<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>About these documents — Python v2.7 documentation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/default.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = { URL_ROOT: '', VERSION: '2.7', COLLAPSE_INDEX: false, FILE_SUFFIX: '.html', HAS_SOURCE: true }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/underscore.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/doctools.js"></script> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Search within Python v2.7 documentation" href="_static/opensearch.xml"/> <link rel="author" title="About these documents" href="#" /> <link rel="copyright" title="Copyright" href="copyright.html" /> <link rel="top" title="Python v2.7 documentation" href="index.html" /> <link rel="next" title="Reporting Bugs" href="bugs.html" /> <link rel="prev" title="Glossary" href="glossary.html" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="_static/py.png" /> </head> <body> <div class="related"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="genindex.html" title="General Index" accesskey="I">index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="bugs.html" title="Reporting Bugs" accesskey="N">next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="glossary.html" title="Glossary" accesskey="P">previous</a> |</li> <li><img src="_static/py.png" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -1px"/></li> <li><a href="index.html">Python v2.7 documentation</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body"> <div class="section" id="about-these-documents"> <h1>About these documents<a class="headerlink" href="#about-these-documents" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>These documents are generated from <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sf.net/rst.html">reStructuredText</a> sources by <a class="reference external" href="http://sphinx.pocoo.org/">Sphinx</a>, a document processor specifically written for the Python documentation.</p> <p>Development of the documentation and its toolchain takes place on the <a class="reference external" href="mailto:docs%40python.org">docs<span>@</span>python<span>.</span>org</a> mailing list. We’re always looking for volunteers wanting to help with the docs, so feel free to send a mail there!</p> <p>Many thanks go to:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>Fred L. Drake, Jr., the creator of the original Python documentation toolset and writer of much of the content;</li> <li>the <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sf.net/">Docutils</a> project for creating reStructuredText and the Docutils suite;</li> <li>Fredrik Lundh for his <a class="reference external" href="http://effbot.org/zone/pyref.htm">Alternative Python Reference</a> project from which Sphinx got many good ideas.</li> </ul> <p>See <a class="reference internal" href="bugs.html#reporting-bugs"><em>Reporting Bugs</em></a> for information how to report bugs in this documentation, or Python itself.</p> <div class="section" id="contributors-to-the-python-documentation"> <h2>Contributors to the Python Documentation<a class="headerlink" href="#contributors-to-the-python-documentation" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>This section lists people who have contributed in some way to the Python documentation. It is probably not complete – if you feel that you or anyone else should be on this list, please let us know (send email to <a class="reference external" href="mailto:docs%40python.org">docs<span>@</span>python<span>.</span>org</a>), and we’ll be glad to correct the problem.</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>Aahz</li> <li>Michael Abbott</li> <li>Steve Alexander</li> <li>Jim Ahlstrom</li> <li>Fred Allen</li> <li>A. Amoroso</li> <li>Pehr Anderson</li> <li>Oliver Andrich</li> <li>Heidi Annexstad</li> <li>Jesús Cea Avión</li> <li>Manuel Balsera</li> <li>Daniel Barclay</li> <li>Chris Barker</li> <li>Don Bashford</li> <li>Anthony Baxter</li> <li>Alexander Belopolsky</li> <li>Bennett Benson</li> <li>Jonathan Black</li> <li>Robin Boerdijk</li> <li>Michal Bozon</li> <li>Aaron Brancotti</li> <li>Georg Brandl</li> <li>Keith Briggs</li> <li>Ian Bruntlett</li> <li>Lee Busby</li> <li>Lorenzo M. Catucci</li> <li>Carl Cerecke</li> <li>Mauro Cicognini</li> <li>Gilles Civario</li> <li>Mike Clarkson</li> <li>Steve Clift</li> <li>Dave Cole</li> <li>Matthew Cowles</li> <li>Jeremy Craven</li> <li>Andrew Dalke</li> <li>Ben Darnell</li> <li>L. Peter Deutsch</li> <li>Robert Donohue</li> <li>Fred L. Drake, Jr.