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| author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2001-11-28 07:26:15 (GMT) |
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| committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2001-11-28 07:26:15 (GMT) |
| commit | c37b65ee106352c00ab1615b2bac0a5b9a720137 (patch) | |
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Clean up some markup cruft. A number of the macros that take no
parameters (like \UNIX) are commonly entered using an empty group to
separate the markup from a following inter-word space; this is not
needed when the next character is punctuation, or the markup is the
last thing in the enclosing group. These cases were marked
inconsistently; the empty group is now *only* used when needed.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc')
40 files changed, 187 insertions, 187 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/api/abstract.tex b/Doc/api/abstract.tex index 8f1ce93..0dca799 100644 --- a/Doc/api/abstract.tex +++ b/Doc/api/abstract.tex @@ -736,14 +736,14 @@ determination. \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Fast_GET_ITEM}{PyObject *o, int i} Return the \var{i}th element of \var{o}, assuming that \var{o} was - returned by \cfunction{PySequence_Fast()}, \var{o} is not \NULL{}, + returned by \cfunction{PySequence_Fast()}, \var{o} is not \NULL, and that \var{i} is within bounds. \end{cfuncdesc} \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE}{PyObject *o} Returns the length of \var{o}, assuming that \var{o} was returned by \cfunction{PySequence_Fast()} and that \var{o} is - not \NULL{}. The size can also be gotten by calling + not \NULL. The size can also be gotten by calling \cfunction{PySequence_Size()} on \var{o}, but \cfunction{PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE()} is faster because it can assume \var{o} is a list or tuple. diff --git a/Doc/api/intro.tex b/Doc/api/intro.tex index 926ae74..65298eb 100644 --- a/Doc/api/intro.tex +++ b/Doc/api/intro.tex @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ The Application Programmer's Interface to Python gives C and \Cpp{} programmers access to the Python interpreter at a variety of -levels. The API is equally usable from \Cpp{}, but for brevity it is +levels. The API is equally usable from \Cpp, but for brevity it is generally referred to as the Python/C API. There are two fundamentally different reasons for using the Python/C API. The first reason is to write \emph{extension modules} for specific purposes; diff --git a/Doc/ext/embedding.tex b/Doc/ext/embedding.tex index 453a939..a44b89c 100644 --- a/Doc/ext/embedding.tex +++ b/Doc/ext/embedding.tex @@ -272,14 +272,14 @@ application to Python. % (what to watch out for) -\section{Embedding Python in \Cpp{} +\section{Embedding Python in \Cpp \label{embeddingInCplusplus}} It is also possible to embed Python in a \Cpp{} program; precisely how this is done will depend on the details of the \Cpp{} system used; in general you -will need to write the main program in \Cpp{}, and use the \Cpp{} compiler +will need to write the main program in \Cpp, and use the \Cpp{} compiler to compile and link your program. There is no need to recompile Python -itself using \Cpp{}. +itself using \Cpp. \section{Linking Requirements diff --git a/Doc/ext/extending.tex b/Doc/ext/extending.tex index 49a561c..22623e9 100644 --- a/Doc/ext/extending.tex +++ b/Doc/ext/extending.tex @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\chapter{Extending Python with C or \Cpp{} \label{intro}} +\chapter{Extending Python with C or \Cpp \label{intro}} It is quite easy to add new built-in modules to Python, if you know @@ -499,14 +499,14 @@ This function must be registered with the interpreter using the \constant{METH_VARARGS} flag; this is described in section \ref{methodTable}, ``The Module's Method Table and Initialization Function.'' The \cfunction{PyArg_ParseTuple()} function and its -arguments are documented in section \ref{parseTuple}, ``Extracting +arguments are documented in section~\ref{parseTuple}, ``Extracting Parameters in Extension Functions.'' The macros \cfunction{Py_XINCREF()} and \cfunction{Py_XDECREF()} increment/decrement the reference count of an object and are safe in the presence of \NULL{} pointers (but note that \var{temp} will not be -\NULL{} in this context). More info on them in section -\ref{refcounts}, ``Reference Counts.'' +\NULL{} in this context). More info on them in +section~\ref{refcounts}, ``Reference Counts.'' Later, when it is time to call the function, you call the C function \cfunction{PyEval_CallObject()}. This function has two arguments, both @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ global variable, you should somehow \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} the result, even (especially!) if you are not interested in its value. Before you do this, however, it is important to check that the return -value isn't \NULL{}. If it is, the Python function terminated by +value isn't \NULL. If it is, the Python function terminated by raising an exception. If the C code that called \cfunction{PyEval_CallObject()} is called from Python, it should now return an error indication to its Python caller, so the interpreter @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ representation. \item[\samp{z} (string or \code{None}) {[char *]}] Like \samp{s}, but the Python object may also be \code{None}, in which -case the C pointer is set to \NULL{}. +case the C pointer is set to \NULL. \item[\samp{z\#} (string or \code{None} or any read buffer compatible object) {[char *, int]}] @@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ first one a pointer to an encoding name string (\var{encoding}), and the second a pointer to a pointer to a character buffer (\var{**buffer}, the buffer used for storing the encoded data). -The encoding name must map to a registered codec. If set to \NULL{}, +The encoding name must map to a registered codec. If set to \NULL, the default encoding is used. \cfunction{PyArg_ParseTuple()} will allocate a buffer of the needed @@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ pointer to a character buffer (\var{**buffer}, the buffer used for storing the encoded data) and the third one a pointer to an integer (\var{*buffer_length}, the buffer length). -The encoding name must map to a registered codec. If set to \NULL{}, +The encoding name must map to a registered codec. If set to \NULL, the default encoding is used. There are two modes of operation: @@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ Convert a Python complex number to a C \ctype{Py_complex} structure. Store a Python object (without any conversion) in a C object pointer. The C program thus receives the actual object that was passed. The object's reference count is not increased. The pointer stored is not -\NULL{}. +\NULL. \item[\samp{O!} (object) {[\var{typeobject}, PyObject *]}] Store a Python object in a C object pointer. This is similar to @@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ int PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject *arg, PyObject *kwdict, The \var{arg} and \var{format} parameters are identical to those of the \cfunction{PyArg_ParseTuple()} function. The \var{kwdict} parameter is the dictionary of keywords received as the third parameter from the -Python runtime. The \var{kwlist} parameter is a \NULL{}-terminated +Python runtime. The \var{kwlist} parameter is a \NULL-terminated list of strings which identify the parameters; the names are matched with the type information from \var{format} from left to right. On success, \cfunction{PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords()} returns true, @@ -1055,11 +1055,11 @@ used to make long format strings a tad more readable. \item[\samp{s} (string) {[char *]}] Convert a null-terminated C string to a Python object. If the C -string pointer is \NULL{}, \code{None} is used. +string pointer is \NULL, \code{None} is used. \item[\samp{s\#} (string) {[char *, int]}] Convert a C string and its length to a Python object. If the C string -pointer is \NULL{}, the length is ignored and \code{None} is +pointer is \NULL, the length is ignored and \code{None} is returned. \item[\samp{z} (string or \code{None}) {[char *]}] @@ -1171,10 +1171,10 @@ Examples (to the left the call, to the right the resulting Python value): \section{Reference Counts \label{refcounts}} -In languages like C or \Cpp{}, the programmer is responsible for +In languages like C or \Cpp, the programmer is responsible for dynamic allocation and deallocation of memory on the heap. In C, this is done using the functions \cfunction{malloc()} and -\cfunction{free()}. In \Cpp{}, the operators \keyword{new} and +\cfunction{free()}. In \Cpp, the operators \keyword{new} and \keyword{delete} are used with essentially the same meaning; they are actually implemented using \cfunction{malloc()} and \cfunction{free()}, so we'll restrict the following discussion to the @@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ cause later core dumps) if you do so. Functions that return object references generally return \NULL{} only to indicate that an exception occurred. The reason for not testing for \NULL{} arguments is that functions often pass the objects they receive on to -other function --- if each function were to test for \NULL{}, +other function --- if each function were to test for \NULL, there would be a lot of redundant tests and the code would run more slowly. @@ -1458,10 +1458,10 @@ the Python user. % description. -\section{Writing Extensions in \Cpp{} +\section{Writing Extensions in \Cpp \label{cplusplus}} -It is possible to write extension modules in \Cpp{}. Some restrictions +It is possible to write extension modules in \Cpp. Some restrictions apply. If the main program (the Python interpreter) is compiled and linked by the C compiler, global or static objects with constructors cannot be used. This is not a problem if the main program is linked diff --git a/Doc/ext/unix.tex b/Doc/ext/unix.tex index 7e6dfd2..396909e 100644 --- a/Doc/ext/unix.tex +++ b/Doc/ext/unix.tex @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ custom interpreters. The make file make file builds a make file that reflects various system variables determined by configure when the Python interpreter was built, so people building module's don't have to resupply these settings. This vastly simplifies the process -of building extensions and custom interpreters on Unix systems. +of building extensions and custom interpreters on \UNIX{} systems. The make file make file is distributed as the file \file{Misc/Makefile.pre.in} in the Python source distribution. The diff --git a/Doc/ext/windows.tex b/Doc/ext/windows.tex index 2068bb9..d42263b 100644 --- a/Doc/ext/windows.tex +++ b/Doc/ext/windows.tex @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ This chapter briefly explains how to create a Windows extension module -for Python using Microsoft Visual \Cpp{}, and follows with more +for Python using Microsoft Visual \Cpp, and follows with more detailed background information on how it works. The explanatory material is useful for both the Windows programmer learning to build Python extensions and the \UNIX{} programmer interested in producing @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ on why you must do this. loading of code. Before you try to build a module that can be dynamically loaded, be aware of how your system works. -In \UNIX{}, a shared object (\file{.so}) file contains code to be used by the +In \UNIX, a shared object (\file{.so}) file contains code to be used by the program, and also the names of functions and data that it expects to find in the program. When the file is joined to the program, all references to those functions and data in the file's code are changed @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ to refer to the program's memory; instead, the code already uses the DLL's lookup table, and the lookup table is modified at runtime to point to the functions and data. -In \UNIX{}, there is only one type of library file (\file{.a}) which +In \UNIX, there is only one type of library file (\file{.a}) which contains code from several object files (\file{.o}). During the link step to create a shared object file (\file{.so}), the linker may find that it doesn't know where an identifier is defined. The linker will @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ an import library may be generated, which will need to be used for all future DLLs that depend on the symbols in the application or DLL. Suppose you are building two dynamic-load modules, B and C, which should -share another block of code A. On \UNIX{}, you would \emph{not} pass +share another block of code A. On \UNIX, you would \emph{not} pass \file{A.a} to the linker for \file{B.so} and \file{C.so}; that would cause it to be included twice, so that B and C would each have their own copy. In Windows, building \file{A.dll} will also build @@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ which will be used at runtime to access A's code. In Windows, using an import library is sort of like using \samp{import spam}; it gives you access to spam's names, but does not create a -separate copy. On \UNIX{}, linking with a library is more like +separate copy. On \UNIX, linking with a library is more like \samp{from spam import *}; it does create a separate copy. \section{Using DLLs in Practice \label{win-dlls}} \sectionauthor{Chris Phoenix}{cphoenix@best.com} -Windows Python is built in Microsoft Visual \Cpp{}; using other +Windows Python is built in Microsoft Visual \Cpp; using other compilers may or may not work (though Borland seems to). The rest of this section is MSV\Cpp{} specific. diff --git a/Doc/lib/libamoeba.tex b/Doc/lib/libamoeba.tex index 16c350d..c3274db 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libamoeba.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libamoeba.tex @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Returns the standard info string of the object. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{tod_gettime}{} -Returns the time (in seconds since the Epoch, in UCT, as for \POSIX{}) from +Returns the time (in seconds since the Epoch, in UCT, as for \POSIX) from a time server. \end{funcdesc} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbase64.tex b/Doc/lib/libbase64.tex index 24700ce..612da4c 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libbase64.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libbase64.tex @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ newline (\code{'\e n'}), a newline will be added. This causes \begin{seealso} - \seemodule{binascii}{Support module containing \ASCII{}-to-binary + \seemodule{binascii}{Support module containing \ASCII-to-binary and binary-to-\ASCII{} conversions.} \seerfc{1521}{MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One: Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex b/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex index 12c135e..9850418 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ \section{\module{binascii} --- - Convert between binary and \ASCII{}} + Convert between binary and \ASCII} \declaremodule{builtin}{binascii} \modulesynopsis{Tools for converting between binary and various @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The \module{binascii} module contains a number of methods to convert -between binary and various \ASCII{}-encoded binary +between binary and various \ASCII-encoded binary representations. Normally, you will not use these functions directly but use wrapper modules like \refmodule{uu}\refstmodindex{uu} or \refmodule{binhex}\refstmodindex{binhex} instead, this module solely diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbinhex.tex b/Doc/lib/libbinhex.tex index 4afc362..af49f8c 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libbinhex.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libbinhex.tex @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This module encodes and decodes files in binhex4 format, a format -allowing representation of Macintosh files in \ASCII{}. On the Macintosh, +allowing representation of Macintosh files in \ASCII. On the Macintosh, both forks of a file and the finder information are encoded (or decoded), on other platforms only the data fork is handled. diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcalendar.tex b/Doc/lib/libcalendar.tex index 727ca1c..6dde6dd 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libcalendar.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libcalendar.tex @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ be generated is platform-dependent. \begin{funcdesc}{timegm}{tuple} An unrelated but handy function that takes a time tuple such as returned by the \function{gmtime()} function in the \refmodule{time} -module, and returns the corresponding Unix timestamp value, assuming +module, and returns the corresponding \UNIX{} timestamp value, assuming an epoch of 1970, and the POSIX encoding. In fact, \function{time.gmtime()} and \function{timegm()} are each others' inverse. \end{funcdesc} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcgi.tex b/Doc/lib/libcgi.tex index 2a665fb..83b6f1f 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libcgi.