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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
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<h2 class="module">Module epydoc.markup.epytext</h2>

Parser for epytext strings. Epytext is a lightweight markup whose 
primary intended application is Python documentation strings. This parser 
converts Epytext strings to a XML/DOM representation. Epytext strings can 
contain the following <a name="index-structural_blocks"></a><i 
class="indexterm">structural blocks</i>:
<ul>
  <li>
    <a name="index-epytext"></a><i class="indexterm">epytext</i>: The 
    top-level element of the DOM tree.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-para"></a><i class="indexterm">para</i>: A 
    paragraph of text. Paragraphs contain no newlines, and all spaces are 
    soft.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-section"></a><i class="indexterm">section</i>: A 
    section or subsection.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-field"></a><i class="indexterm">field</i>: A tagged 
    field. These fields provide information about specific aspects of a 
    Python object, such as the description of a function's parameter, or 
    the author of a module.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-literalblock"></a><i 
    class="indexterm">literalblock</i>: A block of literal text. This 
    text should be displayed as it would be displayed in plaintext. The 
    parser removes the appropriate amount of leading whitespace from each 
    line in the literal block.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-doctestblock"></a><i 
    class="indexterm">doctestblock</i>: A block containing sample python 
    code, formatted according to the specifications of the 
    <code>doctest</code> module.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-ulist"></a><i class="indexterm">ulist</i>: An 
    unordered list.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-olist"></a><i class="indexterm">olist</i>: An 
    ordered list.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-li"></a><i class="indexterm">li</i>: A list item. 
    This tag is used both for unordered list items and for ordered list 
    items.
  </li>
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Additionally, the following <a name="index-inline_regions"></a><i 
class="indexterm">inline regions</i> may be used within <code>para</code> 
blocks:
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  <li>
    <a name="index-code"></a><i class="indexterm">code</i>: Source 
    code and identifiers.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-math"></a><i class="indexterm">math</i>: 
    Mathematical expressions.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-index"></a><i class="indexterm">index</i>: A term 
    which should be included in an index, if one is generated.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-italic"></a><i class="indexterm">italic</i>: 
    Italicized text.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-bold"></a><i class="indexterm">bold</i>: Bold-faced 
    text.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-uri"></a><i class="indexterm">uri</i>: A Universal 
    Resource Indicator (URI) or Universal Resource Locator (URL)
  </li>
  <li>
    <a name="index-link"></a><i class="indexterm">link</i>: A Python 
    identifier which should be hyperlinked to the named object's 
    documentation, when possible.
  </li>
</ul>
The returned DOM tree will conform to the the following Document Type 
Description:
<pre class="literalblock">
  &lt;!ENTITY % colorized '(code | math | index | italic |
                         bold | uri | link | symbol)*'&gt;

  &lt;!ELEMENT epytext ((para | literalblock | doctestblock |
                     section | ulist | olist)*, fieldlist?)&gt;

  &lt;!ELEMENT para (#PCDATA | %colorized;)*&gt;

  &lt;!ELEMENT section (para | listblock | doctestblock |
                     section | ulist | olist)+&gt;

  &lt;!ELEMENT fieldlist (field+)&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT field (tag, arg?, (para | listblock | doctestblock)
                               ulist | olist)+)&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT tag (#PCDATA)&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT arg (#PCDATA)&gt;
  
  &lt;!ELEMENT literalblock (#PCDATA)&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT doctestblock (#PCDATA)&gt;

  &lt;!ELEMENT ulist (li+)&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT olist (li+)&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT li (para | literalblock | doctestblock | ulist | olist)+&gt;
  &lt;!ATTLIST li bullet NMTOKEN #IMPLIED&gt;
  &lt;!ATTLIST olist start NMTOKEN #IMPLIED&gt;

  &lt;!ELEMENT uri     (name, target)&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT link    (name, target)&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT name    (#PCDATA | %colorized;)*&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT target  (#PCDATA)&gt;
  
  &lt;!ELEMENT code    (#PCDATA | %colorized;)*&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT math    (#PCDATA | %colorized;)*&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT italic  (#PCDATA | %colorized;)*&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT bold    (#PCDATA | %colorized;)*&gt;
  &lt;!ELEMENT indexed (#PCDATA | %colorized;)&gt;

