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Fred Drake 054f8fd12c Wrapped some long lines.
Added trailing "()" for function and method names.

Added index entries for referenced modules.
1998-01-12 18:28:20 +00:00
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api Revise prologue and frontmatter to use latex2e (not in 2.09 compatibility 1998-01-09 05:36:43 +00:00
ext Revise prologue and frontmatter to use latex2e (not in 2.09 compatibility 1998-01-09 05:39:38 +00:00
html Simple index for the reference manuals (mostly for use on the Windows 1997-11-25 18:27:23 +00:00
icons Adding the icons used by latex2html output to the CVS tree. 1997-11-25 20:14:07 +00:00
info Updated release date to match boilerplate.tex. 1997-12-30 04:42:49 +00:00
lib Wrapped some long lines. 1998-01-12 18:28:20 +00:00
mac Reduce warning count from partparse.py. 1997-12-29 18:53:31 +00:00
ref Apply fixps.py to allow A4 paper printing. 1997-12-30 23:49:49 +00:00
templates Make the word "Module" in the section header start with an upper-case "M" 1997-12-17 13:44:37 +00:00
texinputs Set the release date for 1.5 (final). 1997-12-30 04:29:30 +00:00
tools Script to convert module index data to module index. 1998-01-02 03:00:27 +00:00
tut Revise prologue and frontmatter to use latex2e (not in 2.09 compatibility 1998-01-09 05:36:43 +00:00
.cvsignore Ignore generated info files. 1997-12-29 21:37:21 +00:00
.latex2html-init Consistency: Always use lower-case markup; one tag was still given in 1998-01-09 14:39:41 +00:00
Makefile lib.dvi target: Added commands to generate the modules index. 1998-01-02 03:01:47 +00:00
README Updated the README to the current status. Added a note about the 1997-12-08 20:51:26 +00:00
api.tex Revise prologue and frontmatter to use latex2e (not in 2.09 compatibility 1998-01-09 05:36:43 +00:00
boilerplate.tex Set the release date for 1.5 (final). 1997-12-30 04:29:30 +00:00
copyright.tex Added disclaimer. 1996-10-25 15:40:20 +00:00
custlib.py A nicety (author lost). 1997-06-02 17:57:10 +00:00
ext.tex Revise prologue and frontmatter to use latex2e (not in 2.09 compatibility 1998-01-09 05:39:38 +00:00
fix.el Change name of temporary file to avoid possible filesystem issues; matches 1997-12-29 16:58:46 +00:00
fix_hack Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk 1994-08-01 12:22:53 +00:00
fix_libaux.sed (fix_libaux.sed): Hackish little sed script to modify lib.aux to get section 1996-11-11 20:49:27 +00:00
index.html Simple index for the reference manuals (mostly for use on the Windows 1997-11-25 18:27:23 +00:00
keywords.py libsocket.tex: send[to] returns nbytes. 1994-08-01 12:18:36 +00:00
lib.tex Revise prologue and frontmatter to use latex2e (not in 2.09 compatibility 1998-01-09 05:36:43 +00:00
libaifc.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libal.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
liballos.tex Adding Martin von Loewis' documentation for his locale module. 1997-11-20 21:04:27 +00:00
libamoeba.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libanydbm.tex Added \indexsubitem definition. Non-optimal, but two modules are sharing 1997-11-30 05:38:44 +00:00
libarray.tex Added missing "\" to "\var{address}, var{length}" in buffer_info() description. 1997-12-29 19:33:45 +00:00
libaudioop.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libbase64.tex Fixed index entries to be more consistent. 1998-01-07 03:47:10 +00:00
libbasehttp.tex Added Greg Stein's docs for BaseHTTPServer.py. 1997-12-29 20:01:55 +00:00
libbastion.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libbinascii.tex Make the word "Module" in the section header start with an upper-case "M" 1997-12-17 13:45:50 +00:00
libbltin.tex Used a named target to form the reference to the Built-in Functions section. 1997-12-16 04:06:06 +00:00
libcd.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libcgi.tex Mark file names with \file{} instead of \code{}. 1997-12-09 03:28:42 +00:00
libcmath.tex Add index entry for reference to the math module. 1998-01-09 21:30:03 +00:00
libcode.tex Nit adjustments to remove warnings when processed with partparse.py. 1997-12-29 18:21:37 +00:00
libcommands.tex Make the word "Module" in the section header start with an upper-case "M". 1997-12-17 13:51:08 +00:00
libcopy.tex Fixed index references to modules. 1997-12-15 21:56:05 +00:00
libcrypt.tex Normalized the word "Unix" to "\UNIX{}". 1997-12-29 17:31:22 +00:00
libcrypto.tex Replace unprotected tilders by \~ -- an unprotected tilde is a 1997-12-18 16:28:56 +00:00
libctb.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libdbm.tex Fixed index module reference. 1997-12-16 04:08:24 +00:00
libdis.tex Reduce warning count from partparse.py. 1997-12-29 20:02:55 +00:00
liberrno.tex Added doc for errorcode dictionary. 1997-11-18 15:27:51 +00:00
libexcs.tex Correct small nits reported by Rob Hooft. 1997-12-30 20:38:16 +00:00
libfcntl.tex Fixed index references to modules. 1997-12-15 22:23:52 +00:00
libfl.tex Reduce warning count from partparse.py. 1997-12-29 20:28:33 +00:00
libfm.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libfnmatch.tex "Unix" --> "\UNIX{}" 1998-01-11 19:06:37 +00:00
