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<h1>eric5.Utilities.__init__</h1>
<p>
Package implementing various functions/classes needed everywhere within eric5.
</p>
<h3>Global Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>_escape</td></tr><tr><td>_escape_map</td></tr><tr><td>_uescape</td></tr><tr><td>_uunescape</td></tr><tr><td>codingBytes_regexps</td></tr><tr><td>coding_regexps</td></tr><tr><td>configDir</td></tr><tr><td>supportedCodecs</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Classes</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#CodingError">CodingError</a></td>
<td>Class implementing an exception, which is raised, if a given coding is incorrect.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Functions</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#__showwarning">__showwarning</a></td>
<td>Module function to raise a SyntaxError for a SyntaxWarning.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#_percentReplacementFunc">_percentReplacementFunc</a></td>
<td>Protected function called for replacing % codes.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#checkPyside">checkPyside</a></td>
<td>Module function to check the presence of PySide.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#compactPath">compactPath</a></td>
<td>Function to return a compacted path fitting inside the given width.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#compile">compile</a></td>
<td>Function to compile one Python source file to Python bytecode.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#convertLineEnds">convertLineEnds</a></td>
<td>Function to convert the end of line characters.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#decode">decode</a></td>
<td>Function to decode some byte text into a string.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#decodeBytes">decodeBytes</a></td>
<td>Function to decode some byte text into a string.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#decodeString">decodeString</a></td>
<td>Function to decode a string containing Unicode encoded characters.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#determinePythonVersion">determinePythonVersion</a></td>
<td>Function to determine the python version of a given file.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#direntries">direntries</a></td>
<td>Function returning a list of all files and directories.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#encode">encode</a></td>
<td>Function to encode text into a byte text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#escape_entities">escape_entities</a></td>
<td>Function to encode html entities.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#escape_uentities">escape_uentities</a></td>
<td>Function to encode html entities.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#extractFlags">extractFlags</a></td>
<td>Function to extract eric specific flags out of the given text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#extractFlagsFromFile">extractFlagsFromFile</a></td>
<td>Function to extract eric specific flags out of the given file.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#extractLineFlags">extractLineFlags</a></td>
<td>Function to extract flags starting and ending with '__' from a line comment.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#fromNativeSeparators">fromNativeSeparators</a></td>
<td>Function returning a path, that is using "/" separator characters.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#generateDistroInfo">generateDistroInfo</a></td>
<td>Module function to generate a string with distribution infos.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#generatePluginsVersionInfo">generatePluginsVersionInfo</a></td>
<td>Module function to generate a string with plugins version infos.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#generatePySideToolPath">generatePySideToolPath</a></td>
<td>Module function to generate the executable path for a PySide tool.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#generateQtToolName">generateQtToolName</a></td>
<td>Module function to generate the executable name for a Qt tool like designer.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#generateVersionInfo">generateVersionInfo</a></td>
<td>Module function to generate a string with various version infos.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getDirs">getDirs</a></td>
<td>Function returning a list of all directories below path.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getEnvironmentEntry">getEnvironmentEntry</a></td>
<td>Module function to get an environment entry.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getExecutablePath">getExecutablePath</a></td>
<td>Function to build the full path of an executable file from the environment.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getExecutablePaths">getExecutablePaths</a></td>
<td>Function to build all full path of an executable file from the environment.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getHomeDir">getHomeDir</a></td>
<td>Function to get a users home directory.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getPercentReplacement">getPercentReplacement</a></td>
<td>Function to get the replacement for code.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getPercentReplacementHelp">getPercentReplacementHelp</a></td>
<td>Function to get the help text for the supported %-codes.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getPythonLibPath">getPythonLibPath</a></td>
<td>Function to determine the path to Python's library.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getPythonVersion">getPythonVersion</a></td>
<td>Function to get the Python version (major, minor) as an integer value.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getQtMacBundle">getQtMacBundle</a></td>
<td>Module function to determine the correct Mac OS X bundle name for Qt tools.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getRealName">getRealName</a></td>
<td>Function to get the real name of the user.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getTestFileName">getTestFileName</a></td>
<td>Function to build the filename of a unittest file.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#getUserName">getUserName</a></td>
<td>Function to get the user name.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#get_coding">get_coding</a></td>
