Re: [Docutils-users] Python 3.4 StandardError problem

[Guenter M. <mi...@us...>]

On 2015-06-02, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Hi,

> I'm trying to use docutils on Windows, with Python 3.4, and I get an
> error like this:

> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "C:/Users/Vladimir/Local/docutils-0.12/tools/rst2html.py", line 17, in <module>
>      from docutils.core import publish_cmdline, default_description
>    File "C:\Users\Vladimir\Local\docutils-0.12\docutils\__init__.py", line 68, in <module>
>      class ApplicationError(StandardError):
> NameError: name 'StandardError' is not defined

It looks like you are trying to use the Python 2 version with Python 3.

The Py3 code has 

  class ApplicationError(Exception):
  
on line 68 of docutils/__init__.py


> Is there anything I'm doing wrong, or shall I use earlier version of
> Python, or is it possible to fix this problem?

To use Docutils with Python 3, you need to install it:

* unpack and call setup.py with a py3 version, or
* use pip to download and install a pre-build "Wheel" from the Pypi.

See also http://docutils.sourceforge.net/README.html#python-3-compatibility

Günter