex
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
\section{\module{copy_reg} ---
- Register \module{pickle} support functions.}
-\declaremodule[copyreg]{standard}{copy_reg}
+ Register \module{pickle} support functions}
+\declaremodule[copyreg]{standard}{copy_reg}
\modulesynopsis{Register \module{pickle} support functions.}
The \module{copy_reg} module provides support for the
-\module{pickle}\refstmodindex{pickle} and
-\module{cPickle}\refbimodindex{cPickle} modules. The
-\module{copy}\refstmodindex{copy} module is likely to use this in the
+\refmodule{pickle}\refstmodindex{pickle} and
+\refmodule{cPickle}\refbimodindex{cPickle} modules. The
+\refmodule{copy}\refstmodindex{copy} module is likely to use this in the
future as well. It provides configuration information about object
constructors which are not classes. Such constructors may be factory
functions or class instances.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex b/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex
index 2ff64a3..fb80b76 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
\section{Built-in Exceptions}
-\declaremodule{standard}{exceptions}
+\declaremodule{standard}{exceptions}
\modulesynopsis{Standard exceptions classes.}
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Raised when an \keyword{assert} statement fails.
\begin{excdesc}{OSError}
%xref for os module
This class is derived from \exception{EnvironmentError} and is used
- primarily as the \module{os} module's \code{os.error} exception.
+ primarily as the \refmodule{os} module's \code{os.error} exception.
See \exception{EnvironmentError} above for a description of the
possible associated values.
\versionadded{1.5.2}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libformatter.tex b/Doc/lib/libformatter.tex
index 13d0dee..fcda71d 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libformatter.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libformatter.tex
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
This module supports two interface definitions, each with mulitple
implementations. The \emph{formatter} interface is used by the
-\class{HTMLParser} class of the \module{htmllib} module, and the
+\class{HTMLParser} class of the \refmodule{htmllib} module, and the
\emph{writer} interface is required by the formatter interface.
\withsubitem{(class in htmllib)}{\ttindex{HTMLParser}}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex b/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex
index 1e5e2cd..6c937bc 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ The \module{getpass} module provides two functions:
\envvar{USER}, \envvar{LNAME} and \envvar{USERNAME}, in order, and
returns the value of the first one which is set to a non-empty
string. If none are set, the login name from the password database
- is returned on systems which support the \module{pwd} module,
+ is returned on systems which support the \refmodule{pwd} module,
otherwise, an exception is raised.
\end{funcdesc}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libimageop.tex b/Doc/lib/libimageop.tex
index ded5b51..b364387 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libimageop.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libimageop.tex
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
\section{\module{imageop} ---
- Manipulate raw image data.}
-\declaremodule{builtin}{imageop}
+ Manipulate raw image data}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{imageop}
\modulesynopsis{Manipulate raw image data.}
The \module{imageop} module contains some useful operations on images.
It operates on images consisting of 8 or 32 bit pixels stored in
Python strings. This is the same format as used by
-\function{gl.lrectwrite()} and the \module{imgfile} module.
+\function{gl.lrectwrite()} and the \refmodule{imgfile} module.
The module defines the following variables and functions:
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex b/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex
index 1fa746d..be2a717 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmarshal.tex
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
\section{\module{marshal} ---
Alternate Python object serialization}
-\declaremodule{builtin}{marshal}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{marshal}
\modulesynopsis{Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back
-(with different constraints).}
+ (with different constraints).}
This module contains functions that can read and write Python
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ does).\footnote{The name of this module stems from a bit of
This is not a general ``persistency'' module. For general persistency
and transfer of Python objects through RPC calls, see the modules
-\module{pickle} and \module{shelve}. The \module{marshal} module exists
+\refmodule{pickle} and \refmodule{shelve}. The \module{marshal} module exists
mainly to support reading and writing the ``pseudo-compiled'' code for
Python modules of \file{.pyc} files.
\refstmodindex{pickle}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libparser.tex b/Doc/lib/libparser.tex
index 49a92e5..369308c 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libparser.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libparser.tex
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ non-terminal elements in the grammar always have a length greater than
one. The first element is an integer which identifies a production in
the grammar. These integers are given symbolic names in the C header
file \file{Include/graminit.h} and the Python module
-\module{symbol}. Each additional element of the sequence represents
+\refmodule{symbol}. Each additional element of the sequence represents
a component of the production as recognized in the input string: these
are always sequences which have the same form as the parent. An
important aspect of this structure which should be noted is that
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ any child elements and the addition of the source text which was
identified. The example of the \keyword{if} keyword above is
representative. The various types of terminal symbols are defined in
the C header file \file{Include/token.h} and the Python module
-\module{token}.
