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c-api less attitude 2008-12-22 20:44:58 +00:00
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distutils #4446: document "platforms" argument for setup(). 2008-12-15 08:33:58 +00:00
documenting Remove confusing sentence part. 2008-12-05 19:03:19 +00:00
extending #4611: fix typo. 2008-12-15 08:36:11 +00:00
howto fix missing bracket 2008-12-14 17:26:04 +00:00
includes Retain copyright of processing examples. This was requested by a Debian maintainer during packaging of the multiprocessing package for 2.4/2.5 2008-11-28 19:33:33 +00:00
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library remove redundant sentence 2008-12-20 22:49:24 +00:00
reference #4517: add "special method" glossary entry and clarify when __getattribute__ is bypassed. 2008-12-05 15:29:39 +00:00
tools python version is included in file name now 2008-12-26 23:26:30 +00:00
tutorial pretend exceptions don't exist a while longer 2008-12-24 16:10:05 +00:00
using Markup fix. 2008-12-23 15:44:25 +00:00
whatsnew Issue #3439: add bit_length method to int and long. 2008-12-17 16:14:37 +00:00
ACKS.txt rephrase has_key doc 2008-10-31 20:41:44 +00:00
Makefile compute DISTVERSION with patchlevel.py 2008-12-21 21:00:53 +00:00
README.txt Fix missing "svn" command. 2008-12-23 12:37:21 +00:00
TODO.txt
about.rst capitalization 2008-04-21 14:43:33 +00:00
bugs.rst remove note about unimplemented feature 2008-08-24 21:55:03 +00:00
conf.py Try to fix problems with verbatim. 2008-11-19 07:59:09 +00:00
contents.rst Make all whatsnew docs accessible. 2008-10-08 18:57:13 +00:00
copyright.rst
glossary.rst Followup to #4511: add link from decorator glossary entry to definition. 2008-12-05 18:00:06 +00:00
license.rst there are way too many places which need to have the current version added 2008-12-21 01:14:47 +00:00
make.bat Check out Jinja as a separate step now that it's not included in the Sphinx package anymore. 2008-04-13 20:51:27 +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 2.4 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.

 * "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.

 * "latex", which builds LaTeX source files that can be run with "pdflatex"
   to produce PDF documents.

 * "text", which builds a plain text file for each source file.

 * "linkcheck", which checks all external references to see whether they are
   broken, redirected or malformed, and outputs this information to stdout
   as well as a plain-text (.txt) file.

 * "changes", which builds an overview over all versionadded/versionchanged/
   deprecated items in the current version. This is meant as a help for the
   writer of the "What's New" document.

 * "coverage", which builds a coverage overview for standard library modules
   and C API.

 * "pydoc-topics", which builds a Python module containing a dictionary
   with plain text documentation for the labels defined in
   `tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py` -- pydoc needs these to show topic
   and keyword help.

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, 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-0.9/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, text, latex, or htmlhelp (for explanations see
the make targets above).


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

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

Bugs in the toolset should be reported in the Sphinx bug tracker at
http://www.bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/sphinx/issues/.

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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Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Python Software Foundation.
All rights reserved.

Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.
All rights reserved.

Copyright (c) 1995-2000 Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
All rights reserved.

Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum.
All rights reserved.

See the file "license.rst" for information on usage and redistribution
of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
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