diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst index 152cb138cf7..dfed0c9e5e3 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst @@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ pointer and a void argument. .. index:: single: setcheckinterval() (in module sys) Every check interval, when the global interpreter lock is released and -reacquired, python will also call any such provided functions. This can be used +reacquired, Python will also call any such provided functions. This can be used for example by asynchronous IO handlers. The notification can be scheduled from a worker thread and the actual call than made at the earliest convenience by the main thread where it has possession of the global interpreter lock and can @@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ perform any Python API calls. exception. The notification function won't be interrupted to perform another asynchronous notification recursively, but it can still be interrupted to switch threads if the global interpreter lock is released, for example, if it - calls back into python code. + calls back into Python code. This function returns 0 on success in which case the notification has been scheduled. Otherwise, for example if the notification buffer is full, it diff --git a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst index e7c630054ad..5ec94c7ea5a 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst @@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ information is sometimes used to indicate sub-releases. These are 1.0.1a2 the second alpha release of the first patch version of 1.0 -:option:`classifiers` are specified in a python list:: +:option:`classifiers` are specified in a Python list:: setup(..., classifiers=[ diff --git a/Doc/faq/extending.rst b/Doc/faq/extending.rst index f01b0a0bfa9..622b787dacd 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/extending.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/extending.rst @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ How do I find undefined g++ symbols __builtin_new or __pure_virtual? -------------------------------------------------------------------- To dynamically load g++ extension modules, you must recompile Python, relink it -using g++ (change LINKCC in the python Modules Makefile), and link your +using g++ (change LINKCC in the Python Modules Makefile), and link your extension module using g++ (e.g., ``g++ -shared -o mymodule.so mymodule.o``). diff --git a/Doc/faq/library.rst b/Doc/faq/library.rst index 88fcf0ef28a..1fc2389df43 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/library.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/library.rst @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ interpreter is installed on your platform. If you would like the script to be independent of where the Python interpreter lives, you can use the "env" program. Almost all Unix variants support the -following, assuming the python interpreter is in a directory on the user's +following, assuming the Python interpreter is in a directory on the user's $PATH:: #!/usr/bin/env python diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst index eb1d3acd03a..2d701c843be 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ The important things to remember are: for developing code by experiment. -How do I make python scripts executable? +How do I make Python scripts executable? ---------------------------------------- On Windows 2000, the standard Python installer already associates the .py diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst index 7770b8951bc..ebb35b1eabe 100644 --- a/Doc/library/collections.rst +++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ added elements by appending to the right and popping to the left:: yield s / n The :meth:`rotate` method provides a way to implement :class:`deque` slicing and -deletion. For example, a pure python implementation of ``del d[n]`` relies on +deletion. For example, a pure Python implementation of ``del d[n]`` relies on the :meth:`rotate` method to position elements to be popped:: def delete_nth(d, n): diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst index 4952e053bd9..a9e1b5ba145 100644 --- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst +++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst @@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ capabilities, then you should use the advanced API. The advanced API revolves around two container classes, which are used to store the interactive examples extracted from doctest cases: -* :class:`Example`: A single python :term:`statement`, paired with its expected +* :class:`Example`: A single Python :term:`statement`, paired with its expected output. * :class:`DocTest`: A collection of :class:`Example`\ s, typically extracted diff --git a/Doc/library/hmac.rst b/Doc/library/hmac.rst index faaedf46e48..6ffd00aa04f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/hmac.rst +++ b/Doc/library/hmac.rst @@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ An HMAC object has the following methods: .. seealso:: Module :mod:`hashlib` - The python module providing secure hash functions. + The Python module providing secure hash functions. diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst index 6ff9b8bb503..aa83314e342 100644 --- a/Doc/library/logging.rst +++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst @@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ A Formatter can be initialized with a format string which makes use of knowledge of the :class:`LogRecord` attributes - such as the default value mentioned above making use of the fact that the user's message and arguments are pre-formatted into a :class:`LogRecord`'s *message* attribute. This format string contains -standard python %-style mapping keys. See section :ref:`old-string-formatting` +standard Python %-style mapping keys. See section :ref:`old-string-formatting` for more information on string formatting. Currently, the useful mapping keys in a :class:`LogRecord` are: diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 14f685f2a4d..a2cdb0295b4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ Miscellaneous .. function:: set_executable() - Sets the path of the python interpreter to use when starting a child process. + Sets the path of the Python interpreter to use when starting a child process. (By default :data:`sys.executable` is used). Embedders will probably need to do some thing like :: diff --git a/Doc/library/pdb.rst b/Doc/library/pdb.rst index b48f842c9d0..016bf7f080c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pdb.