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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2002-05-01 22:05:30 (GMT)
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\end{description}
+ \subsection{Working on Cygwin \label{cygwin}}
+
+ \begin{notice}[warning]
+ This section is a work in progress. It really doesn't work
+ yet. If anyone knows Cygwin and wants to help, send email to
+ \email{python-docs@python.org}.
+ \end{notice}
+
+ Installing the required tools under Cygwin under Cygwin can be a
+ little tedious, if only because many packages are more difficult
+ to install under Cygwin.
+
+ Using the Cygwin installer, make sure your Cygwin installation
+ includes Perl, Python, and the \TeX{} packages. Perl and Python
+ are located under \menuselection{Interpreters} in the installer
+ The \TeX{} packages are located in the \menuselection{Text}
+ section; installing the tetex-beta, texmf, texmf-base, and
+ texmf-extra ensures that all the required packages are available.
+ (There may be a more minimal set, but I've not spent time trying
+ to minimize the installation.)
+
+ The netpbm package is used by \LaTeX2HTML, and \emph{must} be
+ installed before \LaTeX2HTML can be successfully installed, even
+ though they will never be used for most Python documentation.
+ References to download locations are located in the \ulink{netpbm
+ README}{http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/README}. Install according
+ to the instructions.
+
+ \LaTeX2HTML can be installed from the source archive, but only
+ after munging one of the files in the distribution. Edit the file
+ \file{L2hos.pm} in the top level of the unpacked distribution;
+ near the bottom of the file, change the text
+ \code{\$\textasciicircum{}O} with the text \code{'unix'}. Proceed
+ using this command to build and install the software:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+% configure && make install
+\end{verbatim}
+
+
\section{Future Directions \label{futures}}
The history of the Python documentation is full of changes, most of