Use a Python script to create "empty" indexes. This solves Guido's
corrupted file problem and avoids the shell escape interpretation
portability problem. ;-( See comments at top of newind.py for an
explanation.
diff --git a/Doc/Makefile b/Doc/Makefile
index d039e287..c8ed5e7 100644
--- a/Doc/Makefile
+++ b/Doc/Makefile
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
EMACS= emacs
PYTHON= python
MAKEINFO= makeinfo
+# When debugging partparse.py, make this the pyc file:
PARTPARSEOBJ= partparse.pyc
PARTPARSE= $(PYTHON) $(PARTPARSEOBJ)
@@ -163,8 +164,8 @@
# Library document
lib.dvi: modindex.py indfix.py $(LIBFILES)
- echo '\\begin{theindex}\end{theindex}' >$*.ind
- echo '\\begin{theindex}\label{modindex}\end{theindex}' >mod$*.ind
+ ./newind.py >$*.ind
+ ./newind.py modindex >mod$*.ind
$(LATEX) $*
./modindex.py mod$*.idx
./fix_hack $*.idx
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@
# Extending & Embedding, Python/C API documents.
# Done this way to avoid repeated command sets.
.tex.dvi:
- echo '\\''begin{theindex}\end{theindex}' >$*.ind
+ ./newind.py >$*.ind
$(LATEX) $*
./fix_hack $*.idx
$(MAKEINDEX) $*.idx