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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-03-17 16:07:09 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-03-17 16:07:09 (GMT)
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\section{Built-in module \sectcode{htmllib}}
+\section{Standard Module \sectcode{htmllib}}
\stmodindex{htmllib}
\index{HTML}
\index{hypertext}
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ The following is a summary of the interface defined by
\item
The interface to feed data to an instance is through the \code{feed()}
method, which takes a string argument. This can be called with as
-little or as much text at a time as desired. When the data contains complete
+little or as much text at a time as desired;
+\code{p.feed(a); p.feed(b)} has the same effect as \code{p.feed(a+b)}.
+When the data contains complete
HTML elements, these are processed immediately; incomplete elements
are saved in a buffer. To force processing of all unprocessed data,
call the \code{close()} method.
-Example: to parse the entire contents of a file, do
+Example: to parse the entire contents of a file, do\\
\code{parser.feed(open(file).read()); parser.close()}.
\item
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ sheets are:
\index{style sheet}
\begin{datadesc}{NullStylesheet}
-A style sheet for use on a dumb output device such as an ASCII
+A style sheet for use on a dumb output device such as an \ASCII{}
terminal.
\end{datadesc}
@@ -242,9 +244,9 @@ spaces.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{datadesc}{nospace}
-If this instance variable is true, empty words are ignored by
-\code{addword}. It is set to false after a non-empty word has been
-added.
+If this instance variable is true, empty words should be ignored by
+\code{addword}. It should be set to false after a non-empty word has
+been added.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{setjust}{justification}