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authorJack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl>2003-02-12 09:58:33 (GMT)
committerJack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl>2003-02-12 09:58:33 (GMT)
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Updated the Mac documentation to the current state of affairs.
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@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ continues (by passing the event to the console window package, for instance).
Call \function{SetEventHandler()} without a parameter to clear the
event handler. Setting an event handler while one is already set is an
error.
+
+Availability: MacPython-OS9.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{SchedParams}{\optional{doint\optional{, evtmask\optional{,
@@ -63,6 +65,8 @@ background.
The most common use case is to call \code{SchedParams(0, 0)} to completely disable
event handling in the interpreter mainloop.
+
+Availability: MacPython-OS9.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{HandleEvent}{ev}
@@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ window-switching capability.
If you attempt to call this function from an event handler set through
\function{SetEventHandler()} you will get an exception.
+
+Availability: MacPython-OS9.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{GetErrorString}{errno}
@@ -87,12 +93,15 @@ on-screen, with the contents of the DLOG resource specified by
screen. This function is useful if you want an applet to post a splash screen
early in initialization without first having to load numerous
extension modules.
+
+Availability: MacPython-OS9.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{DebugStr}{message \optional{, object}}
-Drop to the low-level debugger with message \var{message}. The
+On Mac OS 9, drop to the low-level debugger with message \var{message}. The
optional \var{object} argument is not used, but can easily be
-inspected from the debugger.
+inspected from the debugger. On Mac OS X the string is simply printed
+to stderr.
Note that you should use this function with extreme care: if no
low-level debugger like MacsBug is installed this call will crash your
@@ -100,6 +109,27 @@ system. It is intended mainly for developers of Python extension
modules.
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{SysBeep}{}
+Ring the bell.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{GetTicks}{}
+Get the number of clock ticks (1/60th of a second) since system boot.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{GetCreatorAndType}{file}
+Return the file creator and file type as two four-character strings.
+The \var{file} parameter can be a pathname or an \code{FSSpec} or
+\code{FSRef} object.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{SetCreatorAndType}{file, creator, type}
+Set the file creator and file type.
+The \var{file} parameter can be a pathname or an \code{FSSpec} or
+\code{FSRef} object. \var{creator} and \var{type} must be four character
+strings.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{openrf}{name \optional{, mode}}
Open the resource fork of a file. Arguments are the same as for the
built-in function \function{open()}. The object returned has file-like