Convert LaTeX support to create a new class of documents. HTML generation
now requires LaTeX2HTML 98.1p1 or newer (& and is still in progress).
This means that doing things to change the formatting of the manuals (at the
"normal user" level, like A4 paper), can happen in just one place, rather
than in each document file.
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+%
+% myformat.sty for the Python docummentation [works only with with Latex2e]
+%
+
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1995/12/01]
+\ProvidesPackage{python}
+ [1998/01/11 LaTeX package (Python manual markup)]
+
+% The "fncychap" package is used to get the nice chapter headers. The
+% .sty file is distributed with Python, so you should not need to disable
+% it. You'd also end up with a mixed page style; uglier than stock LaTeX!
+%
+\RequirePackage[Bjarne]{fncychap}\typeout{Using nice chapter headings.}
+
+
+% for PDF output, use maximal compression
+\@ifundefined{pdfannotlink}{
+ \let\LinkColor=\relax
+ \let\NormalColor=\relax
+}{%
+ \input{pdfcolor}
+ \let\LinkColor=\NavyBlue
+ \let\NormalColor=\Black
+ \pdfcompresslevel=9
+ \let\OldContentsline=\contentsline
+ \renewcommand{\contentsline}[3]{%
+ \OldContentsline{#1}{%
+ \pdfannotlink attr{/Border [0 0 0]} goto name{page.#3}%
+ \LinkColor#2\NormalColor%
+ \pdfendlink%
+ }{#3}%
+ }
+ \let\OldLabel=\label
+ \renewcommand{\label}[1]{%
+ \OldLabel{#1}%
+ {\pdfdest name{label.#1} fit}%
+ }
+ % This stuff adds a page.# destination to every PDF page, where # has
+ % the same formatting as the displayed page number. This doesn't really
+ % help with the frontmatter, but does fine with the body.
+ %
+ % This is *heavily* based on the hyperref package.
+ %
+ \def\@begindvi{%
+ \unvbox \@begindvibox
+ \@hyperfixhead
+ \global\let \@begindvi \@hyperfixhead
+ }
+ \def\hyperpageanchor{%
+ \hyper@anchorstart{page.\thepage}\hyper@anchorend
+ }
+ \let\HYPERPAGEANCHOR\hyperpageanchor
+ \def\@hyperfixhead{%
+ \let\H@old@thehead\@thehead
+ \gdef\@foo{\pdfdest name{page.\thepage} fit}%
+ \expandafter\ifx\expandafter\@empty\H@old@thehead
+ \def\H@old@thehead{\hfil}\fi
+ \def\@thehead{\@foo\relax\H@old@thehead}%
+ }
+}
+
+% Increase printable page size (copied from fullpage.sty)
+\topmargin 0pt
+\advance \topmargin by -\headheight
+\advance \topmargin by -\headsep
+
+% attempt to work a little better for A4 users
+\@ifundefined{paperheight}{
+ \textheight 9in
+}{
+ \textheight \paperheight
+ \advance\textheight by -2in
+}
+
+\oddsidemargin 0pt
+\evensidemargin \oddsidemargin
+\marginparwidth 0.5in
+
+\@ifundefined{paperwidth}{
+ \textwidth 6.5in
+}{
+ \textwidth \paperwidth
+ \advance\textwidth by -2in
+}
+
+
+% Style parameters and macros used by most documents here
+\raggedbottom
+\sloppy
+\parindent = 0mm
+\parskip = 2mm
+\hbadness = 5000 % don't print trivial gripes
+
+\pagestyle{empty} % start this way; change for
+\pagenumbering{roman} % ToC & chapters
+\setcounter{secnumdepth}{1}
+
+% Use this to set the font family for headers and other decor:
+\newcommand{\HeaderFamily}{\sffamily}
+
+% Redefine the 'normal' header/footer style when using "fancyhdr" package:
+\@ifundefined{fancyhf}{}{
+ % Use \pagestyle{normal} as the primary pagestyle for text.
