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Fix up a few style nits -- avoid "e.g." and "i.e." -- these make

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translation more difficult, as well as reading the English more
difficult for non-native speakers.
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Fred Drake 2001-07-06 19:28:48 +00:00
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@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
\platform{UNIX}
\moduleauthor{Fred Gansevles}{Fred.Gansevles@cs.utwente.nl}
\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il}
\modulesynopsis{Interface to Sun's NIS (a.k.a. Yellow Pages) library.}
\modulesynopsis{Interface to Sun's NIS (Yellow Pages) library.}
The \module{nis} module gives a thin wrapper around the NIS library, useful
for central administration of several hosts.
Because NIS exists only on \UNIX{} systems, this module is
only available for \UNIX{}.
only available for \UNIX.
The \module{nis} module defines the following functions:
@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ The \module{nis} module defines the following functions:
Return the match for \var{key} in map \var{mapname}, or raise an
error (\exception{nis.error}) if there is none.
Both should be strings, \var{key} is 8-bit clean.
Return value is an arbitrary array of bytes (i.e., may contain \code{NULL}
Return value is an arbitrary array of bytes (may contain \code{NULL}
and other joys).
Note that \var{mapname} is first checked if it is an alias to another name.
Note that \var{mapname} is first checked if it is an alias to another
name.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{cat}{mapname}
@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ Return a dictionary mapping \var{key} to \var{value} such that
Note that both keys and values of the dictionary are arbitrary
arrays of bytes.
Note that \var{mapname} is first checked if it is an alias to another name.
Note that \var{mapname} is first checked if it is an alias to another
name.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{maps}{}