<td>Function to get the coding of a text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#get_codingBytes">get_codingBytes</a></td>
<td>Function to get the coding of a bytes text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#hasEnvironmentEntry">hasEnvironmentEntry</a></td>
<td>Module function to check, if the environment contains an entry.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#html_encode">html_encode</a></td>
<td>Function to correctly encode a text for html.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#html_udecode">html_udecode</a></td>
<td>Function to correctly decode a html text to a unicode text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#html_uencode">html_uencode</a></td>
<td>Function to correctly encode a unicode text for html.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#isExecutable">isExecutable</a></td>
<td>Function to check, if a file is executable.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#isinpath">isinpath</a></td>
<td>Function to check for an executable file.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#joinext">joinext</a></td>
<td>Function to join a file extension to a path.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#jsCheckSyntax">jsCheckSyntax</a></td>
<td>Function to check a Javascript source file for syntax errors.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#linesep">linesep</a></td>
<td>Function to return the lineseparator used by the editor.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#normabsjoinpath">normabsjoinpath</a></td>
<td>Function returning a normalized, absolute path of the joined parts passed into it.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#normabspath">normabspath</a></td>
<td>Function returning a normalized, absolute path.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#normcaseabspath">normcaseabspath</a></td>
<td>Function returning an absolute path, that is normalized with respect to its case and references.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#normcasepath">normcasepath</a></td>
<td>Function returning a path, that is normalized with respect to its case and references.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#normjoinpath">normjoinpath</a></td>
<td>Function returning a normalized path of the joined parts passed into it.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#parseEnvironmentString">parseEnvironmentString</a></td>
<td>Function used to convert an environment string into a list of environment settings.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#parseOptionString">parseOptionString</a></td>
<td>Function used to convert an option string into a list of options.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#parseString">parseString</a></td>
<td>Function used to convert a string into a list.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#prepareQtMacBundle">prepareQtMacBundle</a></td>
<td>Module function for starting Qt tools that are Mac OS X bundles.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#py2compile">py2compile</a></td>
<td>Function to compile one Python 2 source file to Python 2 bytecode.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#readEncodedFile">readEncodedFile</a></td>
<td>Function to read a file and decode its contents into proper text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#readEncodedFileWithEncoding">readEncodedFileWithEncoding</a></td>
<td>Function to read a file and decode its contents into proper text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#readEncodedFileWithHash">readEncodedFileWithHash</a></td>
<td>Function to read a file, calculate a hash value and decode its contents into proper text.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#readStringFromStream">readStringFromStream</a></td>
<td>Module function to read a string from the given stream.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#relpath">relpath</a></td>
<td>Return a relative version of a path.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#samepath">samepath</a></td>
<td>Function to compare two paths.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#splitPath">splitPath</a></td>
<td>Function to split a pathname into a directory part and a file part.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#toBool">toBool</a></td>
<td>Module function to convert a string to a boolean value.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#toNativeSeparators">toNativeSeparators</a></td>
<td>Function returning a path, that is using native separator characters.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#unescape_uentities">unescape_uentities</a></td>
<td>Function to decode html entities.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#win32_GetUserName">win32_GetUserName</a></td>
<td>Function to get the user name under Win32.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#win32_Kill">win32_Kill</a></td>
<td>Function to provide an os.kill equivalent for Win32.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#win32_getRealName">win32_getRealName</a></td>
<td>Function to get the user's real name (aka.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#writeEncodedFile">writeEncodedFile</a></td>
<td>Function to write a file with properly encoded text.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="CodingError" ID="CodingError"></a>
<h2>CodingError</h2>
<p>
    Class implementing an exception, which is raised, if a given coding is
    incorrect.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
Exception
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#CodingError.__init__">CodingError</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#CodingError.__repr__">__repr__</a></td>
<td>Private method returning a representation of the exception.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#CodingError.__str__">__str__</a></td>
<td>Private method returning a string representation of the exception.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<a NAME="CodingError.__init__" ID="CodingError.__init__"></a>
<h4>CodingError (Constructor)</h4>
<b>CodingError</b>(<i>coding</i>)
<p>
        Constructor
</p><dl>
<dt><i>coding</i></dt>
<dd>
coding to include in the message (string)
</dd>
</dl><a NAME="CodingError.__repr__" ID="CodingError.__repr__"></a>
<h4>CodingError.__repr__</h4>
<b>__repr__</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
