1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py
index 9fa2d2a..9304461 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py
@@ -145,6 +145,45 @@ class DeprecatedRemoved(Directive):
         return ret
 
 
+# Support for including Misc/NEWS
+
+import re
+import codecs
+from docutils.statemachine import string2lines
+from sphinx.util.nodes import nested_parse_with_titles
+
+issue_re = re.compile('Issue #([0-9]+)')
+
+class MiscNews(Directive):
+    has_content = False
+    required_arguments = 1
+    optional_arguments = 0
+    final_argument_whitespace = False
+    option_spec = {}
+
+    def run(self):
+        fname = self.arguments[0]
+        source = self.state_machine.input_lines.source(
+            self.lineno - self.state_machine.input_offset - 1)
+        source_dir = path.dirname(path.abspath(source))
+        try:
+            fp = codecs.open(path.join(source_dir, fname), encoding='utf-8')
+            try:
+                content = fp.read()
+            finally:
+                fp.close()
+        except Exception:
+            text = 'The NEWS file is not available.'
+            node = nodes.strong(text, text)
+            return [node]
+        content = issue_re.sub(r'`Issue #\1 <http://bugs.python.org/\1>`__',
+                               content)
+        # remove first 3 lines as they are the main heading
+        lines = content.splitlines()[3:]
+        self.state_machine.insert_input(lines, fname)
+        return []
+
+
 # Support for building "topic help" for pydoc
 
 pydoc_topic_labels = [
@@ -276,3 +315,4 @@ def setup(app):
     app.add_description_unit('2to3fixer', '2to3fixer', '%s (2to3 fixer)')
     app.add_directive_to_domain('py', 'decorator', PyDecoratorFunction)
     app.add_directive_to_domain('py', 'decoratormethod', PyDecoratorMethod)
+    app.add_directive('miscnews', MiscNews)