From: Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 13:36:39 +1100
Subject: abstracted-python

---
 Makefile.skel | 9 +++++----
 doc/Makefile  | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.skel b/Makefile.skel
index 4e3a46b..b96d3a6 100644
--- a/Makefile.skel
+++ b/Makefile.skel
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ BINDIR_PRIVATE=${DESTDIR}${USRDIR}/lib/pyxplot
 SRCDIR=${DESTDIR}${USRDIR}/share/pyxplot
 DOCDIR=${DESTDIR}${USRDIR}/share/doc/pyxplot
 MANDIR=${DESTDIR}${USRDIR}/share/man/man1
+PYTHON=python
 
 CWD=$(shell pwd)
 
@@ -135,12 +136,12 @@ DEBUG_SWITCHES      = $(COMMON_SWITCHES) -D SRCDIR=\"$(CWD)/$(LOCAL_SRCDIR)/\"
 all: $(LOCAL_BINDIR)/pyxplot $(LOCAL_BINDIR)/pyxplot_watch $(LOCAL_BINDIR)/pyxplot_fitshelper $(LOCAL_BINDIR)/pyxplot_timehelper $(LOCAL_BINDIR)/debug/pyxplot $(LOCAL_BINDIR)/debug/pyxplot_watch $(LOCAL_BINDIR)/install/pyxplot $(LOCAL_BINDIR)/install/pyxplot_watch $(LOCAL_BINDIR)/install/pyxplot_fitshelper $(LOCAL_BINDIR)/install/pyxplot_timehelper $(LOCAL_OBJDIR)/pyxplot.1 $(LOCAL_OBJDIR)/pyxplot_watch.1
 
 src/settings/epsColors.h: buildScripts/colorlistGenerate.py
-	python buildScripts/colorlistGenerate.py
+	$(PYTHON) buildScripts/colorlistGenerate.py
 
 src/settings/epsColors.c: src/settings/epsColors.h
 
 src/parser/cmdList.h: buildScripts/parser_data.py buildScripts/parser_data.dat
-	python buildScripts/parser_data.py
+	$(PYTHON) buildScripts/parser_data.py
 
 src/parser/cmdList.c: src/parser/cmdList.h
 
@@ -224,11 +225,11 @@ $(LOCAL_BINDIR)/install/pyxplot_timehelper: $(LOCAL_SRCDIR)/helpers/pyxplot_time
 
 $(LOCAL_OBJDIR)/pyxplot.1: buildScripts/manpage_pyxplot.py
 	mkdir -p $(LOCAL_OBJDIR)
-	python buildScripts/manpage_pyxplot.py       ${DOCDIR}/pyxplot.pdf > $(LOCAL_OBJDIR)/pyxplot.1
+	$(PYTHON) buildScripts/manpage_pyxplot.py       ${DOCDIR}/pyxplot.pdf > $(LOCAL_OBJDIR)/pyxplot.1
 
 $(LOCAL_OBJDIR)/pyxplot_watch.1: buildScripts/manpage_pyxplot_watch.py
 	mkdir -p $(LOCAL_OBJDIR)
-	python buildScripts/manpage_pyxplot_watch.py ${DOCDIR}/pyxplot.pdf > $(LOCAL_OBJDIR)/pyxplot_watch.1
+	$(PYTHON) buildScripts/manpage_pyxplot_watch.py ${DOCDIR}/pyxplot.pdf > $(LOCAL_OBJDIR)/pyxplot_watch.1
 
 
 #
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 880d113..1bed0a4 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ clean:
 	rm -f *.pdf *.ps *.dvi *.aux *.idx *.ilg *.ind *.lob *.loe *.lof *.log *.out *.toc
 
 $(EX_EPSDIR)/timestamp: $(FIGFILES) $(PYXPLOT) .pyxplotrc
-	python makeFigureEps.py $(PYXPLOT)
+	$(PYTHON) makeFigureEps.py $(PYXPLOT)
 	date > $(EX_EPSDIR)/timestamp
 
 $(EX_TEXDIR)/timestamp: $(FIGFILES) $(PYXPLOT) .pyxplotrc
-	python makeFigureTex.py
+	$(PYTHON) makeFigureTex.py
 	date > $(EX_TEXDIR)/timestamp
 
 $(EX_FRAGDIR)/timestamp: $(FRAGFILES) $(PYXPLOT) .pyxplotrc
-	python makeFragmentTex.py
+	$(PYTHON) makeFragmentTex.py
 	date > $(EX_FRAGDIR)/timestamp
 
 pyxplot-plain.pdf: pyxplot-plain.ps