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<h1>eric7.Utilities.__init__</h1>

<p>
Package implementing various functions/classes needed everywhere within eric.
</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="#absolutePath">absolutePath</a></td>
<td>Public method to convert a path relative to a start path to an absolute path.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#absoluteUniversalPath">absoluteUniversalPath</a></td>
<td>Public method to convert a path relative to a start path with universal separators to an absolute path.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#checkPyside">checkPyside</a></td>
<td>Module function to check the presence of PySide2/PySide6.</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="#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="#filterAnsiSequences">filterAnsiSequences</a></td>
<td>Function to filter out ANSI escape sequences (color only).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#findVolume">findVolume</a></td>
<td>Function to find the directory belonging to a given volume name.</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="#generatePyQtToolPath">generatePyQtToolPath</a></td>
<td>Module function to generate the executable path for a PyQt tool.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#generatePySideToolPath">generatePySideToolPath</a></td>
<td>Module function to generate the executable path for a PySide2/PySide6 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="#getSysPath">getSysPath</a></td>
<td>Module function to get the Python path (sys.path) of a specific interpreter.</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="#getVolumeName">getVolumeName</a></td>
<td>Local function to determine the volume of a disk or device.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#getWindowsExecutablePath">getWindowsExecutablePath</a></td>
<td>Function to build the full path of an executable file from the environment on Windows platforms.</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="#isDrive">isDrive</a></td>
<td>Function to check, if a path is a Windows drive.</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="#linesep">linesep</a></td>
<td>Function to return the line separator 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="#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="#parseOptionString">parseOptionString</a></td>
<td>Function used to convert an option string into a list of options.</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="#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="#relativeUniversalPath">relativeUniversalPath</a></td>
<td>Function to convert a file path to a path relative to a start path with universal separators.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#rxIndex">rxIndex</a></td>
<td>Function to get the index (start position) of a regular expression match within some text.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#samefilepath">samefilepath</a></td>
<td>Function to compare two paths.</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="#startswithPath">startswithPath</a></td>
<td>Function to check, if a path starts with a given start path.</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>
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<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>Special method returning a representation of the exception.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#CodingError.__str__">__str__</a></td>
<td>Special 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>
        Special method returning a representation of the exception.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</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>
        Special method returning a string representation of the exception.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
string representing the error message
</dd>
</dl>
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<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>err</b>:</dt>
<dd>
exception of type SyntaxError
</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> (re.Match)</dt>
<dd>
match object for the code
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
replacement string
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="absolutePath" ID="absolutePath"></a>
<h2>absolutePath</h2>
<b>absolutePath</b>(<i>path, start</i>)

<p>
    Public method to convert a path relative to a start path to an
    absolute path.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
file or directory name to convert (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>start</i></dt>
<dd>
start path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
absolute path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="absoluteUniversalPath" ID="absoluteUniversalPath"></a>
<h2>absoluteUniversalPath</h2>
<b>absoluteUniversalPath</b>(<i>path, start</i>)

<p>
    Public method to convert a path relative to a start path with
    universal separators to an absolute path.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
file or directory name to convert (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>start</i></dt>
<dd>
start path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
absolute path with native separators (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="checkPyside" ID="checkPyside"></a>
<h2>checkPyside</h2>
<b>checkPyside</b>(<i>variant=2</i>)

<p>
    Module function to check the presence of PySide2/PySide6.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>variant</i> (int or str)</dt>
<dd>
indicator for the PySide variant
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
flags indicating the presence of PySide2/PySide6
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
bool
</dd>
</dl>
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<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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
compacted path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
text with converted eols (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<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>Return:</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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
decoded text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
decoded text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
Python version if file is 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> (str)</dt>
<dd>
root of the tree to check
</dd>
<dt><i>filesonly</i> (bool)</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating that only files are wanted
</dd>
<dt><i>pattern</i> (str or list of str)</dt>
<dd>
a filename pattern or list of filename patterns to check
        against
</dd>
<dt><i>followsymlinks</i> (bool)</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating whether symbolic links
        should be followed
</dd>
<dt><i>checkStop</i> (function)</dt>
<dd>
function to be called to check for a stop
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
list of all files and directories in the tree rooted
        at path. The names are expanded to start with path.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
list of strs
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="encode" ID="encode"></a>
<h2>encode</h2>
<b>encode</b>(<i>text, origEncoding, forcedEncoding=""</i>)