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libcgi.tex @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ to a shell command, you should make sure the string contains only alphanumeric characters, dashes, underscores, and periods. -\subsection{Installing your CGI script on a Unix system} +\subsection{Installing your CGI script on a \UNIX\ system} Read the documentation for your HTTP server and check with your local system administrator to find the directory where CGI scripts should be diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcurses.tex b/Doc/lib/libcurses.tex index bd98c5f..6db309d 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libcurses.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libcurses.tex @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ De-initialize the library, and return terminal to normal status. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{erasechar}{} -Returns the user's current erase character. Under Unix operating +Returns the user's current erase character. Under \UNIX{} operating systems this is a property of the controlling tty of the curses program, and is not set by the curses library itself. \end{funcdesc} @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ prefix `M-' followed by the name of the corresponding ASCII character. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{killchar}{} -Returns the user's current line kill character. Under Unix operating +Returns the user's current line kill character. Under \UNIX{} operating systems this is a property of the controlling tty of the curses program, and is not set by the curses library itself. \end{funcdesc} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libdl.tex b/Doc/lib/libdl.tex index 8d1220f..358f083 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libdl.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libdl.tex @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ is useful in code like: Call the function named \var{name} in the referenced shared object. The arguments must be either Python integers, which will be passed as is, Python strings, to which a pointer will be passed, -or \code{None}, which will be passed as \NULL{}. Note that +or \code{None}, which will be passed as \NULL. Note that strings should only be passed to functions as \ctype{const char*}, as Python will not like its string mutated. diff --git a/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex b/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex index 08defcc..f4b1d15 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libexcs.tex @@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ Raised when an \keyword{assert} statement fails. \begin{excdesc}{EOFError} % XXXJH xrefs here Raised when one of the built-in functions (\function{input()} or - \function{raw_input()}) hits an end-of-file condition (\EOF{}) without + \function{raw_input()}) hits an end-of-file condition (\EOF) without reading any data. % XXXJH xrefs here (N.B.: the \method{read()} and \method{readline()} methods of file - objects return an empty string when they hit \EOF{}.) + objects return an empty string when they hit \EOF.) \end{excdesc} \begin{excdesc}{FloatingPointError} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex b/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex index d02eaa5..44b71b7 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfcntl.tex @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ \modulesynopsis{The \function{fcntl()} and \function{ioctl()} system calls.} \sectionauthor{Jaap Vermeulen}{} -\indexii{UNIX@\UNIX{}}{file control} -\indexii{UNIX@\UNIX{}}{I/O control} +\indexii{UNIX@\UNIX}{file control} +\indexii{UNIX@\UNIX}{I/O control} This module performs file control and I/O control on file descriptors. It is an interface to the \cfunction{fcntl()} and \cfunction{ioctl()} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex b/Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex index 8ef0fee..fc4b97a 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfnmatch.tex @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ characters used in shell-style wildcards are: \lineii{[!\var{seq}]}{matches any character not in \var{seq}} \end{tableii} -Note that the filename separator (\code{'/'} on \UNIX{}) is \emph{not} +Note that the filename separator (\code{'/'} on \UNIX) is \emph{not} special to this module. See module \refmodule{glob}\refstmodindex{glob} for pathname expansion (\refmodule{glob} uses \function{fnmatch()} to match pathname diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex b/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex index 6c937bc..28bfe8f 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libgetpass.tex @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ The \module{getpass} module provides two functions: Prompt the user for a password without echoing. The user is prompted using the string \var{prompt}, which defaults to \code{'Password: '}. - Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. + Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getuser}{} Return the ``login name'' of the user. - Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. + Availability: \UNIX, Windows. This function checks the environment variables \envvar{LOGNAME}, \envvar{USER}, \envvar{LNAME} and \envvar{USERNAME}, in order, and diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex index fe7c483..66359d47 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmailbox.tex @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This module defines a number of classes that allow easy and uniform -access to mail messages in a (\UNIX{}) mailbox. +access to mail messages in a (\UNIX) mailbox. \begin{classdesc}{UnixMailbox}{fp\optional{, factory}} Access to a classic \UNIX-style mailbox, where all messages are diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex b/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex index 917635b..466dfcc 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmmap.tex @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Memory-mapped file support} \declaremodule{builtin}{mmap} -\modulesynopsis{Interface to memory-mapped files for Unix and Windows.} +\modulesynopsis{Interface to memory-mapped files for \UNIX\ and Windows.} Memory-mapped file objects behave like both mutable strings and like file objects. You can use mmap objects in most places where strings diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index 64da330..a1755d7 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -111,67 +111,67 @@ These functions are described in ``Files and Directories'' (section \begin{funcdesc}{ctermid}{} Return the filename corresponding to the controlling terminal of the process. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getegid}{} Return the current process' effective group id. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{geteuid}{} \index{user!effective id} Return the current process' effective user id. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getgid}{} \index{process!group} Return the current process' group id. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getgroups}{} Return list of supplemental group ids associated with the current process. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getlogin}{} Return the actual login name for the current process, even if there are multiple login names which map to the same user id. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getpgrp}{} \index{process!group} Return the current process group id. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getpid}{} \index{process!id} Return the current process id. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getppid}{} \index{process!id of parent} Return the parent's process id. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getuid}{} \index{user!id} Return the current process' user id. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getenv}{varname\optional{, value}} Return the value of the environment variable \var{varname} if it exists, or \var{value} if it doesn't. \var{value} defaults to \code{None}. -Availability: most flavors of \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: most flavors of \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{putenv}{varname, value} @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ Set the environment variable named \var{varname} to the string \var{value}. Such changes to the environment affect subprocesses started with \function{os.system()}, \function{popen()} or \function{fork()} and \function{execv()}. -Availability: most flavors of \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: most flavors of \UNIX, Windows. When \function{putenv()} is supported, assignments to items in \code{os.environ} are automatically @@ -191,17 +191,17 @@ actually preferable to assign to items of \code{os.environ}. \begin{funcdesc}{setegid}{egid} Set the current process's effective group id. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{seteuid}{euid} Set the current process's effective user id. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{setgid}{gid} Set the current process' group id. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{setgroups}{groups} @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Set the list of supplemental group ids associated with the current process to \var{groups}. \var{groups} must be a sequence, and each element must be an integer identifying a group. This operation is typical available only to the superuser. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \versionadded{2.2} \end{funcdesc} @@ -217,47 +217,47 @@ Availability: \UNIX{}. Calls the system call \cfunction{setpgrp()} or \cfunction{setpgrp(0, 0)} depending on which version is implemented (if any). See the \UNIX{} manual for the semantics. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{setpgid}{pid, pgrp} Calls the system call \cfunction{setpgid()}. See the \UNIX{} manual for the semantics. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{setreuid}{ruid, euid} Set the current process's real and effective user ids. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{setregid}{rgid, egid} Set the current process's real and effective group ids. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{setsid}{} Calls the system call \cfunction{setsid()}. See the \UNIX{} manual for the semantics. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{setuid}{uid} \index{user!id, setting} Set the current process' user id. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} % placed in this section since it relates to errno.... a little weak ;-( \begin{funcdesc}{strerror}{code} Return the error message corresponding to the error code in \var{code}. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{umask}{mask} Set the current numeric umask and returns the previous umask. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{uname}{} @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ hostname is \function{socket.gethostname()} or even \withsubitem{(in module socket)}{\ttindex{gethostbyaddr()}} \code{socket.gethostbyaddr(socket.gethostname())}. -Availability: recent flavors of \UNIX{}. +Availability: recent flavors of \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Return an open file object connected to the file descriptor \var{fd}. The \var{mode} and \var{bufsize} arguments have the same meaning as the corresponding arguments to the built-in \function{open()} function. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{popen}{command\optional{, mode\optional{, bufsize}}} @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ the command (encoded in the format specified for \function{wait()}) is available as the return value of the \method{close()} method of the file object, except that when the exit status is zero (termination without errors), \code{None} is returned. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \versionchanged[This function worked unreliably under Windows in earlier versions of Python. This was due to the use of the @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. Return a new file object opened in update mode (\samp{w+}). The file has no directory entries associated with it and will be automatically deleted once there are no file descriptors for the file. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} @@ -333,21 +333,21 @@ module; these are only available on \UNIX. \begin{funcdesc}{popen2}{cmd\optional{, mode\optional{, bufsize}}} Executes \var{cmd} as a sub-process. Returns the file objects \code{(\var{child_stdin}, \var{child_stdout})}. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \versionadded{2.0} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{popen3}{cmd\optional{, mode\optional{, bufsize}}} Executes \var{cmd} as a sub-process. Returns the file objects \code{(\var{child_stdin}, \var{child_stdout}, \var{child_stderr})}. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \versionadded{2.0} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{popen4}{cmd\optional{, mode\optional{, bufsize}}} Executes \var{cmd} as a sub-process. Returns the file objects \code{(\var{child_stdin}, \var{child_stdout_and_stderr})}. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \versionadded{2.0} \end{funcdesc} @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ using file descriptors. \begin{funcdesc}{close}{fd} Close file descriptor \var{fd}. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. Note: this function is intended for low-level I/O and must be applied to a file descriptor as returned by \function{open()} or @@ -375,26 +375,26 @@ built-in function \function{open()} or by \function{popen()} or \begin{funcdesc}{dup}{fd} Return a duplicate of file descriptor \var{fd}. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{dup2}{fd, fd2} Duplicate file descriptor \var{fd} to \var{fd2}, closing the latter first if necessary. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{fpathconf}{fd, name} Return system configuration information relevant to an open file. \var{name} specifies the configuration value to retrieve; it may be a string which is the name of a defined system value; these names are -specified in a number of standards (\POSIX.1, Unix95, Unix98, and +specified in a number of standards (\POSIX.1, \UNIX 95, \UNIX 98, and others). Some platforms define additional names as well. The names known to the host operating system are given in the \code{pathconf_names} dictionary. For configuration variables not included in that mapping, passing an integer for \var{name} is also accepted. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. If \var{name} is a string and is not known, \exception{ValueError} is raised. If a specific value for \var{name} is not supported by the @@ -405,25 +405,25 @@ error number. \begin{funcdesc}{fstat}{fd} Return status for file descriptor \var{fd}, like \function{stat()}. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{fstatvfs}{fd} Return information about the filesystem containing the file associated with file descriptor \var{fd}, like \function{statvfs()}. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{ftruncate}{fd, length} Truncate the file corresponding to file descriptor \var{fd}, so that it is at most \var{length} bytes in size. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{isatty}{fd} Return \code{1} if the file descriptor \var{fd} is open and connected to a tty(-like) device, else \code{0}. -Availability: \UNIX{} +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{lseek}{fd, pos, how} @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ Set the current position of file descriptor \var{fd} to position relative to the beginning of the file; \code{1} to set it relative to the current position; \code{2} to set it relative to the end of the file. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{open}{file, flags\optional{, mode}} @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ Open the file \var{file} and set various flags according to The default \var{mode} is \code{0777} (octal), and the current umask value is first masked out. Return the file descriptor for the newly opened file. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. For a description of the flag and mode values, see the C run-time documentation; flag constants (like \constant{O_RDONLY} and @@ -458,19 +458,19 @@ Open a new pseudo-terminal pair. Return a pair of file descriptors \code{(\var{master}, \var{slave})} for the pty and the tty, respectively. For a (slightly) more portable approach, use the \refmodule{pty}\refstmodindex{pty} module. -Availability: Some flavors of \UNIX{} +Availability: Some flavors of \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{pipe}{} Create a pipe. Return a pair of file descriptors \code{(\var{r}, \var{w})} usable for reading and writing, respectively. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{read}{fd, n} Read at most \var{n} bytes from file descriptor \var{fd}. Return a string containing the bytes read. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. Note: this function is intended for low-level I/O and must be applied to a file descriptor as returned by \function{open()} or @@ -483,27 +483,27 @@ built-in function \function{open()} or by \function{popen()} or \begin{funcdesc}{tcgetpgrp}{fd} Return the process group associated with the terminal given by \var{fd} (an open file descriptor as returned by \function{open()}). -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{tcsetpgrp}{fd, pg} Set the process group associated with the terminal given by \var{fd} (an open file descriptor as returned by \function{open()}) to \var{pg}. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{ttyname}{fd} Return a string which specifies the terminal device associated with file-descriptor \var{fd}. If \var{fd} is not associated with a terminal device, an exception is raised. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{write}{fd, str} Write the string \var{str} to file descriptor \var{fd}. Return the number of bytes actually written. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. Note: this function is intended for low-level I/O and must be applied to a file descriptor as returned by \function{open()} or @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ The following data items are available for use in constructing the \dataline{O_TRUNC} Options for the \var{flag} argument to the \function{open()} function. These can be bit-wise OR'd together. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{O_BINARY} @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ existence of \var{path}, or it can be the inclusive OR of one or more of \constant{R_OK}, \constant{W_OK}, and \constant{X_OK} to test permissions. Return \code{1} if access is allowed, \code{0} if not. See the \UNIX{} man page \manpage{access}{2} for more information. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{datadesc}{F_OK} @@ -578,34 +578,34 @@ Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. \begin{funcdesc}{chdir}{path} \index{directory!changing} Change the current working directory to \var{path}. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getcwd}{} Return a string representing the current working directory. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{chroot}{path} Change the root directory of the current process to \var{path}. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \versionadded{2.2} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{chmod}{path, mode} Change the mode of \var{path} to the numeric \var{mode}. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{chown}{path, uid, gid} Change the owner and group id of \var{path} to the numeric \var{uid} and \var{gid}. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{link}{src, dst} Create a hard link pointing to \var{src} named \var{dst}. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{listdir}{path} @@ -613,19 +613,19 @@ Return a list containing the names of the entries in the directory. The list is in arbitrary order. It does not include the special entries \code{'.'} and \code{'..'} even if they are present in the directory. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{lstat}{path} Like \function{stat()}, but do not follow symbolic links. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{mkfifo}{path\optional{, mode}} Create a FIFO (a named pipe) named \var{path} with numeric mode \var{mode}. The default \var{mode} is \code{0666} (octal). The current umask value is first masked out from the mode. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. FIFOs are pipes that can be accessed like regular files. FIFOs exist until they are deleted (for example with \function{os.unlink()}). @@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ Create a directory named \var{path} with numeric mode \var{mode}. The default \var{mode} is \code{0777} (octal). On some systems, \var{mode} is ignored. Where it is used, the current umask value is first masked out. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{makedirs}{path\optional{, mode}} @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ known to the host operating system are given in the \code{pathconf_names} dictionary. For configuration variables not included in that mapping, passing an integer for \var{name} is also accepted. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. If \var{name} is a string and is not known, \exception{ValueError} is raised. If a specific value for \var{name} is not supported by the @@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ Return a string representing the path to which the symbolic link points. The result may be either an absolute or relative pathname; if it is relative, it may be converted to an absolute pathname using \code{os.path.join(os.path.dirname(\var{path}), \var{result})}. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{remove}{path} @@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ documented below. On Windows, attempting to remove a file that is in use causes an exception to be raised; on \UNIX, the directory entry is removed but the storage allocated to the file is not made available until the original file is no longer in use. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{removedirs}{path} @@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ successful, the renaming will be an atomic operation (this is a \exception{OSError} will be raised even if it is a file; there may be no way to implement an atomic rename when \var{dst} names an existing file. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{renames}{old, new} @@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ you lack permissions needed to remove the leaf directory or file. \begin{funcdesc}{rmdir}{path} Remove the directory \var{path}. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{stat}{path} @@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ More items may be added at the end by some implementations. Note that on the Mac OS, the time values are floating point values, like all time values on the Mac OS. (On Windows, some items are filled with dummy values.) -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. Note: The standard module \refmodule{stat}\refstmodindex{stat} defines functions and constants that are useful for extracting information @@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ members of the \ctype{statvfs} structure, in the order \code{f_favail}, \code{f_flag}, \code{f_namemax}. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. Note: The standard module \module{statvfs}\refstmodindex{statvfs} defines constants that are useful for extracting information @@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ from a \ctype{statvfs} structure. \begin{funcdesc}{symlink}{src, dst} Create a symbolic link pointing to \var{src} named \var{dst}. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{tempnam}{\optional{dir\optional{, prefix}}} @@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ generate before reusing names. Remove the file \var{path}. This is the same function as \function{remove()}; the \function{unlink()} name is its traditional \UNIX{} name. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{utime}{path, times} @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ times are set to the current time. Otherwise, \var{times} must be a 2-tuple of numbers, of the form \code{(\var{atime}, \var{mtime})} which is used to set the access and modified times, respectively. \versionchanged[Added support for \code{None} for \var{times}]{2.0} -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} @@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \begin{funcdesc}{_exit}{n} Exit to the system with status \var{n}, without calling cleanup handlers, flushing stdio buffers, etc. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. Note: the standard way to exit is \code{sys.exit(\var{n})}. \function{_exit()} should normally only be used in the child process @@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ after a \function{fork()}. \begin{funcdesc}{fork}{} Fork a child process. Return \code{0} in the child, the child's process id in the parent. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{forkpty}{} @@ -936,26 +936,26 @@ where \var{pid} is \code{0} in the child, the new child's process id in the parent, and \code{fd} is the file descriptor of the master end of the pseudo-terminal. For a more portable approach, use the \refmodule{pty} module. -Availability: Some flavors of \UNIX{} +Availability: Some flavors of \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{kill}{pid, sig} \index{process!killing} \index{process!signalling} Kill the process \var{pid} with signal \var{sig}. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{nice}{increment} Add \var{increment} to the process's ``niceness''. Return the new niceness. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{plock}{op} Lock program segments into memory. The value of \var{op} (defined in \code{<sys/lock.h>}) determines which segments are locked. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdescni}{popen}{\unspecified} @@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ Possible values for the \var{mode} parameter to the \function{spawn*()} family of functions. If either of these values is given, the \function{spawn*()} functions will return as soon as the new process has been created, with the process ID as the return value. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \versionadded{1.6} \end{datadesc} @@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ family of functions. If this is given as \var{mode}, the has run to completion and will return the exit code of the process the run is successful, or \code{-\var{signal}} if a signal kills the process. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \versionadded{1.6} \end{datadesc} @@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ format specified for \function{wait()}, except on Windows 95 and 98, where it is always \code{0}. Note that \POSIX{} does not specify the meaning of the return value of the C \cfunction{system()} function, so the return value of the Python function is system-dependent. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{times}{} @@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ user time, children's system time, and elapsed real time since a fixed point in the past, in that order. See the \UNIX{} manual page \manpage{times}{2} or the corresponding Windows Platform API documentation. -Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. +Availability: \UNIX, Windows. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{wait}{} @@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ its pid and exit status indication: a 16-bit number, whose low byte is the signal number that killed the process, and whose high byte is the exit status (if the signal number is zero); the high bit of the low byte is set if a core file was produced. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{waitpid}{pid, options} @@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ and return a tuple containing its process id and exit status indication (encoded as for \function{wait()}). The semantics of the call are affected by the value of the integer \var{options}, which should be \code{0} for normal operation. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. If \var{pid} is greater than \code{0}, \function{waitpid()} requests status information for that specific process. If \var{pid} is @@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ group \code{-\var{pid}} (the absolute value of \var{pid}). \begin{datadesc}{WNOHANG} The option for \function{waitpid()} to avoid hanging if no child process status is available immediately. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{datadesc} The following functions take a process status code as returned by @@ -1143,35 +1143,35 @@ process. \begin{funcdesc}{WIFSTOPPED}{status} Return true if the process has been stopped. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{WIFSIGNALED}{status} Return true if the process exited due to a signal. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{WIFEXITED}{status} Return true if the process exited using the \manpage{exit}{2} system call. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{WEXITSTATUS}{status} If \code{WIFEXITED(\var{status})} is true, return the integer parameter to the \manpage{exit}{2} system call. Otherwise, the return value is meaningless. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{WSTOPSIG}{status} Return the signal which caused the process to stop. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{WTERMSIG}{status} Return the signal which caused the process to exit. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} @@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ known to the host operating system are given in the \code{confstr_names} dictionary. For configuration variables not included in that mapping, passing an integer for \var{name} is also accepted. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. If the configuration value specified by \var{name} isn't defined, the empty string is returned. @@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ If the configuration value specified by \var{name} isn't defined, parameter for \function{confstr()} apply here as well; the dictionary that provides information on the known names is given by \code{sysconf_names}. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{datadesc}{sysconf_names} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex index 593d7ca..aee6c0d 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ disguised \UNIX{} interface). \strong{Do not import this module directly.} Instead, import the module \refmodule{os}, which provides a \emph{portable} version of this -interface. On \UNIX{}, the \refmodule{os} module provides a superset of +interface. On \UNIX, the \refmodule{os} module provides a superset of the \module{posix} interface. On non-\UNIX{} operating systems the \module{posix} module is not available, but a subset is always available through the \refmodule{os} interface. Once \refmodule{os} is diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex index c81b7c4..62861f0 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixfile.tex @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ \sectionauthor{Jaap Vermeulen}{} -\indexii{\POSIX{}}{file object} +\indexii{\POSIX}{file object} \deprecated{1.5}{The locking operation that this module provides is done better and more portably by the @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ the file flags, and an easy interface to duplicate the file object. The module defines a new file object, the posixfile object. It has all the standard file object methods and adds the methods described below. This module only works for certain flavors of -\UNIX{}, since it uses \function{fcntl.fcntl()} for file locking.% +\UNIX, since it uses \function{fcntl.fcntl()} for file locking.% \withsubitem{(in module fcntl)}{\ttindex{fcntl()}} To instantiate a posixfile object, use the \function{open()} function diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex index 1a5fd88..a59b5a7 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ inserted between components, unless \var{path} is empty. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{normcase}{path} -Normalize the case of a pathname. On \UNIX{}, this returns the path +Normalize the case of a pathname. On \UNIX, this returns the path unchanged; on case-insensitive filesystems, it converts the path to lowercase. On Windows, it also converts forward slashes to backward slashes. @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ forward slashes to backward slashes. \begin{funcdesc}{realpath}{path} Return the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path. -Availability: \UNIX{}. +Availability: \UNIX. \versionadded{2.2} \end{funcdesc} @@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ Return true if both pathname arguments refer to the same file or directory (as indicated by device number and i-node number). Raise an exception if a \function{os.stat()} call on either pathname fails. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{sameopenfile}{fp1, fp2} Return true if the file objects \var{fp1} and \var{fp2} refer to the same file. The two file objects may represent different file descriptors. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{samestat}{stat1, stat2} @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ the same file. These structures may have been returned by \function{fstat()}, \function{lstat()}, or \function{stat()}. This function implements the underlying comparison used by \function{samefile()} and \function{sameopenfile()}. -Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX{}. +Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{split}{path} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex index 937de76..c57d060 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This module provides access to the \cfunction{select()} and \cfunction{poll()} functions available in most operating systems. Note that on Windows, it only works for sockets; on other operating systems, it also works for other -file types (in particular, on \UNIX{}, it works on pipes). It cannot +file types (in particular, on \UNIX, it works on pipes). It cannot be used on regular files to determine whether a file has grown since it was last read. @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ desciptors that don't originate from WinSock.} \subsection{Polling Objects \label{poll-objects}} -The \cfunction{poll()} system call, supported on most Unix systems, +The \cfunction{poll()} system call, supported on most \UNIX{} systems, provides better scalability for network servers that service many, many clients at the same time. \cfunction{poll()} scales better because the system call only diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsite.tex b/Doc/lib/libsite.tex index f81841e..c3f3775 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsite.