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Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +00001\chapter{Undocumented Modules \label{undocumented-modules}}
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4The modules in this chapter are poorly documented (if at all). If you
5wish to contribute documentation of any of these modules, please get in
Fred Drake8da359b2001-07-14 02:09:32 +00006touch with
Fred Drake9d843082003-07-30 02:55:28 +00007\ulink{\email{docs@python.org}}{mailto:docs@python.org}.
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +00008
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Jack Jansen945bf5f2001-09-11 21:24:07 +000012\section{\module{applesingle} --- AppleSingle decoder}
13\declaremodule{standard}{applesingle}
14 \platform{Mac}
Fred Drakeac968682002-01-17 04:51:55 +000015\modulesynopsis{Rudimentary decoder for AppleSingle format files.}
Jack Jansen945bf5f2001-09-11 21:24:07 +000016
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Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000018\section{\module{buildtools} --- Helper module for BuildApplet and Friends}
19\declaremodule{standard}{buildtools}
20 \platform{Mac}
Fred Drake12060e52001-07-10 14:19:45 +000021\modulesynopsis{Helper module for BuildApplet, BuildApplication and
Fred Drakeac968682002-01-17 04:51:55 +000022 macfreeze.}
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000023
Guido van Rossumd8faa362007-04-27 19:54:29 +000024\deprecated{2.4}{}
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000025
Jack Jansen945bf5f2001-09-11 21:24:07 +000026\section{\module{icopen} --- Internet Config replacement for \method{open()}}
27\declaremodule{standard}{icopen}
28 \platform{Mac}
Fred Drakeac968682002-01-17 04:51:55 +000029\modulesynopsis{Internet Config replacement for \method{open()}.}
Jack Jansen945bf5f2001-09-11 21:24:07 +000030
31Importing \module{icopen} will replace the builtin \method{open()}
32with a version that uses Internet Config to set file type and creator
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Fred Drake0f0380a2001-10-01 17:04:10 +000036\section{\module{macerrors} --- Mac OS Errors}
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000037\declaremodule{standard}{macerrors}
38 \platform{Mac}
Fred Drakeac968682002-01-17 04:51:55 +000039\modulesynopsis{Constant definitions for many Mac OS error codes.}
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000040
Raymond Hettinger68804312005-01-01 00:28:46 +000041\module{macerrors} contains constant definitions for many Mac OS error
Fred Drakeac968682002-01-17 04:51:55 +000042codes.
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000043
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Jack Jansen945bf5f2001-09-11 21:24:07 +000045\section{\module{macresource} --- Locate script resources}
46\declaremodule{standard}{macresource}
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000047 \platform{Mac}
Fred Drakeac968682002-01-17 04:51:55 +000048\modulesynopsis{Locate script resources.}
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000049
Jack Jansen945bf5f2001-09-11 21:24:07 +000050\module{macresource} helps scripts finding their resources, such as
51dialogs and menus, without requiring special case code for when the
52script is run under MacPython, as a MacPython applet or under OSX Python.
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Fred Drakeee0fe0b2001-09-12 00:43:13 +000054\section{\module{Nav} --- NavServices calls}
Andrew M. Kuchlingc12527e2004-07-21 21:34:45 +000055\declaremodule{standard}{Nav}
Jack Jansen945bf5f2001-09-11 21:24:07 +000056 \platform{Mac}
Fred Drakeac968682002-01-17 04:51:55 +000057\modulesynopsis{Interface to Navigation Services.}
Jack Jansen945bf5f2001-09-11 21:24:07 +000058
59A low-level interface to Navigation Services.
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000060
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000061\section{\module{PixMapWrapper} --- Wrapper for PixMap objects}
62\declaremodule{standard}{PixMapWrapper}
63 \platform{Mac}
Fred Drakeac968682002-01-17 04:51:55 +000064\modulesynopsis{Wrapper for PixMap objects.}
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000065
66\module{PixMapWrapper} wraps a PixMap object with a Python object that
67allows access to the fields by name. It also has methods to convert
68to and from \module{PIL} images.
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Fred Drakeac968682002-01-17 04:51:55 +000070\section{\module{videoreader} --- Read QuickTime movies}
Jack Jansen945bf5f2001-09-11 21:24:07 +000071\declaremodule{standard}{videoreader}
72 \platform{Mac}
Fred Drakeac968682002-01-17 04:51:55 +000073\modulesynopsis{Read QuickTime movies frame by frame for further processing.}
Jack Jansen945bf5f2001-09-11 21:24:07 +000074
75\module{videoreader} reads and decodes QuickTime movies and passes
76a stream of images to your program. It also provides some support for
77audio tracks.
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Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000079\section{\module{W} --- Widgets built on \module{FrameWork}}
80\declaremodule{standard}{W}
81 \platform{Mac}
Fred Drakeac968682002-01-17 04:51:55 +000082\modulesynopsis{Widgets for the Mac, built on top of \refmodule{FrameWork}.}
Fred Drake4d0d6212000-10-14 05:08:34 +000083
84The \module{W} widgets are used extensively in the \program{IDE}.
Jack Jansen945bf5f2001-09-11 21:24:07 +000085