Python main documentation -- in LaTeX
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-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,
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
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?