+ \fancypagestyle{normal}{
+ \fancyhf{}
+ \fancyfoot[LE,RO]{{\HeaderFamily\thepage}}
+ \fancyfoot[LO]{{\HeaderFamily\nouppercase{\rightmark}}}
+ \fancyfoot[RE]{{\HeaderFamily\nouppercase{\leftmark}}}
+ \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
+ \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
+ }
+ % Update the plain style so we get the page number & footer line,
+ % but not a chapter or section title. This is to keep the first
+ % page of a chapter and the blank page between chapters `clean.'
+ \fancypagestyle{plain}{
+ \fancyhf{}
+ \fancyfoot[LE,RO]{{\HeaderFamily\thepage}}
+ \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
+ \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
+ }
+ % Redefine \cleardoublepage so that the blank page between chapters
+ % gets the plain style and not the fancy style. This is described
+ % in the documentation for the fancyhdr package by Piet von Oostrum.
+ \renewcommand{\cleardoublepage}{
+ \clearpage\if@openright \ifodd\c@page\else
+ \hbox{}
+ \thispagestyle{plain}
+ \newpage
+ \if@twocolumn\hbox{}\newpage\fi\fi\fi}
+}
+
+% old code font selections:
+\let\codefont=\tt
+\let\sectcodefont=\tt
+
+% (Haven't found a new one that gets <, >, and _ right without being
+% monospaced.)
+
+
+% This sets up the {verbatim} environment to be indented and a minipage,
+% and to have all the other mostly nice properties that we want for
+% code samples.
+
+% Variable used by begin code command
+\newlength{\codewidth}
+
+\newcommand{\examplevspace}{2mm}
+\newcommand{\exampleindent}{1cm}
+
+\let\OldVerbatim=\verbatim
+\let\OldEndVerbatim=\endverbatim
+\renewcommand{\verbatim}{%
+ \begingroup%
+ \setlength{\parindent}\exampleindent%
+ % Calculate the text width for the minipage:
+ \setlength{\codewidth}{\linewidth}%
+ \addtolength{\codewidth}{-\parindent}%
+ %
+ \par%
+ \vspace\examplevspace%
+ \indent%
+ \begin{minipage}[t]{\codewidth}%
+ \small%
+ \OldVerbatim%
+}
+\renewcommand{\endverbatim}{%
+ \OldEndVerbatim%
+ \end{minipage}%
+ \endgroup%
+}
+
+% Augment the sectioning commands used to get our own font family in place:
+\renewcommand{\section}{\@startsection {section}{1}{\z@}%
+ {-3.5ex \@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
+ {2.3ex \@plus.2ex}%
+ {\reset@font\Large\HeaderFamily}}
+\renewcommand{\subsection}{\@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}%
+ {-3.25ex\@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
+ {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
+ {\reset@font\large\HeaderFamily}}
+\renewcommand{\subsubsection}{\@startsection{subsubsection}{3}{\z@}%
+ {-3.25ex\@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
+ {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
+ {\reset@font\normalsize\HeaderFamily}}
+\renewcommand{\paragraph}{\@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}%
+ {3.25ex \@plus1ex \@minus.2ex}%
+ {-1em}%
+ {\reset@font\normalsize\HeaderFamily}}
+\renewcommand{\subparagraph}{\@startsection{subparagraph}{5}{\parindent}%
+ {3.25ex \@plus1ex \@minus .2ex}%
+ {-1em}%
+ {\reset@font\normalsize\HeaderFamily}}
+
+
+% Underscore hack (only act like subscript operator if in math mode)
+%
+% The following is due to Mark Wooding (the old version didn't work with
+% Latex 2e.
+
+\DeclareRobustCommand\hackscore{%
+ \ifmmode_\else\textunderscore\fi%
+}
+\begingroup
+\catcode`\_\active
+\def\next{%
+ \AtBeginDocument{\catcode`\_\active\def_{\hackscore{}}}%
+}
+\expandafter\endgroup\next
+
+%
+% This is the old hack, which didn't work with 2e.
+% You should not need this since the rest of the documentation is now
+% LaTeX2e-only.
+%
+%\def\_{\ifnum\fam=\ttfamily \char'137\else{\tt\char'137}\fi}
+%\catcode`\_=12
+%\catcode`\_=\active\def_{\ifnum\fam=\ttfamily \char'137 \else{\tt\char'137}\fi}
+
+
+
+%% Lots of index-entry generation support.
