\section{\module{cmd} ---
- Build line-oriented command interpreters.}
+ Support for line-oriented command interpreters}
+
\declaremodule{standard}{cmd}
\sectionauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@snark.thyrsus.com}
-
-\modulesynopsis{Build line-oriented command interpreters; this is used
-by module \module{pdb}.}
+\modulesynopsis{Build line-oriented command interpreters.}
The \class{Cmd} class provides a simple framework for writing
\section{\module{curses} ---
- Screen painting and input handling for character-cell terminals}
+ Terminal handling for character-cell displays}
\declaremodule{standard}{curses}
\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{mzadka@geocities.com}
\sectionauthor{Eric Raymond}{esr@thyrsus.com}
-\modulesynopsis{An interface to the curses library.}
+\modulesynopsis{An interface to the curses library, providing portable
+ terminal handling.}
\versionchanged[Added support for the \code{ncurses} library and
converted to a package]{1.6}
\section{\module{dis} ---
- Disassembler.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{dis}
+ Disassembler for Python byte code}
-\modulesynopsis{Disassembler.}
+\declaremodule{standard}{dis}
+\modulesynopsis{Disassembler for Python byte code, as stored in code
+ objects and \file{.pyc}/\file{.pyo} files.}
The \module{dis} module supports the analysis of Python byte code by
\section{\module{errno} ---
- Standard errno system symbols.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{errno}
+ Standard errno system symbols}
+\declaremodule{standard}{errno}
\modulesynopsis{Standard errno system symbols.}
-
-This module makes available standard errno system symbols.
+This module makes available standard \code{errno} system symbols.
The value of each symbol is the corresponding integer value.
The names and descriptions are borrowed from \file{linux/include/errno.h},
which should be pretty all-inclusive.
\function{os.strerror()}.
Of the following list, symbols that are not used on the current
-platform are not defined by the module. Symbols available can
-include:
+platform are not defined by the module. The specific list of defined
+symbols is available as \code{errno.errorcode.keys()}. Symbols
+available can include:
\begin{datadesc}{EPERM} Operation not permitted \end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{ENOENT} No such file or directory \end{datadesc}
\section{\module{getopt} ---
- Parser for command line options.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{getopt}
+ Parser for command line options}
-\modulesynopsis{Parser for command line options.}
+\declaremodule{standard}{getopt}
+\modulesynopsis{Portable parser for command line options; support both
+ short and long option names.}
This module helps scripts to parse the command line arguments in
\section{\module{imghdr} ---
- Determine the type of an image.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{imghdr}
+ Determine the type of an image}
-\modulesynopsis{Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream.}
+\declaremodule{standard}{imghdr}
+\modulesynopsis{Determine the type of image contained in a file or
+ byte stream.}
The \module{imghdr} module determines the type of image contained in a
\section{\module{new} ---
- Runtime implementation object creation}
+ Creation of runtime internal objects}
\declaremodule{builtin}{new}
\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{mzadka@geocities.com}
\section{\module{pprint} ---
- Data pretty printer.}
+ Data pretty printer}
\declaremodule{standard}{pprint}
\modulesynopsis{Data pretty printer.}
\section{\module{Queue} ---
- A synchronized queue class.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{Queue}
+ A synchronized queue class}
+\declaremodule{standard}{Queue}
\modulesynopsis{A synchronized queue class.}
-
The \module{Queue} module implements a multi-producer, multi-consumer
FIFO queue. It is especially useful in threads programming when
information must be exchanged safely between multiple threads. The
\declaremodule{builtin}{readline}
\platform{Unix}
\sectionauthor{Skip Montanaro}{skip@mojam.com}
-\modulesynopsis{GNU Readline in Python.}
+\modulesynopsis{GNU readline support for Python.}
The \module{readline} module defines a number of functions used either
\section{\module{repr} ---
- Alternate \function{repr()} implementation.}
+ Alternate \function{repr()} implementation}
\sectionauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org}
\declaremodule{standard}{repr}
\section{\module{rlcompleter} ---
- Completion function for readline}
+ Completion function for GNU readline}
\declaremodule{standard}{rlcompleter}
\platform{Unix}
\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{mzadka@geocities.com}
-\modulesynopsis{Python identifier completion in the readline library.}
+\modulesynopsis{Python identifier completion for the GNU readline library.}
The \module{rlcompleter} module defines a completion function for
the \refmodule{readline} module by completing valid Python identifiers
\section{\module{rotor} ---
- Enigma-like encryption and decryption.}
-\declaremodule{builtin}{rotor}
+ Enigma-like encryption and decryption}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{rotor}
\modulesynopsis{Enigma-like encryption and decryption.}
\section{\module{signal} ---
- Set handlers for asynchronous events.}
-\declaremodule{builtin}{signal}
-
+ Set handlers for asynchronous events}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{signal}
\modulesynopsis{Set handlers for asynchronous events.}
+
This module provides mechanisms to use signal handlers in Python.
Some general rules for working with signals and their handlers:
\section{\module{sndhdr} ---
- Determine type of sound file.}
+ Determine type of sound file}
\declaremodule{standard}{sndhdr}
\modulesynopsis{Determine type of a sound file.}
\section{\module{SocketServer} ---
- A framework for network servers.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{SocketServer}
+ A framework for network servers}
+\declaremodule{standard}{SocketServer}
\modulesynopsis{A framework for network servers.}
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