#!/usr/bin/env python """Generate Python documentation in HTML or as text for interactive use. At the shell command line outside of Python, run "pydoc " to show documentation on something. may be the name of a Python function, module, package, or a dotted reference to a class or function within a module or module in a package. Alternatively, the argument can be the path to a Python source file. Or, at the shell prompt, run "pydoc -k " to search for a keyword in the one-line descriptions of modules. Or, at the shell prompt, run "pydoc -p " to start an HTTP server on a given port on the local machine to generate documentation web pages. Or, at the shell prompt, run "pydoc -w " to write out the HTML documentation for a module to a file named ".html". In the Python interpreter, do "from pydoc import help" to provide online help. Calling help(thing) on a Python object documents the object.""" __author__ = "Ka-Ping Yee " __date__ = "26 February 2001" __version__ = "$Revision$" __credits__ = """Guido van Rossum, for an excellent programming language. Tommy Burnette, the original creator of manpy. Paul Prescod, for all his work on onlinehelp. Richard Chamberlain, for the first implementation of textdoc. Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...""" import sys, imp, os, stat, re, types, inspect from repr import Repr from string import expandtabs, find, join, lower, split, strip, rstrip # --------------------------------------------------------- common routines def synopsis(filename, cache={}): """Get the one-line summary out of a module file.""" mtime = os.stat(filename)[stat.ST_MTIME] lastupdate, result = cache.get(filename, (0, None)) if lastupdate < mtime: file = open(filename) line = file.readline() while line[:1] == '#' or strip(line) == '': line = file.readline() if not line: break if line[-2:] == '\\\n': line = line[:-2] + file.readline() line = strip(line) if line[:3] == '"""': line = line[3:] while strip(line) == '': line = file.readline() if not line: break result = split(line, '"""')[0] else: result = None file.close() cache[filename] = (mtime, result) return result def index(dir): """Return a list of (module-name, synopsis) pairs for a directory tree.""" results = [] for entry in os.listdir(dir): path = os.path.join(dir, entry) if ispackage(path): results.extend(map( lambda (m, s), pkg=entry: (pkg + '.' + m, s), index(path))) elif os.path.isfile(path) and entry[-3:] == '.py': results.append((entry[:-3], synopsis(path))) return results def pathdirs(): """Convert sys.path into a list of absolute, existing, unique paths.""" dirs = [] for dir in sys.path: dir = os.path.abspath(dir or '.') if dir not in dirs and os.path.isdir(dir): dirs.append(dir) return dirs def getdoc(object): """Get the doc string or comments for an object.""" result = inspect.getdoc(object) if not result: try: result = inspect.getcomments(object) except: pass return result and rstrip(result) or '' def classname(object, modname): """Get a class name and qualify it with a module name if necessary.""" name = object.__name__ if object.__module__ != modname: name = object.__module__ + '.' + name return name def isconstant(object): """Check if an object is of a type that probably means it's a constant.""" return type(object) in [ types.FloatType, types.IntType, types.ListType, types.LongType, types.StringType, types.TupleType, types.TypeType, hasattr(types, 'UnicodeType') and types.UnicodeType or 0] def replace(text, *pairs): """Do a series of global replacements on a string.""" for old, new in pairs: text = join(split(text, old), new) return text def cram(text, maxlen): """Omit part of a string if needed to make it fit in a maximum length.""" if len(text) > maxlen: pre = max(0, (maxlen-3)/2) post = max(0, maxlen-3-pre) return text[:pre] + '...' + text[len(text)-post:] return text def cleanid(text): """Remove the hexadecimal id from a Python object representation.""" return re.sub(' at 0x[0-9a-f]{5,}>$', '>', text) def modulename(path): """Return the Python module name for a given path, or None.""" filename = os.path.basename(path) if lower(filename[-3:]) == '.py': return filename[:-3] elif lower(filename[-4:]) == '.pyc': return filename[:-4] elif lower(filename[-11:]) == 'module.so': return filename[:-11] elif lower(filename[-13:]) == 'module.so.1': return filename[:-13] class DocImportError(Exception): """Class for errors while trying to import something to document it.""" def __init__(self, filename, etype, evalue): self.filename = filename self.etype = etype self.evalue = evalue if type(etype) is types.ClassType: etype = etype.