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diff --git a/Doc/dist/dist.tex b/Doc/dist/dist.tex index 38911a1..cc5be56 100644 --- a/Doc/dist/dist.tex +++ b/Doc/dist/dist.tex @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ \title{Distributing Python Modules} \author{Greg Ward} -\authoraddress{E-mail: \email{gward@python.net}} +\authoraddress{Email: \email{gward@python.net}} \makeindex @@ -1237,8 +1237,8 @@ extending the Distutils.) \label{creating-wininst} Executable Windows installers are the natural format for binary -distributions on Windows. They display a nice GUI interface, display -some information of the module distribution to be installed, taken +distributions on Windows. They display a nice graphical user interface, +display some information of the module distribution to be installed, taken from the meta-dada in the setup script, let the user select a few (currently maybe too few) options, and start or cancel the installation. diff --git a/Doc/inst/inst.tex b/Doc/inst/inst.tex index 89a4e3a..0037877 100644 --- a/Doc/inst/inst.tex +++ b/Doc/inst/inst.tex @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ % and Feeding of a Python Installation" talk in here somewhere. Yow! \author{Greg Ward} -\authoraddress{E-mail: \email{gward@python.net}} +\authoraddress{Email: \email{gward@python.net}} \makeindex @@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ python setup.py install On Windows, you'd probably download \file{foo-1.0.zip}. If you downloaded the archive file to \file{C:\textbackslash{}Temp}, then it would unpack into \file{C:\textbackslash{}Temp\textbackslash{}foo-1.0}; -you can use either a GUI archive manipulator (such as WinZip) or a -command-line tool (such as \program{unzip} or \program{pkunzip}) to -unpack the archive. Then, open a command prompt window (``DOS box''), -and run: +you can use either a archive manipulator with a grapical user interface +(such as WinZip) or a command-line tool (such as \program{unzip} or +\program{pkunzip}) to unpack the archive. Then, open a command prompt +window (``DOS box''), and run: \begin{verbatim} cd c:\Temp\foo-1.0 @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ Borland \Cpp{} compiler version 5.5.\footnote{Check First you have to know that the Borland's object file format(OMF) is different from what is used by the Python version you can download -from the Python web site. (Python is built with Microsoft Visual \Cpp, +from the Python Web site. (Python is built with Microsoft Visual \Cpp, which uses COFF as object file format.) For this reason you have to convert Python's library \file{python20.lib} into the Borland format. You can do this as follows: diff --git a/Doc/mac/libmacic.tex b/Doc/mac/libmacic.tex index 715b31b..de5daa6 100644 --- a/Doc/mac/libmacic.tex +++ b/Doc/mac/libmacic.tex @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Exception raised on errors in the \module{ic} module. The \module{ic} module defines the following class and function: \begin{classdesc}{IC}{\optional{signature\optional{, ic}}} -Create an internet config object. The signature is a 4-character creator +Create an Internet Config object. The signature is a 4-character creator code of the current application (default \code{'Pyth'}) which may influence some of ICs settings. The optional \var{ic} argument is a low-level \code{icglue.icinstance} created beforehand, this may be diff --git a/Doc/mac/libmacos.tex b/Doc/mac/libmacos.tex index d3287f4..60e7f9b 100644 --- a/Doc/mac/libmacos.tex +++ b/Doc/mac/libmacos.tex @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ runtime when Python is in the foreground and \var{bgyield} seconds per All parameters are optional, and default to the current value. The return value of this function is a tuple with the old values of these options. Initial defaults are that all processing is enabled, checking is done every -quarter second and the CPU is given up for a quarter second when in the +quarter second and the processor is given up for a quarter second when in the background. \end{funcdesc} diff --git a/Doc/templates/howto.tex b/Doc/templates/howto.tex index 1f7bb6f..fdbb065 100644 --- a/Doc/templates/howto.tex +++ b/Doc/templates/howto.tex @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ % The author and/or editor can define 'significant' however they like. \release{0.00} -% At minimum, give your name and an e-mail address. You can include a +% At minimum, give your name and an email address. You can include a % snail-mail address if you like. \author{Me, 'cause I wrote it} \authoraddress{Me, 'cause I'm self-employed.} diff --git a/Doc/templates/manual.tex b/Doc/templates/manual.tex index e1114d6..d75187c 100644 --- a/Doc/templates/manual.tex +++ b/Doc/templates/manual.tex @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ \authoraddress{ Organization name, if applicable \\ Street address, if you want to use it \\ - E-mail: \email{your-email@your.domain} + Email: \email{your-email@your.domain} } \date{April 30, 1999} % update before release! diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index 8d75ff6..a3a01a4 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ on most platforms. The Python interpreter and the extensive standard library are freely available in source or binary form for all major platforms from the -Python web site, \url{http://www.python.org}, and can be freely +Python Web site, \url{http://www.python.org/}, and can be freely distributed. The same site also contains distributions of and pointers to many free third party Python modules, programs and tools, and additional documentation. @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ reused in other Python programs. It comes with a large collection of standard modules that you can use as the basis of your programs --- or as examples to start learning to program in Python. There are also built-in modules that provide things like file I/O, system calls, -sockets, and even interfaces to GUI toolkits like Tk. +sockets, and even interfaces to graphical user interface toolkits like Tk. Python is an interpreted language, which can save you considerable time during program development because no compilation and linking is @@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ The built-in function \function{len()} returns the length of a string: Starting with Python 2.0 a new data type for storing text data is available to the programmer: the Unicode object. It can be used to -store and manipulate Unicode data (see \url{http://www.unicode.org}) +store and manipulate Unicode data (see \url{http://www.unicode.org/}) and integrates well with the existing string objects providing auto-conversions where necessary. @@ -3936,7 +3936,7 @@ you an idea of what's available. The major Python Web site is \url{http://www.python.org/}; it contains code, documentation, and pointers to Python-related pages around the -Web. This web site is mirrored in various places around the +Web. This Web site is mirrored in various places around the world, such as Europe, Japan, and Australia; a mirror may be faster than the main site, depending on your geographical location. A more informal site is \url{http://starship.python.net/}, which contains a |