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2 Directory Structure
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The source distribution for the standard Python documentation
contains a large number of directories. While third-party documents
do not need to be placed into this structure or need to be placed
within a similar structure, it can be helpful to know where to look
for examples and tools when developing new documents using the
Python documentation tools. This section describes this directory
structure.
<P>
The documentation sources are usually placed within the Python
source distribution as the top-level directory <span class="file">Doc/</span>, but
are not dependent on the Python source distribution in any way.
<P>
The <span class="file">Doc/</span> directory contains a few files and several
subdirectories. The files are mostly self-explanatory, including a
<span class="file">README</span> and a <span class="file">Makefile</span>. The directories fall into
three categories:
<P>
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<dt><b><a id='l2h-1' xml:id='l2h-1'>Document Sources</a></b></dt>
<dd>
The <span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span> sources for each document are placed in a
separate directory. These directories are given short
names which vaguely indicate the document in each:
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<th class="left" >Directory</th>
<th class="left" >Document Title</th>
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<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">api/</tt></td>
<td class="left" ><em class="citetitle"><a
href="../api/api.html"
title="The Python/C API"
>The Python/C API</a></em></td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">dist/</tt></td>
<td class="left" ><em class="citetitle"><a
href="../dist/dist.html"
title="Distributing Python Modules"
>Distributing Python Modules</a></em></td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">doc/</tt></td>
<td class="left" ><em class="citetitle"><a
href="../doc/doc.html"
title="Documenting Python"
>Documenting Python</a></em></td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">ext/</tt></td>
<td class="left" ><em class="citetitle"><a
href="../ext/ext.html"
title="Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter"
>Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter</a></em></td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">inst/</tt></td>
<td class="left" ><em class="citetitle"><a
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title="Installing Python Modules"
>Installing Python Modules</a></em></td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">lib/</tt></td>
<td class="left" ><em class="citetitle"><a
href="../lib/lib.html"
title="Python Library Reference"
>Python Library Reference</a></em></td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">mac/</tt></td>
<td class="left" ><em class="citetitle"><a
href="../mac/mac.html"
title="Macintosh Module Reference"
>Macintosh Module Reference</a></em></td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">ref/</tt></td>
<td class="left" ><em class="citetitle"><a
href="../ref/ref.html"
title="Python Reference Manual"
>Python Reference Manual</a></em></td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">tut/</tt></td>
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<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">whatsnew/</tt></td>
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title="What's New in Python 2.4"
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<dt><b><a id='l2h-2' xml:id='l2h-2'>Format-Specific Output</a></b></dt>
<dd>
Most output formats have a directory which contains a
<span class="file">Makefile</span> which controls the generation of that format
and provides storage for the formatted documents. The only
variations within this category are the Portable Document
Format (PDF) and PostScript versions are placed in the
directories <span class="file">paper-a4/</span> and <span class="file">paper-letter/</span> (this
causes all the temporary files created by <span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span> to be kept
in the same place for each paper size, where they can be more
easily ignored).
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<thead>
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<th class="left" >Directory</th>
<th class="left" >Output Formats</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">html/</tt></td>
<td class="left" >HTML output</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">info/</tt></td>
<td class="left" >GNU info output</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">isilo/</tt></td>
<td class="left" ><a class="ulink" href="http://www.isilo.com/"
>iSilo</a>
documents (for Palm OS devices)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">paper-a4/</tt></td>
<td class="left" >PDF and PostScript, A4 paper</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">paper-letter/</tt></td>
<td class="left" >PDF and PostScript, US-Letter paper</td></tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<P>
<dt><b><a id='l2h-3' xml:id='l2h-3'>Supplemental Files</a></b></dt>
<dd>
Some additional directories are used to store supplemental
files used for the various processes. Directories are
included for the shared <span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span> document classes, the
<span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span>2HTML support, template files for various document
components, and the scripts used to perform various steps in
the formatting processes.
<P>
<div class="center"><table class="realtable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="left" >Directory</th>
<th class="left" >Contents</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">commontex/</tt></td>
<td class="left" >Document content shared among documents</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">perl/</tt></td>
<td class="left" >Support for <span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span>2HTML processing</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">templates/</tt></td>
<td class="left" >Example files for source documents</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">texinputs/</tt></td>
<td class="left" >Style implementation for <span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="left" valign="baseline"><tt class="file">tools/</tt></td>
<td class="left" >Custom processing scripts</td></tr></tbody>
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