__name__ self.args = '%s: %s' % (etype, evalue) def importfile(path): """Import a Python source file or compiled file given its path.""" magic = imp.get_magic() file = open(path, 'r') if file.read(len(magic)) == magic: kind = imp.PY_COMPILED else: kind = imp.PY_SOURCE file.close() filename = os.path.basename(path) name, ext = os.path.splitext(filename) file = open(path, 'r') try: module = imp.load_module(name, file, path, (ext, 'r', kind)) except: raise DocImportError(path, sys.exc_type, sys.exc_value) file.close() return module def ispackage(path): """Guess whether a path refers to a package directory.""" if os.path.isdir(path): init = os.path.join(path, '__init__.py') initc = os.path.join(path, '__init__.pyc') if os.path.isfile(init) or os.path.isfile(initc): return 1 # ---------------------------------------------------- formatter base class class Doc: def document(self, object, *args): """Generate documentation for an object.""" args = (object,) + args if inspect.ismodule(object): return apply(self.docmodule, args) if inspect.isclass(object): return apply(self.docclass, args) if inspect.ismethod(object): return apply(self.docmethod, args) if inspect.isbuiltin(object): return apply(self.docbuiltin, args) if inspect.isfunction(object): return apply(self.docfunction, args) raise TypeError, "don't know how to document objects of type " + \ type(object).__name__ # -------------------------------------------- HTML documentation generator class HTMLRepr(Repr): """Class for safely making an HTML representation of a Python object.""" def __init__(self): Repr.__init__(self) self.maxlist = self.maxtuple = self.maxdict = 10 self.maxstring = self.maxother = 50 def escape(self, text): return replace(text, ('&', '&'), ('<', '<'), ('>', '>')) def repr(self, object): result = Repr.repr(self, object) return result def repr1(self, x, level): methodname = 'repr_' + join(split(type(x).__name__), '_') if hasattr(self, methodname): return getattr(self, methodname)(x, level) else: return self.escape(cram(cleanid(repr(x)), self.maxother)) def repr_string(self, x, level): text = self.escape(cram(x, self.maxstring)) return re.sub(r'((\\[\\abfnrtv]|\\x..|\\u....)+)', r'\1', repr(text)) def repr_instance(self, x, level): try: return cram(cleanid(repr(x)), self.maxstring) except: return self.escape('<%s instance>' % x.__class__.__name__) repr_unicode = repr_string class HTMLDoc(Doc): """Formatter class for HTML documentation.""" # ------------------------------------------- HTML formatting utilities _repr_instance = HTMLRepr() repr = _repr_instance.repr escape = _repr_instance.escape def preformat(self, text): """Format literal preformatted text.""" text = self.escape(expandtabs(text)) return replace(text, ('\n\n', '\n \n'), ('\n\n', '\n \n'), (' ', ' '), ('\n', '
\n')) def multicolumn(self, list, format, cols=4): """Format a list of items into a multi-column list.""" result = '' rows = (len(list)+cols-1)/cols for col in range(cols): result = result + '' % (100/cols) for i in range(rows*col, rows*col+rows): if i < len(list): result = result + format(list[i]) + '
' result = result + '' return '%s
' % result def heading(self, title, fgcol, bgcol, extras=''): """Format a page heading.""" return """


 %s
 %s
""" % (bgcol, fgcol, title, fgcol, extras) def section(self, title, fgcol, bgcol, contents, width=20, prelude='', marginalia=None, gap='   '): """Format a section with a heading.""" if marginalia is None: marginalia = ' ' * width result = """

