cpython/Doc
Guido van Rossum f01dff7e93 Give in to Mike Meyer -- add *both* lib/python1.5/packages and
lib/site-python to the path (if they exist).  This is a reasonable
compromise.
1997-09-03 22:05:54 +00:00
..
api Fix some badly botched prototypes for PyRun* c.s. 1997-08-21 02:28:57 +00:00
ext Minor typo only. 1997-08-14 19:50:18 +00:00
info Added disclaimer. 1996-10-25 15:40:20 +00:00
lib Give in to Mike Meyer -- add *both* lib/python1.5/packages and 1997-09-03 22:05:54 +00:00
mac Changed description of SchedParams() in the following way: 1997-08-22 13:51:31 +00:00
ref generated from latest doc files 1997-05-21 14:48:15 +00:00
templates Added label{module-spam} 1997-07-18 21:07:34 +00:00
texinputs Date 1997-08-15 02:52:35 +00:00
tools A nicety (author lost). 1997-06-02 17:57:10 +00:00
tut New version (interim) by AMK. 1997-07-17 16:21:52 +00:00
.cvsignore Added .ilg (makeindex logfile) 1996-11-27 19:54:40 +00:00
.latex2html-init (.latex2html-init): Restore one setting to the default (no real need to 1996-12-06 14:50:58 +00:00
Makefile Added docs for 'user' customization module. Renamed libuser.tex 1997-08-30 20:02:25 +00:00
README Added pointer to framereader distribution. 1996-12-18 19:55:49 +00:00
api.tex Fix some badly botched prototypes for PyRun* c.s. 1997-08-21 02:28:57 +00:00
boilerplate.tex Date 1997-08-15 02:52:35 +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 Minor typo only. 1997-08-14 19:50:18 +00:00
fix.el Merge alpha100 branch back to main trunk 1994-08-01 12:22:53 +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
keywords.py libsocket.tex: send[to] returns nbytes. 1994-08-01 12:18:36 +00:00
lib.tex Added docs for 'user' customization module. Renamed libuser.tex 1997-08-30 20:02:25 +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 Added fnmatch, base64 and quopri, received from Andrew Kuchling. 1997-04-27 21:25:52 +00:00
libamoeba.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libanydbm.tex Added docs for dumbdbm (AMK), and misc small fixes. 1997-05-09 02:23:45 +00:00
libarray.tex Added buffer_info() docs. 1997-08-14 19:50:37 +00:00
libaudio.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libaudioop.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libbase64.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libbastion.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libbinascii.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libbltin.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libcd.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libcgi.tex Removed some colons that shouldn't be there (probably leftovers from 1997-08-25 18:28:03 +00:00
libcmath.tex Typo in example. 1997-07-17 16:14:12 +00:00
libcode.tex added code.py; codehack.py is obsolete 1997-07-18 21:08:07 +00:00
libcommands.tex Added label{module-spam} 1997-07-18 21:07:34 +00:00
libcopy.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libcrypt.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libcrypto.tex Changed URL for PCT again. 1996-10-22 02:25:24 +00:00
libctb.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libdbm.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
liberrno.tex Get rid of parrot dropping (spurious 'E') 1996-08-09 21:23:14 +00:00
libexcs.tex mass changes; fix titles; add examples; correct typos; clarifications; 1995-03-17 16:07:09 +00:00
libfcntl.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libfl.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libfm.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libfnmatch.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libformatter.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libftplib.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libfuncs.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libgdbm.tex Extensive changes by AMK. 1997-07-17 16:29:42 +00:00
libgetopt.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libgl.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libglob.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libgopherlib.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libgrp.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libgzip.tex New from AMK 1997-07-17 16:26:11 +00:00
libhtmllib.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libhttplib.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +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 AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libimp.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +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
libmac.tex Patches for Mac module docs by Jack 1996-10-15 14:37:31 +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 Misc Mac mods by Jack. Added libmacic.tex, and these patches: 1997-08-18 15:14:26 +00:00
libmacos.tex Changed description of SchedParams() in the following way: 1997-08-22 13:51:31 +00:00
libmacostools.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libmacspeech.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libmactcp.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libmacui.tex Misc Mac mods by Jack. Added libmacic.tex, and these patches: 1997-08-18 15:14:26 +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 AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libmain.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libmarshal.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libmath.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +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
libnntplib.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libobjs.tex minor things 1995-04-04 12:29:37 +00:00
liboperator.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +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 AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libpdb.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libpickle.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libposix.tex Referred to POSIX docs as well as to Unix docs. 1997-08-27 14:54:25 +00:00
libposixfile.tex Added embryonic description of fcntl.lockf(). Added pointer to that 1996-10-11 17:43:34 +00:00
libppath.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libpprint.tex A couple of grammatical nits. 1997-07-24 15:39:16 +00:00
libprofile.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libpwd.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libpython.tex Added site 1997-04-03 22:43:02 +00:00
libquopri.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
librand.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
librandom.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libre.tex Added AMK's first cut at docs for re.py 1997-08-14 23:12:18 +00:00
libregex.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libregsub.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libresource.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +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 AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +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 AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libshelve.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libsignal.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libsite.tex Give in to Mike Meyer -- add *both* lib/python1.5/packages and 1997-09-03 22:05:54 +00:00
libsocket.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libsocksvr.tex Added AMK's SocketServer docs. 1997-05-19 19:55:16 +00:00
libsomeos.tex Add zlib 1997-04-30 19:40:10 +00:00
libsoundex.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libstat.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +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 AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +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 Ignore whitespace between formats (not internal to a count+format). 1997-08-26 20:39:54 +00:00
libsun.tex typos, layout and other small things 1995-04-10 11:34:00 +00:00
libsys.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libsyslog.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libtempfile.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libtemplate.tex Added label{module-spam} 1997-07-18 21:07:34 +00:00
libtermios.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +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 AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libtraceback.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libtypes.tex Added fileno(); added readlines(sizehint). 1997-07-17 16:05:47 +00:00
libtypes2.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libundoc.tex mention cPickle and cStringIO 1997-08-21 02:29:19 +00:00
libunix.tex Spell Unix, not UNIX. 1997-04-02 06:06:03 +00:00
liburllib.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
liburlparse.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libuser.tex Added docs for 'user' customization module. Renamed libuser.tex 1997-08-30 20:02:25 +00:00
libuserdict.tex Added docs for UserDict,UserList 1997-03-27 14:56:18 +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 mimify docs (Sjoerd). 1997-07-30 22:05:07 +00:00
libxdrlib.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
libzlib.tex AMK's megapatch: 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +00:00
myformat.perl (myformat.perl): Don't italicize the '[]' characters around optional 1996-12-06 15:09:14 +00:00
myformat.sty Add AMK's seealso environment that is now used in the library manual 1997-07-17 18:27:53 +00:00
partparse.py (lib<all sorts of stuff>.tex): 1996-12-13 22:04:31 +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 Added disclaimer. 1996-10-25 15:40:20 +00:00
text2latex.py * text2latex.py: call main() instead of always processing ext.tex. 1993-11-19 13:13:22 +00:00
tut.tex New version (interim) by AMK. 1997-07-17 16:21:52 +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
and a published article about Python.

