cpython/Doc
Guido van Rossum fb67be2f6b Three patches from issue #1047, by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc:
1/ getargs.diff adds the 'Z' and 'Z#' format specifiers for
PyArg_ParseTuple. They mimic z and z# for unicode strings, by accepting
a Unicode or None (in which case the Py_UNICODE* pointer is set to
NULL). With doc and tests.

2/ subprocess.diff converts file PC/_subprocess.c to unicode. We use the
Unicode version of the win32 api (and Z conversion from previous patch)

3/ stdout.diff: sys.stdout must not convert the line endings, Windows
already does it.
Without this patch, when redirecting the output of python, the file
contains \r\r\n for each line. (test_subprocess did catch this)

However, I (GvR) removed the change to _fileio.c (included in the
patches) that prevents closing file descripors < 3 from being closed;
I think that needs to be solved in a different way.
2007-08-29 18:38:11 +00:00
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c-api Three patches from issue #1047, by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc: 2007-08-29 18:38:11 +00:00
data Remove _PyObject_Del 2007-08-19 22:48:23 +00:00
distutils Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
documenting Another merge. Only doc stuff was affected (but this aligns the UTF-32 2007-08-17 18:30:38 +00:00
extending Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
howto Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
includes Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
install Merge the trunk changes in. Breaks socket.ssl for now. 2007-08-28 21:37:11 +00:00
library Merge the trunk changes in. Breaks socket.ssl for now. 2007-08-28 21:37:11 +00:00
reference Merged revisions 57221-57391 via svnmerge from 2007-08-24 16:32:05 +00:00
tools Cosmetic fixes to make this work with Py3k (as well as with 2.5 still). 2007-08-25 14:55:35 +00:00
tutorial Another merge. Only doc stuff was affected (but this aligns the UTF-32 2007-08-17 18:30:38 +00:00
whatsnew Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
ACKS.txt Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
Makefile Force PYTHON = python2.5. 2007-08-18 00:03:44 +00:00
README.txt Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
TODO.txt Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
about.rst Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
bugs.rst Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
conf.py Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
contents.rst Another merge. Only doc stuff was affected (but this aligns the UTF-32 2007-08-17 18:30:38 +00:00
copyright.rst Move the 3k reST doc tree in place. 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +00:00
glossary.rst Another merge. Only doc stuff was affected (but this aligns the UTF-32 2007-08-17 18:30:38 +00:00
license.rst Remove license of the md5 module which is no longer part of Python. 2007-08-16 08:08:41 +00:00

README.txt

Python Documentation README
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This directory contains the reStructuredText (reST) sources to the Python
documentation.  You don't need to build them yourself, prebuilt versions are
available at http://docs.python.org/download/.

Documentation on the authoring Python documentation, including information about
both style and markup, is available in the "Documenting Python" chapter of the
documentation.  There's also a chapter intended to point out differences to
those familiar with the previous docs written in LaTeX.


Building the docs
=================

You need to install Python 2.5 or higher; the toolset used to build the docs are
written in Python.  The toolset used to build the documentation is called
*Sphinx*, it is not included in this tree, but maintained separately in the
Python Subversion repository.  Also needed are Jinja, a templating engine
(included in Sphinx as a Subversion external), and optionally Pygments, a code
highlighter.


Using make
----------

Luckily, a Makefile has been prepared so that on Unix, provided you have
installed Python and Subversion, you can just run ::

   make html

to check out the necessary toolset in the `tools/` subdirectory and build the
HTML output files.  To view the generated HTML, point your favorite browser at
the top-level index `build/html/index.html` after running "make".

Available make targets are:

 * "html", which builds standalone HTML files for offline viewing.

 * "web", which builds files usable with the Sphinx.web application (used to
   serve the docs online at http://docs.python.org/).

 * "htmlhelp", which builds HTML files and a HTML Help project file usable to
   convert them into a single Compiled HTML (.chm) file -- these are popular
   under Microsoft Windows, but very handy on every platform.

   To create the CHM file, you need to run the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop
   over the generated project (.hhp) file.

A "make update" updates the Subversion checkouts in `tools/`.


Without make
------------

You'll need to checkout the Sphinx package to the `tools/` directory::

   svn co http://svn.python.org/projects/doctools/trunk/sphinx tools/sphinx

Then, you need to install Docutils 0.4 (the SVN snapshot won't work), either
by checking it out via ::

   svn co http://svn.python.org/projects/external/docutils-0.4/docutils tools/docutils

or by installing it from http://docutils.sf.net/.

You can optionally also install Pygments, either as a checkout via :: 

   svn co http://svn.python.org/projects/external/Pygments-0.8.1/pygments tools/pygments

or from PyPI at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pygments.


Then, make an output directory, e.g. under `build/`, and run ::

   python tools/sphinx-build.py -b<builder> . build/<outputdirectory>

where `<builder>` is one of html, web or htmlhelp (for explanations see the make
targets above).


Contributing
============

For bugs in the content, the online version at http://docs.python.org/ has a
"suggest change" facility that can be used to correct errors in the source text
and submit them as a patch to the maintainers.

Bugs in the toolset should be reported in the Python bug tracker at
http://bugs.python.org/.

You can also send a mail to the Python Documentation Team at docs@python.org,
and we will process your request as soon as possible.

If you want to help the Documentation Team, you are always welcome.  Just send
a mail to docs@python.org.


Copyright notice
================

The Python source is copyrighted, but you can freely use and copy it
as long as you don't change or remove the copyright notice:

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All rights reserved.

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All rights reserved.

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All rights reserved.

See the file "license.rst" for information on usage and redistribution
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