<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="mac.css" type='text/css' /> <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="../icons/pyfav.gif" /> <link rel='start' href='../index.html' title='Python Documentation Index' /> <link rel="first" href="mac.html" title='Macintosh Library Modules' /> <link rel='contents' href='contents.html' title="Contents" /> <link rel='index' href='genindex.html' title='Index' /> <link rel='last' href='about.html' title='About this document...' /> <link rel='help' href='about.html' title='About this document...' /> <LINK rel="next" href="front.html"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name='aesop' content='information' /> <META name="description" content="Macintosh Library Modules"> <META name="keywords" content="mac"> <META name="resource-type" content="document"> <META name="distribution" content="global"> <title>Macintosh Library Modules</title> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <div id='top-navigation-panel'> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='../icons/previous.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="Python Documentation Index" href="../index.html"><img src='../icons/up.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Up One Level' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="Front Matter" href="front.html"><img src='../icons/next.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Macintosh Library Modules</td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="contents" title="Table of Contents" href="contents.html"><img src='../icons/contents.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Contents' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a href="modindex.html" title="Module Index"><img src='../icons/modules.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Module Index' width='32' /></a></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="index" title="Index" href="genindex.html"><img src='../icons/index.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Index' width='32' /></A></td> </tr></table> <div class='online-navigation'> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="../index.html">Python Documentation Index</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="next" href="front.html">Front Matter</A> </div> <hr /></div> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <P> <link rel='up' href='../index.html' title='Python Documentation Index' /> <div class="titlepage"> <center> <h1>Macintosh Library Modules</h1> <p><b><font size="+2">Guido van Rossum <BR> Fred L. Drake, Jr., editor</font></b></p> <p> <b>PythonLabs</b> <BR> Email: <span class="email">docs@python.org</span> </p> <p><strong>Release 2.3.4</strong><br /> <strong>May 20, 2004</strong></p> </center> </div> <P> <p><br /></p><hr class='online-navigation' /> <div class='online-navigation'> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><!--z--></a> <UL CLASS="ChildLinks"> <LI><A href="front.html">Front Matter</a> <LI><A href="contents.html">Contents</a> <LI><A href="using.html">1. Using Python on a Mac OS 9 Macintosh</a> <UL> <LI><A href="getting-OSX.html">1.1 Getting and Installing MacPython-OSX</a> <UL> <LI><A href="node5.html">1.1.1 How to run a Python script</a> <LI><A href="osx-gui-scripts.html">1.1.2 Running scripts with a GUI</a> <LI><A href="node7.html">1.1.3 configuration</a> </ul> <LI><A href="getting.html">1.2 Getting and Installing MacPython-OS9</a> <UL> <LI><A href="interpreter.html">1.2.1 Entering the interactive Interpreter</a> <LI><A href="node10.html">1.2.2 How to run a Python script</a> <LI><A href="argv.html">1.2.3 Simulating command line arguments</a> <LI><A href="node14.html">1.2.4 Creating a Python script</a> <LI><A href="configuration.html">1.2.5 Configuration</a> </ul> <LI><A href="IDE.html">1.3 The IDE</a> <UL> <LI><A href="node23.html">1.3.1 Using the ``Python Interactive'' window</a> <LI><A href="IDEwrite.html">1.3.2 Writing a Python Script</a> <LI><A href="IDEexecution.html">1.3.3 Executing a script from within the IDE</a> <LI><A href="IDEapplet.html">1.3.4 ``Save as'' versus ``Save as Applet''</a> </ul> </ul> <LI><A href="macpython-modules.html">2. MacPython Modules</a> <UL> <LI><A href="module-mac.html">2.1 <tt class="module">mac</tt> -- Implementations for the <tt class="module">os</tt> module</a> <LI><A href="module-macpath.html">2.2 <tt class="module">macpath</tt> -- MacOS path manipulation functions</a> <LI><A href="module-macfs.html">2.3 <tt class="module">macfs</tt> -- Various file system services</a> <UL> <LI><A href="fsspec-objects.html">2.3.1 FSSpec Objects</a> <LI><A href="alias-objects.html">2.3.2 Alias Objects</a> <LI><A href="finfo-objects.html">2.3.3 FInfo Objects</a> </ul> <LI><A href="module-ic.html">2.4 <tt class="module">ic</tt> -- Access to Internet Config</a> <UL> <LI><A href="node35.html">2.4.1 IC Objects</a> </ul> <LI><A href="module-MacOS.html">2.5 <tt class="module">MacOS</tt> -- Access to Mac OS interpreter features</a> <LI><A href="module-macostools.html">2.6 <tt class="module">macostools</tt> -- Convenience routines for file manipulation</a> <LI><A href="module-findertools.html">2.7 <tt class="module">findertools</tt> -- The <b class="program">finder</b>'s Apple Events interface</a> <LI><A href="module-EasyDialogs.html">2.8 <tt class="module">EasyDialogs</tt> -- Basic Macintosh dialogs</a> <UL> <LI><A href="progressbar-objects.html">2.8.1 ProgressBar Objects</a> </ul> <LI><A href="module-FrameWork.html">2.9 <tt class="module">FrameWork</tt> -- Interactive application framework</a> <UL> <LI><A href="application-objects.html">2.9.1 Application Objects</a> <LI><A href="window-objects.html">2.9.2 Window Objects</a> <LI><A href="controlswindow-object.html">2.9.3 ControlsWindow Object</a> <LI><A href="scrolledwindow-object.html">2.9.4 ScrolledWindow Object</a> <LI><A href="dialogwindow-objects.html">2.9.5 DialogWindow Objects</a> </ul> <LI><A