ANN: Sydebar 1.0 - A browser sidebar generator for Python documentation

[Remy Blank]

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I am pleased to announce the first release of Sydebar, a browser sidebar =



generator for Python documentation. For the impatient, sample outputs=20

for all Python versions ever released can be found here:



   http://c-space.org/download/Sydebar/samples/



The program generates a single, self-contained XHTML file for a specific =



Python documentation URL, which can be local or remote. The generated=20

file is loaded into the sidebar of some popular browsers (tested on=20

Firefox and Opera, Mozilla should work as well), and presents a tabbed=20

interface with one page for each of the following documentation sections:=





  * Tutorial

  * Language reference

  * Library reference

  * Python/C API

  * Extending and embedding

  * Global module index



Each page shows a collapsible tree of chapters, with links opening the=20

corresponding section in the main browser pane. The global module index=20

features an incremental search functionality with fast keyboard navigatio=

n.



Moreover, a search page allows performing searches on various subsets of =



python.org (specific parts of the website, PEPs, newsgroups, PyPI and=20

the issue tracker).



The documentation and PyPI entry can be found here:



   http://c-space.org/software/Sydebar.html

   http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Sydebar



I would like to mention that Sydebar was inspired by python-sidebar from =



Daniel Lundin at Edgewall Software, and even though I didn't borrow any=20

code from there, the layout does bear quite some resemblance.



Feedback is very welcome.



Thanks for reading!

-- Remy




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