mwlib is a versatile library designed for parsing MediaWiki articles and converting them to various output formats. A notable application of mwlib is in Wikipedia's "Print/export" feature, where it is used to create PDF documents from Wikipedia articles.
To build mwlib, ensure you have the following software installed:
- Python (version 3.8 or later)
- Ploticus
- re2c
- Perl
- Pillow / PyImage
- ImageMagick
Setup a virtual environment for Python 3.8 or later and activate it.
mwlib uses pip-compile-multi <https://pip-compile-multi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html>_ to
manage dependencies. To install all dependencies, run the following commands:
$ make install
To build mwlib, run the following commands:
$ python setup.py build
$ python setup.py install
Documentation
Please visit http://mwlib.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html for detailed documentation.
For users interested in setting up mwlib using Docker Compose, detailed instructions are available at Docker Compose documentation.
License
Copyright (c) 2007-2012 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:
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Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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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.
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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.
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