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@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ -This directory contains the LaTeX source to the Python documentation. -It is not all finished, but good enough to get you started. +Python main documentation -- in LaTeX +------------------------------------- + +This directory contains the LaTeX sources to the Python documentation +and a published article about Python. The following are the LaTeX source files: @@ -9,16 +12,26 @@ The following are the LaTeX source files: qua.tex, quabib.bib Article published in CWI Quarterly All except qua.tex use the style option file "myformat.sty". This -contains some macro definitions and sets style parameters. You can -easily edit it to change the paper size (the default is European -paper, "A4": 21 x 29.7 cm). +contains some macro definitions and sets some style parameters. + +All documents are set up for European paper size ("A4": 21 x 29.7 cm) +by default. To use US paper, remove the "a4wide" style option from +the \documentstyle options list in the first line of the main .tex +files (you may want to fiddle with the lay-out parameters, since the +default format uses rather wide margins to my taste). -There's a Makefile to call latex and other utilities (makeindex and -bibtex) in the right order and the right number of times. This will -produce dvi files for each document made; to preview them, use xdvi. -Printing depends on local conventions; at my site, I use dvips and -lpr. For example: +You need the makeindex utility to produce the index for ref.tex +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. Printing depends on +local conventions; at my site, I use dvips and lpr. For example: make ref # creates ref.dvi xdvi ref # preview it dvips -Ppsc ref | lpr -Ppsc # print it on printer "psc". + +If you don't have latex, you can ftp the pre-formatted PosytScript +versions of the documents; see "../misc/FTP" for information about +ftp-ing Python files. |