+
+% Command to wrap around stuff that refers to function / module /
+% attribute names in the index. Default behavior: like \code{}. To
+% just keep the index entries in the roman font, uncomment the second
+% definition to use instead; it matches O'Reilly style more.
+%
+\newcommand{\idxcode}[1]{\codefont{#1}}
+%\renewcommand{\idxcode}[1]{#1}
+
+% Command to generate two index entries (using subentries)
+\newcommand{\indexii}[2]{\index{#1!#2}\index{#2!#1}}
+
+% And three entries (using only one level of subentries)
+\newcommand{\indexiii}[3]{\index{#1!#2 #3}\index{#2!#3, #1}\index{#3!#1 #2}}
+
+% And four (again, using only one level of subentries)
+\newcommand{\indexiv}[4]{
+\index{#1!#2 #3 #4}
+\index{#2!#3 #4, #1}
+\index{#3!#4, #1 #2}
+\index{#4!#1 #2 #3}
+}
+
+% Command to generate a reference to a function, statement, keyword,
+% operator.
+\newcommand{\stindex}[1]{\indexii{statement}{#1@{\idxcode{#1}}}}
+\newcommand{\opindex}[1]{\indexii{operator}{#1@{\idxcode{#1}}}}
+\newcommand{\exindex}[1]{\indexii{exception}{#1@{\idxcode{#1}}}}
+\newcommand{\obindex}[1]{\indexii{object}{#1}}
+\newcommand{\bifuncindex}[1]{\index{#1@{\idxcode{#1()}} (built-in function)}}
+
+% Add an index entry for a module
+\newcommand{\refmodule}[2]{\index{#1@{\idxcode{#1}} (#2module)}}
+\newcommand{\refmodindex}[1]{\refmodule{#1}{}}
+\newcommand{\refbimodindex}[1]{\refmodule{#1}{built-in }}
+\newcommand{\refexmodindex}[1]{\refmodule{#1}{extension }}
+\newcommand{\refstmodindex}[1]{\refmodule{#1}{standard }}
+
+% support for the module index
+\newwrite\modindexfile
+\openout\modindexfile=mod\jobname.idx
+
+% Add the defining entry for a module
+\newcommand{\defmodindex}[2]{%
+ \index{#1@{\idxcode{#1}} (#2module)|textbf}%
+ \setindexsubitem{(in module #1)}%
+ \write\modindexfile{#1 \thepage}}
+
+% built-in & Python modules in the main distribution
+\newcommand{\bimodindex}[1]{\defmodindex{#1}{built-in }}
+\newcommand{\stmodindex}[1]{\defmodindex{#1}{standard }}
+
+% Python & extension modules outside the main distribution
+\newcommand{\modindex}[1]{\defmodindex{#1}{}}
+\newcommand{\exmodindex}[1]{\defmodindex{#1}{extension }}
+
+% Additional string for an index entry
+\newcommand{\index@subitem}{}
+\newcommand{\setindexsubitem}[1]{\renewcommand{\index@subitem}{#1}}
+\newcommand{\ttindex}[1]{\index{#1@{\idxcode{#1}} \index@subitem}}
+
+
+% {fulllineitems} is used in one place in libregex.tex, but is really for
+% internal use in this file.
+%
+\newenvironment{fulllineitems}{
+ \begin{list}{}{\labelwidth \leftmargin \labelsep 0pt
+ \rightmargin 0pt \topsep -\parskip \partopsep \parskip
+ \itemsep -\parsep
+ \let\makelabel=\itemnewline}
+}{\end{list}}
+
+
+% cfuncdesc should be called as
+% \begin{cfuncdesc}{type}{name}{arglist}
+% ... description ...
