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restview 1.2.2

ReStructuredText viewer

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A viewer for ReStructuredText documents that renders them on the fly.

Pass the name of a ReStructuredText document to restview, and it will launch a web server on localhost:random-port and open a web browser. Every time you reload the page, restview will reload the document from disk and render it. This is very convenient for previewing a document while you're editing it.

You can also pass the name of a directory, and restview will recursively look for files that end in .txt or .rst and present you with a list.

Finally, you can make sure your Python package has valid ReStructuredText in the long_description field by using

restview -e 'python setup.py --long-description'

Changelog

1.2.2 (2010-09-14)

  • setup.py no longer requires docutils (LP#637423).

1.2.1 (2010-09-12)

  • Handle spaces and other special characters in URLs (LP#616335).
  • Don't linkify filenames inside external references (LP#634827).

1.2 (2010-08-06)

  • "SEVERE" docutils errors now display a message and unformatted file in the browser, instead of a traceback on the console.
  • New command-line option, -e COMMAND.
  • Added styles for admonitions; many other important styles are still missing.

1.1.3 (2009-10-25)

  • Spell 'extras_require' correctly in setup.py (LP#459840).
  • Add a MANIFEST.in for complete source distributions (LP#459845).

1.1.2 (2009-10-14)

  • Fix for 'localhost' name resolution error on Mac OS X.

1.1.1 (2009-07-13)

  • Launches the web server in the background.

1.1.0 (2008-08-26)

  • Accepts any number of files and directories on the command line.

1.0.1 (2008-07-26)

  • New option: --css. Accepts a filename or a HTTP/HTTPS URL.

1.0.0 (2008-07-26)

  • Bumped version number to reflect the stability.
  • Minor CSS tweaks.

0.0.5 (2007-09-29)

  • Create links to other local files referenced by name.
  • Use pygments (if available) to syntax-highlight doctest blocks.
  • Handle JPEG images.

0.0.4 (2007-09-28)

  • Remove the unstable Gtk+ version.

0.0.3 (2007-09-28)

  • Use setuptools for packaging.

0.0.2 (2007-01-21)

  • Browser-based version.
  • Command line options -l, -b (thanks to Charlie Shepherd).
  • CSS tweaks.
  • Unicode bugfix.
  • Can browse directory trees.
  • Can serve images.

0.0.1 (2005-12-06)

  • PyGtk+ version with GtkMozEmbed. Not very stable.
 
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