href="module-autoGIL.html">2.10 <tt class="module">autoGIL</tt> -- Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loops</a> </ul> <LI><A href="scripting.html">3. MacPython OSA Modules</a> <UL> <LI><A href="module-gensuitemodule.html">3.1 <tt class="module">gensuitemodule</tt> -- Generate OSA stub packages</a> <LI><A href="module-aetools.html">3.2 <tt class="module">aetools</tt> -- OSA client support</a> <LI><A href="module-aepack.html">3.3 <tt class="module">aepack</tt> -- Conversion between Python variables and AppleEvent data containers</a> <LI><A href="module-aetypes.html">3.4 <tt class="module">aetypes</tt> -- AppleEvent objects</a> <LI><A href="module-MiniAEFrame.html">3.5 <tt class="module">MiniAEFrame</tt> -- Open Scripting Architecture server support</a> <UL> <LI><A href="aeserver-objects.html">3.5.1 AEServer Objects</a> </ul> </ul> <LI><A href="toolbox.html">4. MacOS Toolbox Modules</a> <UL> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.AE.html">4.1 <tt class="module">Carbon.AE</tt> -- Apple Events</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.AH.html">4.2 <tt class="module">Carbon.AH</tt> -- Apple Help</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.App.html">4.3 <tt class="module">Carbon.App</tt> -- Appearance Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.CF.html">4.4 <tt class="module">Carbon.CF</tt> -- Core Foundation</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.CG.html">4.5 <tt class="module">Carbon.CG</tt> -- Core Graphics</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.CaronEvt.html">4.6 <tt class="module">Carbon.CarbonEvt</tt> -- Carbon Event Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Cm.html">4.7 <tt class="module">Carbon.Cm</tt> -- Component Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Ctl.html">4.8 <tt class="module">Carbon.Ctl</tt> -- Control Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Dlg.html">4.9 <tt class="module">Carbon.Dlg</tt> -- Dialog Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Evt.html">4.10 <tt class="module">Carbon.Evt</tt> -- Event Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Fm.html">4.11 <tt class="module">Carbon.Fm</tt> -- Font Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Folder.html">4.12 <tt class="module">Carbon.Folder</tt> -- Folder Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Help.html">4.13 <tt class="module">Carbon.Help</tt> -- Help Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.List.html">4.14 <tt class="module">Carbon.List</tt> -- List Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Menu.html">4.15 <tt class="module">Carbon.Menu</tt> -- Menu Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Mlte.html">4.16 <tt class="module">Carbon.Mlte</tt> -- MultiLingual Text Editor</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Qd.html">4.17 <tt class="module">Carbon.Qd</tt> -- QuickDraw</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Qdoffs.html">4.18 <tt class="module">Carbon.Qdoffs</tt> -- QuickDraw Offscreen</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Qt.html">4.19 <tt class="module">Carbon.Qt</tt> -- QuickTime</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Res.html">4.20 <tt class="module">Carbon.Res</tt> -- Resource Manager and Handles</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Scrap.html">4.21 <tt class="module">Carbon.Scrap</tt> -- Scrap Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Snd.html">4.22 <tt class="module">Carbon.Snd</tt> -- Sound Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.TE.html">4.23 <tt class="module">Carbon.TE</tt> -- TextEdit</a> <LI><A href="module-Carbon.Win.html">4.24 <tt class="module">Carbon.Win</tt> -- Window Manager</a> <LI><A href="module-ColorPicker.html">4.25 <tt class="module">ColorPicker</tt> -- Color selection dialog</a> </ul> <LI><A href="undocumented-modules.html">5. Undocumented Modules</a> <UL> <LI><A href="module-applesingle.html">5.1 <tt class="module">applesingle</tt> -- AppleSingle decoder</a> <LI><A href="module-buildtools.html">5.2 <tt class="module">buildtools</tt> -- Helper module for BuildApplet and Friends</a> <LI><A href="module-pyresource.html">5.3 <tt class="module">py_resource</tt> -- Resources from Python code</a> <LI><A href="module-cfmfile.html">5.4 <tt class="module">cfmfile</tt> -- Code Fragment Resource module</a> <LI><A href="module-icopen.html">5.5 <tt class="module">icopen</tt> -- Internet Config replacement for <tt class="method">open()</tt></a> <LI><A href="module-macerrors.html">5.6 <tt class="module">macerrors</tt> -- Mac OS Errors</a> <LI><A href="module-macresource.html">5.7 <tt class="module">macresource</tt> -- Locate script resources</a> <LI><A href="module-Nac.html">5.8 <tt class="module">Nav</tt> -- NavServices calls</a> <LI><A href="module-mkcwproject.html">5.9 <tt class="module">mkcwproject</tt> -- Create CodeWarrior projects</a> <LI><A href="module-nsremote.html">5.10 <tt class="module">nsremote</tt> -- Wrapper around Netscape OSA modules</a> <LI><A href="module-PixMapWrapper.html">5.11 <tt class="module">PixMapWrapper</tt> -- Wrapper for PixMap objects</a> <LI><A href="module-preferences.html">5.12 <tt class="module">preferences</tt> -- Application preferences manager</a> <LI><A href="module-pythonprefs.html">5.13 <tt class="module">pythonprefs</tt> -- Preferences manager for Python</a> <LI><A href="module-quietconsole.html">5.14 <tt class="module">quietconsole</tt> -- Non-visible standard output</a> <LI><A href="module-videoreader.html">5.15 <tt class="module">videoreader</tt> -- Read QuickTime movies</a> <LI><A href="module-W.html">5.16 <tt class="module">W</tt> -- Widgets built on <tt class="module">FrameWork</tt></a> <LI><A href="module-waste.html">5.17 <tt class="module">waste</tt> -- non-Apple <b class="program">TextEdit</b> replacement</a> </ul> <LI><A href="node99.html">A. 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