reusable GUI components, 403–410
sets and, 1377–1378
stacks and, 1364–1366
client-side scripting/processing
accessing newsgroups, 991–993
accessing websites, 994–997
additional options, 1002
client socket calls, 792
console-based email client, 947–956
development options, 777
fetching email via POP, 901–910
handling multiple clients, 802–826
Internet applications and, 1296
mailtools utility package, 956–991
parsing/composing mail content, 921–947
processing Internet email, 899–901
protocol considerations, 783
PyMailGUI program and, 1005
Python support, 854
sending email via SMTP, 910–920
spawning clients in parallel, 798–801
transferring directories with ftplib, 874–
892
transferring directory trees, 892–899
transferring files over the Internet, 854
transferring files with ftplib, 854–873
urllib module, 997–1002
client/server architecture
defined, 784
transferring files, 1209–1227
clipboard interface, 536
clipping widgets, 396
closing files, 139–142
cloud computing, 777
code files, 1516
code strings
defined, 1516
precompiling, 1528–1529
running in dictionaries, 1526
running simple, 1519–1522
running with results/namespaces, 1522–
1524
colors, selecting on the fly, 437
columns in files, summing, 1410–1412
COM (Component Object Model), 779, 1539
command-line arguments
accessing, 103
parsing, 107
sys module and, 106–108
command-line pipes
buffering and, 232, 838
GUI programs and, 654–662
sockets and, 839
command-line tools, 613–623
common dialogs, 426–438
comparedirs function, 310
comparing directory trees, 308–319
connection objects (FTP)
cwd method, 894
defined, 248
mkd method, 894
retrbinary method, 856, 861, 877
retrlines method, 861, 877
storbinary method, 864
storlines method, 864
console window
avoiding DOS consoles, 371
shelve interface, 37–39
console-based email client (see pymail console
client)
constructors, customizing, 32
container classes, 408–410
context managers
file closure and, 139–141
file filters and, 163
threads and, 197–199
converting strings, 82, 1161
cookies
creating, 1178
defined, 1177
handling with urllib.request, 1180
receiving, 1179
security considerations, 1282
using in CGI scripts, 1179
coordinate system, canvas, 551
copying directory trees, 304–308
CORBA
integration considerations, 1539
ORB support, 779
persistence options, 1304
counting source code lines, 338
cregister module, 1531
csh shell language, 133
ctypes module
binary data and, 851
functionality, 1512
integration considerations, 1485
shared memory and, 2481560 | Index