Added SetFolder

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Guido van Rossum 1996-07-30 18:22:31 +00:00
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@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ dialog. \var{prompt} is the prompt string, and the optional.
Return an FSSpec object and a success-indicator.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{SetFolder}{\optional{fsspec}}
Set the folder that is initially presented to the user when one of
the file selection dialogs is presented. \var{Fsspec} should point to
a file in the folder, not the folder itself (the file need not exist,
though). If no argument is passed the folder will be set to the
current directory, i.e. what \code{os.getcwd()} returns.
Note that starting with system 7.5 the user can change Standard File
behaviour with the ``general controls'' controlpanel, thereby making
this call inoperative.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{FindFolder}{where\, which\, create}
Locates one of the ``special'' folders that MacOS knows about, such as
the trash or the Preferences folder. \var{Where} is the disk to

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@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ dialog. \var{prompt} is the prompt string, and the optional.
Return an FSSpec object and a success-indicator.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{SetFolder}{\optional{fsspec}}
Set the folder that is initially presented to the user when one of
the file selection dialogs is presented. \var{Fsspec} should point to
a file in the folder, not the folder itself (the file need not exist,
though). If no argument is passed the folder will be set to the
current directory, i.e. what \code{os.getcwd()} returns.
Note that starting with system 7.5 the user can change Standard File
behaviour with the ``general controls'' controlpanel, thereby making
this call inoperative.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{FindFolder}{where\, which\, create}
Locates one of the ``special'' folders that MacOS knows about, such as
the trash or the Preferences folder. \var{Where} is the disk to