        Private method returning a representation of the exception.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
string representing the error message
</dd>
</dl><a NAME="CodingError.__str__" ID="CodingError.__str__"></a>
<h4>CodingError.__str__</h4>
<b>__str__</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
        Private method returning a string representation of the exception.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
string representing the error message
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="__showwarning" ID="__showwarning"></a>
<h2>__showwarning</h2>
<b>__showwarning</b>(<i>message, category, filename, lineno, file=None, line=""</i>)
<p>
    Module function to raise a SyntaxError for a SyntaxWarning.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>message</i></dt>
<dd>
warning object
</dd><dt><i>category</i></dt>
<dd>
type object of the warning
</dd><dt><i>filename</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the file causing the warning (string)
</dd><dt><i>lineno</i></dt>
<dd>
line number causing the warning (integer)
</dd><dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
file to write the warning message to (ignored)
</dd><dt><i>line</i></dt>
<dd>
line causing the warning (ignored)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Raises <b>SyntaxError</b>:</dt>
<dd>

</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="_percentReplacementFunc" ID="_percentReplacementFunc"></a>
<h2>_percentReplacementFunc</h2>
<b>_percentReplacementFunc</b>(<i>matchobj</i>)
<p>
    Protected function called for replacing % codes.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>matchobj</i></dt>
<dd>
matchobject for the code
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
replacement string
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="checkPyside" ID="checkPyside"></a>
<h2>checkPyside</h2>
<b>checkPyside</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Module function to check the presence of PySide.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of two flags indicating the presence of PySide for Python2
        and PySide for Python3 (boolean, boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="compactPath" ID="compactPath"></a>
<h2>compactPath</h2>
<b>compactPath</b>(<i>path, width, measure=len</i>)
<p>
    Function to return a compacted path fitting inside the given width.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
path to be compacted (string)
</dd><dt><i>width</i></dt>
<dd>
width for the compacted path (integer)
</dd><dt><i>measure</i></dt>
<dd>
reference to a function used to measure the length of the
        string
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
compacted path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="compile" ID="compile"></a>
<h2>compile</h2>
<b>compile</b>(<i>file, codestring=""</i>)
<p>
    Function to compile one Python source file to Python bytecode.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
source filename (string)
</dd><dt><i>codestring</i></dt>
<dd>
string containing the code to compile (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
A tuple indicating status (True = an error was found), the
        file name, the line number, the index number, the code string
        and the error message (boolean, string, string, string, string,
        string). The values are only valid, if the status is True.
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="convertLineEnds" ID="convertLineEnds"></a>
<h2>convertLineEnds</h2>
<b>convertLineEnds</b>(<i>text, eol</i>)
<p>
    Function to convert the end of line characters.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text to be converted (string)
</dd><dt><i>eol</i></dt>
<dd>
new eol setting (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
text with converted eols (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="decode" ID="decode"></a>
<h2>decode</h2>
<b>decode</b>(<i>text</i>)
<p>
    Function to decode some byte text into a string.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
byte text to decode (bytes)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of decoded text and encoding (string, string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="decodeBytes" ID="decodeBytes"></a>
<h2>decodeBytes</h2>
<b>decodeBytes</b>(<i>buffer</i>)
<p>
    Function to decode some byte text into a string.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>buffer</i></dt>
<dd>
byte buffer to decode (bytes)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
decoded text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="decodeString" ID="decodeString"></a>
<h2>decodeString</h2>
<b>decodeString</b>(<i>text</i>)
<p>
    Function to decode a string containing Unicode encoded characters.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text containing encoded chars (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
decoded text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="determinePythonVersion" ID="determinePythonVersion"></a>
<h2>determinePythonVersion</h2>
<b>determinePythonVersion</b>(<i>filename, source, editor=None</i>)
<p>
    Function to determine the python version of a given file.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>filename</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the file with extension (str)
</dd><dt><i>source</i></dt>
<dd>
of the file (str)
</dd><dt><i>editor=</i></dt>
<dd>
reference to the editor, if the file is opened
        already (Editor object)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
Python version if file is Python2 or Python3 (int)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="direntries" ID="direntries"></a>
<h2>direntries</h2>
<b>direntries</b>(<i>path, filesonly=False, pattern=None, followsymlinks=True, checkStop=None</i>)
<p>
    Function returning a list of all files and directories.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
root of the tree to check
</dd><dt><i>filesonly</i></dt>
<dd>
flag indicating that only files are wanted
</dd><dt><i>pattern</i></dt>
<dd>
a filename pattern to check against
</dd><dt><i>followsymlinks</i></dt>
<dd>
flag indicating whether symbolic links
            should be followed
</dd><dt><i>checkStop</i></dt>
<dd>
function to be called to check for a stop
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
list of all files and directories in the tree rooted
        at path. The names are expanded to start with path.
