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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-#
-# Generate an on-line help file for SST 2K from the text generated from
-# the XML documentation.
-#
-# By Eric S. Raymond for the Super Star Trek project
-import os, re, sys
-
-enddelim = "********\n"
-
-# This is the part most likely to bit-rot
-beginmarker1 = "Mnemonic:"
-endmarker1 = "Miscellaneous Notes"
-beginmarker2 = " ABBREV"
-endmarker2 = "Game History and Modifications"
-
-fp = open("sst-doc.txt", "r")
-savetext = ""
-state = 0
-while True:
-    line = fp.readline()
-    if not line:
-        break
-    if state == 0 and line.startswith(beginmarker1):
-        line = "%% " + line[12:].lstrip()
-        state = 1
-    if state == 0 and line.startswith(beginmarker2):
-        savetext += enddelim + "%% ABBREV\n"
-        state = 2
-    if state == 1:
-        if line.find(endmarker1) > -1:
-            state = 0
-    if state == 2:
-        if line.find(endmarker2) > -1:
-            state = 0
-    if state:
-        savetext += line
-
-# Remove the section titles
-savetext = re.sub("\n+.*\n*Mnemonic:\\s*", "\n********\n%% ", savetext)
-
-# Hack Unicode non-breaking spaces into ordinary spaces
-savetext = savetext.replace("\xc2\xa0", " ").replace("\240", "")
-
-sys.stdout.write(savetext + enddelim)