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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/mac/libmacfs.tex | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/mac/libmacic.tex | 6 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/mac/libmacfs.tex b/Doc/mac/libmacfs.tex index db8f619..1ffc421 100644 --- a/Doc/mac/libmacfs.tex +++ b/Doc/mac/libmacfs.tex @@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ Manager, \program{finder} aliases and the Standard File package. Whenever a function or method expects a \var{file} argument, this argument can be one of three things:\ (1) a full or partial Macintosh -pathname, (2) an \pytype{FSSpec} object or (3) a 3-tuple \code{(\var{wdRefNum}, -\var{parID}, \var{name})} as described in \citetitle{Inside -Macintosh:\ Files}. A description of aliases and the Standard File -package can also be found there. +pathname, (2) an \pytype{FSSpec} object or (3) a 3-tuple +\code{(\var{wdRefNum}, \var{parID}, \var{name})} as described in +\citetitle{Inside Macintosh:\ Files}. A description of aliases and the +Standard File package can also be found there. + +\strong{Note:} A module, \refmodule{macfsn}, is auto-imported to replace +StandardFile calls in macfs with NavServices calls. \begin{funcdesc}{FSSpec}{file} Create an \pytype{FSSpec} object for the specified file. @@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ without cancelling. \begin{funcdesc}{PromptGetFile}{prompt\optional{, type, \moreargs}} Similar to \function{StandardGetFile()} but allows you to specify a -prompt. +prompt which will be displayed at the top of the dialog. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{StandardPutFile}{prompt\optional{, default}} @@ -71,9 +74,11 @@ completed the dialog without cancelling. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{GetDirectory}{\optional{prompt}} -Present the user with a non-standard ``select a directory'' -dialog. \var{prompt} is the prompt string, and the optional. -Return an \pytype{FSSpec} object and a success-indicator. +Present the user with a non-standard ``select a directory'' dialog. You +have to first open the directory before clicking on the ``select current +directory'' button. \var{prompt} is the prompt string which will be +displayed at the top of the dialog. Return an \pytype{FSSpec} object and +a success-indicator. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{SetFolder}{\optional{fsspec}} @@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ though). If no argument is passed the folder will be set to the current directory, i.e. what \function{os.getcwd()} returns. Note that starting with system 7.5 the user can change Standard File -behaviour with the ``general controls'' controlpanel, thereby making +behaviour with the ``general controls'' control panel, thereby making this call inoperative. \end{funcdesc} @@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ standard module \var{MACFS}. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{FindApplication}{creator} -Locate the application with 4-char creator code \var{creator}. The +Locate the application with 4-character creator code \var{creator}. The function returns an \pytype{FSSpec} object pointing to the application. \end{funcdesc} diff --git a/Doc/mac/libmacic.tex b/Doc/mac/libmacic.tex index 0d54626..715b31b 100644 --- a/Doc/mac/libmacic.tex +++ b/Doc/mac/libmacic.tex @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ which stores preferences for Internet programs such as mail address, default homepage, etc. Also, Internet Config contains an elaborate set of mappings from Macintosh creator/type codes to foreign filename extensions plus information on how to transfer files (binary, ascii, -etc). +etc.). Since MacOS 9, this module is a control panel named Internet. There is a low-level companion module \module{icglue}\refbimodindex{icglue} which provides the basic @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ works, and changes the option in the configuration file. The module knows about various datatypes, and converts the internal IC representation to a ``logical'' Python data structure. Running the \module{ic} module standalone will run a test program that lists all -keys and values in your IC database, this will have to server as +keys and values in your IC database, this will have to serve as documentation. If the module does not know how to represent the data it returns an @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ scheme. If \var{hint} is not provided, incomplete URLs are invalid. Find an URL somewhere in \var{data} and return start position, end position and the URL. The optional \var{start} and \var{end} can be used to limit the search, so for instance if a user clicks in a long -textfield you can pass the whole textfield and the click-position in +text field you can pass the whole text field and the click-position in \var{start} and this routine will return the whole URL in which the user clicked. As above, \var{hint} is an optional scheme used to complete incomplete URLs. |