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="encode" ID="encode"></a>
<h2>encode</h2>
<b>encode</b>(<i>text, orig_coding</i>)
<p>
    Function to encode text into a byte text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text to be encoded (string)
</dd><dt><i>orig_coding</i></dt>
<dd>
type of the original encoding (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of encoded text and encoding used (bytes, string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Raises <b>CodingError</b>:</dt>
<dd>
raised to indicate an invalid encoding
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="escape_entities" ID="escape_entities"></a>
<h2>escape_entities</h2>
<b>escape_entities</b>(<i>m, map=_escape_map</i>)
<p>
    Function to encode html entities.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>m</i></dt>
<dd>
the match object
</dd><dt><i>map</i></dt>
<dd>
the map of entities to encode
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
the converted text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="escape_uentities" ID="escape_uentities"></a>
<h2>escape_uentities</h2>
<b>escape_uentities</b>(<i>m</i>)
<p>
    Function to encode html entities.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>m</i></dt>
<dd>
the match object
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
the converted text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="extractFlags" ID="extractFlags"></a>
<h2>extractFlags</h2>
<b>extractFlags</b>(<i>text</i>)
<p>
    Function to extract eric specific flags out of the given text.
</p><p>
    Flags are contained in comments and are introduced by 'eflag:'.
    The rest of the line is interpreted as 'key = value'. value is
    analyzed for being an integer or float value. If that fails, it
    is assumed to be a string. If a key does not contain a '='
    character, it is assumed to be a boolean flag. Flags are expected
    at the very end of a file. The search is ended, if a line without
    the 'eflag:' marker is found.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text to be scanned (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
dictionary of string, boolean, complex, float and int
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="extractFlagsFromFile" ID="extractFlagsFromFile"></a>
<h2>extractFlagsFromFile</h2>
<b>extractFlagsFromFile</b>(<i>filename</i>)
<p>
    Function to extract eric specific flags out of the given file.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>filename</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the file to be scanned (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
dictionary of string, boolean, complex, float and int
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="extractLineFlags" ID="extractLineFlags"></a>
<h2>extractLineFlags</h2>
<b>extractLineFlags</b>(<i>line, startComment="</i>)
<p>
    Function to extract flags starting and ending with '__' from a line
    comment.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>line</i></dt>
<dd>
line to extract flags from (string)
</dd><dt><i>startComment=</i></dt>
<dd>
string identifying the start of the comment (string)
</dd><dt><i>endComment=</i></dt>
<dd>
string identifying the end of a comment (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
list containing the extracted flags (list of strings)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="fromNativeSeparators" ID="fromNativeSeparators"></a>
<h2>fromNativeSeparators</h2>
<b>fromNativeSeparators</b>(<i>path</i>)
<p>
    Function returning a path, that is using "/" separator characters.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
path to be converted (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
path with converted separator characters (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="generateDistroInfo" ID="generateDistroInfo"></a>
<h2>generateDistroInfo</h2>
<b>generateDistroInfo</b>(<i>linesep='\n'</i>)
<p>
    Module function to generate a string with distribution infos.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>linesep</i></dt>
<dd>
string to be used to separate lines (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
string with plugins version infos (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="generatePluginsVersionInfo" ID="generatePluginsVersionInfo"></a>
<h2>generatePluginsVersionInfo</h2>
<b>generatePluginsVersionInfo</b>(<i>linesep='\n'</i>)
<p>
    Module function to generate a string with plugins version infos.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>linesep</i></dt>
<dd>
string to be used to separate lines (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
string with plugins version infos (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="generatePySideToolPath" ID="generatePySideToolPath"></a>
<h2>generatePySideToolPath</h2>
<b>generatePySideToolPath</b>(<i>toolname</i>)
<p>
    Module function to generate the executable path for a PySide tool.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>toolname</i></dt>
<dd>
base name of the tool (string or QString)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
the PySide tool path with extension (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="generateQtToolName" ID="generateQtToolName"></a>
<h2>generateQtToolName</h2>
<b>generateQtToolName</b>(<i>toolname</i>)
<p>
    Module function to generate the executable name for a Qt tool like