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsite.tex @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ tail part. For the head part, it uses \code{sys.prefix} and \code{sys.exec_prefix}; empty heads are skipped. For the tail part, it uses the empty string (on Macintosh or Windows) or it uses first \file{lib/python\shortversion/site-packages} and then -\file{lib/site-python} (on \UNIX{}). For each of the distinct +\file{lib/site-python} (on \UNIX). For each of the distinct head-tail combinations, it sees if it refers to an existing directory, and if so, adds to \code{sys.path}, and also inspects the path for configuration files. diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstat.tex b/Doc/lib/libstat.tex index e590688..acad5e0 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstat.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstat.tex @@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ Time of last status change (see manual pages for details). The interpretation of ``file size'' changes according to the file type. For plain files this is the size of the file in bytes. For -FIFOs and sockets under most Unixes (including Linux in particular), -the ``size'' is the number of bytes waiting to be read at the time of -the call to \function{os.stat()}, \function{os.fstat()}, or -\function{os.lstat()}; this can sometimes be useful, especially for +FIFOs and sockets under most flavors of \UNIX{} (including Linux in +particular), the ``size'' is the number of bytes waiting to be read at +the time of the call to \function{os.stat()}, \function{os.fstat()}, +or \function{os.lstat()}; this can sometimes be useful, especially for polling one of these special files after a non-blocking open. The meaning of the size field for other character and block devices varies more, depending on the implementation of the underlying system call. diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex index 2e7da25..4cf24a4 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Notes: \code{<>} and \code{!=} are alternate spellings for the same operator. (I couldn't choose between \ABC{} and C! :-) \index{ABC language@\ABC{} language} -\index{language!ABC@\ABC{}} +\index{language!ABC@\ABC} \indexii{C}{language} \code{!=} is the preferred spelling; \code{<>} is obsolescent. @@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ Files have the following methods: \begin{methoddesc}[file]{readlines}{\optional{sizehint}} Read until \EOF{} using \method{readline()} and return a list containing the lines thus read. If the optional \var{sizehint} argument is - present, instead of reading up to \EOF{}, whole lines totalling + present, instead of reading up to \EOF, whole lines totalling approximately \var{sizehint} bytes (possibly after rounding up to an internal buffer size) are read. Objects implementing a file-like interface may choose to ignore \var{sizehint} if it cannot be diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex index 895ba91..32eac0b 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ It is always available. the like. Most systems require it to be in the range 0-127, and produce undefined results otherwise. Some systems have a convention for assigning specific meanings to specific exit codes, but these - are generally underdeveloped; Unix programs generally use 2 for + are generally underdeveloped; \UNIX{} programs generally use 2 for command line syntax errors and 1 for all other kind of errors. If another type of object is passed, \code{None} is equivalent to passing zero, and any other object is printed to \code{sys.stderr} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtelnetlib.tex b/Doc/lib/libtelnetlib.tex index 91695b3..fe56f72 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtelnetlib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtelnetlib.tex @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ is closed and no cooked data is available. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{read_all}{} -Read all data until \EOF{}; block until connection closed. +Read all data until \EOF; block until connection closed. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{read_some}{} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtempfile.tex b/Doc/lib/libtempfile.tex index e752ba4..6ed763e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtempfile.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtempfile.tex @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ are initialized at the first call to \function{mktemp()}. When set to a value other than \code{None}, this variable defines the directory in which filenames returned by \function{mktemp()} reside. The default is taken from the environment variable \envvar{TMPDIR}; if -this is not set, either \file{/usr/tmp} is used (on \UNIX{}), or the +this is not set, either \file{/usr/tmp} is used (on \UNIX), or the current working directory (all other systems). No check is made to see whether its value is valid. \end{datadesc} @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ When set to a value other than \code{None}, this variable defines the prefix of the final component of the filenames returned by \function{mktemp()}. A string of decimal digits is added to generate unique filenames. The default is either \file{@\var{pid}.} where -\var{pid} is the current process ID (on \UNIX{}), +\var{pid} is the current process ID (on \UNIX), \file{\textasciitilde\var{pid}-} on Windows NT, \file{Python-Tmp-} on MacOS, or \file{tmp} (all other systems). diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtermios.tex b/Doc/lib/libtermios.tex index db8799d..4af1128 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtermios.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtermios.tex @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ \platform{Unix} \modulesynopsis{\POSIX\ style tty control.} -\indexii{\POSIX{}}{I/O control} +\indexii{\POSIX}{I/O control} \indexii{tty}{I/O control} @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def getpass(prompt = "Password: "): \module{termios} module.} -\indexii{\POSIX{}}{I/O control} +\indexii{\POSIX}{I/O control} \indexii{tty}{I/O control} \deprecated{2.1}{Import needed constants from \refmodule{termios} diff --git a/Doc/lib/libthread.tex b/Doc/lib/libthread.tex index a2e5b7e..328e9b7 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libthread.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libthread.tex @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The module is optional. It is supported on Windows NT and '95, SGI IRIX, Solaris 2.x, as well as on systems that have a \POSIX{} thread (a.k.a. ``pthread'') implementation. \index{pthreads} -\indexii{threads}{\POSIX{}} +\indexii{threads}{\POSIX} It defines the following constant and functions: diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex index 6a789dd..5eae40e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex @@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ An explanation of some terminology and conventions is in order. \item The \dfn{epoch}\index{epoch} is the point where the time starts. On January 1st of that year, at 0 hours, the ``time since the epoch'' is -zero. For \UNIX{}, the epoch is 1970. To find out what the epoch is, +zero. For \UNIX, the epoch is 1970. To find out what the epoch is, look at \code{gmtime(0)}. \item The functions in this module do not handle dates and times before the epoch or far in the future. The cut-off point in the future is -determined by the C library; for \UNIX{}, it is typically in +determined by the C library; for \UNIX, it is typically in 2038\index{Year 2038}. \item diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtty.tex b/Doc/lib/libtty.tex index d686778..c4f54b0 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtty.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtty.tex @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The \module{tty} module defines functions for putting the tty into cbreak and raw modes. Because it requires the \refmodule{termios} module, it will work -only on \UNIX{}. +only on \UNIX. The \module{tty} module defines the following functions: diff --git a/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex b/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex index bdc48c5..d9c3646 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Python. The \module{Tkinter} module (``Tk interface'') is the standard Python interface to the Tk GUI toolkit, now maintained at ActiveState. Both -Tk and \module{Tkinter} are available on most Unix platforms, as well +Tk and \module{Tkinter} are available on most \UNIX{} platforms, as well as on Windows and Macintosh systems. \begin{seealso} @@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ most commonly used one. \seetitle[http://www.wxwindows.org]{wxWindows}{ is a GUI toolkit that combines the most attractive attributes of Qt, Tk, Motif, and GTK+ in one powerful and efficient package. It is -implemented in \Cpp. wxWindows supports two flavors of Unix +implemented in \Cpp. wxWindows supports two flavors of \UNIX{} implementation: GTK+ and Motif, and under Windows, it has a standard Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) appearance, because it uses Win32 widgets. There is a Python class wrapper, independent of Tkinter. diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref1.tex b/Doc/ref/ref1.tex index d6bb8b2..4aae253 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref1.