better docs

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pyisda/logging.pyx b/pyisda/logging.pyx
index 5aa5282..2f94d16 100644
--- a/pyisda/logging.pyx
+++ b/pyisda/logging.pyx
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
+""" helper functions to use the logging facility"""
+
 def enable_logging():
+    """turn on logging
+
+    default location is error.log in the $HOME directory.
+    To change from default use ``set_logging_file``
+    """
     JpmcdsErrMsgOn()
 
 def disable_logging():
+    """turn off logging"""
     JpmcdsErrMsgOff()
 
 def set_logging_file(str file_name, TBoolean append = True):
+    """set logging file"""
     filename_bytes = file_name.encode('utf-8')
     cdef char* c_string = filename_bytes
     if JpmcdsErrMsgFileName(c_string, append) !=0:
@@ -16,5 +25,5 @@ def log_message(str msg):
     JpmcdsErrLogWrite(c_msg)
 
 def flush():
-    if JpmcdsErrMsgFlush() !=0:
+    if JpmcdsErrMsgFlush() != 0:
         raise