New script to convert the ACKS file to a nicely formatted HTML file.
Uses the new support module.
diff --git a/Doc/tools/mkackshtml b/Doc/tools/mkackshtml
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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# -*- Python -*-
+
+import support
+import sys
+
+
+def collect(fp):
+ names = []
+ while 1:
+ line = fp.readline()
+ if not line:
+ break
+ line = line.strip()
+ if line:
+ names.append(line)
+ else:
+ names = []
+ return names
+
+
+def main():
+ options = support.Options()
+ options.columns = 4
+ options.variables["title"] = "Acknowledgements"
+ options.parse(sys.argv[1:])
+ names = collect(sys.stdin)
+ percol = (len(names) + options.columns - 1) / options.columns
+ colnums = [percol*i for i in range(options.columns)]
+ fp = options.get_output_file()
+ print >>fp, options.get_header().rstrip()
+ print >>fp, THANKS
+ print >>fp, '<table width="100%" align="center">'
+ for i in range(percol):
+ print >>fp, " <tr>"
+ for j in colnums:
+ try:
+ print >>fp, " <td>%s</td>" % names[i + j]
+ except IndexError:
+ print >>fp, " <td> </td>"
+ print >>fp, " </tr>"
+ print >>fp, "</table>"
+ print >>fp, options.get_footer().rstrip()
+
+
+THANKS = '''\
+
+<p>These people have contributed in some way to the Python
+documentation. This list is probably not complete -- if you feel that
+you or anyone else should be on this list, please let us know (send
+email to <a
+href="mailto:python-docs@python.org">python-docs@python.org</a>), and
+we will be glad to correct the problem.</p>
+
+<p>It is only with the input and contributions of the Python community
+that Python has such wonderful documentation -- <b>Thank You!</b></p>
+
+'''
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()