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pdb.rst @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ unalias *name* (Pdb) run [*args* ...] - Restart the debugged python program. If an argument is supplied, it is split + Restart the debugged Python program. If an argument is supplied, it is split with "shlex" and the result is used as the new sys.argv. History, breakpoints, actions and debugger options are preserved. "restart" is an alias for "run". diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst index 6c7a04dca44..2976f5e392d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/random.rst +++ b/Doc/library/random.rst @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Bookkeeping functions: .. function:: getrandbits(k) - Returns a python integer with *k* random bits. This method is supplied with + Returns a Python integer with *k* random bits. This method is supplied with the MersenneTwister generator and some other generators may also provide it as an optional part of the API. When available, :meth:`getrandbits` enables :meth:`randrange` to handle arbitrarily large ranges. diff --git a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst index 070220e26b1..fe3e14e7151 100644 --- a/Doc/library/smtplib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/smtplib.rst @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ An :class:`SMTP` instance has the following methods: The server does not support the STARTTLS extension. :exc:`RuntimeError` - SSL/TLS support is not available to your python interpreter. + SSL/TLS support is not available to your Python interpreter. .. method:: SMTP.sendmail(from_addr, to_addrs, msg[, mail_options, rcpt_options]) diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst index 292ea2d289d..fc447c54349 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socket.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst @@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ Note that the :meth:`connect` operation is subject to the timeout setting, and in general it is recommended to call :meth:`settimeout` before calling :meth:`connect` or pass a timeout parameter to :meth:`create_connection`. The system network stack may return a connection timeout error -of its own regardless of any python socket timeout setting. +of its own regardless of any Python socket timeout setting. .. method:: socket.setsockopt(level, optname, value) diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index 32c0563e974..6aacfbe90f1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -1310,10 +1310,10 @@ The conversion types are: | ``'c'`` | Single character (accepts integer or single | | | | character string). | | +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ -| ``'r'`` | String (converts any python object using | \(5) | +| ``'r'`` | String (converts any Python object using | \(5) | | | :func:`repr`). | | +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ -| ``'s'`` | String (converts any python object using | | +| ``'s'`` | String (converts any Python object using | | | | :func:`str`). | | +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ | ``'%'`` | No argument is converted, results in a ``'%'`` | | diff --git a/Doc/library/turtle.rst b/Doc/library/turtle.rst index d9471869cbb..232305c9236 100644 --- a/Doc/library/turtle.rst +++ b/Doc/library/turtle.rst @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ the module from within IDLE run with the ``-n`` switch. The turtle module provides turtle graphics primitives, in both object-oriented and procedure-oriented ways. Because it uses :mod:`Tkinter` for the underlying -graphics, it needs a version of python installed with Tk support. +graphics, it needs a version of Python installed with Tk support. The object-oriented interface uses essentially two+two classes: diff --git a/Doc/license.rst b/Doc/license.rst index b402c5062ad..6022107319c 100644 --- a/Doc/license.rst +++ b/Doc/license.rst @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ The :mod:`uu` module contains the following notice:: - Use binascii module to do the actual line-by-line conversion between ascii and binary. This results in a 1000-fold speedup. The C version is still 5 times faster, though. - - Arguments more compliant with python standard + - Arguments more compliant with Python standard XML Remote Procedure Calls diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst index 98702a55c18..d9a15fa7003 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ sophisticated and robust capabilities of its larger packages. For example: * The :mod:`xml.dom` and :mod:`xml.sax` packages provide robust support for parsing this popular data interchange format. Likewise, the :mod:`csv` module supports direct reads and writes in a common database format. Together, these - modules and packages greatly simplify data interchange between python + modules and packages greatly simplify data interchange between Python applications and other tools. * Internationalization is supported by a number of modules including diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst index 2d52591472c..fe7f027b539 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ The :mod:`array` module provides an :class:`array()` object that is like a list that stores only homogeneous data and stores it more compactly. The following example shows an array of numbers stored as two byte unsigned binary numbers (typecode ``"H"``) rather than the usual 16 bytes per entry for regular lists of -python int objects:: +Python int objects:: >>> from array import array >>> a = array('H', [4000, 10, 700, 22222]) diff --git a/Doc/using/unix.rst b/Doc/using/unix.rst index 3d562a8b09f..61e707b11c7 100644 --- a/Doc/using/unix.rst +++ b/Doc/using/unix.rst @@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ which searches for the Python interpreter in the whole :envvar:`PATH`. However, some Unices may not have the :program:`env` command, so you may need to hardcode ``/usr/bin/python`` as the interpreter path. -To use shell commands in your python scripts, look at the :mod:`subprocess` module. +To use shell commands in your Python scripts, look at the :mod:`subprocess` module. Editors ======= Vim and Emacs are excellent editors which support Python very well. For more -information on how to code in python in these editors, look at: +information on how to code in Python in these editors, look at: * http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=790 * http://sourceforge.net/projects/python-mode diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index 7961a60c0aa..7c61703e7fc 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ key features: `Enthought Python Distribution `_ Popular modules (such as PyWin32) with their respective documentation, tool - suite for building extensible python applications + suite for building extensible Python applications Notice that these packages are likely to install *older* versions of Python.