[Docutils-develop] Re: Writer for .ht (HTML Template?) files

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

Oliver Rutherfurd wrote:
> I've written a Writer for .ht (HTML Template?) files used by ht2html_.

Cool!  I've been thinking of doing something like that for a while.  One
reason being that the Docutils home page is too long and boring, and could
use some sprucing up.

> As this is kind of a specialized writer, I didn't know whether you or anyone
> would have any interest in it for Docutils, so I figured I'd check and see.
> If you don't want it for Docutils proper, I can just plunk it into the
> sandbox.

I am definitely interested.  We'll have to think about where the best place
should be (opinions?).  If we can get the code really bulletproof (could be
already; I haven't looked at it yet and may not get a chance for a couple of
days), I don't see why it can't live in the docutils package.  I would love
to see a slew of specialized writers in there, tempting users.

> On an unrelated note, what do you think of adding the front end scripts in
> "tools" as scripts in docutils setup.py file?

Good idea.  But how would that work?  Does Distutils put scripts on the
shell's path?  Is it cross-platform?  (Where does it put scripts on my
ancient Mac?)

> However, if they were installed by default, it might be more intuitive if
> they were named something like rest2html, rest2xml, etc...

Perhaps, although I'd prefer "rst" to "rest".  Opinions?

> Lastly, I'm hoping the get the DocBook writer a little more polished before
> long.

More good news!  I'll sleep well tonight.  And with that: good night.

-- 
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/