How do you get Python documentation in Texinfo Info format?

Question

Since Python 2.6, it seems the documentation is in the new reStructuredText format, and it doesn\'t seem very easy to build a Texinfo Info file out of the box anymore.

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Answer 1

With no doubt it would be cool and challenging to generate the Python documentation on your particular Python version by yourself. Just follow EmacsWiki, or feel free to compile it locally (at Debian Jessy for Python3.4.2):

sudo apt-get install python3-sphinx
cd ~/Desktop
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.2/Python-3.4.2rc1.tar.xz
tar -xf Python-3.4.2rc1.tar.xz
cd Python-3.4.2rc1/Doc/
sphinx-build -b texinfo -d build/doctrees . build/texinfo
# extra time to build
cd build/texinfo/
makeinfo python.texi
# extra time for convertation

I got this tree:

.                                                                                                                              
├── logging_flow.png                                                                                                           
├── Makefile                                                                                                                   
├── pathlib-inheritance.png                                                                                                    
├── python.info                                                                                                                
├── python.info-1                                                                                                              
├── python.info-10                                                                                                             
├── python.info-11                                                                                                             
├── python.info-12                                                                                                             
├── python.info-13                                                                                                             
├── python.info-14                                                                                                             
├── python.info-15                                                                                                             
├── python.info-16                                                                                                             
├── python.info-17                                                                                                             
├── python.info-18                                                                                                             
├── python.info-19                                                                                                             
├── python.info-2                                                                                                              
├── python.info-20                                                                                                             
├── python.info-21                                                                                                             
├── python.info-22                                                                                                             
├── python.info-23                                                                                                             
├── python.info-24                                                                                                             
├── python.info-25                                                                                                             
├── python.info-26                                                                                                             
├── python.info-27                                                                                                             
├── python.info-28                                                                                                             
├── python.info-29                                                                                                             
├── python.info-3                                                                                                              
├── python.info-30                                                                                                             
├── python.info-31                                                                                                             
├── python.info-32                                                                                                             
├── python.info-33                                                                                                             
├── python.info-34                                                                                                             
├── python.info-4                                                                                                              
├── python.info-5                                                                                                              
├── python.info-6                                                                                                              
├── python.info-7                                                                                                              
├── python.info-8                                                                                                              
├── python.info-9                                                                                                              
├── python.texi                                                                                                                
├── python-video-icon.png                                                                                                      
├── tulip_coro.png                                                                                                             
└── turtle-star.png

And now it is possible to review python documentation natively in Emacs by

C-u C-h i python-info RET

python-info is a filename (fourth in the tree above), and even to bookmark some arbitrary nodes for habitual and regular reviewing convenience.