""" % (bgcol, fgcol, title) if prelude: result = result + """ """ % (bgcol, marginalia, bgcol, prelude) result = result + """ """ % (bgcol, marginalia, gap) result = result + '

 %s
%s %s
%s%s%s
' % contents return result def bigsection(self, title, *args): """Format a section with a big heading.""" title = '%s' % title return apply(self.section, (title,) + args) def footer(self): return """
generated with htmldoc by Ka-Ping Yee
""" def namelink(self, name, *dicts): """Make a link for an identifier, given name-to-URL mappings.""" for dict in dicts: if dict.has_key(name): return '%s' % (dict[name], name) return name def classlink(self, object, modname, *dicts): """Make a link for a class.""" name = object.__name__ if object.__module__ != modname: name = object.__module__ + '.' + name for dict in dicts: if dict.has_key(object): return '%s' % (dict[object], name) return name def modulelink(self, object): """Make a link for a module.""" return '%s' % (object.__name__, object.__name__) def modpkglink(self, (name, path, ispackage, shadowed)): """Make a link for a module or package to display in an index.""" if shadowed: return '%s' % name if path: url = '%s.%s.html' % (path, name) else: url = '%s.html' % name if ispackage: text = '%s (package)' % name else: text = name return '%s' % (url, text) def markup(self, text, escape=None, funcs={}, classes={}, methods={}): """Mark up some plain text, given a context of symbols to look for. Each context dictionary maps object names to anchor names.""" escape = escape or self.escape results = [] here = 0 pattern = re.compile(r'\b(((http|ftp)://\S+[\w/])|' r'(RFC[- ]?(\d+))|' r'(self\.)?(\w+))\b') while 1: match = pattern.search(text, here) if not match: break start, end = match.span() results.append(escape(text[here:start])) all, url, scheme, rfc, rfcnum, selfdot, name = match.groups() if url: results.append('%s' % (url, escape(url))) elif rfc: url = 'http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc%s.txt' % rfcnum results.append('%s' % (url, escape(rfc))) else: if text[end:end+1] == '(': results.append(self.namelink(name, methods, funcs, classes)) elif selfdot: results.append('self.%s' % name) else: results.append(self.namelink(name, classes)) here = end results.append(escape(text[here:])) return join(results, '') # ---------------------------------------------- type-specific routines def doctree(self, tree, modname, classes={}, parent=None): """Produce HTML for a class tree as given by inspect.getclasstree().""" result = '' for entry in tree: if type(entry) is type(()): c, bases = entry result = result + '

' result = result + self.classlink(c, modname, classes) if bases and bases != (parent,): parents = [] for base in bases: parents.append(self.classlink(base, modname, classes)) result = result + '(' + join(parents, ', ') + ')' result = result + '\n
' elif type(entry) is type([]): result = result + \ '
\n%s
\n' % self.doctree(entry, modname, classes, c) return '
\n%s
\n' % result def docmodule(self, object): """Produce HTML documentation for a module object.""" name = object.__name__ result = '' head = '
 %s' % name try: file = inspect.getsourcefile(object) filelink = '%s' % (file, file) except TypeError: filelink = '(built-in)' info = [] if hasattr(object, '__version__'): version = str(object.__version__) if version[:11] == '$' + 'Revision: ' and version[-1:] == '$': version = strip(version[11:-1]) info.append('version: %s' % self.escape(version)) if hasattr(object, '__date__'): info.append(self.escape(str(object.__date__))) if info: head = head + ' (%s)' % join(info, ', ') result = result + self.heading( head, '#ffffff', '#7799ee', 'index