+% \end{cfuncdesc}
+\newenvironment{cfuncdesc}[3]{%
+ \begin{fulllineitems}%
+ \item[\code{#1 \bfcode{#2}(\varvars{#3})}]%
+ \index{#2@{\idxcode{#2()}}}%
+}{\end{fulllineitems}}
+
+\newenvironment{cvardesc}[2]{%
+ \begin{fulllineitems}%
+ \item[\code{#1 \bfcode{#2}}]%
+ \index{#2@{\idxcode{#2}}}%
+}{\end{fulllineitems}}
+
+\newenvironment{ctypedesc}[1]{%
+ \begin{fulllineitems}%
+ \item[\bfcode{#1}]\ttindex{#1}
+}{\end{fulllineitems}}
+
+\newcommand{\funcline}[2]{\funclineni{#1}{#2}\ttindex{#1()}}
+\newenvironment{funcdesc}[2]{%
+ \begin{fulllineitems}%
+ \funcline{#1}{#2}%
+}{\end{fulllineitems}}
+
+\newcommand{\optional}[1]{%
+ {\textnormal{\Large[}}{#1}\hspace{0.5mm}{\textnormal{\Large]}}}
+
+% similar to {funcdesc}, but doesn't add to the index
+\newcommand{\funclineni}[2]{\item[\code{\bfcode{#1}(\varvars{#2})}]}
+\newenvironment{funcdescni}[2]{%
+ \begin{fulllineitems}%
+ \funclineni{#1}{#2}%
+}{\end{fulllineitems}}
+
+\newenvironment{classdesc}[2]{%
+ \begin{fulllineitems}%
+ \item[\code{\bfcode{#1}(\varvars{#2})}]%
+ \ttindex{#1}%
+ \def\baseclasses##1{}%
+}{\end{fulllineitems}}
+
+\newenvironment{excdesc}[1]{%
+ \begin{fulllineitems}%
+ \item[\bfcode{#1}]\ttindex{#1}%
+}{\end{fulllineitems}}
+
+\newcommand{\dataline}[1]{\datalineni{#1}\ttindex{#1}}
+\newenvironment{datadesc}[1]{%
+ \begin{fulllineitems}%
+ \dataline{#1}%
+}{\end{fulllineitems}}
+
+% similar to {datadesc}, but doesn't add to the index
+\newcommand{\datalineni}[1]{\item[\bfcode{#1}]}
+\newenvironment{datadescni}[1]{%
+ \begin{fulllineitems}%
+ \datalineni{#1}%
+}{\end{fulllineitems}}
+
+\newenvironment{opcodedesc}[2]{%
+ \begin{fulllineitems}%
+ \item[\bfcode{#1}\quad\var{#2}]%
+}{\end{fulllineitems}}
+
+
+\let\nodename=\label
+
+% For these commands, use \command{} to get the typography right, not
+% {\command}. This works better with the texinfo translation.
+\newcommand{\ABC}{{\sc abc}}
+\newcommand{\UNIX}{{\sc Unix}}
+\newcommand{\POSIX}{POSIX}
+\newcommand{\ASCII}{{\sc ascii}}
+\newcommand{\Cpp}{C\protect\raisebox{.18ex}{++}}
+\newcommand{\C}{C}
+\newcommand{\EOF}{{\sc eof}}
+\newcommand{\NULL}{\code{NULL}}
+
+% code is the most difficult one...
+\newcommand{\code}[1]{{\@vobeyspaces\@noligs\def\{{\char`\{}\def\}{\char`\}}\def\~{\char`\~}\def\^{\char`\^}\def\e{\char`\\}\def\${\char`\$}\def\#{\char`\#}\def\&{\char`\&}\def\%{\char`\%}%
+\mbox{\codefont{#1}}}}
+
+\newcommand{\bfcode}[1]{\code{\bfseries#1}} % bold-faced code font
+\newcommand{\kbd}[1]{\mbox{\tt #1}}
+\newcommand{\key}[1]{\mbox{\tt #1}}
+\newcommand{\samp}[1]{\mbox{`\code{#1}'}}
+% This weird definition of \var{} allows it to always appear in roman
+% italics, and won't get funky in code fragments when we play around
+% with fonts.
