Macintosh Library Modules

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Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• 1. Using Python on the Macintosh
  • 1.1 Getting and Installing MacPython
  • 1.2 Entering the interactive Interpreter
  • 1.3 How to run a Python script
    • 1.3.1 Drag and drop
    • 1.3.2 Set Creator and Double Click
  • 1.4 Simulating command line arguments
  • 1.5 Creating a Python script
    • 1.5.1 In an editor
  • 1.6 The IDE
    • 1.6.1 Using the ``Python Interactive'' window
    • 1.6.2 Writing a Python Script
    • 1.6.3 Executing a script from within the IDE
    • 1.6.4 ``Save as'' versus ``Save as Applet''
  • 1.7 Configuration
    • 1.7.1 EditPythonPrefs
    • 1.7.2 Adding modules to the Module Search Path
    • 1.7.3 Default startup options
  • 1.8 Mac OS X
• 2. MacPython Modules
  • 2.1 mac -- Implementations for the os module
  • 2.2 macpath -- MacOS path manipulation functions
  • 2.3 ctb -- Interface to the Communications Tool Box
    • 2.3.1 Connection Objects
  • 2.4 macdnr -- Interface to the Macintosh Domain Name Resolver
    • 2.4.1 DNR Result Objects
  • 2.5 macfs -- Various file system services
    • 2.5.1 FSSpec objects
    • 2.5.2 Alias Objects
    • 2.5.3 FInfo Objects
  • 2.6 ic -- Access to Internet Config
    • 2.6.1 IC Objects
  • 2.7 MacOS -- Access to MacOS interpreter features
  • 2.8 macostools -- Convenience routines for file manipulation
  • 2.9 findertools -- The finder's Apple Events interface
  • 2.10 mactcp -- The MacTCP interfaces
    • 2.10.1 TCP Stream Objects
    • 2.10.2 TCP Status Objects
    • 2.10.3 UDP Stream Objects
  • 2.11 macspeech -- Interface to the Macintosh Speech Manager
    • 2.11.1 Voice Objects
    • 2.11.2 Speech Channel Objects
  • 2.12 EasyDialogs -- Basic Macintosh dialogs
  • 2.13 FrameWork -- Interactive application framework
    • 2.13.1 Application Objects
    • 2.13.2 Window Objects
    • 2.13.3 ControlsWindow Object
    • 2.13.4 ScrolledWindow Object
    • 2.13.5 DialogWindow Objects
  • 2.14 MiniAEFrame -- Open Scripting Architecture server support
    • 2.14.1 AEServer Objects
  • 2.15 aepack -- Conversion between Python variables and AppleEvent data containers
  • 2.16 aetypes -- AppleEvent objects
• 3. MacOS Toolbox Modules
  • 3.1 AE -- Apple Events
  • 3.2 Cm -- Component Manager
  • 3.3 Ctl -- Control Manager
  • 3.4 Dlg -- Dialog Manager
  • 3.5 Evt -- Event Manager
  • 3.6 Fm -- Font Manager
  • 3.7 List -- List Manager
  • 3.8 Menu -- Menu Manager
  • 3.9 Qd -- QuickDraw
  • 3.10 Qt -- QuickTime
  • 3.11 Res -- Resource Manager and Handles
  • 3.12 Scrap -- Scrap Manager
  • 3.13 Snd -- Sound Manager
  • 3.14 TE -- TextEdit
  • 3.15 waste -- non-Apple TextEdit replacement
  • 3.16 Win -- Window Manager
  • 3.17 ColorPicker -- Color selection dialog
• 4. Undocumented Modules
  • 4.1 buildtools -- Helper module for BuildApplet and Friends
  • 4.2 py_resource --
  • 4.3 cfmfile -- Code Fragment Resource module
  • 4.4 macerrors -- MacOS Errors
  • 4.5 macfsn -- NavServices calls
  • 4.6 icopen -- Internet Config replacement for open()
  • 4.7 mactty --
  • 4.8 nsremote -- Wrapper around Netscape OSA modules
  • 4.9 PixMapWrapper -- Wrapper for PixMap objects
  • 4.10 preferences --
  • 4.11 pythonprefs --
  • 4.12 quietconsole -- non-visible stdout output
  • 4.13 W -- Widgets built on FrameWork
• Module Index
• Index
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Macintosh Library Modules

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Release 2.1, documentation updated on April 15, 2001.