\documentclass{manual}

\title{Big Python Manual}

\input{boilerplate}

\makeindex			% tell \index to actually write the .idx file
\makemodindex			% If this contains a lot of module sections.


\begin{document}

\maketitle

% This makes the contents more accessible from the front page of the HTML.
\ifhtml
\chapter*{Front Matter\label{front}}
\fi

%\input{copyright}

\begin{abstract}

\noindent
Big Python is a special version of Python for users who require larger 
keys on their keyboards.  It accomodates their special needs by ...

\end{abstract}

\tableofcontents


\chapter{...}

My chapter.


\appendix
\chapter{...}

My appendix.

The \code{\e appendix} markup need not be repeated for additional
appendices.


%
%  The ugly "%begin{latexonly}" pseudo-environments are really just to
%  keep LaTeX2HTML quiet during the \renewcommand{} macros; they're
%  not really valuable.
%
%  If you don't want the Module Index, you can remove all of this up
%  until the second \input line.
%
%begin{latexonly}
\renewcommand{\indexname}{Module Index}
%end{latexonly}
\input{mod\jobname.ind}		% Module Index

%begin{latexonly}
\renewcommand{\indexname}{Index}
%end{latexonly}
\input{\jobname.ind}			% Index

\end{document}