    designer.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>toolname</i></dt>
<dd>
base name of the tool (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
the Qt tool name without extension (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="generateVersionInfo" ID="generateVersionInfo"></a>
<h2>generateVersionInfo</h2>
<b>generateVersionInfo</b>(<i>linesep='\n'</i>)
<p>
    Module function to generate a string with various version infos.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>linesep</i></dt>
<dd>
string to be used to separate lines (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
string with version infos (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getDirs" ID="getDirs"></a>
<h2>getDirs</h2>
<b>getDirs</b>(<i>path, excludeDirs</i>)
<p>
    Function returning a list of all directories below path.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
root of the tree to check
</dd><dt><i>excludeDirs</i></dt>
<dd>
basename of directories to ignore
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
list of all directories found
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getEnvironmentEntry" ID="getEnvironmentEntry"></a>
<h2>getEnvironmentEntry</h2>
<b>getEnvironmentEntry</b>(<i>key, default=None</i>)
<p>
    Module function to get an environment entry.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>key</i></dt>
<dd>
key of the requested environment entry (string)
</dd><dt><i>default</i></dt>
<dd>
value to be returned, if the environment doesn't contain
        the requested entry (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
the requested entry or the default value, if the entry wasn't
        found (string or None)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getExecutablePath" ID="getExecutablePath"></a>
<h2>getExecutablePath</h2>
<b>getExecutablePath</b>(<i>file</i>)
<p>
    Function to build the full path of an executable file from the environment.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
filename of the executable to check (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
full executable name, if the executable file is accessible
        via the searchpath defined by the PATH environment variable, or an
        empty string otherwise.
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getExecutablePaths" ID="getExecutablePaths"></a>
<h2>getExecutablePaths</h2>
<b>getExecutablePaths</b>(<i>file</i>)
<p>
    Function to build all full path of an executable file from the environment.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
filename of the executable (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
list of full executable names (list of strings), if the executable
        file is accessible via the searchpath defined by the PATH environment
        variable, or an empty list otherwise.
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getHomeDir" ID="getHomeDir"></a>
<h2>getHomeDir</h2>
<b>getHomeDir</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to get a users home directory.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
home directory (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getPercentReplacement" ID="getPercentReplacement"></a>
<h2>getPercentReplacement</h2>
<b>getPercentReplacement</b>(<i>code</i>)
<p>
    Function to get the replacement for code.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>code</i></dt>
<dd>
code indicator (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
replacement string (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getPercentReplacementHelp" ID="getPercentReplacementHelp"></a>
<h2>getPercentReplacementHelp</h2>
<b>getPercentReplacementHelp</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to get the help text for the supported %-codes.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
help text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getPythonLibPath" ID="getPythonLibPath"></a>
<h2>getPythonLibPath</h2>
<b>getPythonLibPath</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to determine the path to Python's library.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
path to the Python library (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getPythonVersion" ID="getPythonVersion"></a>
<h2>getPythonVersion</h2>
<b>getPythonVersion</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to get the Python version (major, minor) as an integer value.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
An integer representing major and minor version number (integer)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getQtMacBundle" ID="getQtMacBundle"></a>
<h2>getQtMacBundle</h2>
<b>getQtMacBundle</b>(<i>toolname</i>)
<p>
    Module function to determine the correct Mac OS X bundle name for Qt tools.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>toolname</i></dt>
<dd>
plain name of the tool (e.g. "designer") (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
bundle name of the Qt tool (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getRealName" ID="getRealName"></a>
<h2>getRealName</h2>
<b>getRealName</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to get the real name of the user.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
real name of the user (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getTestFileName" ID="getTestFileName"></a>
<h2>getTestFileName</h2>
<b>getTestFileName</b>(<i>fn</i>)
<p>
    Function to build the filename of a unittest file.
