author | Mike Kinghan <mikek@symbian.org> |
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In this directory you can build the Python documentation in a form that |
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is suitable for access with Apple Help Viewer. This will enable the |
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"Python Documentation" menu entries in the MacPython IDE Help menu. |
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Unfortunately the procedure to build the docs is not very streamlined. |
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First, edit setup.py. At the top, edit MAJOR_VERSION and MINOR_VERSION, |
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and check that DESTDIR makes sense. The documentation will be installed |
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inside PythonIDE.app. |
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In DocBuild.initialize_options, set self.download to True if you want to |
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download the docs. Set it to False if you want to build the docs from |
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the source tree, but this requires LaTex and lots of other stuff. |
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Doable, but not easy. |
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Second, if you want to download the docs you may need to do a couple |
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more edits. The way the docs are packaged will often change between |
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major releases. Fiddle DocBuild.downloadDocs to make it do the right |
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thing (download the docs from python.org, unpack them, rename the |
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directory to "build/html"). |
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After these edits you should be ready to roll. "pythonw setup.py build" |
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should download and unpack (or build) the docs. Next, it will do some |
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magic to make the docs indexable. Finally, it will run the Apple Help |
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Indexing Tool. (This last step is the reason you must use "pythonw" as |
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opposed to "python"). Usually it will time out while waiting for AHIT to |
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do its work. Wait until AHIT is done. |
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Now you're ready to install with "python setup.py install". |
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After this is done test your work. Fire up PythonIDE, and check that |
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Help->Python Documentation brings up the documentation in the Help Viewer. |
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Also open an IDE edit window, type something like "import sys", select |
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"import", and use Help->Lookup in Python Documentation to check that the |
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index has been generated correctly. |