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author | Bor Kraljič | 2011-10-14 14:19:20 +0200 |
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committer | Bor Kraljič | 2011-10-14 14:19:20 +0200 |
commit | 29c2c42a96a6bdb562d280e4844ce6c3ec1063f4 (patch) | |
tree | dc27cbad3f2fcd4894c9fd0c9974cb1c5576a9e2 | |
parent | 3fb4ec767214a752dd931e87556c1a4a4a3b7b4f (diff) |
python-xlib: fixed long description wrap (scripted)
-rwxr-xr-x | x11-libs/python-xlib/DETAILS | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | x11-libs/python-xlib/HISTORY | 3 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/x11-libs/python-xlib/DETAILS b/x11-libs/python-xlib/DETAILS index c5675ecaeb..5de113e3cf 100755 --- a/x11-libs/python-xlib/DETAILS +++ b/x11-libs/python-xlib/DETAILS @@ -10,13 +10,23 @@ SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-$VERSION KEYWORDS="python x11 libs" SHORT='The Python X Library is intended to be a fully functional X client library for Python Programs.' cat << EOF -The Python X Library is intended to be a fully functional X client library for Python programs. It is written entirely in Python, in contrast to earlier X libraries for Python (the ancient X extension and the newer plxlib) which were interfaces to the C Xlib. +The Python X Library is intended to be a fully functional X client library +for Python programs. It is written entirely in Python, in contrast to earlier +X libraries for Python (the ancient X extension and the newer plxlib) which +were interfaces to the C Xlib. -This is possible to do since X client programs communicate with the X server via the X protocol. The communication takes place over TCP/IP, Unix sockets, DECnet or any other suitable streaming network protocol. The C Xlib is merely an interface to this protocol, providing functions suited for a C environment. +This is possible to do since X client programs communicate with the X server +via the X protocol. The communication takes place over TCP/IP, Unix sockets, +DECnet or any other suitable streaming network protocol. The C Xlib is merely +an interface to this protocol, providing functions suited for a C environment. -There are three advantages of choosing to implement a pure Python library: +There are three advantages of choosing to implement a pure Python library: -*Integration: The library can make use of the wonderful object system in Python, providing an easy-to-use class hierarchy. -* Portability: The library will be usable on (almost) any computer which have Python installed. A C interface could be problematic to port to non-Unix systems, such as MS Windows or OpenVMS. -* Maintainability: It is much easier to develop and debug native Python modules than modules written in C. +*Integration: The library can make use of the wonderful object system in +Python, providing an easy-to-use class hierarchy. +* Portability: The library will be usable on (almost) any computer which +have Python installed. A C interface could be problematic to port to non-Unix +systems, such as MS Windows or OpenVMS. +* Maintainability: It is much easier to develop and debug native Python +modules than modules written in C. EOF diff --git a/x11-libs/python-xlib/HISTORY b/x11-libs/python-xlib/HISTORY index f9655a41dd..6750e868f1 100644 --- a/x11-libs/python-xlib/HISTORY +++ b/x11-libs/python-xlib/HISTORY @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +2011-10-14 Bor Kraljič <pyrobor@ver.si> + * DETAILS: fixed long description wrap (scripted) + 2009-02-10 Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm> * DETAILS: 0.14 |