</li> <li>Josip Dzolonga</li> <li>Jeff Epler</li> <li>Michael Ernst</li> <li>Blame Andy Eskilsson</li> <li>Carey Evans</li> <li>Martijn Faassen</li> <li>Carl Feynman</li> <li>Dan Finnie</li> <li>Hernán Martínez Foffani</li> <li>Stefan Franke</li> <li>Jim Fulton</li> <li>Peter Funk</li> <li>Lele Gaifax</li> <li>Matthew Gallagher</li> <li>Gabriel Genellina</li> <li>Ben Gertzfield</li> <li>Nadim Ghaznavi</li> <li>Jonathan Giddy</li> <li>Shelley Gooch</li> <li>Nathaniel Gray</li> <li>Grant Griffin</li> <li>Thomas Guettler</li> <li>Anders Hammarquist</li> <li>Mark Hammond</li> <li>Harald Hanche-Olsen</li> <li>Manus Hand</li> <li>Gerhard Häring</li> <li>Travis B. Hartwell</li> <li>Tim Hatch</li> <li>Janko Hauser</li> <li>Thomas Heller</li> <li>Bernhard Herzog</li> <li>Magnus L. Hetland</li> <li>Konrad Hinsen</li> <li>Stefan Hoffmeister</li> <li>Albert Hofkamp</li> <li>Gregor Hoffleit</li> <li>Steve Holden</li> <li>Thomas Holenstein</li> <li>Gerrit Holl</li> <li>Rob Hooft</li> <li>Brian Hooper</li> <li>Randall Hopper</li> <li>Michael Hudson</li> <li>Eric Huss</li> <li>Jeremy Hylton</li> <li>Roger Irwin</li> <li>Jack Jansen</li> <li>Philip H. Jensen</li> <li>Pedro Diaz Jimenez</li> <li>Kent Johnson</li> <li>Lucas de Jonge</li> <li>Andreas Jung</li> <li>Robert Kern</li> <li>Jim Kerr</li> <li>Jan Kim</li> <li>Greg Kochanski</li> <li>Guido Kollerie</li> <li>Peter A. Koren</li> <li>Daniel Kozan</li> <li>Andrew M. Kuchling</li> <li>Dave Kuhlman</li> <li>Erno Kuusela</li> <li>Thomas Lamb</li> <li>Detlef Lannert</li> <li>Piers Lauder</li> <li>Glyph Lefkowitz</li> <li>Robert Lehmann</li> <li>Marc-André Lemburg</li> <li>Ross Light</li> <li>Ulf A. Lindgren</li> <li>Everett Lipman</li> <li>Mirko Liss</li> <li>Martin von Löwis</li> <li>Fredrik Lundh</li> <li>Jeff MacDonald</li> <li>John Machin</li> <li>Andrew MacIntyre</li> <li>Vladimir Marangozov</li> <li>Vincent Marchetti</li> <li>Laura Matson</li> <li>Daniel May</li> <li>Rebecca McCreary</li> <li>Doug Mennella</li> <li>Paolo Milani</li> <li>Skip Montanaro</li> <li>Paul Moore</li> <li>Ross Moore</li> <li>Sjoerd Mullender</li> <li>Dale Nagata</li> <li>Ng Pheng Siong</li> <li>Koray Oner</li> <li>Tomas Oppelstrup</li> <li>Denis S. Otkidach</li> <li>Zooko O’Whielacronx</li> <li>Shriphani Palakodety</li> <li>William Park</li> <li>Joonas Paalasmaa</li> <li>Harri Pasanen</li> <li>Bo Peng</li> <li>Tim Peters</li> <li>Benjamin Peterson</li> <li>Christopher Petrilli</li> <li>Justin D. Pettit</li> <li>Chris Phoenix</li> <li>François Pinard</li> <li>Paul Prescod</li> <li>Eric S. Raymond</li> <li>Edward K. Ream</li> <li>Terry J. Reedy</li> <li>Sean Reifschneider</li> <li>Bernhard Reiter</li> <li>Armin Rigo</li> <li>Wes Rishel</li> <li>Armin Ronacher</li> <li>Jim Roskind</li> <li>Guido van Rossum</li> <li>Donald Wallace Rouse II</li> <li>Mark Russell</li> <li>Nick Russo</li> <li>Chris Ryland</li> <li>Constantina S.</li> <li>Hugh Sasse</li> <li>Bob Savage</li> <li>Scott Schram</li> <li>Neil Schemenauer</li> <li>Barry Scott</li> <li>Joakim Sernbrant</li> <li>Justin Sheehy</li> <li>Charlie Shepherd</li> <li>Michael Simcich</li> <li>Ionel Simionescu</li> <li>Michael Sloan</li> <li>Gregory P. Smith</li> <li>Roy Smith</li> <li>Clay Spence</li> <li>Nicholas Spies</li> <li>Tage Stabell-Kulo</li> <li>Frank Stajano</li> <li>Anthony Starks</li> <li>Greg Stein</li> <li>Peter Stoehr</li> <li>Mark Summerfield</li> <li>Reuben Sumner</li> <li>Kalle Svensson</li> <li>Jim Tittsler</li> <li>David Turner</li> <li>Ville Vainio</li> <li>Martijn Vries</li> <li>Charles G. Waldman</li> <li>Greg Ward</li> <li>Barry Warsaw</li> <li>Corran Webster</li> <li>Glyn Webster</li> <li>Bob Weiner</li> <li>Eddy Welbourne</li> <li>Jeff Wheeler</li> <li>Mats Wichmann</li> <li>Gerry Wiener</li> <li>Timothy Wild</li> <li>Paul Winkler</li> <li>Collin Winter</li> <li>Blake Winton</li> <li>Dan Wolfe</li> <li>Steven Work</li> <li>Thomas Wouters</li> <li>Ka-Ping Yee</li> <li>Rory Yorke</li> <li>Moshe Zadka</li> <li>Milan Zamazal</li> <li>Cheng Zhang</li> </ul> <p>It is only with the input and contributions of the Python community that Python has such wonderful documentation – Thank You!</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">About these documents</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#contributors-to-the-python-documentation">Contributors to the Python Documentation</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>Previous topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="glossary.html" title="previous chapter">Glossary</a></p> <h4>Next topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="bugs.html" title="next chapter">Reporting Bugs</a></p> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="bugs.html">Report a Bug</a></li> <li><a href="_sources/about.txt" rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> </ul> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none"> <h3>Quick search</h3> <form class="search" action="search.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="q" size="18" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> <p class="searchtip" style="font-size: 90%"> Enter search terms or a module, class or function name. </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="related"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="bugs.html" title="Reporting Bugs" >next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="glossary.html" title="Glossary" >previous</a> |</li> <li><img src="_static/py.png" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -1px"/></li> <li><a href="index.html">Python v2.7 documentation</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer"> © <a href="copyright.html">Copyright</a> 1990-2010, Python Software Foundation. <br /> The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation. <a href="http://www.python.org/psf/donations/">Please donate.</a> <br /> Last updated on Aug 09, 2010. <a href="bugs.html">Found a bug</a>? <br /> Created using <a href="http://sphinx.pocoo.org/">Sphinx</a> 1.0b2. </div> </body> </html>