mirror of https://github.com/python/cpython
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In this directory you can build the Python documentation in a form that
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is suitable for access with Apple Help Viewer. This will enable the
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"Python Documentation" menu entries in the MacPython IDE Help menu.
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Unfortunately the procedure to build the docs is not very streamlined.
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First, edit setup.py. At the top, edit MAJOR_VERSION and MINOR_VERSION,
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and check that DESTDIR makes sense. The documentation will be installed
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inside PythonIDE.app.
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In DocBuild.initialize_options, set self.download to True if you want to
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download the docs. Set it to False if you want to build the docs from
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the source tree, but this requires LaTex and lots of other stuff.
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Doable, but not easy.
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Second, if you want to download the docs you may need to do a couple
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more edits. The way the docs are packaged will often change between
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major releases. Fiddle DocBuild.downloadDocs to make it do the right
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thing (download the docs from python.org, unpack them, rename the
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directory to "build/html").
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After these edits you should be ready to roll. "pythonw setup.py build"
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should download and unpack (or build) the docs. Next, it will do some
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magic to make the docs indexable. Finally, it will run the Apple Help
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Indexing Tool. (This last step is the reason you must use "pythonw" as
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opposed to "python"). Usually it will time out while waiting for AHIT to
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do its work. Wait until AHIT is done.
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Now you're ready to install with "python setup.py install".
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After this is done test your work. Fire up PythonIDE, and check that
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Help->Python Documentation brings up the documentation in the Help Viewer.
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Also open an IDE edit window, type something like "import sys", select
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"import", and use Help->Lookup in Python Documentation to check that the
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index has been generated correctly.
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