<p>
    Function to encode text into a byte text.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>text</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
text to be encoded
</dd>
<dt><i>origEncoding</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
type of the original encoding
</dd>
<dt><i>forcedEncoding</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
encoding to be used for writing, if no coding line
        is present
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of encoded text and encoding used
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of (bytes, str)
</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, escmap=_escape_map</i>)

<p>
    Function to encode html entities.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>m</i></dt>
<dd>
the match object
</dd>
<dt><i>escmap</i></dt>
<dd>
the map of entities to encode
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>
<dt><i>flagsLine</i></dt>
<dd>
flag indicating to check for a flags only line (bool)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
list containing the extracted flags (list of strings)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="filterAnsiSequences" ID="filterAnsiSequences"></a>
<h2>filterAnsiSequences</h2>
<b>filterAnsiSequences</b>(<i>txt</i>)

<p>
    Function to filter out ANSI escape sequences (color only).
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>txt</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
text to be filtered
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
text without ANSI escape sequences
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="findVolume" ID="findVolume"></a>
<h2>findVolume</h2>
<b>findVolume</b>(<i>volumeName, findAll=False</i>)

<p>
    Function to find the directory belonging to a given volume name.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>volumeName</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
name of the volume to search for
</dd>
<dt><i>findAll</i> (bool (optional))</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating to get the directories for all volumes
        starting with the given name (defaults to False)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
directory path or list of directory paths for the given volume
        name
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str or list of str
</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>Return:</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> (str)</dt>
<dd>
string to be used to separate lines
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
string with distribution infos
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</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> (str)</dt>
<dd>
string to be used to separate lines
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
string with plugins version infos
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="generatePyQtToolPath" ID="generatePyQtToolPath"></a>
<h2>generatePyQtToolPath</h2>
<b>generatePyQtToolPath</b>(<i>toolname, alternatives=None</i>)

<p>
    Module function to generate the executable path for a PyQt tool.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>toolname</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
base name of the tool
</dd>
<dt><i>alternatives</i> (list of str)</dt>
<dd>
list of alternative tool names to try
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
executable path name of the tool
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="generatePySideToolPath" ID="generatePySideToolPath"></a>
<h2>generatePySideToolPath</h2>
<b>generatePySideToolPath</b>(<i>toolname, variant=2</i>)

<p>
    Module function to generate the executable path for a PySide2/PySide6 tool.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>toolname</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
base name of the tool
</dd>
<dt><i>variant</i> (int or str)</dt>
<dd>
indicator for the PySide variant
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
the PySide2/PySide6 tool path with extension
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</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>Return:</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> (str)</dt>
<dd>
string to be used to separate lines
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
string with version infos
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</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> (str)</dt>
<dd>
code indicator
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
replacement string
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
real name of the user (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getSysPath" ID="getSysPath"></a>
<h2>getSysPath</h2>
<b>getSysPath</b>(<i>interpreter</i>)

<p>
    Module function to get the Python path (sys.path) of a specific
    interpreter.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>interpreter</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
Python interpreter executable to get sys.path for
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
list containing sys.path of the interpreter; an empty list
        is returned, if the interpreter is the one used to run eric itself
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
list of str
</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>Return:</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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
user name (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getVolumeName" ID="getVolumeName"></a>
<h2>getVolumeName</h2>
<b>getVolumeName</b>(<i>diskName</i>)

<p>
            Local function to determine the volume of a disk or device.
</p>
<p>
            Each disk or external device connected to windows has an
            attribute called "volume name". This function returns the
            volume name for the given disk/device.
</p>
<p>
            Code from http://stackoverflow.com/a/12056414
</p>
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<a NAME="getWindowsExecutablePath" ID="getWindowsExecutablePath"></a>
<h2>getWindowsExecutablePath</h2>
<b>getWindowsExecutablePath</b>(<i>file</i>)

