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@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ Python main documentation -- in LaTeX ------------------------------------- -This directory contains the LaTeX sources to the Python documentation. -They now require LaTeX2e (LaTeX 2.09 compatibility is dropped). +This directory contains the LaTeX sources to the Python documentation +and tools required to support the formatting process. The documents +now require LaTeX2e; LaTeX 2.09 compatibility has been dropped. If you don't have LaTeX, or if you'd rather not format the documentation yourself, you can ftp a tar file containing HTML, PDF, @@ -16,12 +17,15 @@ The following are the LaTeX source files: api/*.tex Python/C API Reference Manual ext/*.tex Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter lib/*.tex Python Library Reference + mac/*.tex Macintosh Library Modules ref/*.tex Python Reference Manual tut/*.tex Python Tutorial -All use the "manual" document class and "python" package, derived from -the old "myformat.sty" style file. These contains many macro -definitions useful in documenting Python, and set some style parameters. +Most use the "manual" document class and "python" package, derived from +the old "myformat.sty" style file. The Macintosh Library Modules +document uses the "howto" document class instead. These contains many +macro definitions useful in documenting Python, and set some style +parameters. 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 @@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ 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. +html" should do the trick. What else is in here? |