Re: [Docutils-develop] Re: sandbox/tibs/pysource/notes thoughts.txt

[David G. <go...@us...>]

> On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:37 am, David Goodger wrote:
>> I don't know how this will work yet.  Perhaps the Writer and/or I/O object
>> will handle forests (multiple trees).  Perhaps the doctree will remain
>> monolithic, and a transform will insert "split here" indicators.  It's all
>> up in the air.

Richard Jones wrote:
> The "split here" part worries me - that then implies the HTML Writer knows how
> to output multiple files, which I don't believe it should. It should be the
> job of the pysource "framework" (the bit that drives the parse -> transform
> -> writer mechanisms) to decide what files need to be written and how they
> should be written.

Problem is, PySource is a *Reader*, which doesn't know and shouldn't care
about final output.  HappyDoc may have already tackled this issue; analyzing
its code is on my to-do.  But also on my to-do are window trim, painting,
grouting, baseboard mouldings, winterizing the garage, and on and on...

> Then this is definitely an issue that must be resolved now ;)

I hope you're volunteering :-)

-- 
David Goodger  <go...@us...>  Open-source projects:
  - Python Docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
    (includes reStructuredText: http://docutils.sf.net/rst.html)
  - The Go Tools Project: http://gotools.sourceforge.net/