' + filelink) second = lambda list: list[1] modules = map(second, inspect.getmembers(object, inspect.ismodule)) classes, cdict = [], {} for key, value in inspect.getmembers(object, inspect.isclass): if (inspect.getmodule(value) or object) is object: classes.append(value) cdict[key] = cdict[value] = '#' + key funcs, fdict = [], {} for key, value in inspect.getmembers(object, inspect.isroutine): if inspect.isbuiltin(value) or inspect.getmodule(value) is object: funcs.append(value) fdict[key] = '#-' + key if inspect.isfunction(value): fdict[value] = fdict[key] for c in classes: for base in c.__bases__: key, modname = base.__name__, base.__module__ if modname != name and sys.modules.has_key(modname): module = sys.modules[modname] if hasattr(module, key) and getattr(module, key) is base: if not cdict.has_key(key): cdict[key] = cdict[base] = modname + '.html#' + key constants = [] for key, value in inspect.getmembers(object, isconstant): if key[:1] != '_': constants.append((key, value)) doc = self.markup(getdoc(object), self.preformat, fdict, cdict) doc = doc and '%s' % doc result = result + '

%s

\n' % doc if hasattr(object, '__path__'): modpkgs = [] modnames = [] for file in os.listdir(object.__path__[0]): if file[:1] != '_': path = os.path.join(object.__path__[0], file) modname = modulename(file) if modname and modname not in modnames: modpkgs.append((modname, name, 0, 0)) modnames.append(modname) elif ispackage(path): modpkgs.append((file, name, 1, 0)) modpkgs.sort() contents = self.multicolumn(modpkgs, self.modpkglink) result = result + self.bigsection( 'Package Contents', '#ffffff', '#aa55cc', contents) elif modules: contents = self.multicolumn(modules, self.modulelink) result = result + self.bigsection( 'Modules', '#fffff', '#aa55cc', contents) if classes: contents = self.doctree( inspect.getclasstree(classes, 1), name, cdict) for item in classes: contents = contents + self.document(item, fdict, cdict) result = result + self.bigsection( 'Classes', '#ffffff', '#ee77aa', contents) if funcs: contents = '' for item in funcs: contents = contents + self.document(item, fdict, cdict) result = result + self.bigsection( 'Functions', '#ffffff', '#eeaa77', contents) if constants: contents = '' for key, value in constants: contents = contents + ('
%s = %s' % (key, self.repr(value))) result = result + self.bigsection( 'Constants', '#ffffff', '#55aa55', contents) if hasattr(object, '__author__'): contents = self.markup(str(object.__author__), self.preformat) result = result + self.bigsection( 'Author', '#ffffff', '#7799ee', contents) if hasattr(object, '__credits__'): contents = self.markup(str(object.__credits__), self.preformat) result = result + self.bigsection( 'Credits', '#ffffff', '#7799ee', contents) return result def docclass(self, object, funcs={}, classes={}): """Produce HTML documentation for a class object.""" name = object.__name__ bases = object.__bases__ contents = '' methods, mdict = [], {} for key, value in inspect.getmembers(object, inspect.ismethod): methods.append(value) mdict[key] = mdict[value] = '#' + name + '-' + key for item in methods: contents = contents + self.document( item, funcs, classes, mdict, name) title = 'class %s' % (name, name) if bases: parents = [] for base in bases: parents.append(self.classlink(base, object.__module__, classes)) title = title + '(%s)' % join(parents, ', ') doc = self.markup(getdoc(object), self.preformat, funcs, classes, mdict) if doc: doc = '' + doc + '
 
' return self.section(title, '#000000', '#ffc8d8', contents, 10, doc) def docmethod(self, object, funcs={}, classes={}, methods={}, clname=''): """Produce HTML documentation for a method object.""" return self.document( object.im_func, funcs, classes, methods, clname) def formatvalue(self, object): """Format an argument default value as text.""" return ('=%s' % self.repr(object)) def docfunction(self, object, funcs={}, classes={}, methods={}, clname=''): """Produce HTML documentation for a function object.""" args, varargs, varkw, defaults = inspect.getargspec(object) argspec = inspect.formatargspec( args, varargs, varkw, defaults, formatvalue=self.formatvalue) if object.__name__ == '': decl = 'lambda ' + argspec[1:-1] else: anchor = clname + '-' + object.__name__ decl = '%s%s\n' % ( anchor, object.__name__, argspec) doc = self.markup(getdoc(object), self.preformat, funcs, classes, methods) doc = replace(doc, ('
\n', '
')) doc = doc and '%s' % doc return '
%s
%s
' % (decl, doc) def docbuiltin(self, object, *extras): """Produce HTML documentation for a built-in function.""" return '
%s(...)
