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@@ -1,27 +1,24 @@ -This directory contains the source to the Python documentation. - -Unfortunately it's not not very readable, complete or up-to-date yet -- -in other words, I'm still working on it! - -There are four documents and a macro file: - - macros.ms macros .so'ed by the documents - - tut.ms informal tutorial - mod.ms description of standard modules - ref.ms Python language reference manual (embryonic) - paper.ms conference paper about Python (embryonic) - -XXX There should also be a man page (extracted from sec. 2 of the tutorial) - -To typeset one of the documents on the default Postscript printer, chdir -to this directory (otherwise the macros aren't found!) and issue the -command - - pstroff -ms file.ms - -When typesetting all documents, issue a separate command for each. - -You can also use the Makefile, at your own risk. - ---Guido (last modified 7 Oct 90) +This directory contains the LaTeX source to the Python documentation. +The documentation is not all finished, but good enough to get you some +idea of how to program in Python. + +The following are the important latex source files: + + tut.tex tutorial + mod.tex library reference + +They both read the style option file "myformat.sty". + +You can use the Makefile to format, preview and print the documents. +Type "make tut" or "make mod" to preview either document with xdvi. +Type "make print" to print them both (this only works if your print +spooler is set up just like mine...), or "make all" to create postscript +files that you can you can print using your local printing commands. +Type "make clean" to get rid of all the intermediate files produced by +the latex process. + +You can just as well ignore the Makefile; all you really need is: + latex tut + latex tut + dvips tut | lpr +and similar for the "mod" document. |