[Python-Dev] The docs, reloaded

[Martin Blais]

On 5/20/07, skip at pobox.com <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
>
>     Georg> There is exactly one instance of LaTeX math in the whole docs,
>     Georg> it's in the description of audioop, AFAIR, an contains a sum over
>     Georg> square roots...
>
>     Georg> So, that's not really a concern of mine ;)
>
> You must realize that people will use the core tools to create documentation
> for third party packages which aren't in the core.  If you replace LaTeX
> with something else I think you need to keep math in mind whether it's used
> in the core documentation or not.

IMHO the question of math support in ReST is one that should be best
answered at the level of docutils, instead of Georg.  A number of
discussions on that topic have already taken place.