<p>
    Function to build the full path of an executable file from the environment
    on Windows platforms.
</p>
<p>
    First an executable with the extension .exe is searched for, thereafter
    such with the extensions .cmd or .bat and finally the given file name as
    is. The first match is returned.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
filename of the executable to check (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</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="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>Return:</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>Return:</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> (str)</dt>
<dd>
key of the requested environment entry
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating the presence of the requested entry
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
bool
</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
the encoded text (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="isDrive" ID="isDrive"></a>
<h2>isDrive</h2>
<b>isDrive</b>(<i>path</i>)

<p>
    Function to check, if a path is a Windows drive.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>path</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
path name to be checked
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating a Windows drive
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
bool
</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
the complete filename (string)
</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 line separator used by the editor.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
absolute, normalized path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<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>Return:</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>Return:</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 joined (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
normalized path (string)
</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> (str)</dt>
<dd>
option string
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
list of options
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
list of str
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="prepareQtMacBundle" ID="prepareQtMacBundle"></a>
<h2>prepareQtMacBundle</h2>
<b>prepareQtMacBundle</b>(<i>toolname, args</i>)

<p>
    Module function for starting Qt tools that are Mac OS X bundles.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>toolname</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
plain name of the tool (e.g. "designer")
</dd>
<dt><i>args</i> (list of str)</dt>
<dd>
name of input file for tool, if any
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
command-name and args for QProcess
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of (str, list of str)
</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>Return:</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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of decoded text and encoding (string, string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="readEncodedFileWithHash" ID="readEncodedFileWithHash"></a>
<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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of decoded text, encoding and hash value (string, string,
        string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="readStringFromStream" ID="readStringFromStream"></a>
<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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
string read from the stream (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="relativeUniversalPath" ID="relativeUniversalPath"></a>
<h2>relativeUniversalPath</h2>
<b>relativeUniversalPath</b>(<i>path, start</i>)

<p>
    Function to convert a file path to a path relative to a start path
    with universal separators.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
file or directory name to convert (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>start</i></dt>
<dd>
start path (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
relative path or unchanged path, if path does not start with
        the start path with universal separators (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="rxIndex" ID="rxIndex"></a>
<h2>rxIndex</h2>
<b>rxIndex</b>(<i>rx, txt</i>)

<p>
    Function to get the index (start position) of a regular expression match
    within some text.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>rx</i> (re.Pattern)</dt>
<dd>
regular expression object as created by re.compile()
</dd>
<dt><i>txt</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
text to be scanned
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
start position of the match or -1 indicating no match was found
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
int
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="samefilepath" ID="samefilepath"></a>
<h2>samefilepath</h2>
<b>samefilepath</b>(<i>f1, f2</i>)

<p>
    Function to compare two paths. Strips the filename.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>f1</i></dt>
<dd>
first filepath for the compare (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>f2</i></dt>
<dd>
second filepath for the compare (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating whether the two paths represent the
        same path on disk.
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="samepath" ID="samepath"></a>
<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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating whether the two paths represent the
        same path on disk.
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="splitPath" ID="splitPath"></a>
<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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
a tuple of 2 strings (dirname, filename).
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="startswithPath" ID="startswithPath"></a>
<h2>startswithPath</h2>
<b>startswithPath</b>(<i>path, start</i>)

<p>
    Function to check, if a path starts with a given start path.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>path</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
path to be checked
</dd>
<dt><i>start</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
start path
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating that the path starts with the given start
        path
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
bool
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="toBool" ID="toBool"></a>
<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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
converted boolean value (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="toNativeSeparators" ID="toNativeSeparators"></a>
<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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</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>Return:</dt>
<dd>
real name of the current user (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<h2>writeEncodedFile</h2>
<b>writeEncodedFile</b>(<i>filename, text, origEncoding, forcedEncoding=""</i>)

<p>
    Function to write a file with properly encoded text.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>filename</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
name of the file to read
</dd>
<dt><i>text</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
text to be written
</dd>
<dt><i>origEncoding</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
type of the original encoding
</dd>
<dt><i>forcedEncoding</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
encoding to be used for writing, if no coding
        line is present
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
encoding used for writing the file
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
</dl>
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