' % object.__name__ def page(self, object): """Produce a complete HTML page of documentation for an object.""" return ''' Python: %s %s ''' % (describe(object), self.document(object)) def index(self, dir, shadowed=None): """Generate an HTML index for a directory of modules.""" modpkgs = [] if shadowed is None: shadowed = {} seen = {} files = os.listdir(dir) def found(name, ispackage, modpkgs=modpkgs, shadowed=shadowed, seen=seen): if not seen.has_key(name): modpkgs.append((name, '', ispackage, shadowed.has_key(name))) seen[name] = 1 shadowed[name] = 1 # Package spam/__init__.py takes precedence over module spam.py. for file in files: path = os.path.join(dir, file) if ispackage(path): found(file, 1) for file in files: path = os.path.join(dir, file) if file[:1] != '_' and os.path.isfile(path): modname = modulename(file) if modname: found(modname, 0) modpkgs.sort() contents = self.multicolumn(modpkgs, self.modpkglink) return self.bigsection(dir, '#ffffff', '#ee77aa', contents) # -------------------------------------------- text documentation generator class TextRepr(Repr): """Class for safely making a text representation of a Python object.""" def __init__(self): Repr.__init__(self) self.maxlist = self.maxtuple = self.maxdict = 10 self.maxstring = self.maxother = 50 def repr1(self, x, level): methodname = 'repr_' + join(split(type(x).__name__), '_') if hasattr(self, methodname): return getattr(self, methodname)(x, level) else: return cram(cleanid(repr(x)), self.maxother) def repr_instance(self, x, level): try: return cram(cleanid(repr(x)), self.maxstring) except: return '<%s instance>' % x.__class__.__name__ class TextDoc(Doc): """Formatter class for text documentation.""" # ------------------------------------------- text formatting utilities _repr_instance = TextRepr() repr = _repr_instance.repr def bold(self, text): """Format a string in bold by overstriking.""" return join(map(lambda ch: ch + '\b' + ch, text), '') def indent(self, text, prefix=' '): """Indent text by prepending a given prefix to each line.""" if not text: return '' lines = split(text, '\n') lines = map(lambda line, prefix=prefix: prefix + line, lines) if lines: lines[-1] = rstrip(lines[-1]) return join(lines, '\n') def section(self, title, contents): """Format a section with a given heading.""" return self.bold(title) + '\n' + rstrip(self.indent(contents)) + '\n\n' # ---------------------------------------------- type-specific routines def doctree(self, tree, modname, parent=None, prefix=''): """Render in text a class tree as returned by inspect.getclasstree().""" result = '' for entry in tree: if type(entry) is type(()): cl, bases = entry result = result + prefix + classname(cl, modname) if bases and bases != (parent,): parents = map(lambda cl, m=modname: classname(cl, m), bases) result = result + '(%s)' % join(parents, ', ') result = result + '\n' elif type(entry) is type([]): result = result + self.doctree( entry, modname, cl, prefix + ' ') return result def docmodule(self, object): """Produce text documentation for a given module object.""" result = '' name = object.__name__ lines = split(strip(getdoc(object)), '\n') if len(lines) == 1: if lines[0]: name = name + ' - ' + lines[0] lines = [] elif len(lines) >= 2 and not rstrip(lines[1]): if lines[0]: name = name + ' - ' + lines[0] lines = lines[2:] result = result + self.section('NAME', name) try: file = inspect.getfile(object) # XXX or getsourcefile? except TypeError: file = None result = result + self.section('FILE', file or '(built-in)') if lines: result = result + self.section('DESCRIPTION', join(lines, '\n')) classes = [] for key, value in inspect.getmembers(object, inspect.isclass): if (inspect.getmodule(value) or object) is object: classes.append(value) funcs = [] for key, value in inspect.getmembers(object, inspect.isroutine): if inspect.isbuiltin(value) or inspect.getmodule(value) is object: funcs.append(value) constants = [] for key, value in inspect.getmembers(object, isconstant): if key[:1] != '_': constants.append((key, value)) if hasattr(object, '__path__'): modpkgs = [] for file in os.listdir(object.__path__[0]): if file[:1] != '_': path = os.path.join(object.__path__[0], file) modname = modulename(file) if modname and modname not in modpkgs: modpkgs.append(modname) elif ispackage(path): modpkgs.append(file + ' (package)') modpkgs.sort() result = result + self.section( 'PACKAGE CONTENTS', join(modpkgs, '\n')) if classes: contents = self.doctree( inspect.getclasstree(classes, 1), object.