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+.. _undoc:
+
+********************
+Undocumented Modules
+********************
+
+Here's a quick listing of modules that are currently undocumented, but that
+should be documented. Feel free to contribute documentation for them! (Send
+via email to docs@python.org.)
+
+The idea and original contents for this chapter were taken from a posting by
+Fredrik Lundh; the specific contents of this chapter have been substantially
+revised.
+
+
+Miscellaneous useful utilities
+==============================
+
+Some of these are very old and/or not very robust; marked with "hmm."
+
+:mod:`bdb`
+ --- A generic Python debugger base class (used by pdb).
+
+:mod:`ihooks`
+ --- Import hook support (for :mod:`rexec`; may become obsolete).
+
+
+Platform specific modules
+=========================
+
+These modules are used to implement the :mod:`os.path` module, and are not
+documented beyond this mention. There's little need to document these.
+
+:mod:`ntpath`
+ --- Implementation of :mod:`os.path` on Win32, Win64, WinCE, and OS/2 platforms.
+
+:mod:`posixpath`
+ --- Implementation of :mod:`os.path` on POSIX.
+
+
+Multimedia
+==========
+
+:mod:`linuxaudiodev`
+ --- Play audio data on the Linux audio device. Replaced in Python 2.3 by the
+ :mod:`ossaudiodev` module.
+
+:mod:`sunaudio`
+ --- Interpret Sun audio headers (may become obsolete or a tool/demo).
+
+
+.. _undoc-mac-modules:
+
+Undocumented Mac OS modules
+===========================
+
+
+:mod:`applesingle` --- AppleSingle decoder
+------------------------------------------
+
+.. module:: applesingle
+ :platform: Mac
+ :synopsis: Rudimentary decoder for AppleSingle format files.
+
+
+
+:mod:`buildtools` --- Helper module for BuildApplet and Friends
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. module:: buildtools
+ :platform: Mac
+ :synopsis: Helper module for BuildApplet, BuildApplication and macfreeze.
+
+
+.. deprecated:: 2.4
+
+
+:mod:`icopen` --- Internet Config replacement for :meth:`open`
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. module:: icopen
+ :platform: Mac
+ :synopsis: Internet Config replacement for open().
+
+
+Importing :mod:`icopen` will replace the builtin :meth:`open` with a version
+that uses Internet Config to set file type and creator for new files.
+
+
+:mod:`macerrors` --- Mac OS Errors
+----------------------------------
+
+.. module:: macerrors
+ :platform: Mac
+ :synopsis: Constant definitions for many Mac OS error codes.
+
+
+:mod:`macerrors` contains constant definitions for many Mac OS error codes.
+
+
+:mod:`macresource` --- Locate script resources
+----------------------------------------------
+
+.. module:: macresource
+ :platform: Mac
+ :synopsis: Locate script resources.
+
+
+:mod:`macresource` helps scripts finding their resources, such as dialogs and
+menus, without requiring special case code for when the script is run under
+MacPython, as a MacPython applet or under OSX Python.
+
+
+:mod:`Nav` --- NavServices calls
+--------------------------------
+
+.. module:: Nav
+ :platform: Mac
+ :synopsis: Interface to Navigation Services.
+
+
+A low-level interface to Navigation Services.
+
+
+:mod:`PixMapWrapper` --- Wrapper for PixMap objects
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+.. module:: PixMapWrapper
+ :platform: Mac
+ :synopsis: Wrapper for PixMap objects.
+
+
+:mod:`PixMapWrapper` wraps a PixMap object with a Python object that allows
+access to the fields by name. It also has methods to convert to and from
+:mod:`PIL` images.
+
+
+:mod:`videoreader` --- Read QuickTime movies
+--------------------------------------------
+
+.. module:: videoreader
+ :platform: Mac
+ :synopsis: Read QuickTime movies frame by frame for further processing.
+
+
+:mod:`videoreader` reads and decodes QuickTime movies and passes a stream of
+images to your program. It also provides some support for audio tracks.
+
+
+:mod:`W` --- Widgets built on :mod:`FrameWork`
+----------------------------------------------
+
+.. module:: W
+ :platform: Mac
+ :synopsis: Widgets for the Mac, built on top of FrameWork.
+
+
+The :mod:`W` widgets are used extensively in the :program:`IDE`.
+
+
+.. _obsolete-modules:
+
+Obsolete
+========
+
+These modules are not normally available for import; additional work must be
+done to make them available.
+
+These extension modules written in C are not built by default. Under Unix, these
+must be enabled by uncommenting the appropriate lines in :file:`Modules/Setup`
+in the build tree and either rebuilding Python if the modules are statically
+linked, or building and installing the shared object if using dynamically-loaded
+extensions.
+
+.. % %% lib-old is empty as of Python 2.5
+.. % Those which are written in Python will be installed into the directory
+.. % \file{lib-old/} installed as part of the standard library. To use
+.. % these, the directory must be added to \code{sys.path}, possibly using
+.. % \envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
+
+.. % XXX need Windows instructions!
+
+
+ --- This section should be empty for Python 3.0.
+