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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-03-08 07:14:20 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-03-08 07:14:20 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libuser.tex b/Doc/lib/libuser.tex index d5d8d5b..67317a2 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libuser.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libuser.tex @@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ that wishes to use the mechanism must execute the statement import user \end{verbatim} -The \code{user} module looks for a file \file{.pythonrc.py} in the user's +The \module{user} module looks for a file \file{.pythonrc.py} in the user's home directory and if it can be opened, exececutes it (using -\code{execfile()}) in its own (i.e. the module \code{user}'s) global -namespace. Errors during this phase are not caught; that's up to the -program that imports the \code{user} module, if it wishes. The home -directory is assumed to be named by the \code{HOME} environment -variable; if this is not set, the current directory is used. +\function{execfile()}\bifuncindex{execfile}) in its own (i.e. the +module \module{user}'s) global namespace. Errors during this phase +are not caught; that's up to the program that imports the +\module{user} module, if it wishes. The home directory is assumed to +be named by the \code{HOME} environment variable; if this is not set, +the current directory is used. The user's \file{.pythonrc.py} could conceivably test for \code{sys.version} if it wishes to do different things depending on @@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ generally not a good idea. A suggestion for programmers who wish to use this mechanism: a simple way to let users specify options for your package is to have them define variables in their \file{.pythonrc.py} file that you test in -your module. For example, a module \code{spam} that has a verbosity +your module. For example, a module \module{spam} that has a verbosity level can look for a variable \code{user.spam_verbose}, as follows: \begin{verbatim} |