__name__) + '\n' for item in classes: contents = contents + self.document(item) + '\n' result = result + self.section('CLASSES', contents) if funcs: contents = '' for item in funcs: contents = contents + self.document(item) + '\n' result = result + self.section('FUNCTIONS', contents) if constants: contents = '' for key, value in constants: line = key + ' = ' + self.repr(value) chop = 70 - len(line) line = self.bold(key) + ' = ' + self.repr(value) if chop < 0: line = line[:chop] + '...' contents = contents + line + '\n' result = result + self.section('CONSTANTS', contents) if hasattr(object, '__version__'): version = str(object.__version__) if version[:11] == '$Revision$': version = version[11:-1] result = result + self.section('VERSION', version) if hasattr(object, '__date__'): result = result + self.section('DATE', str(object.__date__)) if hasattr(object, '__author__'): result = result + self.section('AUTHOR', str(object.__author__)) if hasattr(object, '__credits__'): result = result + self.section('CREDITS', str(object.__credits__)) return result def docclass(self, object): """Produce text documentation for a given class object.""" name = object.__name__ bases = object.__bases__ title = 'class ' + self.bold(name) if bases: parents = map(lambda c, m=object.__module__: classname(c, m), bases) title = title + '(%s)' % join(parents, ', ') doc = getdoc(object) contents = doc and doc + '\n' methods = map(lambda (key, value): value, inspect.getmembers(object, inspect.ismethod)) for item in methods: contents = contents + '\n' + self.document(item) if not contents: return title + '\n' return title + '\n' + self.indent(rstrip(contents), ' | ') + '\n' def docmethod(self, object): """Produce text documentation for a method object.""" return self.document(object.im_func) def formatvalue(self, object): """Format an argument default value as text.""" return '=' + self.repr(object) def docfunction(self, object): """Produce text documentation for a function object.""" try: args, varargs, varkw, defaults = inspect.getargspec(object) argspec = inspect.formatargspec( args, varargs, varkw, defaults, formatvalue=self.formatvalue) except TypeError: argspec = '(...)' if object.__name__ == '': decl = ' ' + argspec[1:-1] else: decl = self.bold(object.__name__) + argspec doc = getdoc(object) if doc: return decl + '\n' + rstrip(self.indent(doc)) + '\n' else: return decl + '\n' def docbuiltin(self, object): """Produce text documentation for a built-in function object.""" return (self.bold(object.__name__) + '(...)\n' + rstrip(self.indent(object.__doc__)) + '\n') # --------------------------------------------------------- user interfaces def pager(text): """The first time this is called, determine what kind of pager to use.""" global pager pager = getpager() pager(text) def getpager(): """Decide what method to use for paging through text.""" if type(sys.stdout) is not types.FileType: return plainpager if not sys.stdin.isatty() or not sys.stdout.isatty(): return plainpager if os.environ.has_key('PAGER'): return lambda a: pipepager(a, os.environ['PAGER']) if sys.platform in ['win', 'win32', 'nt']: return lambda a: tempfilepager(a, 'more') if hasattr(os, 'system') and os.system('less 2>/dev/null') == 0: return lambda a: pipepager(a, 'less') import tempfile filename = tempfile.mktemp() open(filename, 'w').close() try: if hasattr(os, 'system') and os.system('more %s' % filename) == 0: return lambda text: pipepager(text, 'more') else: return ttypager finally: os.unlink(filename) def pipepager(text, cmd): """Page through text by feeding it to another program.""" pipe = os.popen(cmd, 'w') try: pipe.write(text) pipe.close() except IOError: # Ignore broken pipes caused by quitting the pager program. pass def tempfilepager(text, cmd): """Page through text by invoking a program on a temporary file.""" import tempfile filename = tempfile.mktemp() file = open(filename, 'w') file.write(text) file.close() try: os.system(cmd + ' ' + filename) finally: os.unlink(filename) def plain(text): """Remove boldface formatting from text.""" return re.sub('.