libformatter.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libftplib.tex Added index items for the RFC and the protocol itself. 1998-01-07 13:13:42 +00:00
libfuncs.tex Follow current recommended practice in an example: Use isinstance() to 1998-01-11 21:15:23 +00:00
libgdbm.tex Fixed index module reference. 1997-12-16 04:08:24 +00:00
libgetopt.tex Correct small nits reported by Rob Hooft. 1997-12-30 20:38:16 +00:00
libgl.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libglob.tex Changed some \verb\...\ markup to the more common \code{...}. \verb\...\ is 1997-12-29 15:55:10 +00:00
libgopherlib.tex Added index entry for the protocol. 1998-01-07 13:17:20 +00:00
libgrp.tex Correct small nits reported by Rob Hooft. 1997-12-30 20:38:16 +00:00
libgzip.tex Correct small nits reported by Rob Hooft. 1997-12-30 20:38:16 +00:00
libhtmllib.tex Fixed index references to modules. 1997-12-15 21:56:05 +00:00
libhttplib.tex Fixed index references to modules. 1997-12-15 21:56:05 +00:00
libimageop.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libimgfile.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libimghdr.tex Make the word "Module" in the section header start with an upper-case "M". 1997-12-17 14:01:52 +00:00
libimp.tex Normalize some markup. 1998-01-07 18:57:01 +00:00
libintro.tex minor things 1995-04-04 12:29:37 +00:00
libjpeg.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libkeyword.tex Documentation for the keyword module. 1997-10-06 21:39:16 +00:00
liblocale.tex Make the word "Module" in the section header start with an upper-case "M". 1997-12-17 15:30:07 +00:00
libmac.tex Added some module references to the index. 1997-12-15 21:40:15 +00:00
libmacconsole.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libmacdnr.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libmacfs.tex Added missing "\end{funcdesc}" after FindFolder documentation. 1997-08-22 13:45:13 +00:00
libmacic.tex Reduce warning count from partparse.py. 1997-12-29 18:53:31 +00:00
libmacos.tex Reduce warning count from partparse.py. 1997-12-29 18:53:31 +00:00
libmacostools.tex Make the word "Module" in the section header start with an upper-case "M" 1997-12-17 14:01:31 +00:00
libmacspeech.tex Get rid of math mode in some places. 1997-11-25 01:00:40 +00:00
libmactcp.tex Get rid of math mode in some places. 1997-11-25 01:00:40 +00:00
libmacui.tex Make the word "Module" in the section header start with an upper-case "M" 1997-12-17 14:12:31 +00:00
libmailbox.tex Misc Mac mods by Jack. Added libmacic.tex, and these patches: 1997-08-18 15:14:26 +00:00
libmailcap.tex Changed all \verb\...\ markup to either \code{...} or \samp{...}. 1997-12-29 16:55:50 +00:00
libmain.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libmarshal.tex Fixed index references to modules. 1997-12-15 21:56:05 +00:00
libmath.tex Typographical nits: Always set parameter names in \var{} in the running text. 1998-01-09 21:26:51 +00:00
libmd5.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libmimetools.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libmimify.tex Documented mime_decode_header() and mime_encode_header(). 1997-08-14 14:13:01 +00:00
libmisc.tex New stuff by AMK. 1997-04-03 22:41:49 +00:00
libmm.tex (lib<all sorts of stuff>.tex): 1996-12-13 22:04:31 +00:00
libmods.tex Lots of small corrections by Andrew Kuchling (plus all new rotor docs) 1994-08-08 12:30:22 +00:00
libmpz.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libni.tex Grammatical nit. 1998-01-09 22:37:52 +00:00
libnntplib.tex Fixed up index entries. 1998-01-07 13:23:32 +00:00
libobjs.tex minor things 1995-04-04 12:29:37 +00:00
liboperator.tex Remove unneeded "{}" that confused makeinfo. 1997-12-29 17:11:55 +00:00
libos.tex Added os.altsep; this is '/' on DOS/Windows, and None on systems with 1997-08-29 22:37:44 +00:00
libpanel.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libparser.tex Added \label{} to allow module references. 1998-01-09 22:24:14 +00:00
libpdb.tex Modify command descriptions to use \optional{} instead of ad-hoc markup. 1998-01-12 15:38:30 +00:00
libpickle.tex Add module reference for cPickle to index. 1998-01-09 22:36:51 +00:00
libposix.tex Correct small nits reported by Rob Hooft. 1997-12-30 20:38:16 +00:00
libposixfile.tex Convert a couple of three-column tables with an empty third column to 1997-12-23 04:21:20 +00:00
libppath.tex Fixed index references to modules. 1997-12-15 21:56:05 +00:00
libpprint.tex Make the word "Module" in the section header start with an upper-case "M". 1997-12-17 14:07:25 +00:00
libprofile.tex Removed unnecessary \small{} block; latex2html got it wrong and its no 1997-12-23 04:03:26 +00:00
libpwd.tex Correct small nits reported by Rob Hooft. 1997-12-30 20:38:16 +00:00
libpython.tex Add description for some modules that have been added since this intro 1997-11-20 21:03:33 +00:00
libqueue.tex Make the word "Module" in the section header start with an upper-case "M". 1997-12-17 14:08:01 +00:00
libquopri.tex Added \indexsubitem definition; functions were previously indexed for the 1997-11-30 05:53:22 +00:00
librand.tex Updated \indexsubitem; functions had been indexed for the wrong module. 1997-11-30 05:23:47 +00:00
librandom.tex Added "docs" for Pareto and Weibull distributions. 1997-12-30 17:38:05 +00:00
