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  r74210 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:44:23 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  Move member descriptions inside the classes.
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  r74239 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-28 20:55:32 +0200 (Di, 28 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  Clarify quote_plus() usage.
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  r74252 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 18:06:31 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6593: fix link targets.
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  r74253 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 18:09:17 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6591: add reference to ioctl in fcntl module for platforms other than Windows.
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  r74256 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 18:32:30 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6336: Add nb_divide.
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  r74258 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 18:57:05 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  Add a link to readline, and mention IPython and bpython.
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  r74259 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 19:07:21 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  Fix some markup and small factual glitches found by M. Markert.
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  r74260 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 19:15:20 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  Fix a few markup glitches.
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  r74261 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 19:50:25 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  Rewrite the section about classes a bit; mostly tidbits, and a larger update to the section about "private" variables to reflect the Pythonic consensus better.
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  r74332 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:23:21 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  Fix punctuation and one copy-paste error.
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  r74333 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:43:55 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  #6658: fix two typos.
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  r74404 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-13 14:05:52 +0200 (Do, 13 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  Use locale.format_string() for more than one specifier.
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  r74411 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-13 14:57:25 +0200 (Do, 13 Aug 2009) | 2 lines

  Remove potentially confusing sentence in __mangling description.
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  r74445 | vinay.sajip | 2009-08-14 13:33:54 +0200 (Fr, 14 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  Added versionchanged notices for optional 'delay' parameter to file handler classes.
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  r74465 | vinay.sajip | 2009-08-16 01:23:12 +0200 (So, 16 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  Added section on logging to one file from multiple processes.
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  r74467 | vinay.sajip | 2009-08-16 01:34:47 +0200 (So, 16 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  Refined section on logging to one file from multiple processes.
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  r74488 | vinay.sajip | 2009-08-17 15:14:37 +0200 (Mo, 17 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  Further refined section on logging to one file from multiple processes.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
index bfbc9a6..9352f40 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
@@ -127,16 +127,17 @@
    We are the knights who say "Ni!"
 
 The brackets and characters within them (called format fields) are replaced with
-the objects passed into the format method.  The number in the brackets refers to
-the position of the object passed into the format method. ::
+the objects passed into the :meth:`~str.format` method.  The number in the
+brackets refers to the position of the object passed into the
+:meth:`~str.format` method. ::
 
    >>> print '{0} and {1}'.format('spam', 'eggs')
    spam and eggs
    >>> print '{1} and {0}'.format('spam', 'eggs')
    eggs and spam
 
-If keyword arguments are used in the format method, their values are referred to
-by using the name of the argument. ::
+If keyword arguments are used in the :meth:`~str.format` method, their values
+are referred to by using the name of the argument. ::
 
    >>> print 'This {food} is {adjective}.'.format(
    ...       food='spam', adjective='absolutely horrible')
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@
    The value of PI is approximately 3.142.
 
 Passing an integer after the ``':'`` will cause that field to be a minimum
-number of characters wide.  This is useful for making tables pretty.::
+number of characters wide.  This is useful for making tables pretty. ::
 
    >>> table = {'Sjoerd': 4127, 'Jack': 4098, 'Dcab': 7678}
    >>> for name, phone in table.items():
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@
    Jack: 4098; Sjoerd: 4127; Dcab: 8637678
 
 This could also be done by passing the table as keyword arguments with the '**'
-notation.::
+notation. ::
 
    >>> table = {'Sjoerd': 4127, 'Jack': 4098, 'Dcab': 8637678}
    >>> print 'Jack: {Jack:d}; Sjoerd: {Sjoerd:d}; Dcab: {Dcab:d}'.format(**table)
@@ -356,9 +357,9 @@
     >>> f.closed
     True
 
-File objects have some additional methods, such as :meth:`isatty` and
-:meth:`truncate` which are less frequently used; consult the Library Reference
-for a complete guide to file objects.
+File objects have some additional methods, such as :meth:`~file.isatty` and
+:meth:`~file.truncate` which are less frequently used; consult the Library
+Reference for a complete guide to file objects.
 
 
 .. _tut-pickle: