mediawiki parser and utility library
Project description
Overview
mwlib provides a library for parsing mediawiki articles. It is currently aimed at developers, who have a need to somehow handle mediawiki articles.
Installation
You need to have setuptools/easy_install installed. Installation should be as easy as typing:
$ easy_install mwlib
If you don’t have setuptools installed, download the source package, unpack it and run:
$ python setup.py install
(this will also install setuptools)
You will also need:
- latex
latex is used for rendering of mathematical formulas
- perl
perl is used to drive the timeline.pl script, which produces timeline images.
- PIL
PIL is the Python Imaging Library and is used for image handling (http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/).
Contact/Further Information
For further information please visit our trac instance running at http://code.pediapress.com The current development version can also be found there.
Credits
This software contains a copy of Plex written by Greg Ewing. mwlib/cdb.py is based on the cdb implementation from the spambayes project ( (C) 2002-2004 Python Software Foundation ). The remaining parts are distributed under the BSD license:
License
Copyright (c) 2007, PediaPress GmbH
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
Neither the name of PediaPress GmbH nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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