+\refmodule{token}.
The AST objects are not required to support the functionality of this
module, but are provided for three purposes: to allow an application
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ AST objects returned by \function{expr()}, \function{suite()} and
\function{sequence2ast()} have no methods of their own.
Ordered and equality comparisons are supported between AST objects.
-Pickling of AST objects (using the \module{pickle} module) is also
+Pickling of AST objects (using the \refmodule{pickle} module) is also
supported.
\begin{datadesc}{ASTType}
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ The numbers at the first element of each node in the tree are the node
types; they map directly to terminal and non-terminal symbols in the
grammar. Unfortunately, they are represented as integers in the
internal representation, and the Python structures generated do not
-change that. However, the \module{symbol} and \module{token} modules
+change that. However, the \refmodule{symbol} and \refmodule{token} modules
provide symbolic names for the node types and dictionaries which map
from the integers to the symbolic names for the node types.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libpickle.tex b/Doc/lib/libpickle.tex
index cdfe3b7..c49a05f 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libpickle.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libpickle.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
\section{\module{pickle} ---
- Python object serialization.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{pickle}
+ Python object serialization}
+\declaremodule{standard}{pickle}
\modulesynopsis{Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.}
\index{persistency}
@@ -25,20 +25,20 @@ a byte stream and it can transform the byte stream into an object with
the same internal structure. The most obvious thing to do with these
byte streams is to write them onto a file, but it is also conceivable
to send them across a network or store them in a database. The module
-\module{shelve} provides a simple interface to pickle and unpickle
-objects on ``dbm''-style database files.
-\refstmodindex{shelve}
+\refmodule{shelve}\refstmodindex{shelve} provides a simple interface
+to pickle and unpickle objects on DBM-style database files.
+
\strong{Note:} The \module{pickle} module is rather slow. A
-reimplementation of the same algorithm in \C{}, which is up to 1000 times
-faster, is available as the \module{cPickle}\refbimodindex{cPickle}
+reimplementation of the same algorithm in C, which is up to 1000 times
+faster, is available as the \refmodule{cPickle}\refbimodindex{cPickle}
module. This has the same interface except that \code{Pickler} and
\code{Unpickler} are factory functions, not classes (so they cannot be
used as base classes for inheritance).
-Unlike the built-in module \module{marshal}, \module{pickle} handles
-the following correctly:
-\refbimodindex{marshal}
+Unlike the built-in module \refmodule{marshal}\refbimodindex{marshal},
+\module{pickle} handles the following correctly:
+
\begin{itemize}
@@ -52,12 +52,10 @@ the following correctly:
The data format used by \module{pickle} is Python-specific. This has
the advantage that there are no restrictions imposed by external
-standards such as XDR%
-\index{XDR}
-\index{External Data Representation}
-(which can't represent pointer sharing); however
-it means that non-Python programs may not be able to reconstruct
-pickled Python objects.
+standards such as
+XDR\index{XDR}\index{External Data Representation} (which can't
+represent pointer sharing); however it means that non-Python programs
+may not be able to reconstruct pickled Python objects.
By default, the \module{pickle} data format uses a printable \ASCII{}
representation. This is slightly more voluminous than a binary
@@ -74,9 +72,9 @@ compatibility with the Python 1.4 pickle module. In a future version,
the default may change to binary.
The \module{pickle} module doesn't handle code objects, which the
-\module{marshal} module does. I suppose \module{pickle} could, and maybe
+\refmodule{marshal} module does. I suppose \module{pickle} could, and maybe
it should, but there's probably no great need for it right now (as
-long as \module{marshal} continues to be used for reading and writing
+long as \refmodule{marshal} continues to be used for reading and writing
code objects), and at least this avoids the possibility of smuggling
Trojan horses into a program.
\refbimodindex{marshal}
@@ -126,8 +124,8 @@ object must be a dictionary and its items are assigned to the new
instance's dictionary. (If a class defines both \method{__getstate__()}
and \method{__setstate__()}, the state object needn't be a dictionary
--- these methods can do what they want.) This protocol is also used
-by the shallow and deep copying operations defined in the \module{copy}
-module.\refstmodindex{copy}
+by the shallow and deep copying operations defined in the
+\refmodule{copy}\refstmodindex{copy} module.
