| 1 | = Help = |
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| 24 | |
| 25 | <center><h2> API Documentation </h2></center> |
| 26 | |
| 27 | <p> This document contains the API (Application Programming Interface) |
| 28 | documentation for this project. Documentation for the Python |
| 29 | objects defined by the project is divided into separate pages for each |
| 30 | package, module, and class. The API documentation also includes two |
| 31 | pages containing information about the project as a whole: a trees |
| 32 | page, and an index page. </p> |
| 33 | |
| 34 | <h2> Object Documentation </h2> |
| 35 | |
| 36 | <p>Each <b>Package Documentation</b> page contains: |
| 37 | <ul> |
| 38 | <li> A description of the package. </li> |
| 39 | <li> A list of the modules and sub-packages contained by the |
| 40 | package. </li> |
| 41 | <li> A summary of the classes defined by the package. </li> |
| 42 | <li> A summary of the functions defined by the package. </li> |
| 43 | <li> A summary of the variables defined by the package. </li> |
| 44 | <li> A detailed description of each function defined by the |
| 45 | package. </li> |
| 46 | <li> A detailed description of each variable defined by the |
| 47 | package. </li> |
| 48 | </ul></p> |
| 49 | |
| 50 | <p>Each <b>Module Documentation</b> page contains: |
| 51 | <ul> |
| 52 | <li> A description of the module. </li> |
| 53 | <li> A summary of the classes defined by the module. </li> |
| 54 | <li> A summary of the functions defined by the module. </li> |
| 55 | <li> A summary of the variables defined by the module. </li> |
| 56 | <li> A detailed description of each function defined by the |
| 57 | module. </li> |
| 58 | <li> A detailed description of each variable defined by the |
| 59 | module. </li> |
| 60 | </ul></p> |
| 61 | |
| 62 | <p>Each <b>Class Documentation</b> page contains: |
| 63 | <ul> |
| 64 | <li> A class inheritance diagram. </li> |
| 65 | <li> A list of known subclasses. </li> |
| 66 | <li> A description of the class. </li> |
| 67 | <li> A summary of the methods defined by the class. </li> |
| 68 | <li> A summary of the instance variables defined by the class. </li> |
| 69 | <li> A summary of the class (static) variables defined by the |
| 70 | class. </li> |
| 71 | <li> A detailed description of each method defined by the |
| 72 | class. </li> |
| 73 | <li> A detailed description of each instance variable defined by the |
| 74 | class. </li> |
| 75 | <li> A detailed description of each class (static) variable defined |
| 76 | by the class. </li> |
| 77 | </ul></p> |
| 78 | |
| 79 | <h2> Project Documentation </h2> |
| 80 | |
| 81 | <p> The <b>Trees</b> page contains the module and class hierarchies: |
| 82 | <ul> |
| 83 | <li> The <i>module hierarchy</i> lists every package and module, with |
| 84 | modules grouped into packages. At the top level, and within each |
| 85 | package, modules and sub-packages are listed alphabetically. </li> |
| 86 | <li> The <i>class hierarchy</i> lists every class, grouped by base |
| 87 | class. If a class has more than one base class, then it will be |
| 88 | listed under each base class. At the top level, and under each base |
| 89 | class, classes are listed alphabetically. </li> |
| 90 | </ul></p> |
| 91 | |
| 92 | <p> The <b>Index</b> page contains indices of terms and |
| 93 | identifiers: |
| 94 | <ul> |
| 95 | <li> The <i>term index</i> lists every term indexed by any object's |
| 96 | documentation. For each term, the index provides links to each |
| 97 | place where the term is indexed. </li> |
| 98 | <li> The <i>identifier index</i> lists the (short) name of every package, |
| 99 | module, class, method, function, variable, and parameter. For each |
| 100 | identifier, the index provides a short description, and a link to |
| 101 | its documentation. </li> |
| 102 | </ul></p> |
| 103 | |
| 104 | <h2> The Table of Contents </h2> |
| 105 | |
| 106 | <p> The table of contents occupies the two frames on the left side of |
| 107 | the window. The upper-left frame displays the <i>project |
| 108 | contents</i>, and the lower-left frame displays the <i>module |
| 109 | contents</i>: </p> |
| 110 | |
| 111 | <center> |
| 112 | <table class="summary" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"> |
