diff --git a/Doc/distutils/install.rst b/Doc/distutils/install.rst index 9d916d3d228..b20f1fbd171 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/install.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/install.rst @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ one command from a terminal:: python setup.py install -For Windows, this command should be run from a command prompt windows +For Windows, this command should be run from a command prompt window (:menuselection:`Start --> Accessories`):: setup.py install diff --git a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst index 606ea0f2f46..80292432a9c 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ code: it's probably better to write C code like :: If you need to include header files from some other Python extension, you can take advantage of the fact that header files are installed in a consistent way -by the Distutils :command:`install_header` command. For example, the Numerical +by the Distutils :command:`install_headers` command. For example, the Numerical Python header files are installed (on a standard Unix installation) to :file:`/usr/local/include/python1.5/Numerical`. (The exact location will differ according to your platform and Python installation.) Since the Python include diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 358f40ed8db..c66aac162f0 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ Glossary Abstract base classes complement :term:`duck-typing` by providing a way to define interfaces when other techniques like :func:`hasattr` would be clumsy or subtly wrong (for example with - :ref:`magic methods `). Python comes with many built-in ABCs for + :ref:`magic methods `). ABCs introduce virtual + subclasses, which are classes that don't inherit from a class but are + still recognized by :func:`isinstance` and :func:`issubclass`; see the + :mod:`abc` module documentation. Python comes with many built-in ABCs for data structures (in the :mod:`collections.abc` module), numbers (in the :mod:`numbers` module), streams (in the :mod:`io` module), import finders and loaders (in the :mod:`importlib.abc` module). You can create your own