1 :mod:`ic` --- Access to the Mac OS X Internet Config
2 ====================================================
6 :synopsis: Access to the Mac OS X Internet Config.
10 This module provides access to various internet-related preferences set through
11 :program:`System Preferences` or the :program:`Finder`.
15 This module has been removed in Python 3.x.
18 .. index:: module: icglue
20 There is a low-level companion module :mod:`icglue` which provides the basic
21 Internet Config access functionality. This low-level module is not documented,
22 but the docstrings of the routines document the parameters and the routine names
23 are the same as for the Pascal or C API to Internet Config, so the standard IC
24 programmers' documentation can be used if this module is needed.
26 The :mod:`ic` module defines the :exc:`error` exception and symbolic names for
27 all error codes Internet Config can produce; see the source for details.
32 Exception raised on errors in the :mod:`ic` module.
34 The :mod:`ic` module defines the following class and function:
37 .. class:: IC([signature[, ic]])
39 Create an Internet Config object. The signature is a 4-character creator code of
40 the current application (default ``'Pyth'``) which may influence some of ICs
41 settings. The optional *ic* argument is a low-level ``icglue.icinstance``
42 created beforehand, this may be useful if you want to get preferences from a
43 different config file, etc.
46 .. function:: launchurl(url[, hint])
47 parseurl(data[, start[, end[, hint]]])
49 maptypecreator(type, creator[, filename])
52 These functions are "shortcuts" to the methods of the same name, described
59 :class:`IC` objects have a mapping interface, hence to obtain the mail address
60 you simply get ``ic['MailAddress']``. Assignment also works, and changes the
61 option in the configuration file.
63 The module knows about various datatypes, and converts the internal IC
64 representation to a "logical" Python data structure. Running the :mod:`ic`
65 module standalone will run a test program that lists all keys and values in your
66 IC database, this will have to serve as documentation.
68 If the module does not know how to represent the data it returns an instance of
69 the ``ICOpaqueData`` type, with the raw data in its :attr:`data` attribute.
70 Objects of this type are also acceptable values for assignment.
72 Besides the dictionary interface, :class:`IC` objects have the following
76 .. method:: IC.launchurl(url[, hint])
78 Parse the given URL, launch the correct application and pass it the URL. The
79 optional *hint* can be a scheme name such as ``'mailto:'``, in which case
80 incomplete URLs are completed with this scheme. If *hint* is not provided,
81 incomplete URLs are invalid.
84 .. method:: IC.parseurl(data[, start[, end[, hint]]])
86 Find an URL somewhere in *data* and return start position, end position and the
87 URL. The optional *start* and *end* can be used to limit the search, so for
88 instance if a user clicks in a long text field you can pass the whole text field
89 and the click-position in *start* and this routine will return the whole URL in
90 which the user clicked. As above, *hint* is an optional scheme used to complete
94 .. method:: IC.mapfile(file)
96 Return the mapping entry for the given *file*, which can be passed as either a
97 filename or an :func:`FSSpec` result, and which need not exist.
99 The mapping entry is returned as a tuple ``(version, type, creator, postcreator,
100 flags, extension, appname, postappname, mimetype, entryname)``, where *version*
101 is the entry version number, *type* is the 4-character filetype, *creator* is
102 the 4-character creator type, *postcreator* is the 4-character creator code of
103 an optional application to post-process the file after downloading, *flags* are
104 various bits specifying whether to transfer in binary or ascii and such,
105 *extension* is the filename extension for this file type, *appname* is the
106 printable name of the application to which this file belongs, *postappname* is
107 the name of the postprocessing application, *mimetype* is the MIME type of this
108 file and *entryname* is the name of this entry.
111 .. method:: IC.maptypecreator(type, creator[, filename])
113 Return the mapping entry for files with given 4-character *type* and *creator*
114 codes. The optional *filename* may be specified to further help finding the
115 correct entry (if the creator code is ``'????'``, for instance).
117 The mapping entry is returned in the same format as for *mapfile*.
120 .. method:: IC.settypecreator(file)
122 Given an existing *file*, specified either as a filename or as an :func:`FSSpec`
123 result, set its creator and type correctly based on its extension. The finder
124 is told about the change, so the finder icon will be updated quickly.