LaTeX class for Python HOWTO documents.

Doc/texinputs/howto.cls

+%
+% howto.cls for the Python documentation
+%
+
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1995/12/01]
+\ProvidesClass{howto}
+             [1998/02/25 Document class (Python HOWTO)]
+
+
+% Change the options here to get a different set of basic options,  This
+% is where to add things like "a4paper" or "10pt".
+%
+\LoadClass[twoside]{article}
+
+
+% Optional packages:
+%
+% If processing of these documents fails at your TeX installation,
+% these may be commented out (independently) to make things work.
+% These are both supplied with the current version of the teTeX
+% distribution.
+%
+% The "fancyhdr" package makes nicer page footers reasonable to
+% implement, and is used to put the chapter and section information in 
+% the footers.
+%
+% The "times" package makes the default font the PostScript Times
+% font, which makes for smaller PostScript and a font that more people 
+% like.
+%
+\RequirePackage{fancyhdr}\typeout{Using fancier footers than usual.}
+\RequirePackage{times}\typeout{Using times fonts instead of Computer Modern.}
+
+
+% Required package:
+%
+% This gives us all the Python-specific markup that we really want.
+% This should come last.  Do not change this.
+%
+\newif\if@usemoduleindex\@usemoduleindexfalse
+\RequirePackage{python}
+
+
+% Change the title page to look a bit better, and fit in with the
+% fncychap ``Bjarne'' style a bit better.
+%
+\renewcommand{\maketitle}{
+  \@ifundefined{ChTitleVar}{}{
+    \mghrulefill{\RW}}
+  \@ifundefined{pdfinfo}{}{
+    \pdfinfo
+      author {\@author}
+      title {\@title}
+  }
+  \begin{flushright}
+    {\rm\Huge\HeaderFamily \@title} \par
+    {\em\large\HeaderFamily \@release} \par
+    \vspace{25pt}
+    {\Large\HeaderFamily \@author} \par
+    \vspace{25pt}
+    \@date \par
+    \@authoraddress \par
+  \end{flushright}
+  \@thanks
+  \setcounter{footnote}{0}
+  \let\thanks\relax\let\maketitle\relax
+  \gdef\@thanks{}\gdef\@author{}\gdef\@title{}
+}
+
+
+\let\OldTableofcontents=\tableofcontents
+\renewcommand{\tableofcontents}{
+  \begingroup
+    \parskip = 0mm
+    \OldTableofcontents
+  \endgroup
+  \@ifundefined{ChTitleVar}{}{
+    \mghrulefill{\RW}}
+  \vspace{12pt}
+}  
+
+\@ifundefined{fancyhf}{
+  \pagestyle{plain}}{
+  \pagestyle{normal}}		% start this way; change for
+\pagenumbering{arabic}		% ToC & chapters
+\setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}
+
+\thispagestyle{empty}