+\newcommand{\var}[1]{\mbox{\normalsize\textrm{\textit{#1\/}}}}
+\renewcommand{\emph}[1]{{\em #1\/}}
+\newcommand{\dfn}[1]{\emph{#1}}
+\newcommand{\strong}[1]{{\bf #1}}
+% let's experiment with a new font:
+\newcommand{\file}[1]{\mbox{`\small\textsf{#1}'}}
+
+% Use this def/redef approach for \url{} since hyperref defined this already,
+% but only if we actually used hyperref:
+\@ifundefined{pdfannotlink}{%
+ \newcommand{\pythonurl}[1]{\mbox{\small\textsf{#1}}}%
+}{
+ \newcommand{\pythonurl}[1]{{%
+ \pdfannotlink attr{/Border [0 0 0]} user{/S /URI /URI (#1)}%
+ \LinkColor% color of the link text
+ \mbox{\small\textsf{#1}}%
+ \NormalColor% Turn it back off; these are declarative
+ \pdfendlink}% and don't appear bound to the current
+ }% formatting "box".
+}
+\let\url=\pythonurl
+\newcommand{\email}[1]{\mbox{\small\textsf{#1}}}
+
+\newcommand{\varvars}[1]{{\def\,{\/{\char`\,}}\var{#1}}}
+
+\newif\iftexi\texifalse
+\newif\iflatex\latextrue
+
+% These should be used for all references to identifiers which are
+% used to refer to instances of specific language constructs. See the
+% names for specific semantic assignments.
+%
+% For now, don't do anything really fancy with them; just use them as
+% logical markup. This might change in the future.
+%
+\let\module=\code
+\let\keyword=\code
+\let\exception=\code
+\let\class=\code
+\let\function=\code
+\let\member=\code
+\let\method=\code
+
+\let\cfunction=\code
+\let\ctype=\code
+\let\cdata=\code
+
+% constants defined in Python modules or C headers, not language constants:
+\let\constant=\code
+
+\newcommand{\manpage}[2]{{\emph{#1}(#2)}}
+\newcommand{\rfc}[1]{RFC #1\index{RFC!RFC #1}}
+\newcommand{\program}[1]{\strong{#1}}
+
+
+% Deprecation stuff.
+% Should be extended to allow an index / list of deprecated stuff. But
+% there's a lot of stuff that needs to be done to make that automatable.
+%
+% First parameter is the release number that deprecates the feature, the
+% second is the action the should be taken by users of the feature.
+%
+% Example:
+%
+% \deprecated {1.5.1}
+% {Use \method{frobnicate()} instead.}
+%
+\newcommand{\deprecated}[2]{%
+ \strong{Deprecated since release #1.} #2\par}
+
+
+\newenvironment{tableii}[4]{%
+ \begin{center}%
+ \def\lineii##1##2{\csname#2\endcsname{##1}&##2\\}%
+ \begin{tabular}{#1}\hline \strong{#3}&\strong{#4} \\ \hline%
+}{%
+ \hline%
+ \end{tabular}%
+ \end{center}%
+}
+
+\newenvironment{tableiii}[5]{%
+ \begin{center}%
+ \def\lineiii##1##2##3{\csname#2\endcsname{##1}&##2&##3\\}%
+ \begin{tabular}{#1}\hline \strong{#3}&\strong{#4}&\strong{#5} \\ \hline%
+}{%
+ \hline%
+ \end{tabular}%
+ \end{center}%
+}
+
+\newcommand{\itemnewline}[1]{%
+ \@tempdima\linewidth%
+ \advance\@tempdima \leftmargin\makebox[\@tempdima][l]{#1}%
+}
+
+\newcommand{\sectcode}[1]{{\sectcodefont{#1}}}
+
+% Cross-referencing (AMK)
+% Sample usage:
+% \begin{seealso}
+% \seemodule{rand}{Uniform random number generator}; % Module xref
+% \seetext{\emph{Encyclopedia Britannica}}. % Ref to a book
+% \end{seealso}
+
+\newenvironment{seealso}[0]{
+ \strong{See Also:}\par
+ % These should only be defined within the {seealso} environment:
+ \def\seemodule##1##2{\ref{module-##1}:\quad Module \module{##1}\quad (##2)}
+ \def\seetext##1{\par{##1}}
+}{\par}
+
+
+% Fix the theindex environment to add an entry to the Table of
+% Contents; this is much nicer than just having to jump to the end of
+% the book and flip around, especially with multiple indexes.
