Document \e, \url.

Add a few more comments about mkhowto.

Based on comments from Albert <hat@se-46.wpa.wtb.tue.nl>.
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entries are generated.) entries are generated.)
\end{macrodesc} \end{macrodesc}
\begin{macrodesc}{e}{}
Produces a backslash. This is convenient in \macro{code} and
similar macros.
\end{macrodesc}
\begin{macrodesc}{email}{\p{address}} \begin{macrodesc}{email}{\p{address}}
An email address. Note that this is \emph{not} hyperlinked in An email address. Note that this is \emph{not} hyperlinked in
any of the possible output formats. any of the possible output formats.
@ -477,6 +482,17 @@ distribution, to create or maintain whole documents or sections.
font. font.
\end{macrodesc} \end{macrodesc}
\begin{macrodesc}{url}{\p{url}}
A URL (or URN). The URL will be presented as text. In the HTML
and PDF formatted versions, the URL will also be a hyperlink.
This can be used when referring to external resources. Note
that many characters are special to \LaTeX{} and this macro
does not always do the right thing. In particular, the tilde
character (\character{\~}) is mis-handled; encoding it as a
hex-sequence does work, use \samp{\%7e} in place of the tilde
character.
\end{macrodesc}
\begin{macrodesc}{var}{\p{name}} \begin{macrodesc}{var}{\p{name}}
The name of a variable or formal parameter in running text. The name of a variable or formal parameter in running text.
\end{macrodesc} \end{macrodesc}
@ -688,7 +704,7 @@ distribution, to create or maintain whole documents or sections.
This should be used in the document preamble if a ``Module This should be used in the document preamble if a ``Module
Index'' is desired for a document containing reference material Index'' is desired for a document containing reference material
on many modules. This causes a data file on many modules. This causes a data file
\code{lib\macro{jobname}.idx} to be created from the \code{lib\var{jobname}.idx} to be created from the
\macro{declaremodule} macros. This file can be processed by the \macro{declaremodule} macros. This file can be processed by the
\program{makeindex} program to generate a file which can be \program{makeindex} program to generate a file which can be
\macro{input} into the document at the desired location of the \macro{input} into the document at the desired location of the
@ -911,6 +927,12 @@ distribution, to create or maintain whole documents or sections.
tree. Use \program{mkhowto --help} for a list of command line tree. Use \program{mkhowto --help} for a list of command line
options. options.
\program{mkhowto} can be used for both \code{howto} and
\code{manual} class documents. (For the later, be sure to get
the latest version from the Python CVS repository rather than
the version distributed in the \file{latex-1.5.2.tgz} source
archive.)
XXX Need more here. XXX Need more here.
\end{description} \end{description}
@ -987,6 +1009,7 @@ distribution, to create or maintain whole documents or sections.
Comments and bug reports on the standard documents should be sent Comments and bug reports on the standard documents should be sent
to \email{python-docs@python.org}. This may include comments to \email{python-docs@python.org}. This may include comments
about formatting, content, grammatical and spelling errors, or about formatting, content, grammatical and spelling errors, or
this document. this document. You can also send comments on this document
directly to the author at \email{fdrake@acm.org}.
\end{document} \end{document}