\b', '', text) def ttypager(text): """Page through text on a text terminal.""" lines = split(plain(text), '\n') try: import tty fd = sys.stdin.fileno() old = tty.tcgetattr(fd) tty.setcbreak(fd) getchar = lambda: sys.stdin.read(1) except (ImportError, AttributeError): tty = None getchar = lambda: sys.stdin.readline()[:-1][:1] try: r = inc = os.environ.get('LINES', 25) - 1 sys.stdout.write(join(lines[:inc], '\n') + '\n') while lines[r:]: sys.stdout.write('-- more --') sys.stdout.flush() c = getchar() if c in ['q', 'Q']: sys.stdout.write('\r \r') break elif c in ['\r', '\n']: sys.stdout.write('\r \r' + lines[r] + '\n') r = r + 1 continue if c in ['b', 'B', '\x1b']: r = r - inc - inc if r < 0: r = 0 sys.stdout.write('\n' + join(lines[r:r+inc], '\n') + '\n') r = r + inc finally: if tty: tty.tcsetattr(fd, tty.TCSAFLUSH, old) def plainpager(text): """Simply print unformatted text. This is the ultimate fallback.""" sys.stdout.write(plain(text)) def describe(thing): """Produce a short description of the given kind of thing.""" if inspect.ismodule(thing): if thing.__name__ in sys.builtin_module_names: return 'built-in module ' + thing.__name__ if hasattr(thing, '__path__'): return 'package ' + thing.__name__ else: return 'module ' + thing.__name__ if inspect.isbuiltin(thing): return 'built-in function ' + thing.__name__ if inspect.isclass(thing): return 'class ' + thing.__name__ if inspect.isfunction(thing): return 'function ' + thing.__name__ if inspect.ismethod(thing): return 'method ' + thing.__name__ return repr(thing) def locate(path): """Locate an object by name (or dotted path), importing as necessary.""" if not path: # special case: imp.find_module('') strangely succeeds return None, None if type(path) is not types.StringType: return None, path if hasattr(__builtins__, path): return None, getattr(__builtins__, path) parts = split(path, '.') n = 1 while n <= len(parts): path = join(parts[:n], '.') try: module = __import__(path) module = reload(module) except: # Did the error occur before or after we found the module? if sys.modules.has_key(path): filename = sys.modules[path].__file__ elif sys.exc_type is SyntaxError: filename = sys.exc_value.filename else: # module not found, so stop looking break # error occurred in the imported module, so report it raise DocImportError(filename, sys.exc_type, sys.exc_value) try: x = module for p in parts[1:]: x = getattr(x, p) return join(parts[:-1], '.'), x except AttributeError: n = n + 1 continue return None, None # --------------------------------------- interactive interpreter interface text = TextDoc() html = HTMLDoc() def doc(thing): """Display documentation on an object (for interactive use).""" if type(thing) is type(""): try: path, x = locate(thing) except DocImportError, value: print 'problem in %s - %s' % (value.filename, value.args) return if x: thing = x else: print 'could not find or import %s' % repr(thing) return desc = describe(thing) module = inspect.getmodule(thing) if module and module is not thing: desc = desc + ' in module ' + module.__name__ pager('Help on %s:\n\n' % desc + text.document(thing)) def writedocs(path, pkgpath=''): if os.path.isdir(path): dir = path for file in os.listdir(dir): path = os.path.join(dir, file) if os.path.isdir(path): writedocs(path, file + '.' + pkgpath) if os.path.isfile(path): writedocs(path, pkgpath) if os.path.isfile(path): modname = modulename(path) if modname: writedoc(pkgpath + modname) def writedoc(key): """Write HTML documentation to a file in the current directory.""" path, object = locate(key) if object: file = open(key + '.html', 'w') file.write(html.page(object)) file.close() print 'wrote', key + '.html' class Helper: def __repr__(self): return """To get help on a Python object, call help(object). To get help on a module or package, either import it before calling help(module) or call help('modulename').""" def __call__(self, *args): if args: doc(args[0]) else: print repr(self) help = Helper() def man(key): """Display documentation on an object in a form similar to man(1).""" path, object = locate(key) if object: title = 'Python Library Documentation: ' + describe(object) if path: title = title + ' in ' + path pager('\n' + title + '\n\n' + text.document(object)) found = 1 else: print 'could not find or import %s' % repr(key) def apropos(key): """Print all the one-line module summaries that contain a substring.""" key = lower(key) for module in sys.builtin_module_names: desc = __import__(module).