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55 | 7.1 External Tools | |
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59 | Many tools are needed to be able to process the Python | |
60 | documentation if all supported formats are required. This | |
61 | section lists the tools used and when each is required. Consult | |
62 | the <span class="file">Doc/README</span> file to see if there are specific version | |
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67 | <DT><STRONG><b class="program">dvips</b></STRONG></DT> | |
68 | <DD>This program is a typical part of <span class="TeX">TeX</span> installations. It is | |
69 | used to generate PostScript from the ``device independent'' | |
70 | <span class="file">.dvi</span> files. It is needed for the conversion to | |
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75 | <DT><STRONG><b class="program">emacs</b></STRONG></DT> | |
76 | <DD>Emacs is the kitchen sink of programmers' editors, and a damn | |
77 | fine kitchen sink it is. It also comes with some of the | |
78 | processing needed to support the proper menu structures for | |
79 | Texinfo documents when an info conversion is desired. This is | |
80 | needed for the info conversion. Using <b class="program">xemacs</b> | |
81 | instead of FSF <b class="program">emacs</b> may lead to instability in the | |
82 | conversion, but that's because nobody seems to maintain the | |
83 | Emacs Texinfo code in a portable manner. | |
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86 | </DD> | |
87 | <DT><STRONG><b class="program">latex</b></STRONG></DT> | |
88 | <DD><span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span> is a large and extensible macro package by Leslie | |
89 | Lamport, based on <span class="TeX">TeX</span>, a world-class typesetter by Donald | |
90 | Knuth. It is used for the conversion to PostScript, and is | |
91 | needed for the HTML conversion as well (<span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span>2HTML requires | |
92 | one of the intermediate files it creates). | |
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95 | </DD> | |
96 | <DT><STRONG><b class="program">latex2html</b></STRONG></DT> | |
97 | <DD>Probably the longest Perl script anyone ever attempted to | |
98 | maintain. This converts <span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span> documents to HTML documents, | |
99 | and does a pretty reasonable job. It is required for the | |
100 | conversions to HTML and GNU info. | |
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104 | <DT><STRONG><b class="program">lynx</b></STRONG></DT> | |
105 | <DD>This is a text-mode Web browser which includes an | |
106 | HTML-to-plain text conversion. This is used to convert | |
107 | <code>howto</code> documents to text. | |
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110 | </DD> | |
111 | <DT><STRONG><b class="program">make</b></STRONG></DT> | |
112 | <DD>Just about any version should work for the standard documents, | |
113 | but GNU <b class="program">make</b> is required for the experimental | |
114 | processes in <span class="file">Doc/tools/sgmlconv/</span>, at least while | |
115 | they're experimental. This is not required for running the | |
116 | <b class="program">mkhowto</b> script. | |
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119 | </DD> | |
120 | <DT><STRONG><b class="program">makeindex</b></STRONG></DT> | |
121 | <DD>This is a standard program for converting <span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span> index data | |
122 | to a formatted index; it should be included with all <span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span> | |
123 | installations. It is needed for the PDF and PostScript | |
124 | conversions. | |
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127 | </DD> | |
128 | <DT><STRONG><b class="program">makeinfo</b></STRONG></DT> | |
129 | <DD>GNU <b class="program">makeinfo</b> is used to convert Texinfo documents to | |
130 | GNU info files. Since Texinfo is used as an intermediate | |
131 | format in the info conversion, this program is needed in that | |
132 | conversion. | |
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136 | <DT><STRONG><b class="program">pdflatex</b></STRONG></DT> | |
137 | <DD>pdf<span class="TeX">TeX</span> is a relatively new variant of <span class="TeX">TeX</span>, and is used to | |
138 | generate the PDF version of the manuals. It is typically | |
139 | installed as part of most of the large <span class="TeX">TeX</span> distributions. | |
140 | <b class="program">pdflatex</b> is pdf<span class="TeX">TeX</span> using the <span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span> format. | |
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143 | </DD> | |
144 | <DT><STRONG><b class="program">perl</b></STRONG></DT> | |
145 | <DD>Perl is required for <span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span>2HTML and one of the scripts used | |
146 | to post-process <span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span>2HTML output, as well as the | |
147 | HTML-to-Texinfo conversion. This is required for | |
148 | the HTML and GNU info conversions. | |
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151 | </DD> | |
152 | <DT><STRONG><b class="program">python</b></STRONG></DT> | |
153 | <DD>Python is used for many of the scripts in the | |
154 | <span class="file">Doc/tools/</span> directory; it is required for all | |
155 | conversions. This shouldn't be a problem if you're interested | |
156 | in writing documentation for Python! | |
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