</p><p>
    The filename for the unittest file is built by prepending
    the string "test" to the filename passed into this function.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>fn</i></dt>
<dd>
filename basis to be used for the unittest filename (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
filename of the corresponding unittest file (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getUserName" ID="getUserName"></a>
<h2>getUserName</h2>
<b>getUserName</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to get the user name.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
user name (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="get_coding" ID="get_coding"></a>
<h2>get_coding</h2>
<b>get_coding</b>(<i>text</i>)
<p>
    Function to get the coding of a text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text to inspect (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
coding string
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="get_codingBytes" ID="get_codingBytes"></a>
<h2>get_codingBytes</h2>
<b>get_codingBytes</b>(<i>text</i>)
<p>
    Function to get the coding of a bytes text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
bytes text to inspect (bytes)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
coding string
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="hasEnvironmentEntry" ID="hasEnvironmentEntry"></a>
<h2>hasEnvironmentEntry</h2>
<b>hasEnvironmentEntry</b>(<i>key</i>)
<p>
    Module function to check, if the environment contains an entry.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>key</i></dt>
<dd>
key of the requested environment entry (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating the presence of the requested entry (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="html_encode" ID="html_encode"></a>
<h2>html_encode</h2>
<b>html_encode</b>(<i>text, pattern=_escape</i>)
<p>
    Function to correctly encode a text for html.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text to be encoded (string)
</dd><dt><i>pattern</i></dt>
<dd>
search pattern for text to be encoded (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
the encoded text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="html_udecode" ID="html_udecode"></a>
<h2>html_udecode</h2>
<b>html_udecode</b>(<i>text, pattern=_uunescape</i>)
<p>
    Function to correctly decode a html text to a unicode text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text to be decoded (string)
</dd><dt><i>pattern</i></dt>
<dd>
search pattern for text to be decoded (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
the decoded text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="html_uencode" ID="html_uencode"></a>
<h2>html_uencode</h2>
<b>html_uencode</b>(<i>text, pattern=_uescape</i>)
<p>
    Function to correctly encode a unicode text for html.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text to be encoded (string)
</dd><dt><i>pattern</i></dt>
<dd>
search pattern for text to be encoded (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
the encoded text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="isExecutable" ID="isExecutable"></a>
<h2>isExecutable</h2>
<b>isExecutable</b>(<i>exe</i>)
<p>
    Function to check, if a file is executable.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>exe</i></dt>
<dd>
filename of the executable to check (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating executable status (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="isinpath" ID="isinpath"></a>
<h2>isinpath</h2>
<b>isinpath</b>(<i>file</i>)
<p>
    Function to check for an executable file.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
filename of the executable to check (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
flag to indicate, if the executable file is accessible
        via the searchpath defined by the PATH environment variable.
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="joinext" ID="joinext"></a>
<h2>joinext</h2>
<b>joinext</b>(<i>prefix, ext</i>)
<p>
    Function to join a file extension to a path.
</p><p>
    The leading "." of ext is replaced by a platform specific extension
    separator if necessary.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>prefix</i></dt>
<dd>
the basepart of the filename (string)
</dd><dt><i>ext</i></dt>
<dd>
the extension part (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
the complete filename (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="jsCheckSyntax" ID="jsCheckSyntax"></a>
<h2>jsCheckSyntax</h2>
<b>jsCheckSyntax</b>(<i>file, codestring=""</i>)
<p>
    Function to check a Javascript source file for syntax errors.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
source filename (string)
</dd><dt><i>codestring</i></dt>
<dd>
string containing the code to check (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
A tuple indicating status (True = an error was found), the
        file name, the line number and the error message (boolean, string,
        string, string). The values are only valid, if the status is True.
