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+# Convenience Makefile for building HTML documentation.  You probably need to
+# set TEXINPUTS from the command line for this to be useful, unless you
+# actually build the .dvi files in the top level directory.
+#
+# Note that the .dvi files must already be built and TEXINPUTS must include the
+# directory where latex's working files (esp. *.aux) are kept.
+
+PAPER=letter
+TOPDIR=..
+TOOLSDIR=$(TOPDIR)/tools
+PAPERDIR=$(TOPDIR)/paper-$(PAPER)
+
+TEXINPUTS=$(TOPDIR)/paper-$(PAPER):$(TOPDIR)/texinputs:
+
+# Where are the various programs?
+PYTHON=	   python
+MKAUX=	   PAPER=$(PAPER) TEXINPUTS=$(TEXINPUTS) $(TOOLSDIR)/mkdvi.sh --aux
+MKHTML=	   PAPER=$(PAPER) $(TOOLSDIR)/mkhtml.sh --numeric
+KPSEWHICH= TEXINPUTS=$(TEXINPUTS) kpsewhich tex
+
+BUILDINDEX=$(TOOLSDIR)/buildindex.py
+
+# make it clear to l2h, since our support only generates HTML 4.0
+L2HARGS=   -html_version 4.0
+
+PYTHONDOCS='<hr>Send comments on this document to <a href="mailto:python-docs@python.org">python-docs@python.org</a>.'
+HTMLBASE=  file:`pwd`
+
+INDEXFILES=api/api.html \
+	doc/doc.html \
+	ext/ext.html \
+	lib/lib.html \
+	mac/mac.html \
+	ref/ref.html \
+	tut/tut.html
+
+COMMONPERL= $(TOPDIR)/perl/manual.perl \
+	$(TOPDIR)/perl/python.perl \
+	$(TOPDIR)/perl/l2hinit.perl
+
+
+all:	$(INDEXFILES)
+
+.PHONY: api ext lib mac ref tut
+
+api: api/api.html
+doc: doc/doc.html
+ext: ext/ext.html
+lib: lib/lib.html
+mac: mac/mac.html
+ref: ref/ref.html
+tut: tut/tut.html
+
+$(INDEXFILES): $(COMMONPERL) \
+	       $(TOPDIR)/html/about.dat
+
+api/api.html:  $(PAPERDIR)/api.aux $(BUILDINDEX) $(TOOLSDIR)/mkhtml.sh
+	$(MKHTML) api $(L2HARGS) -split 3
+
+doc/doc.html:  $(DOCFILES) $(BUILDINDEX) $(TOPDIR)/perl/ltxmarkup.perl
+	$(TOOLSDIR)/mkhowto --numeric --split=3 --address $(PYTHONDOCS) \
+		--html $(TOPDIR)/doc/doc.tex
+
+ext/ext.html:  $(PAPERDIR)/ext.aux $(TOOLSDIR)/mkhtml.sh
+	$(MKHTML) ext $(L2HARGS) -split 3
+
+lib/lib.html:  $(PAPERDIR)/lib.aux $(BUILDINDEX) $(TOOLSDIR)/mkhtml.sh
+	$(TOOLSDIR)/fix_libaux.sed <`$(KPSEWHICH) lib.aux` >lib1.aux
+	mv lib1.aux `$(KPSEWHICH) lib.aux`
+	$(MKHTML) lib $(L2HARGS) -split 3
+
+mac/mac.html:  $(MACFILES) $(BUILDINDEX)
+	$(TOOLSDIR)/mkhowto --numeric --split=3 --address $(PYTHONDOCS) \
+		--html $(TOPDIR)/mac/mac.tex
+
+ref/ref.html:  $(PAPERDIR)/ref.aux $(BUILDINDEX) $(TOOLSDIR)/mkhtml.sh
+	$(MKHTML) ref $(L2HARGS) -split 3
+
+tut/tut.html:  $(PAPERDIR)/tut.aux $(TOOLSDIR)/mkhtml.sh
+	$(MKHTML) tut $(L2HARGS) -split 3
+
+
+include ../Makefile.deps
+
+$(PAPERDIR)/api.aux: $(APIFILES)
+	(cd $(PAPERDIR); $(MKAUX) api)
+
+$(PAPERDIR)/ext.aux: $(EXTFILES)
+	(cd $(PAPERDIR); $(MKAUX) ext)
+
+$(PAPERDIR)/lib.aux: $(LIBFILES)
+	(cd $(PAPERDIR); $(MKAUX) lib)
+
+$(PAPERDIR)/ref.aux: $(REFFILES)
+	(cd $(PAPERDIR); $(MKAUX) ref)
+
+$(PAPERDIR)/tut.aux: $(TUTFILES)
+	(cd $(PAPERDIR); $(MKAUX) tut)
+
+
+clean:
+	:
+
+clobber:
+	rm -rf api/ doc/ ext/ lib/ mac/ ref/ tut/