+%
+\let\OldTheindex=\theindex
+\renewcommand{\theindex}{
+ \cleardoublepage
+ \OldTheindex
+ \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\indexname}
+}
+
+% Use a similar trick to catch the end of the {abstract} environment,
+% but here make sure the abstract is followed by a blank page if the
+% 'openright' option is used.
+%
+\let\OldEndAbstract=\endabstract
+\renewcommand{\endabstract}{
+ \if@openright
+ \ifodd\value{page}
+ \typeout{Adding blank page after the abstract.}
+ \vfil\pagebreak
+ \fi
+ \fi
+ \OldEndAbstract
+}
+
+% This wraps the \tableofcontents macro with all the magic to get the
+% spacing right and have the right number of pages if the 'openright'
+% option has been used. This eliminates a fair amount of crud in the
+% individual document files.
+%
+\let\OldTableofcontents=\tableofcontents
+\renewcommand{\tableofcontents}[0]{%
+ \setcounter{page}{1}%
+ \pagebreak%
+ \pagestyle{plain}%
+ {%
+ \parskip = 0mm%
+ \OldTableofcontents%
+ \if@openright%
+ \ifodd\value{page}%
+ \typeout{Adding blank page after the table of contents.}%
+ \pagebreak\hspace{0pt}%
+ \fi%
+ \fi%
+ }%
+ \cleardoublepage%
+ \pagenumbering{arabic}%
+ \@ifundefined{fancyhf}{}{\pagestyle{normal}}%
+}
+
+% Allow the release number to be specified independently of the
+% \date{}. This allows the date to reflect the document's date and
+% release to specify the Python release that is documented.
+%
+\newcommand{\@release}{}
+\newcommand{\version}{}
+\newcommand{\releasename}{Release}
+\newcommand{\release}[1]{%
+ \renewcommand{\@release}{\releasename\space\version}%
+ \renewcommand{\version}{#1}}
+
+% Allow specification of the author's address separately from the
+% author's name. This can be used to format them differently, which
+% is a good thing.
+%
+\newcommand{\@authoraddress}{}
+\newcommand{\authoraddress}[1]{\renewcommand{\@authoraddress}{#1}}
+
+% Change the title page to look a bit better, and fit in with the
+% fncychap ``Bjarne'' style a bit better.
+%
+\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
+ \begin{titlepage}%
+ \let\footnotesize\small
+ \let\footnoterule\relax
+ \@ifundefined{ChTitleVar}{}{%
+ \mghrulefill{\RW}}%
+ \@ifundefined{pdfinfo}{}{
+ \pdfinfo
+ author {\@author}
+ title {\@title}
+ }
+ \begin{flushright}%
+ {\rm\Huge\HeaderFamily \@title \par}%
+ {\em\LARGE\HeaderFamily \@release \par}
+ \vfill
+ {\LARGE\HeaderFamily \@author \par}
+ \vfill\vfill
+ {\large
+ \@date \par
+ \vskip 3em
+ \@authoraddress \par
+ }%
+ \end{flushright}%\par
+ \@thanks
+ \end{titlepage}%
+ \setcounter{footnote}{0}%
+ \let\thanks\relax\let\maketitle\relax
+ \gdef\@thanks{}\gdef\@author{}\gdef\@title{}
+}
+
+% This sets up the fancy chapter headings that make the documents look
+% at least a little better than the usual LaTeX output.
+%
+\@ifundefined{ChTitleVar}{}{
+ \ChNameVar{\raggedleft\normalsize\HeaderFamily}
+ \ChNumVar{\raggedleft \bfseries\Large\HeaderFamily}
+ \ChTitleVar{\raggedleft \rm\Huge\HeaderFamily}
+ % This creates chapter heads without the leading \vspace*{}:
+ \def\@makechapterhead#1{%
+ {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
+ \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
+ \DOCH
+ \fi
+ \interlinepenalty\@M
+ \DOTI{#1}
+ }
+ }
+ \typeout{Using fancy chapter headings.}
+}
+
+% Tell TeX about pathological hyphenation cases:
+\hyphenation{Base-HTTP-Re-quest-Hand-ler}