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="linesep" ID="linesep"></a>
<h2>linesep</h2>
<b>linesep</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to return the lineseparator used by the editor.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
line separator used by the editor (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="normabsjoinpath" ID="normabsjoinpath"></a>
<h2>normabsjoinpath</h2>
<b>normabsjoinpath</b>(<i>a, *p</i>)
<p>
    Function returning a normalized, absolute path of the joined parts passed
    into it.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>a</i></dt>
<dd>
first path to be joined (string)
</dd><dt><i>p</i></dt>
<dd>
variable number of path parts to be joind (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
absolute, normalized path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="normabspath" ID="normabspath"></a>
<h2>normabspath</h2>
<b>normabspath</b>(<i>path</i>)
<p>
    Function returning a normalized, absolute path.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
file path (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
absolute, normalized path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="normcaseabspath" ID="normcaseabspath"></a>
<h2>normcaseabspath</h2>
<b>normcaseabspath</b>(<i>path</i>)
<p>
    Function returning an absolute path, that is normalized with respect to
    its case and references.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
file path (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
absolute, normalized path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="normcasepath" ID="normcasepath"></a>
<h2>normcasepath</h2>
<b>normcasepath</b>(<i>path</i>)
<p>
    Function returning a path, that is normalized with respect to its case
    and references.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
file path (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
case normalized path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="normjoinpath" ID="normjoinpath"></a>
<h2>normjoinpath</h2>
<b>normjoinpath</b>(<i>a, *p</i>)
<p>
    Function returning a normalized path of the joined parts passed into it.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>a</i></dt>
<dd>
first path to be joined (string)
</dd><dt><i>p</i></dt>
<dd>
variable number of path parts to be joind (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
normalized path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="parseEnvironmentString" ID="parseEnvironmentString"></a>
<h2>parseEnvironmentString</h2>
<b>parseEnvironmentString</b>(<i>s</i>)
<p>
    Function used to convert an environment string into a list of environment
    settings.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>s</i></dt>
<dd>
environment string (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
list of environment settings (list of strings)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="parseOptionString" ID="parseOptionString"></a>
<h2>parseOptionString</h2>
<b>parseOptionString</b>(<i>s</i>)
<p>
    Function used to convert an option string into a list of options.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>s</i></dt>
<dd>
option string (string or string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
list of options (list of strings)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="parseString" ID="parseString"></a>
<h2>parseString</h2>
<b>parseString</b>(<i>s, rx</i>)
<p>
    Function used to convert a string into a list.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>s</i></dt>
<dd>
string to be parsed (string)
</dd><dt><i>rx</i></dt>
<dd>
regex defining the parse pattern (QRegExp)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
list of parsed data (list of strings)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="prepareQtMacBundle" ID="prepareQtMacBundle"></a>
<h2>prepareQtMacBundle</h2>
<b>prepareQtMacBundle</b>(<i>toolname, version, args</i>)
<p>
    Module function for starting Qt tools that are Mac OS X bundles.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>toolname</i></dt>
<dd>
plain name of the tool (e.g. "designer") (string)
</dd><dt><i>version</i></dt>
<dd>
indication for the requested version (Qt 4) (integer)
</dd><dt><i>args</i></dt>
<dd>
name of input file for tool, if any (list of strings)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
command-name and args for QProcess (tuple)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="py2compile" ID="py2compile"></a>
<h2>py2compile</h2>
<b>py2compile</b>(<i>fileName, checkFlakes=False, txt=""</i>)
<p>
    Function to compile one Python 2 source file to Python 2 bytecode.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>fileName</i></dt>
<dd>
source filename (string)
</dd><dt><i>checkFlakes=</i></dt>
<dd>
flag indicating to do a pyflakes check (boolean)
</dd><dt><i>txt=</i></dt>
<dd>
text to be checked (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
A tuple indicating status (True = an error was found), the
        file name, the line number, the index number, the code string,
        the error message and a list of tuples of pyflakes warnings indicating
        file name, line number and message (boolean, string, string, string,
        string, string, list of (string, string, string)). The syntax error
        values are only valid, if the status is True. The pyflakes list will
        be empty, if a syntax error was detected by the syntax checker.