__doc__ or '' desc = split(desc, '\n')[0] if find(lower(module + ' ' + desc), key) >= 0: print module, '-', desc or '(no description)' modules = [] for dir in pathdirs(): for module, desc in index(dir): desc = desc or '' if module not in modules: modules.append(module) if find(lower(module + ' ' + desc), key) >= 0: desc = desc or '(no description)' if module[-9:] == '.__init__': print module[:-9], '(package) -', desc else: print module, '-', desc # --------------------------------------------------- web browser interface def serve(address, callback=None): import BaseHTTPServer, mimetools # Patch up mimetools.Message so it doesn't break if rfc822 is reloaded. class Message(mimetools.Message): def __init__(self, fp, seekable=1): Message = self.__class__ Message.__bases__[0].__bases__[0].__init__(self, fp, seekable) self.encodingheader = self.getheader('content-transfer-encoding') self.typeheader = self.getheader('content-type') self.parsetype() self.parseplist() class DocHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler): def send_document(self, title, contents): self.send_response(200) self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html') self.end_headers() self.wfile.write( ''' Python: %s''' % title) self.wfile.write(contents) self.wfile.write('') def do_GET(self): path = self.path if path[-5:] == '.html': path = path[:-5] if path[:1] == '/': path = path[1:] if path and path != '.': try: p, x = locate(path) except DocImportError, value: self.send_document(path, html.escape( 'problem with %s - %s' % (value.filename, value.args))) return if x: self.send_document(describe(x), html.document(x)) else: self.send_document(path, 'There is no Python module or object named "%s".' % path) else: heading = html.heading( '
 ' 'Python: Index of Modules' '', '#ffffff', '#7799ee') builtins = [] for name in sys.builtin_module_names: builtins.append('%s' % (name, name)) indices = ['

Built-in modules: ' + join(builtins, ', ')] seen = {} for dir in pathdirs(): indices.append(html.index(dir, seen)) self.send_document('Index of Modules', heading + join(indices)) def log_message(self, *args): pass class DocServer(BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer): def __init__(self, address, callback): self.callback = callback self.base.__init__(self, address, self.handler) def server_activate(self): self.base.server_activate(self) if self.callback: self.callback() DocServer.base = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer DocServer.handler = DocHandler DocHandler.MessageClass = Message try: DocServer(address, callback).serve_forever() except KeyboardInterrupt: print 'server stopped' # -------------------------------------------------- command-line interface if __name__ == '__main__': import getopt class BadUsage: pass try: opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'k:p:w') writing = 0 for opt, val in opts: if opt == '-k': apropos(lower(val)) break if opt == '-p': try: port = int(val) except ValueError: raise BadUsage def ready(port=port): print 'server ready at http://127.0.0.1:%d/' % port serve(('127.0.0.1', port), ready) break if opt == '-w': if not args: raise BadUsage writing = 1 else: if args: for arg in args: try: if os.path.isfile(arg): arg = importfile(arg) if writing: if os.path.isdir(arg): writedocs(arg) else: writedoc(arg) else: man(arg) except DocImportError, value: print 'problem in %s - %s' % ( value.filename, value.args) else: if sys.platform in ['mac', 'win', 'win32', 'nt']: # GUI platforms with threading import threading ready = threading.Event() address = ('127.0.0.1', 12346) threading.Thread( target=serve, args=(address, ready.set)).start() ready.wait() import webbrowser webbrowser.open('http://127.0.0.1:12346/') else: raise BadUsage except (getopt.error, BadUsage): print """%s ... Show documentation on something. may be the name of a Python function, module, or package, or a dotted reference to a class or function within a module or module in a package, or the filename of a Python module to import. %s -k Search for a keyword in the synopsis lines of all modules. %s -p Start an HTTP server on the given port on the local machine. %s -w ... Write out the HTML documentation for a module to a file. %s -w Write out the HTML documentation for all modules in the tree under a given directory to files in the current directory. """ % ((sys.argv[0],) * 5)