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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-11-17 19:05:12 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-11-17 19:05:12 (GMT)
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Note that readframes() returns data in linear format, even if the original
is encoded in u-LAW format. Based on suggestion from Anthony Baxter <anthony_baxter@users.sourceforge.net>. This closes bug #122273.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/lib')
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/liblocale.tex34
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libsunau.tex4
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/liblocale.tex b/Doc/lib/liblocale.tex
index 7f40f06..4cb726b 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/liblocale.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/liblocale.tex
@@ -61,6 +61,40 @@ locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL,"")
Returns the database of of the local conventions as a dictionary.
This dictionary has the following strings as keys:
+ \begin{tableiii}{l|l|l}{code}{Key}{Category}{Meaning}
+ \lineiii{'decimal_point'}{\constant{LC_NUMERIC}}
+ {Decimal point character.}
+ \lineiii{'grouping'}{\constant{LC_NUMERIC}}
+ {Sequence of numbers specifying which relative positions
+ the \code{'thousands_sep'} is expected. If the sequence is
+ terminated with \constant{CHAR_MAX}, no further grouping
+ is performed. If the sequence terminates with a \code{0},
+ the last group size is repeatedly used.}
+ \lineiii{'thousands_sep'}{\constant{LC_NUMERIC}}
+ {Character used between groups.}\hline
+ \lineiii{'int_curr_symbol'}{\constant{LC_MONETARY}}
+ {International currency symbol.}
+ \lineiii{'currency_symbol'}{\constant{LC_MONETARY}}
+ {Local currency symbol.}
+ \lineiii{'mon_decimal_point'}{\constant{LC_MONETARY}}
+ {Decimal point used for monetary values.}
+ \lineiii{'mon_thousands_sep'}{\constant{LC_MONETARY}}
+ {Group separator used for monetary values.}
+ \lineiii{'mon_grouping'}{\constant{LC_MONETARY}}
+ {Equivalent to \code{'grouping'}, used for monetary
+ values.}
+ \lineiii{'positive_sign'}{\constant{LC_MONETARY}}
+ {Symbol used to annotate a positive monetary value.}
+ \lineiii{'negative_sign'}{\constant{LC_MONETARY}}
+ {Symbol used to annotate a nnegative monetary value.}
+ \lineiii{'frac_digits'}{\constant{LC_MONETARY}}
+ {Number of fractional digits used in local formatting
+ of monetary values.}
+ \lineiii{'int_frac_digits'}{\constant{LC_MONETARY}}
+ {Number of fractional digits used in international
+ formatting of monetary values.}
+ \end{tableiii}
+
\begin{itemize}
\item
\code{'decimal_point'} specifies the decimal point used in floating
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsunau.tex b/Doc/lib/libsunau.tex
index e0db04d..58aa460 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsunau.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsunau.tex
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ equivalent to output of the \method{get*()} methods.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}[AU_read]{readframes}{n}
-Reads and returns at most \var{n} frames of audio, as a string of bytes.
+Reads and returns at most \var{n} frames of audio, as a string of
+bytes. The data will be returned in linear format. If the original
+data is in u-LAW format, it will be converted.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}[AU_read]{rewind}{}