Commit 80f9dc14 authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Made the area for wildcards in the description wider, so we don't invade the

left margin.
parent 9fad8798
...@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@ ...@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@
This module provides support for \UNIX{} shell-style wildcards, which This module provides support for \UNIX{} shell-style wildcards, which
are \emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are documented are \emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are documented
in the \code{re}\refstmodindex{re} module). The special characters in the \module{re}\refstmodindex{re} module). The special characters
used in shell-style wildcards are: used in shell-style wildcards are:
\begin{itemize}
\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin 0.5in \labelwidth 0.45in}
\item[\code{*}] matches everything \item[\code{*}] matches everything
\item[\code{?}] matches any single character \item[\code{?}] matches any single character
\item[\code{[}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character in \var{seq} \item[\code{[}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character in \var{seq}
\item[\code{[!}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character not in \var{seq} \item[\code{[!}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character not in \var{seq}
\end{itemize} \end{list}
Note that the filename separator (\code{'/'} on \UNIX{}) is \emph{not} Note that the filename separator (\code{'/'} on \UNIX{}) is \emph{not}
special to this module. See module \code{glob}\refstmodindex{glob} special to this module. See module \code{glob}\refstmodindex{glob}
for pathname expansion (\code{glob} uses \code{fnmatch()} to for pathname expansion (\module{glob} uses \function{fnmatch()} to
match filename segments). match filename segments).
\setindexsubitem{(in module fnmatch)} \setindexsubitem{(in module fnmatch)}
...@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ string, returning true or false. If the operating system is ...@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ string, returning true or false. If the operating system is
case-insensitive, then both parameters will be normalized to all case-insensitive, then both parameters will be normalized to all
lower- or upper-case before the comparision is performed. If you lower- or upper-case before the comparision is performed. If you
require a case-sensitive comparision regardless of whether that's require a case-sensitive comparision regardless of whether that's
standard for your operating system, use \code{fnmatchcase()} instead. standard for your operating system, use \function{fnmatchcase()}
instead.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{fnmatchcase}{filename, pattern} \begin{funcdesc}{fnmatchcase}{filename, pattern}
...@@ -35,6 +37,5 @@ false; the comparision is case-sensitive. ...@@ -35,6 +37,5 @@ false; the comparision is case-sensitive.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
\begin{seealso} \begin{seealso}
\seemodule{glob}{Shell-style path expansion} \seemodule{glob}{Shell-style path expansion}
\end{seealso} \end{seealso}
...@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@ ...@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@
This module provides support for \UNIX{} shell-style wildcards, which This module provides support for \UNIX{} shell-style wildcards, which
are \emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are documented are \emph{not} the same as regular expressions (which are documented
in the \code{re}\refstmodindex{re} module). The special characters in the \module{re}\refstmodindex{re} module). The special characters
used in shell-style wildcards are: used in shell-style wildcards are:
\begin{itemize}
\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin 0.5in \labelwidth 0.45in}
\item[\code{*}] matches everything \item[\code{*}] matches everything
\item[\code{?}] matches any single character \item[\code{?}] matches any single character
\item[\code{[}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character in \var{seq} \item[\code{[}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character in \var{seq}
\item[\code{[!}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character not in \var{seq} \item[\code{[!}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character not in \var{seq}
\end{itemize} \end{list}
Note that the filename separator (\code{'/'} on \UNIX{}) is \emph{not} Note that the filename separator (\code{'/'} on \UNIX{}) is \emph{not}
special to this module. See module \code{glob}\refstmodindex{glob} special to this module. See module \code{glob}\refstmodindex{glob}
for pathname expansion (\code{glob} uses \code{fnmatch()} to for pathname expansion (\module{glob} uses \function{fnmatch()} to
match filename segments). match filename segments).
\setindexsubitem{(in module fnmatch)} \setindexsubitem{(in module fnmatch)}
...@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ string, returning true or false. If the operating system is ...@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ string, returning true or false. If the operating system is
case-insensitive, then both parameters will be normalized to all case-insensitive, then both parameters will be normalized to all
lower- or upper-case before the comparision is performed. If you lower- or upper-case before the comparision is performed. If you
require a case-sensitive comparision regardless of whether that's require a case-sensitive comparision regardless of whether that's
standard for your operating system, use \code{fnmatchcase()} instead. standard for your operating system, use \function{fnmatchcase()}
instead.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{fnmatchcase}{filename, pattern} \begin{funcdesc}{fnmatchcase}{filename, pattern}
...@@ -35,6 +37,5 @@ false; the comparision is case-sensitive. ...@@ -35,6 +37,5 @@ false; the comparision is case-sensitive.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}
\begin{seealso} \begin{seealso}
\seemodule{glob}{Shell-style path expansion} \seemodule{glob}{Shell-style path expansion}
\end{seealso} \end{seealso}
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