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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2002-07-02 20:37:12 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2002-07-02 20:37:12 (GMT) |
commit | ca23ee273ecedcb852b1445c8322f1a66103a5c9 (patch) | |
tree | cff2e202d7ded66da7487497cefb36986448eec9 /Doc | |
parent | ad74b7d4b3e8bf8a1c2f5d2f7a0b6d8b4ba4e03b (diff) | |
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Deal with & remove the XXX comments.
Change the markup to be more like the rest of the documentation.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtextwrap.tex b/Doc/lib/libtextwrap.tex index a4924e7..675609e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtextwrap.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtextwrap.tex @@ -15,16 +15,17 @@ wrapping or filling one or two text strings, the convenience functions should be good enough; otherwise, you should use an instance of \class{TextWrapper} for efficiency. -\begin{funcdesc}{wrap}{text, width=70, **kwargs} +\begin{funcdesc}{wrap}{text\optional{, width\optional{, \moreargs}}} Wraps the single paragraph in \var{text} (a string) so every line is at most \var{width} characters long. Returns a list of output lines, without final newlines. Optional keyword arguments correspond to the instance attributes of -\class{TextWrapper}, documented below. +\class{TextWrapper}, documented below. \var{width} defaults to +\code{70}. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{fill}{text, width=70, **kwargs} +\begin{funcdesc}{fill}{text\optional{, width\optional{, \moreargs}}} Wraps the single paragraph in \var{text}, and returns a single string containing the wrapped paragraph. \function{fill()} is shorthand for \begin{verbatim} @@ -41,16 +42,9 @@ instance is not reused, so for applications that wrap/fill many text strings, it will be more efficient for you to create your own \class{TextWrapper} object. -% XXX how to typeset long argument lists? this just spills off -% the edge of the page, with or without \\ delimiters -\begin{classdesc}{TextWrapper}{width=70, \\ - initial_indent="", \\ - subsequent_indent="", \\ - expand_tabs=True, \\ - replace_whitespace=True, \\ - fix_sentence_endings=False, \\ - break_long_words=True} - +\begin{classdesc}{TextWrapper}{width, initial_indent, subsequent_indent, + expand_tabs, replace_whitespace, + fix_sentence_endings, break_long_words} Each keyword argument to the constructor corresponds to an instance attribute, so for example \begin{verbatim} @@ -64,16 +58,19 @@ wrapper.initial_indent = "* " You can re-use the same \class{TextWrapper} object many times, and you can change any of its options through direct assignment to instance -attributes between uses. The effects of the instance attributes are as -follows: +attributes between uses. +\end{classdesc} + -\begin{memberdesc}[bool]{expand_tabs} +The effects of the instance attributes are as follows: + +\begin{memberdesc}{expand_tabs} If true (the default), then all tab characters in \var{text} will be expanded to spaces using the \method{expand_tabs()} method of \var{text}. \end{memberdesc} -\begin{memberdesc}[bool]{replace_whitespace} +\begin{memberdesc}{replace_whitespace} If true (the default), each whitespace character (as defined by \var{string.whitespace}) remaining after tab expansion will be replaced by a single space. \note{If \var{expand_tabs} is false and @@ -81,20 +78,19 @@ by a single space. \note{If \var{expand_tabs} is false and a single space, which is \emph{not} the same as tab expansion.} \end{memberdesc} -% XXX how to typeset the empty string? this looks awful, and "" is worse. -\begin{memberdesc}[string]{initial_indent} -(default: '') String that will be prepended to the first line of wrapped -output. Counts towards the length of the first line. +\begin{memberdesc}{initial_indent} +(default: \code{''}) String that will be prepended to the first line +of wrapped output. Counts towards the length of the first line. \end{memberdesc} -\begin{memberdesc}[string]{subsequent_indent} -(default: '') String that will be prepended to all lines of wrapped -output except the first. Counts towards the length of each line except -the first. +\begin{memberdesc}{subsequent_indent} +(default: \code{''}) String that will be prepended to all lines of +wrapped output except the first. Counts towards the length of each +line except the first. \end{memberdesc} -\begin{memberdesc}[bool]{fix_sentence_endings} -(default: false) If true, \class{TextWrapper} attempts to detect +\begin{memberdesc}{fix_sentence_endings} +(default: \code{False}) If true, \class{TextWrapper} attempts to detect sentence endings and ensure that sentences are always separated by exactly two spaces. This is generally desired for text in a monospaced font. However, the sentence detection algorithm is imperfect: it @@ -115,7 +111,7 @@ definition of ``lowercase letter'', it is specific to English-language texts. Thus, \var{fix_sentence_endings} is false by default. \end{memberdesc} -\begin{memberdesc}[bool]{break_long_words} +\begin{memberdesc}{break_long_words} If true (the default), then words longer than \var{width} will be broken in order to ensure that no lines are longer than \var{width}. If it is false, long words will not be broken, and some lines may be longer than @@ -137,5 +133,3 @@ of output lines, without final newlines. Wraps the single paragraph in \var{text}, and returns a single string containing the wrapped paragraph. \end{methoddesc} - -\end{classdesc} |