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref1.tex @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ characters. A phrase between angular brackets (\code{<...>}) gives an informal description of the symbol defined; e.g., this could be used to describe the notion of `control character' if needed. \index{lexical definitions} -\index{ASCII@\ASCII{}} +\index{ASCII@\ASCII} Even though the notation used is almost the same, there is a big difference between the meaning of lexical and syntactic definitions: diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex index 8b96055..7faaf01 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ insert 8-bit characters in string literals is by using octal or hexadecimal escape sequences. The run-time character set depends on the I/O devices connected to the -program but is generally a superset of \ASCII{}. +program but is generally a superset of \ASCII. \strong{Future compatibility note:} It may be tempting to assume that the character set for 8-bit characters is ISO Latin-1 (an \ASCII{} @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ by following the explicit or implicit \emph{line joining} rules. \subsection{Physical lines\label{physical}} A physical line ends in whatever the current platform's convention is -for terminating lines. On \UNIX{}, this is the \ASCII{} LF (linefeed) +for terminating lines. On \UNIX, this is the \ASCII{} LF (linefeed) character. On DOS/Windows, it is the \ASCII{} sequence CR LF (return followed by linefeed). On Macintosh, it is the \ASCII{} CR (return) character. @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ turn is used to determine the grouping of statements. First, tabs are replaced (from left to right) by one to eight spaces such that the total number of characters up to and including the replacement is a multiple of -eight (this is intended to be the same rule as used by \UNIX{}). The +eight (this is intended to be the same rule as used by \UNIX). The total number of spaces preceding the first non-blank character then determines the line's indentation. Indentation cannot be split over multiple physical lines using backslashes; the whitespace up to the @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Literals are notations for constant values of some built-in types. String literals are described by the following lexical definitions: \index{string literal} -\index{ASCII@\ASCII{}} +\index{ASCII@\ASCII} \begin{productionlist} \production{stringliteral} {[\token{stringprefix}](\token{shortstring} | \token{longstring})} @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ to those used by Standard C. The recognized escape sequences are: \lineii{\e\var{ooo}} {\ASCII{} character with octal value \var{ooo}} \lineii{\e x\var{hh}} {\ASCII{} character with hex value \var{hh}} \end{tableii} -\index{ASCII@\ASCII{}} +\index{ASCII@\ASCII} As in Standard C, up to three octal digits are accepted. However, exactly two hex digits are taken in hex escapes. @@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ sequence of three periods has a special meaning as an ellipsis in slices. The second half of the list, the augmented assignment operators, serve lexically as delimiters, but also perform an operation. -The following printing ASCII characters have special meaning as part +The following printing \ASCII{} characters have special meaning as part of other tokens or are otherwise significant to the lexical analyzer: \begin{verbatim} @@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ of other tokens or are otherwise significant to the lexical analyzer: The following printing \ASCII{} characters are not used in Python. Their occurrence outside string literals and comments is an unconditional error: -\index{ASCII@\ASCII{}} +\index{ASCII@\ASCII} \begin{verbatim} @ $ ? diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index c8edde5..9176ad1 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -279,14 +279,14 @@ read from a file. \obindex{string} \index{character} \index{byte} -\index{ASCII@\ASCII{}} +\index{ASCII@\ASCII} -(On systems whose native character set is not \ASCII{}, strings may use +(On systems whose native character set is not \ASCII, strings may use EBCDIC in their internal representation, provided the functions \function{chr()} and \function{ord()} implement a mapping between \ASCII{} and EBCDIC, and string comparison preserves the \ASCII{} order. Or perhaps someone can propose a better rule?) -\index{ASCII@\ASCII{}} +\index{ASCII@\ASCII} \index{EBCDIC} \index{character set} \indexii{string}{comparison} diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index 9b76110..387b53c 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ For a description of standard objects and modules, see the \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference} document. The \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual} gives a more formal definition of the language. To write extensions in C or -\Cpp{}, read \citetitle[../ext/ext.html]{Extending and Embedding the +\Cpp, read \citetitle[../ext/ext.html]{Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter} and \citetitle[../api/api.html]{Python/C API Reference}. There are also several books covering Python in depth. @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ you can exit the interpreter by typing the following commands: \samp{import sys; sys.exit()}. The interpreter's line-editing features usually aren't very -sophisticated. On \UNIX{}, whoever installed the interpreter may have +sophisticated. On \UNIX, whoever installed the interpreter may have enabled support for the GNU readline library, which adds more elaborate interactive editing and history features. Perhaps the quickest check to see whether command line editing is supported is @@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ the environment variable \envvar{PYTHONPATH}. This has the same syntax as the shell variable \envvar{PATH}, that is, a list of directory names. When \envvar{PYTHONPATH} is not set, or when the file is not found there, the search continues in an installation-dependent -default path; on \UNIX{}, this is usually \file{.:/usr/local/lib/python}. +default path; on \UNIX, this is usually \file{.:/usr/local/lib/python}. Actually, modules are searched in the list of directories given by the variable \code{sys.path} which is initialized from the directory @@ -2599,7 +2599,7 @@ in the \module{Sound.Effects} package, it can use \code{from Sound.Effects import echo}. %(One could design a notation to refer to parent packages, similar to -%the use of ".." to refer to the parent directory in Unix and Windows +%the use of ".." to refer to the parent directory in \UNIX{} and Windows %filesystems. In fact, the \module{ni} module, which was the %ancestor of this package system, supported this using \code{__} for %the package containing the current module, @@ -3335,7 +3335,7 @@ subscripting etc.) can be redefined for class instances. Lacking universally accepted terminology to talk about classes, I will make occasional use of Smalltalk and \Cpp{} terms. (I would use Modula-3 terms, since its object-oriented semantics are closer to those of -Python than \Cpp{}, but I expect that few readers have heard of it.) +Python than \Cpp, but I expect that few readers have heard of it.) I also have to warn you that there's a terminological pitfall for object-oriented readers: the word ``object'' in Python does not @@ -3592,7 +3592,7 @@ two kinds of valid attribute names. The first I'll call \emph{data attributes}. These correspond to ``instance variables'' in Smalltalk, and to ``data members'' in -\Cpp{}. Data attributes need not be declared; like local variables, +\Cpp. Data attributes need not be declared; like local variables, they spring into existence when they are first assigned to. For example, if \code{x} is the instance of \class{MyClass} created above, the following piece of code will print the value \code{16}, without |