\ttindex{__getstate__()}
\ttindex{__setstate__()}
\ttindex{__dict__}
@@ -264,35 +262,35 @@ This exception is raised when an unpicklable object is passed to
\begin{seealso}
-\seemodule[copyreg]{copy_reg}{pickle interface constructor
-registration}
+ \seemodule[copyreg]{copy_reg}{pickle interface constructor
+ registration}
-\seemodule{shelve}{indexed databases of objects; uses \module{pickle}}
+ \seemodule{shelve}{indexed databases of objects; uses \module{pickle}}
-\seemodule{copy}{shallow and deep object copying}
+ \seemodule{copy}{shallow and deep object copying}
-\seemodule{marshal}{high-performance serialization of built-in types}
+ \seemodule{marshal}{high-performance serialization of built-in types}
\end{seealso}
\section{\module{cPickle} ---
- Alternate implementation of \module{pickle}.}
-\declaremodule{builtin}{cPickle}
+ Alternate implementation of \module{pickle}}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{cPickle}
\modulesynopsis{Faster version of \module{pickle}, but not subclassable.}
+\moduleauthor{Jim Fulton}{jfulton@digicool.com}
+\sectionauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org}
-% This section was written by Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
-
The \module{cPickle} module provides a similar interface and identical
-functionality as the \module{pickle} module, but can be up to 1000
-times faster since it is implemented in \C{}. The only other
+functionality as the \refmodule{pickle} module, but can be up to 1000
+times faster since it is implemented in C. The only other
important difference to note is that \function{Pickler()} and
\function{Unpickler()} are functions and not classes, and so cannot be
subclassed. This should not be an issue in most cases.
The format of the pickle data is identical to that produced using the
-\module{pickle} module, so it is possible to use \module{pickle} and
+\refmodule{pickle} module, so it is possible to use \refmodule{pickle} and
\module{cPickle} interchangably with existing pickles.
(Since the pickle data format is actually a tiny stack-oriented
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libprofile.tex b/Doc/lib/libprofile.tex
index e5159f9..335c02f 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libprofile.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libprofile.tex
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ integer (to select a count of lines), or a decimal fraction between
0.0 and 1.0 inclusive (to select a percentage of lines), or a regular
expression (to pattern match the standard name that is printed; as of
Python 1.5b1, this uses the Perl-style regular expression syntax
-defined by the \module{re} module). If several restrictions are
+defined by the \refmodule{re} module). If several restrictions are
provided, then they are applied sequentially. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libquopri.tex b/Doc/lib/libquopri.tex
index 05f8c82..9cc8800 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libquopri.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libquopri.tex
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
\declaremodule{standard}{quopri}
\modulesynopsis{Encode and decode files using the MIME
-quoted-printable encoding.}
+ quoted-printable encoding.}
This module performs quoted-printable transport encoding and decoding,
as defined in \rfc{1521}: ``MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Part One''. The quoted-printable encoding is designed for data where
there are relatively few nonprintable characters; the base64 encoding
-scheme available via the \module{base64} module is more compact if there
+scheme available via the \refmodule{base64} module is more compact if there
are many such characters, as when sending a graphics file.
\indexii{quoted-printable}{encoding}
\index{MIME!quoted-printable encoding}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libregsub.tex b/Doc/lib/libregsub.tex
index b779193..ed7c119 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libregsub.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libregsub.tex
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
\section{\module{regsub} ---
- Substitution and splitting operations that use regular expressions.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{regsub}
+ String operations using regular expressions}
-\modulesynopsis{Substitution and splitting operations that use regular expressions.}
+\declaremodule{standard}{regsub}
+\modulesynopsis{Substitution and splitting operations that use
+ regular expressions.}
This module defines a number of functions useful for working with
-regular expressions (see built-in module \code{regex}).
+regular expressions (see built-in module \refmodule{regex}).
Warning: these functions are not thread-safe.
\strong{Obsolescence note:}
This module is obsolete as of Python version 1.5; it is still being
maintained because much existing code still uses it. All new code in
-need of regular expressions should use the new \module{re} module, which
+need of regular expressions should use the new \refmodule{re} module, which
supports the more powerful and regular Perl-style regular expressions.
