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diff --git a/Doc/mac/libmacos.tex b/Doc/mac/libmacos.tex index 3a2de16..dd1fb90 100644 --- a/Doc/mac/libmacos.tex +++ b/Doc/mac/libmacos.tex @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ continues (by passing the event to the console window package, for instance). Call \function{SetEventHandler()} without a parameter to clear the event handler. Setting an event handler while one is already set is an error. + +Availability: MacPython-OS9. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{SchedParams}{\optional{doint\optional{, evtmask\optional{, @@ -63,6 +65,8 @@ background. The most common use case is to call \code{SchedParams(0, 0)} to completely disable event handling in the interpreter mainloop. + +Availability: MacPython-OS9. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{HandleEvent}{ev} @@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ window-switching capability. If you attempt to call this function from an event handler set through \function{SetEventHandler()} you will get an exception. + +Availability: MacPython-OS9. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{GetErrorString}{errno} @@ -87,12 +93,15 @@ on-screen, with the contents of the DLOG resource specified by screen. This function is useful if you want an applet to post a splash screen early in initialization without first having to load numerous extension modules. + +Availability: MacPython-OS9. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{DebugStr}{message \optional{, object}} -Drop to the low-level debugger with message \var{message}. The +On Mac OS 9, drop to the low-level debugger with message \var{message}. The optional \var{object} argument is not used, but can easily be -inspected from the debugger. +inspected from the debugger. On Mac OS X the string is simply printed +to stderr. Note that you should use this function with extreme care: if no low-level debugger like MacsBug is installed this call will crash your @@ -100,6 +109,27 @@ system. It is intended mainly for developers of Python extension modules. \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{SysBeep}{} +Ring the bell. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{GetTicks}{} +Get the number of clock ticks (1/60th of a second) since system boot. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{GetCreatorAndType}{file} +Return the file creator and file type as two four-character strings. +The \var{file} parameter can be a pathname or an \code{FSSpec} or +\code{FSRef} object. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{SetCreatorAndType}{file, creator, type} +Set the file creator and file type. +The \var{file} parameter can be a pathname or an \code{FSSpec} or +\code{FSRef} object. \var{creator} and \var{type} must be four character +strings. +\end{funcdesc} + \begin{funcdesc}{openrf}{name \optional{, mode}} Open the resource fork of a file. Arguments are the same as for the built-in function \function{open()}. The object returned has file-like |