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* Added libthreading.tex ; this is mostly the contents of threading_api.py,Andrew M. Kuchling1998-07-201-0/+561
| | | | with LaTeX markup added, and some small rewrites to improve the prose.
* Eric Raymond documents two already-existing functions (bmp, png).Guido van Rossum1998-07-171-0/+2
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* Rewritten a bit to address some criticism in the newsgroup.Guido van Rossum1998-07-061-31/+44
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* Normalize markup.Fred Drake1998-07-021-68/+78
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* Normalize the markup.Fred Drake1998-07-021-38/+42
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* Added index entry.Fred Drake1998-07-021-0/+1
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* Added \deprecated to exit_thread() function.Fred Drake1998-07-021-0/+1
| | | | Reflects Guido's revision.
* Mark the actual SMTP commands (HELO, etc.) the same way FTP & NNTP commandsFred Drake1998-07-011-29/+36
| | | | | | are in the appropriate sections. Some minor nits.
* Document __copy__() and __deepcopy__() methods.Guido van Rossum1998-06-301-1/+14
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* Use the real name of the module: "smtplib", not "smtp".Fred Drake1998-06-301-56/+73
| | | | | | Use logical (& consistent) markup. Added a see-also section at the end.
* Note that readline returns '' on EOF, not "EOF" (whatever that may be).Guido van Rossum1998-06-301-1/+1
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* Clearly I was to quick with the previous commit...Guido van Rossum1998-06-301-3/+6
| | | | | | | | | | Need to add \optional{} to sort argument too. Made x a \var in descr of pop. Fixed note for pop() and mentioned that it is experimental. Also added pop to index.
* Documented the pop() method for lists.Guido van Rossum1998-06-301-4/+9
| | | | # The brackets generated by \optional{} are real ugly. Alas...
* Documented os.linesep (line separator).Guido van Rossum1998-06-301-0/+7
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* As suggested by pson@pson.pp.se, correct the docs for head(), body(),Guido van Rossum1998-06-301-8/+6
| | | | article().
* Changed URL to crypto page.Andrew M. Kuchling1998-06-301-1/+1
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* Document new default arg to groups() and new functions/methodsGuido van Rossum1998-06-291-6/+25
| | | | groupdict() and findall().
* Now cmd is documented too.Guido van Rossum1998-06-281-0/+4
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* Documented smtplib, multifileGuido van Rossum1998-06-281-0/+6
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* Documented cmd, smtplib, multifileGuido van Rossum1998-06-281-9/+0
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* Contributions by Eric Raymond: documentation for modulesGuido van Rossum1998-06-284-0/+428
| | | | cmd, multifile and smtplib.
* Document optional kwargs argument to start_new_thread(). AlsoGuido van Rossum1998-06-271-6/+12
| | | | | | document new LockType and reverse the preference for exit() vs. exit_thread() -- exit() is now preferred and exit_thread() is obsolete.
* Mark the 'whence' parameter of the file object's seek() method as optional;Fred Drake1998-06-251-1/+1
| | | | it's already decribed that way in the description.
* Fix unclear wording pointed out by Tim Peters, about the interaction betweenAndrew M. Kuchling1998-06-222-4/+6
| | | | | ^ and the pos argument to re.match(). Also, fixed a typo in libregex.tex.
* Revert the change of revision 1.30. While it's in general a laudableGuido van Rossum1998-06-221-1/+1
| | | | | | goal to use isinstance(x, y) instead of comparing type(x) to y, it doesn't make sense to change this in the example code for the type() builtin...
* eval() example: Removed final interpreter prompt; other examples don't haveFred Drake1998-06-191-1/+0
| | | | the empty prompt.
* Somewhat updated, but not checked for everything (just the stuff I was using).Fred Drake1998-06-191-14/+15
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* Added a stronger warning about changing the dictionary returned byGuido van Rossum1998-06-181-2/+3
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* # Untabified the example :-(Guido van Rossum1998-06-171-2/+2
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* Documented that by default the output goes to stderr, and that a fileGuido van Rossum1998-06-171-12/+111
| | | | | | | | | keyword argument can be used to direct it somewhere else. Also documented all the other functions in this module, and even added a little example. # Haven't tested the latex for correctness -- all latex installations # appear broken.
* Change the description of input() -- it is exactly equivalent toGuido van Rossum1998-06-171-5/+1
| | | | | eval(raw_input(s)). The statement about breaking a long expression over multiple lines is no longer true.
* Some extra notes, and describe a new class (AddressList), all by ESR.Guido van Rossum1998-06-161-2/+44
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* Add warning about use of lowercase/uppercase with maketrans().Guido van Rossum1998-06-111-0/+5
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* Eric Raymond: added doc for isheader(); improved docs for constructor.Guido van Rossum1998-06-111-7/+18
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* Document the changes I just checked in.Guido van Rossum1998-06-101-8/+39
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* Document several variables that were previously undocumented,Guido van Rossum1998-06-101-9/+35
| | | | | including the new __stdin__, __stdout__ and __stderr__. Also moved setttrace around to its proper place in the alphabet.
* Added notes about epochs, the year 2038, and a small Y2K disclaimerGuido van Rossum1998-06-091-4/+19
| | | | | (all with index entries!). Also update the list of functions that take or yield a time represented as a 9-tuple.
* Added docs for strptime().Guido van Rossum1998-06-091-0/+12
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* Clarify the type of the signal handler.Guido van Rossum1998-06-091-1/+2
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* Document missing functions: xor, not, truth, countOf, indexOf, andGuido van Rossum1998-05-221-0/+28
| | | | (new!) contains.
* Minor grammatical correction: "This module perform ..." --> "This moduleFred Drake1998-05-221-1/+1
| | | | performs ...".
* Added entry for mimetypes.Fred Drake1998-05-191-0/+3
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* Add section documenting mimetypes module.Fred Drake1998-05-192-0/+95
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* Add an index entry.Fred Drake1998-05-141-3/+4
| | | | Bow to font lock.
* Reverted the last change; the extra cruft is harmless for formatted versions,Fred Drake1998-05-111-0/+5
| | | | and allows the info to work through this section.
* Use \ldots, not \dots. The info process doesn't know about \dots.Fred Drake1998-05-081-1/+1
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* exec is a statement, not a function!Guido van Rossum1998-05-081-3/+3
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* Relocating file to mac.Fred Drake1998-05-072-357/+0
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* Fix typo in example found by Anthony Starks <anthony_starks@merck.com>,Fred Drake1998-05-061-1/+1
| | | | reported to me by Piers Lauder <piers@cs.su.oz.au>.
* Work around lack of support for \if... in latex2html.Fred Drake1998-04-291-0/+8
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