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@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ python setup.py install
\end{verbatim}
If all these things are true, then you already know how to build and
-install the modules you've just downloaded: run the command above.
+install the modules you've just downloaded: Run the command above.
Unless you need to install things in a non-standard way or customize the
build process, you don't really need this manual. Or rather, the above
command is everything you need to get out of this manual.
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ run. If you prefer to work incrementally---especially useful if you
want to customize the build process, or if things are going wrong---you
can use the setup script to do one thing at a time. This is
particularly helpful when the build and install will be done by
-different users---e.g., you might want to build a module distribution
+different users---for example, you might want to build a module distribution
and hand it off to a system administrator for installation (or do it
yourself, with super-user privileges).
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ python setup.py install --install-purelib=Site --install-platlib=Site
The specified installation directories are relative to \filevar{prefix}.
Of course, you also have to ensure that these directories are in
-Python's module search path, e.g. by putting a \file{.pth} file in
+Python's module search path, such as by putting a \file{.pth} file in
\filevar{prefix}.
% \XXX should have a section describing \file{.pth} files and
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ On Windows, the configuration files are:
\begin{tableiii}{l|l|c}{textrm}
{Type of file}{Location and filename}{Notes}
\lineiii{system}{\filenq{\filevar{prefix}\textbackslash{}Lib\textbackslash{}distutils\textbackslash{}distutils.cfg}}{(4)}
- \lineiii{personal}{\filenq{\%HOME\textbackslash{}pydistutils.cfg}}{(5)}
+ \lineiii{personal}{\filenq{\%HOME\%\textbackslash{}pydistutils.cfg}}{(5)}
\lineiii{local}{\filenq{setup.cfg}}{(3)}
\end{tableiii}
@@ -743,7 +743,8 @@ And on Mac OS, they are:
1.5.2.
\item[(2)] On \UNIX, if the \envvar{HOME} environment variable is not
defined, the user's home directory will be determined with the
- \function{getpwuid()} function from the standard \module{pwd} module.
+ \function{getpwuid()} function from the standard
+ \ulink{\module{pwd}}{../lib/module-pwd.html} module.
\item[(3)] I.e., in the current directory (usually the location of the
setup script).
\item[(4)] (See also note (1).) Under Python 1.6 and later, Python's
@@ -860,29 +861,32 @@ A \file{Setup} file, if present, is parsed in order to get a list of
extensions to build. Each line in a \file{Setup} describes a single
module. Lines have the following structure:
-\begin{verbatim}
- <module> ... [<sourcefile> ...] [<cpparg> ...] [<library> ...]
-\end{verbatim}
+\begin{alltt}
+\var{module} ... [\var{sourcefile} ...] [\var{cpparg} ...] [\var{library} ...]
+\end{alltt}
Let's examine each of the fields in turn.
\begin{itemize}
\item \var{module} is the name of the extension module to be built,
-and should be a valid Python identifier. You can't just change this
-in order to rename a module (edits to the source code would also be
-needed), so this should be left alone.
+ and should be a valid Python identifier. You can't just change
+ this in order to rename a module (edits to the source code would
+ also be needed), so this should be left alone.
\item \var{sourcefile} is anything that's likely to be a source code
-file, at least judging by the filename. Filenames ending in .c are
-assumed to be written in C, filenames ending in .C, .cc, .c++ are
-assumed to be \Cpp, and filenames ending in .m or .mm are assumed to
-be in Objective C.
+ file, at least judging by the filename. Filenames ending in
+ \file{.c} are assumed to be written in C, filenames ending in
+ \file{.C}, \file{.cc}, and \file{.c++} are assumed to be
+ \Cpp, and filenames ending in \file{.m} or \file{.mm} are
+ assumed to be in Objective C.
\item \var{cpparg} is an argument for the C preprocessor,
-and is anything starting with -I, -D, -U or -C .
+ and is anything starting with \programopt{-I}, \programopt{-D},
+ \programopt{-U} or \programopt{-C}.
-\item <library> is anything ending in .a or beginning with -l or -L.
+\item \var{library} is anything ending in \file{.a} or beginning with
+ \programopt{-l} or \programopt{-L}.
\end{itemize}
If a particular platform requires a special library on your platform,
@@ -894,27 +898,28 @@ foo foomodule.c
\end{verbatim}
must be linked with the math library \file{libm.a} on your platform,
-simply add \samp{-lm} to the line:
+simply add \programopt{-lm} to the line:
\begin{verbatim}
foo foomodule.c -lm
\end{verbatim}
Arbitrary switches intended for the compiler or the linker can be
-supplied with the \code{-Xcompiler \var{arg}} and \code{-Xlinker
-\var{arg}} options:
+supplied with the \programopt{-Xcompiler} \var{arg} and
+\programopt{-Xlinker} \var{arg} options:
\begin{verbatim}
foo foomodule.c -Xcompiler -o32 -Xlinker -shared -lm
\end{verbatim}
-The next option after \code{-Xcompiler} and \code{-Xlinker} will be
-appended to the proper command line, so in the above example the
-compiler will be passed the \samp{-o32} option, and the linker will be
-passed \samp{-shared}. If a compiler option requires an argument,
-you'll have to supply multiple \code{-Xcompiler} options; for example,
-to pass \code{-x c++} the \file{Setup} file would have to contain
-\code{-Xcompiler -x -Xcompiler c++}.
+The next option after \programopt{-Xcompiler} and
+\programopt{-Xlinker} will be appended to the proper command line, so
+in the above example the compiler will be passed the \programopt{-o32}
+option, and the linker will be passed \programopt{-shared}. If a
+compiler option requires an argument, you'll have to supply multiple
+\programopt{-Xcompiler} options; for example, to pass \code{-x c++} the
+\file{Setup} file would have to contain
+\code{-Xcompiler -x -Xcompiler c++}.
Compiler flags can also be supplied through setting the
\envvar{CFLAGS} environment variable. If set, the contents of