import user
\end{verbatim}
-The \code{user} module looks for a file \file{.pythonrc.py} in the user's
+The \module{user} module looks for a file \file{.pythonrc.py} in the user's
home directory and if it can be opened, exececutes it (using
-\code{execfile()}) in its own (i.e. the module \code{user}'s) global
-namespace. Errors during this phase are not caught; that's up to the
-program that imports the \code{user} module, if it wishes. The home
-directory is assumed to be named by the \code{HOME} environment
-variable; if this is not set, the current directory is used.
+\function{execfile()}\bifuncindex{execfile}) in its own (i.e. the
+module \module{user}'s) global namespace. Errors during this phase
+are not caught; that's up to the program that imports the
+\module{user} module, if it wishes. The home directory is assumed to
+be named by the \code{HOME} environment variable; if this is not set,
+the current directory is used.
The user's \file{.pythonrc.py} could conceivably test for
\code{sys.version} if it wishes to do different things depending on
A suggestion for programmers who wish to use this mechanism: a simple
way to let users specify options for your package is to have them
define variables in their \file{.pythonrc.py} file that you test in
-your module. For example, a module \code{spam} that has a verbosity
+your module. For example, a module \module{spam} that has a verbosity
level can look for a variable \code{user.spam_verbose}, as follows:
\begin{verbatim}
import user
\end{verbatim}
-The \code{user} module looks for a file \file{.pythonrc.py} in the user's
+The \module{user} module looks for a file \file{.pythonrc.py} in the user's
home directory and if it can be opened, exececutes it (using
-\code{execfile()}) in its own (i.e. the module \code{user}'s) global
-namespace. Errors during this phase are not caught; that's up to the
-program that imports the \code{user} module, if it wishes. The home
-directory is assumed to be named by the \code{HOME} environment
-variable; if this is not set, the current directory is used.
+\function{execfile()}\bifuncindex{execfile}) in its own (i.e. the
+module \module{user}'s) global namespace. Errors during this phase
+are not caught; that's up to the program that imports the
+\module{user} module, if it wishes. The home directory is assumed to
+be named by the \code{HOME} environment variable; if this is not set,
+the current directory is used.
The user's \file{.pythonrc.py} could conceivably test for
\code{sys.version} if it wishes to do different things depending on
A suggestion for programmers who wish to use this mechanism: a simple
way to let users specify options for your package is to have them
define variables in their \file{.pythonrc.py} file that you test in
-your module. For example, a module \code{spam} that has a verbosity
+your module. For example, a module \module{spam} that has a verbosity
level can look for a variable \code{user.spam_verbose}, as follows:
\begin{verbatim}