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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-11-09 05:03:05 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-11-09 05:03:05 (GMT)
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Cleaned up some markup stupidity and a usage problem reported by Detlef
Lannert. Added descriptions of HTTP_PORT and HTTPS_PORT.
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex
index 245f650..0067a22 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex
@@ -37,24 +37,33 @@ should be used as follows:
\begin{enumerate}
-\item[1.] Make exactly one call to the \method{putrequest()} method.
+\item Make exactly one call to the \method{putrequest()} method.
-\item[2.] Make zero or more calls to the \method{putheader()} method.
+\item Make zero or more calls to the \method{putheader()} method.
-\item[3.] Call the \method{endheaders()} method (this can be omitted if
+\item Call the \method{endheaders()} method (this can be omitted if
step 4 makes no calls).
-\item[4.] Optional calls to the \method{send()} method.
+\item Optional calls to the \method{send()} method.
-\item[5.] Call the \method{getreply()} method.
+\item Call the \method{getreply()} method.
-\item[6.] Call the \method{getfile()} method and read the data off the
+\item Call the \method{getfile()} method and read the data off the
file object that it returns.
\end{enumerate}
\end{classdesc}
-\subsection{HTTP Objects}
+\begin{datadesc}{HTTP_PORT}
+ The default port for the HTTP protocol (always \code{80}).
+\end{datadesc}
+
+\begin{datadesc}{HTTPS_PORT}
+ The default port for the HTTPS protocol (always \code{443}).
+\end{datadesc}
+
+
+\subsection{HTTP Objects \label{http-objects}}
\class{HTTP} instances have the following methods:
@@ -67,8 +76,9 @@ printed.
\begin{methoddesc}{connect}{host\optional{, port}}
Connect to the server given by \var{host} and \var{port}. See the
-intro for the default port. This should be called directly only if
-the instance was instantiated without passing a host.
+introduction to the \refmodule{httplib} module for information on the
+default ports. This should be called directly only if the instance
+was instantiated without passing a host.
\end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{send}{data}