| 113 | <tr heigh="30%"> |
| 114 | <td align="center"> |
| 115 | <font size="-1">Project<br>Contents<hr>...</font></td> |
| 116 | <td align="center" rowspan="2" width="70%"> |
| 117 | API<br>Documentation<br>Frame<br><br><br> |
| 118 | </td> |
| 119 | </tr> |
| 120 | <tr> |
| 121 | <td align="center"> |
| 122 | <font size="-1">Module<br>Contents<hr> <br>...<br> </font> |
| 123 | </td> |
| 124 | </tr> |
| 125 | </table><br> |
| 126 | </center> |
| 127 | |
| 128 | <p> The <b>project contents frame</b> contains a list of all packages |
| 129 | and modules that are defined by the project. Clicking on an entry |
| 130 | will display its contents in the module contents frame. Clicking on a |
| 131 | special entry, labeled "Everything," will display the contents of |
| 132 | the entire project. </p> |
| 133 | |
| 134 | <p> The <b>module contents frame</b> contains a list of every |
| 135 | submodule, class, type, exception, function, and variable defined by a |
| 136 | module or package. Clicking on an entry will display its |
| 137 | documentation in the API documentation frame. Clicking on the name of |
| 138 | the module, at the top of the frame, will display the documentation |
| 139 | for the module itself. </p> |
| 140 | |
| 141 | <p> The "<b>frames</b>" and "<b>no frames</b>" buttons below the top |
| 142 | navigation bar can be used to control whether the table of contents is |
| 143 | displayed or not. </p> |
| 144 | |
| 145 | <h2> The Navigation Bar </h2> |
| 146 | |
| 147 | <p> A navigation bar is located at the top and bottom of every page. |
| 148 | It indicates what type of page you are currently viewing, and allows |
| 149 | you to go to related pages. The following table describes the labels |
| 150 | on the navigation bar. Note that not some labels (such as |
| 151 | [Parent]) are not displayed on all pages. </p> |
| 152 | |
| 153 | <table class="summary" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="100%"> |
| 154 | <tr class="summary"> |
| 155 | <th>Label</th> |
| 156 | <th>Highlighted when...</th> |
| 157 | <th>Links to...</th> |
| 158 | </tr> |
| 159 | <tr><td valign="top"><b>[Parent]</b></td> |
| 160 | <td valign="top"><i>(never highlighted)</i></td> |
| 161 | <td valign="top"> the parent of the current package </td></tr> |
| 162 | <tr><td valign="top"><b>[Package]</b></td> |
| 163 | <td valign="top">viewing a package</td> |
| 164 | <td valign="top">the package containing the current object |
| 165 | </td></tr> |
| 166 | <tr><td valign="top"><b>[Module]</b></td> |
| 167 | <td valign="top">viewing a module</td> |
| 168 | <td valign="top">the module containing the current object |
| 169 | </td></tr> |
| 170 | <tr><td valign="top"><b>[Class]</b></td> |
| 171 | <td valign="top">viewing a class </td> |
| 172 | <td valign="top">the class containing the current object</td></tr> |
| 173 | <tr><td valign="top"><b>[Trees]</b></td> |
| 174 | <td valign="top">viewing the trees page</td> |
| 175 | <td valign="top"> the trees page </td></tr> |
| 176 | <tr><td valign="top"><b>[Index]</b></td> |
| 177 | <td valign="top">viewing the index page</td> |
| 178 | <td valign="top"> the index page </td></tr> |
| 179 | <tr><td valign="top"><b>[Help]</b></td> |
| 180 | <td valign="top">viewing the help page</td> |
| 181 | <td valign="top"> the help page </td></tr> |
| 182 | </table> |
| 183 | |
| 184 | <p> The "<b>show private</b>" and "<b>hide private</b>" buttons below |
| 185 | the top navigation bar can be used to control whether documentation |
| 186 | for private objects is displayed. Private objects are usually defined |
| 187 | as objects whose (short) names begin with a single underscore, but do |
| 188 | not end with an underscore. For example, "<code>_x</code>", |
| 189 | "<code>__pprint</code>", and "<code>epydoc.epytext._tokenize</code>" |
| 190 | are private objects; but "<code>re.sub</code>", |
| 191 | "<code>__init__</code>", and "<code>type_</code>" are not. However, |
| 192 | if a module defines the "<code>__all__</code>" variable, then its |
| 193 | contents are used to decide which objects are private. </p> |
| 194 | |
| 195 | <p> A timestamp below the bottom navigation bar indicates when each |
| 196 | page was last updated. </p> |
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