8 Here's a quick listing of modules that are currently undocumented, but that
9 should be documented. Feel free to contribute documentation for them! (Send
10 via email to docs@python.org.)
12 The idea and original contents for this chapter were taken from a posting by
13 Fredrik Lundh; the specific contents of this chapter have been substantially
17 Miscellaneous useful utilities
18 ==============================
20 Some of these are very old and/or not very robust; marked with "hmm."
23 --- Import hook support (for :mod:`rexec`; may become obsolete).
25 .. warning:: The :mod:`ihooks` module has been removed in Python 3.0.
28 Platform specific modules
29 =========================
31 These modules are used to implement the :mod:`os.path` module, and are not
32 documented beyond this mention. There's little need to document these.
35 --- Implementation of :mod:`os.path` on Win32, Win64, WinCE, and OS/2 platforms.
38 --- Implementation of :mod:`os.path` on POSIX.
41 --- Backwards compatibility module for systems which still use the Berkeley DB
42 1.85 module. It is normally only available on certain BSD Unix-based systems.
43 It should never be used directly.
50 --- Platform-independent API for playing audio data.
52 .. warning:: The :mod:`audiodev` module has been removed in 3.0.
55 --- Play audio data on the Linux audio device. Replaced in Python 2.3 by the
56 :mod:`ossaudiodev` module.
58 .. warning:: The :mod:`linuxaudiodev` module has been removed in Python 3.0.
61 --- Interpret Sun audio headers (may become obsolete or a tool/demo).
63 .. warning:: The :mod:`sunaudio` module has been removed in Python 3.0.
66 --- Convert "arbitrary" sound files to AIFF files; should probably become a tool
67 or demo. Requires the external program :program:`sox`.
70 .. warning:: The :mod:`toaiff` module has been removed in 3.0.
73 .. _undoc-mac-modules:
75 Undocumented Mac OS modules
76 ===========================
79 :mod:`applesingle` --- AppleSingle decoder
80 ------------------------------------------
82 .. module:: applesingle
84 :synopsis: Rudimentary decoder for AppleSingle format files.
90 :mod:`buildtools` --- Helper module for BuildApplet and Friends
91 ---------------------------------------------------------------
93 .. module:: buildtools
95 :synopsis: Helper module for BuildApplet, BuildApplication and macfreeze.
101 :mod:`cfmfile` --- Code Fragment Resource module
102 ------------------------------------------------
106 :synopsis: Code Fragment Resource module.
110 :mod:`cfmfile` is a module that understands Code Fragments and the accompanying
111 "cfrg" resources. It can parse them and merge them, and is used by
112 BuildApplication to combine all plugin modules to a single executable.
116 :mod:`icopen` --- Internet Config replacement for :meth:`open`
117 --------------------------------------------------------------
121 :synopsis: Internet Config replacement for open().
125 Importing :mod:`icopen` will replace the builtin :meth:`open` with a version
126 that uses Internet Config to set file type and creator for new files.
131 :mod:`macerrors` --- Mac OS Errors
132 ----------------------------------
134 .. module:: macerrors
136 :synopsis: Constant definitions for many Mac OS error codes.
140 :mod:`macerrors` contains constant definitions for many Mac OS error codes.
145 :mod:`macresource` --- Locate script resources
146 ----------------------------------------------
148 .. module:: macresource
150 :synopsis: Locate script resources.
154 :mod:`macresource` helps scripts finding their resources, such as dialogs and
155 menus, without requiring special case code for when the script is run under
156 MacPython, as a MacPython applet or under OSX Python.
161 :mod:`Nav` --- NavServices calls
162 --------------------------------
166 :synopsis: Interface to Navigation Services.
170 A low-level interface to Navigation Services.
175 :mod:`PixMapWrapper` --- Wrapper for PixMap objects
176 ---------------------------------------------------
178 .. module:: PixMapWrapper
180 :synopsis: Wrapper for PixMap objects.
184 :mod:`PixMapWrapper` wraps a PixMap object with a Python object that allows
185 access to the fields by name. It also has methods to convert to and from
191 :mod:`videoreader` --- Read QuickTime movies
192 --------------------------------------------
194 .. module:: videoreader
196 :synopsis: Read QuickTime movies frame by frame for further processing.
200 :mod:`videoreader` reads and decodes QuickTime movies and passes a stream of
201 images to your program. It also provides some support for audio tracks.
206 :mod:`W` --- Widgets built on :mod:`FrameWork`
207 ----------------------------------------------
211 :synopsis: Widgets for the Mac, built on top of FrameWork.
215 The :mod:`W` widgets are used extensively in the :program:`IDE`.
220 .. _obsolete-modules:
225 These modules are not normally available for import; additional work must be
226 done to make them available.
228 These extension modules written in C are not built by default. Under Unix, these
229 must be enabled by uncommenting the appropriate lines in :file:`Modules/Setup`
230 in the build tree and either rebuilding Python if the modules are statically
231 linked, or building and installing the shared object if using dynamically-loaded
234 .. (lib-old is empty as of Python 2.5)
236 Those which are written in Python will be installed into the directory
237 \file{lib-old/} installed as part of the standard library. To use
238 these, the directory must be added to \code{sys.path}, possibly using
242 --- Measure time intervals to high resolution (use :func:`time.clock` instead).
244 .. warning:: The :mod:`timing` module has been removed in Python 3.0.
247 SGI-specific Extension modules
248 ==============================
250 The following are SGI specific, and may be out of touch with the current version
254 --- Interface to the SGI compression library.
257 --- Interface to the "simple video" board on SGI Indigo (obsolete hardware).
259 .. warning:: The :mod:`sv` module has been removed in Python 3.0.