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.)

If you don't have LaTeX, you can ftp a tar file containing PostScript
of the 3 main documents.  It should be in the same place where you
fetched the main Python distribution, in a file named
"pythondoc-ps<version>.tar.gz".  (See "../Misc/FAQ" for more
information about ftp-ing Python files.)

The following are the LaTeX source files:

	tut.tex				The tutorial
	lib.tex, lib*.tex		The library reference
	ext.tex				How to extend Python
	qua.tex, quabib.bib		Article published in CWI Quarterly

All except qua.tex (which isn't built by the default target) 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; you
need bibtex to produce the references list for qua.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


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

The Tutorial and Extensions manual can be converted to HTML using
Nikos Drakos' LaTeX2HTML converter.  See the Makefile; after some
twiddling, "make l2h" should do the trick.

The Library manual doesn't work well with LaTeX2HTML; instead, there's
a Python script texi2html.py in this directory that can be run on the
texinfo generated as an intermediate step for generating the INFO
files as described in the next section.  The command "make libwww"
should do this.


Making the INFO version of the Library Reference
------------------------------------------------

The Library Reference can also be read in hypertext form using the
Emacs INFO system.  This uses Texinfo format as an intermediate step.
It requires texinfo version 2 (we have used 2.14).

To build the info files (python-lib.info*), say "make lib.info".  This
takes a while, even on a machine with a 100 MHz clock and 64 Mbytes of
RAM :-).  Please ignore the output, which appears like error messages
but really is debugging output only.

You may have to change a site dependency in fix.el: if texinfo 2.xx
isn't installed by default at your site, you'll have to install it
(use archie to locate a version and ftp to fetch it).  If you can't
install it in the standard Emacs load path, uncomment the line
containing a "(setq load-path ...)" statement, and fill in the path
where you put it.

The files used by the conversion process are:

partparse.py            Python script that converts LaTeX sources to
			texi files.

texi{pre,post}.dat      Files placed before and after the result.

fix.el                  Elisp file executed by Emacs. Two calls to
                        'texinfo-all-menus-update are necessary in
			some cases.

fix_hack		Shell script to fix the results of the
                        "underscore hack". {\ptt \char'137} is
                        back-translated to a simple underscore.  This
                        is needed for the texindex program.

whichlibs		Shell script to print a list of lib*.tex files
			to be processed.

Thanks for Jan-Hein B\"uhrman for writing and debugging the convertor
and related scripts, and for fixing the LaTeX sources and writing new
macros for myformat.sty!  More thanks to Dave Ascher for adapting
myformat.sty to the new LaTeX release, to Fred Drake for revamping the
partparse.py and texi2html.py scripts, to the many anonymous authors
of library manual sections and corrections (too many to mention).

Many thanks to Robin Friedrich for the conversion of the Reference
Manual to FrameMaker and his work on its index.