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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2010-08-01 21:32:08 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2010-08-01 21:32:08 (GMT)
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svn+ssh://svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k ........ r82871 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-14 10:00:22 +0200 (Mi, 14 Jul 2010) | 1 line #9258: fix copy-paste errors. ........ r82960 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-19 08:52:35 +0200 (Mo, 19 Jul 2010) | 1 line Clarify. ........ r82961 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-19 08:57:52 +0200 (Mo, 19 Jul 2010) | 1 line Clarify :option: description. ........
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-rw-r--r--Doc/documenting/markup.rst5
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/io.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/select.rst6
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/documenting/markup.rst b/Doc/documenting/markup.rst
index dd33e81..34a79d4 100644
--- a/Doc/documenting/markup.rst
+++ b/Doc/documenting/markup.rst
@@ -502,8 +502,9 @@ in a different style:
.. describe:: option
- A command-line option to an executable program. The leading hyphen(s) must
- be included.
+ A command-line option of Python. The leading hyphen(s) must be included.
+ If a matching ``cmdoption`` directive exists, it is linked to. For options
+ of other programs or scripts, use simple ````code```` markup.
.. describe:: program
diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
index 3e98ca9..1da8ccc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ Module Interface
Open *file* and return a corresponding stream. If the file cannot be opened,
an :exc:`IOError` is raised.
- *file* is either a string or bytes object giving the name (and the path if
- the file isn't in the current working directory) of the file to be opened or
+ *file* is either a string or bytes object giving the pathname (absolute or
+ relative to the current working directory) of the file to be opened or
an integer file descriptor of the file to be wrapped. (If a file descriptor
is given, it is closed when the returned I/O object is closed, unless
*closefd* is set to ``False``.)
diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst
index 51fdbbe..f19cbdc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/select.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/select.rst
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ The module defines the following:
.. function:: kqueue()
- (Only supported on BSD.) Returns a kernel queue object object; see section
+ (Only supported on BSD.) Returns a kernel queue object; see section
:ref:`kqueue-objects` below for the methods supported by kqueue objects.
.. function:: kevent(ident, filter=KQ_FILTER_READ, flags=KQ_EV_ADD, fflags=0, data=0, udata=0)
- (Only supported on BSD.) Returns a kernel event object object; see section
- :ref:`kevent-objects` below for the methods supported by kqueue objects.
+ (Only supported on BSD.) Returns a kernel event object; see section
+ :ref:`kevent-objects` below for the methods supported by kevent objects.
.. function:: select(rlist, wlist, xlist[, timeout])