Existing code should be converted. The standard library module
-\module{reconvert} helps in converting \code{regex} style regular
-expressions to \module{re} style regular expressions. (For more
+\module{reconvert} helps in converting \refmodule{regex} style regular
+expressions to \refmodule{re} style regular expressions. (For more
conversion help, see Andrew Kuchling's\index{Kuchling, Andrew}
``regex-to-re HOWTO'' at
\url{http://www.python.org/doc/howto/regex-to-re/}.)
diff --git a/Doc/lib/librexec.tex b/Doc/lib/librexec.tex
index a7e8913..1c4c77c 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/librexec.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/librexec.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
\section{\module{rexec} ---
- Basic restricted execution framework.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{rexec}
+ Restricted execution framework}
+\declaremodule{standard}{rexec}
\modulesynopsis{Basic restricted execution framework.}
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Returns an instance of the \class{RExec} class.
\var{hooks} is an instance of the \class{RHooks} class or a subclass of it.
If it is omitted or \code{None}, the default \class{RHooks} class is
instantiated.
-Whenever the \module{RExec} module searches for a module (even a
+Whenever the \module{rexec} module searches for a module (even a
built-in one) or reads a module's code, it doesn't actually go out to
the file system itself. Rather, it calls methods of an \class{RHooks}
instance that was passed to or created by its constructor. (Actually,
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ the module is loaded) for unrestricted code.
\begin{memberdesc}{ok_posix_names}
% Should this be called ok_os_names?
-Contains the names of the functions in the \module{os} module which will be
+Contains the names of the functions in the \refmodule{os} module which will be
available to programs running in the restricted environment. The
value for \class{RExec} is \code{('error',} \code{'fstat',}
\code{'listdir',} \code{'lstat',} \code{'readlink',} \code{'stat',}
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ value for \class{RExec} is \code{('error',} \code{'fstat',}
\end{memberdesc}
\begin{memberdesc}{ok_sys_names}
-Contains the names of the functions and variables in the \module{sys}
+Contains the names of the functions and variables in the \refmodule{sys}
module which will be available to programs running in the restricted
environment. The value for \class{RExec} is \code{('ps1',}
\code{'ps2',} \code{'copyright',} \code{'version',} \code{'platform',}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
index d2b1dbb..b873763 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
\section{\module{rfc822} ---
- Parse RFC 822 mail headers.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{rfc822}
+ Parse RFC 822 mail headers}
+\declaremodule{standard}{rfc822}
\modulesynopsis{Parse \rfc{822} style mail headers.}
This module defines a class, \class{Message}, which represents a
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ headers from a file. This module also defines a helper class
\class{AddressList} for parsing RFC822 addresses.
Note that there's a separate module to read \UNIX{}, MH, and MMDF
-style mailbox files: \module{mailbox}\refstmodindex{mailbox}.
+style mailbox files: \refmodule{mailbox}\refstmodindex{mailbox}.
\begin{classdesc}{Message}{file\optional{, seekable}}
A \class{Message} instance is instantiated with an input object as
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libshelve.tex b/Doc/lib/libshelve.tex
index de8e04c..171daee 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libshelve.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libshelve.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
\section{\module{shelve} ---
Python object persistency}
-\declaremodule{standard}{shelve}
+\declaremodule{standard}{shelve}
\modulesynopsis{Python object persistency.}
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ requires knowledge about the database implementation used.
\seemodule{dumbdbm}{Portable implementation of the \code{dbm} interface.}
\seemodule{gdbm}{GNU database interface, based on the \code{dbm} interface.}
\seemodule{pickle}{Object serialization used by \module{shelve}.}
- \seemodule{cPickle}{High-performance version of \module{pickle}.}
+ \seemodule{cPickle}{High-performance version of \refmodule{pickle}.}
\end{seealso}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
index a4f195f..9176b16 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdwin.tex
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ of dialogs. For most platforms, alternative, native solutions exist
under X11, Win32 for Windows and Windows NT, and a collection of
native toolkit interfaces for the Macintosh.
+
\section{\module{stdwin} ---
Platform-independent GUI System}
-\declaremodule{builtin}{stdwin}
-\modulesynopsis{Older GUI system for X11 and Macintosh}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{stdwin}
+\modulesynopsis{Older GUI system for X11 and Macintosh.}
This module defines several new object types and functions that
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ the event applies, or
if it applies to no window in particular;
the third element is type-dependent.
