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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-08-07 16:02:28 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-08-07 16:02:28 (GMT)
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex b/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex
index 8ca65d6..e1607a9 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ library
These modules are not on the standard module search path;
\indexiii{module}{search}{path}
but are available in the directory \file{lib-old/} installed under
-\file{\textrm{\$prefix}/lib/python1.5/}. To use any of these
-modules, add that directory to \code{sys.path}, possibly using
-\envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
+\file{\textrm{\$prefix}/lib/python1.5/}. % $ <-- bow to font lock
+To use any of these modules, add that directory to \code{sys.path},
+possibly using \envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
\begin{description}
\item[newdir.py]
@@ -227,16 +227,20 @@ modules, add that directory to \code{sys.path}, possibly using
\item[lockfile.py]
--- wrapper around FCNTL file locking (use
-fcntl.lockf/flock intead)
+\function{fcntl.lockf()}/\function{flock()} intead)
\item[tb.py]
--- Print tracebacks, with a dump of local variables (use
-pdb.pm() or traceback.py instead)
+\function{pdb.pm()} or \module{traceback} instead)
\item[codehack.py]
---- extract function name or line number from a function
+--- Extract function name or line number from a function
code object (these are now accessible as attributes: co.co_name,
-func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno)
+func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno).
+
+\item[timingmodule]
+--- Measure time intervals to high resolution (use
+\function{time.clock()} instead). (This is an extension module.)
\end{description}
The following modules were documented in previous versions of this
@@ -244,7 +248,8 @@ manual, but are now considered obsolete:
\begin{description}
\item[ni]
---- Import modules in ``packages.''
+--- Import modules in ``packages.'' Basic package support is now
+built in.
\item[rand]
--- Old interface to the random number generator.
@@ -267,37 +272,37 @@ dbm clone).
\item[dlmodule.c]
--- A highly experimental and dangerous device for calling
-arbitrary C functions in arbitrary shared libraries.
+arbitrary \C{} functions in arbitrary shared libraries.
\item[newmodule.c]
---- Tommy Burnette's `new' module (creates new empty objects of
+--- Tommy Burnette's \module{new} module (creates new empty objects of
certain kinds) --- dangerous.
\item[nismodule.c]
--- NIS (a.k.a. Sun's Yellow Pages) interface.
-\item[timingmodule.c]
---- Measure time intervals to high resolution (obsolete --- use
-time.clock() instead).
-
\item[stdwinmodule.c]
--- Interface to STDWIN (an old, unsupported
platform-independent GUI package). Obsolete; use Tkinter for a
platform-independent GUI instead.
+\end{description}
The following are SGI specific:
+\begin{description}
\item[clmodule.c]
--- Interface to the SGI compression library.
\item[svmodule.c]
--- Interface to the ``simple video'' board on SGI Indigo
(obsolete hardware).
+\end{description}
The following is Windows specific:
+\begin{description}
\item[msvcrtmodule.c]
(in directory \file{PC/}) --- define a number of Windows
-specific goodies like \code{khbit()}, \code{getch()} and
-\code{setmode()}. (Windows 95 and NT only.)
+specific goodies like \function{khbit()}, \function{getch()} and
+\function{setmode()}. (Windows 95 and NT only.)
\end{description}