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="readEncodedFile" ID="readEncodedFile"></a>
<h2>readEncodedFile</h2>
<b>readEncodedFile</b>(<i>filename</i>)
<p>
    Function to read a file and decode its contents into proper text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>filename</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the file to read (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of decoded text and encoding (string, string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="readEncodedFileWithEncoding" ID="readEncodedFileWithEncoding"></a>
<h2>readEncodedFileWithEncoding</h2>
<b>readEncodedFileWithEncoding</b>(<i>filename, encoding</i>)
<p>
    Function to read a file and decode its contents into proper text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>filename</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the file to read (string)
</dd><dt><i>encoding=</i></dt>
<dd>
encoding to be used to read the file (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of decoded text and encoding (string, string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>readEncodedFileWithHash</h2>
<b>readEncodedFileWithHash</b>(<i>filename</i>)
<p>
    Function to read a file, calculate a hash value and decode its contents
    into proper text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>filename</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the file to read (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of decoded text, encoding and hash value (string, string,
        string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>readStringFromStream</h2>
<b>readStringFromStream</b>(<i>stream</i>)
<p>
    Module function to read a string from the given stream.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>stream</i></dt>
<dd>
data stream opened for reading (QDataStream)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
string read from the stream (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>relpath</h2>
<b>relpath</b>(<i>path, start=os.path.curdir</i>)
<p>
    Return a relative version of a path.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
path to make relative (string)
</dd><dt><i>start</i></dt>
<dd>
path to make relative from (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
relative path (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Raises <b>ValueError</b>:</dt>
<dd>
raised to indicate an invalid path
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>samepath</h2>
<b>samepath</b>(<i>f1, f2</i>)
<p>
    Function to compare two paths.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>f1</i></dt>
<dd>
first path for the compare (string)
</dd><dt><i>f2</i></dt>
<dd>
second path for the compare (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating whether the two paths represent the
        same path on disk.
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>splitPath</h2>
<b>splitPath</b>(<i>name</i>)
<p>
    Function to split a pathname into a directory part and a file part.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
path name (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
a tuple of 2 strings (dirname, filename).
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>toBool</h2>
<b>toBool</b>(<i>dataStr</i>)
<p>
    Module function to convert a string to a boolean value.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>dataStr</i></dt>
<dd>
string to be converted (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
converted boolean value (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>toNativeSeparators</h2>
<b>toNativeSeparators</b>(<i>path</i>)
<p>
    Function returning a path, that is using native separator characters.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
path to be converted (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
path with converted separator characters (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>unescape_uentities</h2>
<b>unescape_uentities</b>(<i>m</i>)
<p>
    Function to decode html entities.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>m</i></dt>
<dd>
the match object
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
the converted text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>win32_GetUserName</h2>
<b>win32_GetUserName</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to get the user name under Win32.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
user name (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>win32_Kill</h2>
<b>win32_Kill</b>(<i>pid</i>)
<p>
    Function to provide an os.kill equivalent for Win32.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>pid</i></dt>
<dd>
process id (integer)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
result of the kill (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>win32_getRealName</h2>
<b>win32_getRealName</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
    Function to get the user's real name (aka. display name) under Win32.
</p><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
real name of the current user (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>writeEncodedFile</h2>
<b>writeEncodedFile</b>(<i>filename, text, orig_coding</i>)
<p>
    Function to write a file with properly encoded text.
</p><dl>
<dt><i>filename</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the file to read (string)
</dd><dt><i>text</i></dt>
<dd>
text to be written (string)
</dd><dt><i>orig_coding</i></dt>
<dd>
type of the original encoding (string)
</dd>
</dl><dl>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>
encoding used for writing the file (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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