Names for event types and command codes are defined in the standard
-module \module{stdwinevent}.
+module \refmodule{stdwinevents}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{pollevent}{}
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ Macintosh.
\begin{funcdesc}{getselection}{i}
Return X11 selection number \var{i.} Selections are not cut buffers.
-Selection numbers are defined in module \module{stdwinevents}.
+Selection numbers are defined in module \refmodule{stdwinevents}.
Selection \constant{WS_PRIMARY} is the \dfn{primary} selection (used
by \program{xterm}, for instance); selection \constant{WS_SECONDARY}
is the \dfn{secondary} selection; selection \constant{WS_CLIPBOARD} is
@@ -624,7 +625,7 @@ The following methods exist:
Pass an arrow event to the text-edit block.
The \var{code} must be one of \constant{WC_LEFT}, \constant{WC_RIGHT},
\constant{WC_UP} or \constant{WC_DOWN} (see module
-\module{stdwinevents}).
+\refmodule{stdwinevents}).
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}[text-edit]{draw}{rect}
@@ -717,10 +718,11 @@ def main():
main()
\end{verbatim}
+
\section{\module{stdwinevents} ---
Constants for use with \module{stdwin}}
-\declaremodule{standard}{stdwinevents}
+\declaremodule{standard}{stdwinevents}
\modulesynopsis{Constant definitions for use with \module{stdwin}}
@@ -735,15 +737,17 @@ Suggested usage is
>>>
\end{verbatim}
+
\section{\module{rect} ---
Functions for use with \module{stdwin}}
-\declaremodule{standard}{rect}
-\modulesynopsis{Geometry-related utility function for use with \module{stdwin}}
+\declaremodule{standard}{rect}
+\modulesynopsis{Geometry-related utility function for use with
+ \module{stdwin}.}
This module contains useful operations on rectangles.
-A rectangle is defined as in module \module{stdwin}:
+A rectangle is defined as in module \refmodule{stdwin}:
a pair of points, where a point is a pair of integers.
For example, the rectangle
@@ -753,7 +757,7 @@ For example, the rectangle
is a rectangle whose left, top, right and bottom edges are 10, 20, 90
and 80, respectively. Note that the positive vertical axis points
-down (as in \module{stdwin}).
+down (as in \refmodule{stdwin}).
The module defines the following objects:
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstring.tex b/Doc/lib/libstring.tex
index a83d821..e2023de 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstring.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstring.tex
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
\section{\module{string} ---
- Common string operations.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{string}
+ Common string operations}
+\declaremodule{standard}{string}
\modulesynopsis{Common string operations.}
This module defines some constants useful for checking character
classes and some useful string functions. See the module
-\module{re}\refstmodindex{re} for string functions based on regular
+\refmodule{re}\refstmodindex{re} for string functions based on regular
expressions.
The constants defined in this module are are:
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
index afb4008..1490de4 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
\section{\module{sys} ---
- System-specific parameters and functions.}
-\declaremodule{builtin}{sys}
+ System-specific parameters and functions}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{sys}
\modulesynopsis{Access system-specific parameters and functions.}
This module provides access to some variables used or maintained by the
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ maximizing responsiveness as well as overhead.
a \method{write()} method that takes a string argument. (Changing these
objects doesn't affect the standard I/O streams of processes
executed by \function{os.popen()}, \function{os.system()} or the
- \function{exec*()} family of functions in the \module{os} module.)
+ \function{exec*()} family of functions in the \refmodule{os} module.)
\refstmodindex{os}
\end{datadesc}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libthreading.tex b/Doc/lib/libthreading.tex
index 343cc74..b9f4e05 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libthreading.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libthreading.tex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
This module constructs higher-level threading interfaces on top of the
-lower level \module{thread} module.
+lower level \refmodule{thread} module.
This module is safe for use with \samp{from threading import *}. It
defines the following functions and objects:
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ All of the methods described below are executed atomically.
A primitive lock is a synchronization primitive that is not owned
by a particular thread when locked. In Python, it is currently
the lowest level synchronization primitive available, implemented
-directly by the \module{thread} extension module.
+directly by the \refmodule{thread} extension module.
A primitive lock is in one of two states, ``locked'' or ``unlocked''.
It is created in the unlocked state. It has two basic methods,