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2.3 <tt class=
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Access to Internet Config
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<p class=
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<span
class=
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</span>.
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This module provides access to various internet-related preferences
set through
<b class=
"program">System Preferences
</b> or the
<b class=
"program">Finder
</b>.
There is a low-level companion module
<tt class=
"module">icglue
</tt><a id='l2h-
46' xml:id='l2h-
46'
></a> which provides the basic
Internet Config access functionality. This low-level module is not
documented, but the docstrings of the routines document the parameters
and the routine names are the same as for the Pascal or C API to
Internet Config, so the standard IC programmers' documentation can be
used if this module is needed.
The
<tt class=
"module">ic
</tt> module defines the
<tt class=
"exception">error
</tt> exception and
symbolic names for all error codes Internet Config can produce; see
<dl><dt><b><span class=
"typelabel">exception
</span> <tt id='l2h-
39' xml:id='l2h-
39'
class=
"exception">error
</tt></b></dt>
Exception raised on errors in the
<tt class=
"module">ic
</tt> module.
The
<tt class=
"module">ic
</tt> module defines the following class and function:
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<td><nobr><b><span class=
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</span> <tt id='l2h-
40' xml:id='l2h-
40'
class=
"class">IC
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var></var><big>[
</big><var>signature
</var><big>[
</big><var>, ic
</var><big>]
</big><var></var><big>]
</big><var></var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Create an Internet Config object. The signature is a
4-character creator
code of the current application (default
<code>'Pyth'
</code>) which may
influence some of ICs settings. The optional
<var>ic
</var> argument is a
low-level
<code>icglue.icinstance
</code> created beforehand, this may be
useful if you want to get preferences from a different config file,
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<td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-
41' xml:id='l2h-
41'
class=
"function">launchurl
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>url
</var><big>[
</big><var>, hint
</var><big>]
</big><var></var>)
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<td><nobr><b><tt class=
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</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>data
</var><big>[
</big><var>, start
</var><big>[
</big><var>, end
</var><big>[
</big><var>, hint
</var><big>]
</big><var></var><big>]
</big><var></var><big>]
</big><var></var>)
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<td><nobr><b><tt class=
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</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>file
</var>)
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<td><nobr><b><tt class=
"function">maptypecreator
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>type, creator
</var><big>[
</big><var>, filename
</var><big>]
</big><var></var>)
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<td><nobr><b><tt class=
"function">settypecreator
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td>
<td><var>file
</var>)
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<dd>These functions are ``shortcuts'' to the methods of the same name,
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