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* Work around annoyances in LaTeX2HTML.Fred Drake2000-10-092-2/+2
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* Push xmllib to the end of the markup chapter since it is deprecated.Fred Drake2000-10-091-1/+1
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* Denis S. Otkidach <ods@users.sourceforge.net>:Fred Drake2000-10-091-1/+1
| | | | | | Correct description of leapdays() function. This closes SourceForge patch #101840.
* Include more information from the docstrings.Fred Drake2000-10-061-7/+49
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* Fix really bad typo, noted by Neil Schemenauer <nas@arctrix.com>.Fred Drake2000-10-061-1/+1
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* Add notes on the requirements for subclasses.Fred Drake2000-10-061-0/+19
| | | | This closes SourceForge bug #115928.
* Revise the versioning information to say that this was revised in 1.6,Fred Drake2000-10-061-1/+3
| | | | not added then, and note what the change was (ncurses, change to a package).
* Made a number of revisions suggested by Fredrik Lundh.Fred Drake2000-10-061-12/+33
| | | | | Revised the first paragraph so it doesn't sound like it was written when 7-bit strings were assumed; note that Unicode strings can be used.
* It turns out that Guido does not like or encourage the use of the termFred Drake2000-10-062-3/+3
| | | | | "disciplines" for the __*__() methods, so they should be referred to as "methods" or "special methods", as appropriate in context.
* is_zipfile() description: Use the same name for the parameter as theFred Drake2000-10-061-3/+3
| | | | | | | code, in case someone wants to use it as a keyword paramter. ZIP_DEFLATED description: Do not reveal the specific value of the constant, since code should only use the symbolic name.
* Document the lookbehind assertions (closing bug#115119)Andrew M. Kuchling2000-10-051-0/+15
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* Document expand() method of MatchObjectsAndrew M. Kuchling2000-10-051-0/+9
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* - update Neil's email addressNeil Schemenauer2000-10-041-2/+2
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* Added deprecation notices to atof(), atoi(), and atol(), recommendingFred Drake2000-10-041-1/+4
| | | | | | use of the float(), int(), and long() built-ins instead. Fixed minor markup nit elsewhere (use of \optional).
* Added \versionchanged comment to os.popen() noting that it was unreliableFred Drake2000-10-041-0/+6
| | | | | | | in earlier versions of Python; this is useful information for people interested in writing code that is portable across Python versions. Suggested by Peter Funk <pf@artcom-gmbh.de>.
* Use \obindex{...} instead of \indexii{...}{type} in many places; this isFred Drake2000-10-041-17/+16
| | | | more consistent with other index entries in the documentation.
* Remove old note that os.popen() on Windows is unreliable; this is noFred Drake2000-10-031-3/+1
| | | | longer true.
* Jim Ahlstrom sent a few corrections to my changes. (Thanks!)Fred Drake2000-10-031-20/+27
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* Replace minimal \seetext references with better annotated \seerfcFred Drake2000-10-031-7/+8
| | | | | references, telling the reader more about what to expect at the other end of the links.
* Add deprecation note since the XML support is shaping up.Fred Drake2000-10-021-0/+3
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* Substantially revised documentation for the zipfile module, partially basedFred Drake2000-10-021-60/+164
| | | | | | on revised text from Jim Ahlstrom <jim@interet.com>. This closes SourceForge bug #115681.
* Minor usage fix.Fred Drake2000-10-021-3/+5
| | | | | Add a note that some way of reliably detecting the use of KDE would be really nice.
* Add documentation and warnings for the isCallable(), isMappingType(),Fred Drake2000-10-021-0/+50
| | | | | | isNumberType(), and isSequenceType() functions. This closes SourceForge bug #115789.
* Fixed spelling of module; closes bug 115712.Martin v. Löwis2000-09-301-1/+1
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* Replace to XXX notes to add references with real references.Fred Drake2000-09-301-2/+7
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* os.startfile() documentation, based on text from Tim Peters.Fred Drake2000-09-291-0/+18
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* Updated documentation relating to the various flavors of popen[234]()Fred Drake2000-09-282-24/+79
| | | | for Windows & Unix.
* Add regex and regsub to the list of undocumented obsolete modules.Fred Drake2000-09-281-0/+12
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* Update the documentation for ConfigParser to match the recent changes.Fred Drake2000-09-271-2/+13
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* regex and regsub are obsolete and Evil, so don't include them in the club.Fred Drake2000-09-251-2/+2
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* Updates from Fredrik Lundh <effbot@telia.com> about Unicode-relatedFred Drake2000-09-251-31/+43
| | | | behavior.
* Add obsolescence note to the module descriptions that get added to theFred Drake2000-09-252-3/+4
| | | | | list of module synopses at the front of the chapter; based on a comment from Aahz <aahz@panix.com>.
* Minor cleanups, wrap long lines.Fred Drake2000-09-252-13/+18
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* Added explanation of the use of the first program argument passed to theFred Drake2000-09-231-0/+9
| | | | exec*() family of functions.
* Rename the public interface from "pyexpat" to "xml.parsers.expat".Fred Drake2000-09-231-26/+24
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* Added warnings about platform vagaries to the strptime() documentation.Fred Drake2000-09-231-1/+9
| | | | This closes SourceForge bug #115146.
* - Add DEBUG_SAVEALL option. When enabled all garbage objects found by theNeil Schemenauer2000-09-221-2/+10
| | | | | | | collector will be saved in gc.garbage. This is useful for debugging a program that creates reference cycles. - Fix else statements in gcmodule.c to conform to Python coding standards.
* Include the new text on reporting bugs in a few useful places.Fred Drake2000-09-211-0/+3
| | | | This closes SourceForge bug #114792.
* Convert the longest two tables from tableii to longtableii so they do notFred Drake2000-09-211-4/+4
| | | | make too big a mess. One actually did not fit on a single page at all!
* Fixed a number of small problems reported by Detlef LannertFred Drake2000-09-213-9/+8
| | | | <lannert@uni-duesseldorf.de>.
* Clarify that the softspace attribute is used by print for state management,Fred Drake2000-09-201-0/+3
| | | | not as a user-controlled parameter.
* Add entries for the xml.sax documentation.Fred Drake2000-09-201-0/+1
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* First cut at documentation for the xml.sax package (not including anyFred Drake2000-09-201-0/+108
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* Clarify a number of issues about the file-like object API based onFred Drake2000-09-191-20/+36
| | | | discussion on python-dev.
* Document the "printable" and "punctuation" constants added to the stringFred Drake2000-09-181-0/+11
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* Add missing \declaremodule for zipfile.Fred Drake2000-09-181-0/+1
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* Repaired some glitches in the MD5 and SHA docs; copied the descriptions ofTim Peters2000-09-182-10/+31
| | | | | | the MD5 methods into the SHA docs (substituting "sha" for "md5", of course, and changing the stuff that depended on digest size accordingly). Fred, don't trust me!
* Added documentation for new functions.Fred Drake2000-09-171-3/+11
| | | | | | | Deprecated sequenceIncludes(). Based on patch by Denis S. Otkidach <ods@users.sourceforge.net>, this closes SourceForge patch #101390.
* Update URL to unicode.org's FTP site using an HTTP URL to the sameFred Drake2000-09-161-1/+1
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* Update *both* uses of the URL to the zlib home page, and use the versionFred Drake2000-09-161-6/+6
| | | | advertised as the canonical form.