libre.tex Sigh. Apply a similar patch to the *other* occurrence of [^...]. 1998-01-12 05:49:05 +00:00
libregex.tex Wrapped some long lines. 1998-01-12 18:28:20 +00:00
libregsub.tex Add obsolescence note. 1997-12-30 04:54:47 +00:00
libresource.tex Use tableii environment for the table instead of tabular. This makes it 1997-12-29 19:02:01 +00:00
librestricted.tex Done with this for 1.4. 1996-10-24 22:14:06 +00:00
librexec.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
librfc822.tex Index the RFC822 reference (some other RFC references were alreaddy indexed). 1997-12-16 15:19:47 +00:00
librgbimg.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
librotor.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libselect.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libsgi.tex restructured library manual accordiung to functional group 1995-03-28 13:35:14 +00:00
libsgmllib.tex Fixed index references to modules. 1997-12-15 22:20:33 +00:00
libshelve.tex Fixed index references to modules. 1997-12-15 21:59:33 +00:00
libsignal.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libsite.tex Fixed index references to modules. 1997-12-15 22:09:42 +00:00
libsocket.tex Fix a little mess (Likecode{...} -> Like \code{...}) in recently added text. 1997-12-09 19:47:24 +00:00
libsocksvr.tex Fixed unresolved reference problem; this module wasn't \label{}ed. 1997-12-04 14:36:52 +00:00
libsomeos.tex Add description for Queue; fix typo (whichdbm should be whichdb). 1997-11-20 21:00:03 +00:00
libsoundex.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libstat.tex Make the word "Module" in the section header start with an upper-case "M". 1997-12-17 14:11:18 +00:00
libstd.tex Restructured library documentation 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +00:00
libstdwin.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libstring.tex Fixed index module reference. 1997-12-16 04:04:25 +00:00
libstrings.tex Added ref to StringIO docs. 1997-03-03 16:03:05 +00:00
libstrio.tex Note that getvalue() must be called before close(). 1997-07-17 16:29:04 +00:00
libstruct.tex Fixed index module reference. 1997-12-16 04:08:24 +00:00
libsun.tex Fixed index module reference. 1997-12-16 04:08:24 +00:00
libsys.tex Fixed index references to modules. 1997-12-15 21:56:05 +00:00
libsyslog.tex Added \indexsubitem definition; functions were previously indexed for the 1997-11-30 05:27:26 +00:00
libtempfile.tex Use \file{} instead of \code{} or ``\code{}'' to mark file & directory names 1998-01-09 22:30:32 +00:00
libtemplate.tex Make the word "Module" in the section header start with an upper-case "M" 1997-12-17 13:44:37 +00:00
libtermios.tex Replace unprotected tilders by \~ -- an unprotected tilde is a 1997-12-18 16:28:56 +00:00
libthread.tex Updated platform specific notes (it is now more common to have this) 1997-08-14 19:51:26 +00:00
libtime.tex Get rid of math mode in some places. 1997-11-25 01:00:40 +00:00
libtraceback.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libtypes.tex Markup consistency in the mapping object interface description. 1998-01-09 20:36:44 +00:00
libtypes2.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libundoc.tex The resource module has been documented; remove from list. 1998-01-09 22:25:10 +00:00
libunix.tex Spell Unix, not UNIX. 1997-04-02 06:06:03 +00:00
liburllib.tex Fixed index references to modules. 1997-12-15 22:13:50 +00:00
liburlparse.tex Reduce warning count from partparse.py. 1997-12-29 19:09:37 +00:00
libuser.tex Simplify markup. 1998-01-09 22:27:55 +00:00
libuserdict.tex Fix a typo (the word "a" was spelled "c"!). 1998-01-07 22:05:25 +00:00
libwhichdb.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libwhrandom.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libwww.tex Added BaseHTTPServer to table of contents for chapter. 1997-12-30 23:42:27 +00:00
libxdrlib.tex For consistency, always use a trailing "()" on function names in the running 1998-01-08 04:00:30 +00:00
libxmllib.tex Make "{" and "}" in code sample visible instead of a group (it's supposed to 1997-12-29 19:59:38 +00:00
libzlib.tex Correct small nits reported by Rob Hooft. 1997-12-30 20:38:16 +00:00
modindex.py Script to convert module index data to module index. 1998-01-02 03:00:27 +00:00
myformat.perl Fix previous nit to really do the right thing. 1998-01-09 16:26:54 +00:00
myformat.sty \optional{}: Removed leading word space, allowing more flexibility. 1998-01-12 14:44:33 +00:00
partparse.py Getting uglier. But it doesn't completely bomb except for some table stuff. 1997-12-29 21:40:35 +00:00
texi2html.py (texi2html.py): Minor improvement to HTML 3.0 output for code examples. 1996-10-25 22:13:59 +00:00
texipost.dat Incorporated Jan-Hein's changes and texinfo conversion. 1992-12-08 14:37:55 +00:00
texipre.dat Updated release date to match boilerplate.tex. 1997-12-30 04:42:49 +00:00
text2latex.py * text2latex.py: call main() instead of always processing ext.tex. 1993-11-19 13:13:22 +00:00
tut.tex Revise prologue and frontmatter to use latex2e (not in 2.09 compatibility 1998-01-09 05:36:43 +00:00
whichlibs At release 1.0.1. Scripts, Makefile, README: cosmetic changes and 1994-02-15 15:59:23 +00:00

README

Python main documentation -- in Latex
-------------------------------------

This directory contains the Latex sources to the Python documentation.

The Python Reference Manual is no longer maintained in Latex.  It is
now a FrameMaker document.  The FrameMaker 5.0 files (ref.book,
ref*.doc) as well as PostScript generated (ref.ps) from it are in the
subdirectory ref/.  (See ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/framereader for
a free reader for FrameMaker documents, for some platforms.)  Many
thanks to Robin Friedrich for the conversion of the Reference Manual
to FrameMaker and his work on its index.

If you don't have Latex, you can ftp a tar file containing PostScript
of all documents.  It should be in the same place where you fetched
the main Python distribution (try http://www.python.org or
ftp://ftp.python.org).

The following are the Latex source files:

	tut.tex				The tutorial
	lib.tex, lib*.tex		The library reference
	ext.tex				How to extend Python
	api.tex				Reference for the Python/C API

All use the style option file "myformat.sty".  This contains some
macro definitions and sets some style parameters.

You need the makeindex utility to produce the index for lib.tex.

There's a Makefile to call Latex and the other utilities in the right
order and the right number of times.  This will produce DVI files for
each document made; to preview them, use xdvi.  PostScript is produced
by the same Makefile target that produces the DVI files.  This uses
the dvips tool.  Printing depends on local conventions; at my site, I
use lp.  For example:

	make lib			# create lib.dvi and lib.ps
	xdvi lib			# preview lib.dvi
	lp lib.ps			# print on default printer


Using Times fonts
-----------------

As distributed, the Latex documents use the default Tex fonts (CMR).
These qre quite ugly.  If you have the "PSfont" Latex add-on
installed, you can produce versions using Times fonts (and Courier for
fixed text) by inserting "times," in the list of options in the
documentstyle macro in the first line of the files lib.tex, tut.tex,
ext.tex, api.tex, e.g.

	\documentstyle[twoside,times,myformat]{report}


Making HTML files
-----------------

The Latex documents can be converted to HTML using Nikos Drakos'
Latex2html converter.  See the Makefile; after some twiddling, "make
l2h" should do the trick.

For the reference manual, I use Harlequin's webmaker.  I'm not very
happy with it and hope that eventually FrameMaker will be able to
produce HTML without third party help.