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* Added documentation for the xreadlines module & related changes. TheFred Drake2001-01-093-6/+65
| | | | documentation was written by Jeff Epler (thanks!).
* Added missing word; fixed minor nits.Fred Drake2001-01-091-4/+4
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* Added entry for fpectl module documentation.Fred Drake2001-01-091-1/+2
| | | | | Moved the mutex docs to be adjacent to the sched docs, since these are meant to be used together (if they are used at all!).
* Documentation for the fpectl module, from Lee Busby. (Thanks!)Fred Drake2001-01-091-0/+122
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* Explain that long options are matched based on a unique prefix rather thanFred Drake2001-01-081-1/+8
| | | | | | requiring the whole option to be typed out. This closes SF bug #126863.
* Update explanation of the set_location() method to indicate that inFred Drake2001-01-051-1/+7
| | | | | | | BTree databases, the key need not be in the database. Also, tell about the exception if the key is not in the DB for other DB types. This closes SF bug #127377.
* Based on comments from Guido, do not describe bisect() and insert() asFred Drake2001-01-041-5/+5
| | | | | | being "for backward compatibility." Also revert to using bisect() in the example, since Guido thinks that is the best recommendation for typical usage.
* Markup nit: Command line options should be marked with \programopt.Fred Drake2001-01-041-15/+17
| | | | | | Other minor markup nits fixed. Make reference to PyErr_Warn() a hyperlink.
* Fix typo spotted by Detlef Lannert <lannert@users.sourceforge.net>.Fred Drake2001-01-041-1/+1
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* Added information about the interaction of opening a file in append modeFred Drake2001-01-041-1/+6
| | | | | | and seek() in the description of seek(). This closes SF bug #126850.
* Markup nit: OK and ERR should be marked \constant in running text.Fred Drake2001-01-041-3/+2
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* Update documentation to include the new functions, and use the moreFred Drake2001-01-041-13/+40
| | | | | | explicitly-named bisect_right() in the example code. This closes SF bug #127055.
* Description of long(): A string parameter is no longer required to beFred Drake2001-01-041-1/+1
| | | | | | *decimal*. This closes SF bug #127273.
* Fix doubled wordAndrew M. Kuchling2000-12-261-1/+1
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* Remove redundant reference to tab (since it = 'horizontal tab')Andrew M. Kuchling2000-12-261-1/+1
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* Document ERR and OKAndrew M. Kuchling2000-12-261-0/+11
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* Make sure subsections are formatted into HTML pages with reasonable names.Fred Drake2000-12-251-4/+5
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* Added information on the ExternalEntityParserCreate() method.Fred Drake2000-12-231-2/+12
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* Add 'see also' link to curses.panelAndrew M. Kuchling2000-12-221-0/+2
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* Added documentation for the panel wrapper moduleAndrew M. Kuchling2000-12-221-0/+93
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* Fix lots of small markup nits.Fred Drake2000-12-211-54/+64
| | | | Wrapped some long lines.
* Document the window.overlay() and .overwrite() methodsAndrew M. Kuchling2000-12-211-0/+26
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* Document the warnings module.Guido van Rossum2000-12-192-0/+192
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* Document warning categories.Guido van Rossum2000-12-191-0/+26
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* Added documentation on the ErrorHandler interface.Fred Drake2000-12-191-0/+40
| | | | This closes bug #126034.
* Do not talk about "real" numbers; talk about "floats" or "floating pointFred Drake2000-12-181-4/+4
| | | | | | | numbers" instead; we have not described "reals" anywhere else in the documentation, and this is not the place to change the story! Reported by Keith Briggs <keith.briggs@bt.com>.
* Add support for gdbm2 open flags ('s' and 'u'). Add module constantNeil Schemenauer2000-12-171-6/+15
| | | | | open_flags which contains the flags supported by gdbm. Closes patch #102802.
* urlretrieve() description included explanation of "data" parameter, butFred Drake2000-12-151-4/+5
| | | | | | did not include it in the signature. Fixed some markup nits.
* Added documentation for random.shuffle().Fred Drake2000-12-151-0/+17
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* Grant Griffin <grant.griffin@honeywell.com>:Fred Drake2000-12-151-2/+3
| | | | Clarify that invert() is a *bitwise* operation.
* Document napms()Andrew M. Kuchling2000-12-151-0/+5
| | | | Add reference to demo directory
* Update information on the locking() function, added the needed constants.Fred Drake2000-12-141-2/+26
| | | | (Thanks for the info, Tim!)
* Finish a sentence that was left half-written!Fred Drake2000-12-131-16/+20
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* Changing allow_reuse_address's default value, and documenting it.Moshe Zadka2000-12-131-0/+5
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* Added "stub" documentation for xml.dom.pulldom for Paul to fill out withFred Drake2000-12-132-0/+62
| | | | useful explanations.
* Added descriptions of the defined exceptions and their mapping to theFred Drake2000-12-131-0/+129
| | | | DOM recommendation.
* "Documentation" for {}.popitem().Guido van Rossum2000-12-121-0/+6
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* Added link to HTML version of the NumPy documentation.Fred Drake2000-12-111-2/+4
| | | | This closes bug #124943.
* select.select(): Add note that though this function accepts empty lists,Fred Drake2000-12-111-13/+15
| | | | | | | | using *only* empty lists may not be acceptable on all platforms, with the specific caveat that it does not work on Windows. Also clarified list of acceptable objects that may be in the lists, to let the user know that file objects are not usable here on Windows.
* Lots of small improvements and bits of added information on the DOM API.Fred Drake2000-12-081-59/+110
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* Lots of additional information. Not done, but much better.Fred Drake2000-12-072-47/+173
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* Typo caught by Jim Tittsler <jwt@onjapan.net>: They --> TheFred Drake2000-12-071-1/+1
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* Note that, as of Python 1.6, the .returns_unicode attribute on parserFred Drake2000-12-071-0/+2
| | | | objects can be modified at any point with the expected results.
* _getframe(): New sys module function for getting at the stack frame.Barry Warsaw2000-12-061-0/+11
| | | | | Implements and closes SF patch #102106, with Guido's suggested documentation changes.
* Two typos caught by /F; thanks!Fred Drake2000-12-041-2/+2
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* Added a comment for ContentHandler.characters() explaining how to migrateFred Drake2000-12-041-0/+8
| | | | SAX1 code to SAX2, based on bug #123695.
* Update Moshe Zadka's email address to one works and might last a while.Fred Drake2000-12-0124-24/+24
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* Backing out my changes.Moshe Zadka2000-11-301-12/+0
| | | | Improved version coming soon to a Source Forge near you!
* Added .first{item,value,key}() to dictionaries.Moshe Zadka2000-11-301-0/+12
| | | | | Complete with docos and tests. OKed by Guido.
* Use a table to describe the keys to the locale information dictionary;Fred Drake2000-11-301-68/+43
| | | | | this is slightly easier to read than the list environment that had been used.