  &lt;!ELEMENT symbol (#PCDATA)&gt;
</pre>
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  <b><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext.ParsedEpytextDocstring-class.html"><code>ParsedEpytextDocstring</code></a></b></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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  <b><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext.Token-class.html"><code>Token</code></a></b></td>
  <td><code>Token</code>s are an intermediate data structure used while 
constructing the structuring DOM tree for a formatted docstring.</td></tr>
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  <b><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext.ColorizingError-class.html"><code>ColorizingError</code></a></b></td>
  <td>An error generated while colorizing a paragraph.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%">
  <b><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext.StructuringError-class.html"><code>StructuringError</code></a></b></td>
  <td>An error generated while structuring a formatted documentation 
string.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%">
  <b><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext.TokenizationError-class.html"><code>TokenizationError</code></a></b></td>
  <td>An error generated while tokenizing a formatted documentation 
string.</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">        <code>xml.dom.minidom.Document</code>
</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext-module.html#parse" class="summary-sig-name"><code>parse</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>str</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>errors</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Return a DOM tree encoding the contents of an epytext string.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">        <code>xml.dom.minidom.Document</code>
</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext-module.html#parse_as_literal" class="summary-sig-name"><code>parse_as_literal</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>str</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Return a DOM document matching the epytext DTD, containing a single 
literal block.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">        <code>xml.dom.minidom.Document</code>
</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext-module.html#parse_as_para" class="summary-sig-name"><code>parse_as_para</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>str</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Return a DOM document matching the epytext DTD, containing a single 
paragraph.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">        <a href="epydoc.markup.ParsedDocstring-class.html" 
        class="link"><code>ParsedDocstring</code></a>
</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext-module.html#parse_docstring" class="summary-sig-name"><code>parse_docstring</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>docstring</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>errors</span>,
          <span class="summary-sig-kwarg">**options</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Parse the given docstring, which is formatted using epytext; and 
return a <code>ParsedDocstring</code> representation of its contents.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">        <code>xml.dom.minidom.Document</code>
</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext-module.html#pparse" class="summary-sig-name"><code>pparse</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>str</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>show_warnings</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>show_errors</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>stream</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Pretty-parse the string.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">        <code>string</code>
</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext-module.html#to_debug" class="summary-sig-name"><code>to_debug</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>tree</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>indent</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>seclevel</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Convert a DOM document encoding epytext back to an epytext string, 
annotated with extra debugging information.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">        <code>string</code>
</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext-module.html#to_epytext" class="summary-sig-name"><code>to_epytext</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>tree</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>indent</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>seclevel</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Convert a DOM document encoding epytext back to an epytext string.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">        <code>string</code>
</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext-module.html#to_plaintext" class="summary-sig-name"><code>to_plaintext</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>tree</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>indent</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>seclevel</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Convert a DOM document encoding epytext to a string 
representation.</td></tr>
</table><br />


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<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1"><code>list</code></font></td>
<td><b><a href="epydoc.markup.epytext-module.html#SYMBOLS"><code>SYMBOLS</code></a></b>: A list of the of escape symbols that are supported by epydoc.</td></tr>
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<a name="parse"></a>
<table width="100%" class="func-details" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"><tr><td>
  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">parse</span>(<span class=sig-arg>str</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>errors</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Return a DOM tree encoding the contents of an epytext string. Any 
  errors generated during parsing will be stored in 
  <code>errors</code>.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>str</b></code> -
         The epytext string to parse.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>string</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>errors</b></code> -
         A list where any errors generated during parsing will be 
        stored. If no list is specified, then fatal errors will generate 
        exceptions, and non-fatal errors will be ignored.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>list</code> of <a 
              href="epydoc.markup.ParseError-class.html" 
              class="link"><code>ParseError</code></a>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        a DOM tree encoding the contents of an epytext string.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>xml.dom.minidom.Document</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Raises:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>ParseError</b></code> -
        If <code>errors</code> is <code>None</code> and an error is 
        encountered while parsing.
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">parse_as_literal</span>(<span class=sig-arg>str</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Return a DOM document matching the epytext DTD, containing a single 
  literal block. That literal block will include the contents of the 
  given string. This method is typically used as a fall-back when the 
  parser fails.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>str</b></code> -
         The string which should be enclosed in a literal block.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>string</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        A DOM document containing <code>str</code> in a single literal 
        block.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>xml.dom.minidom.Document</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">parse_as_para</span>(<span class=sig-arg>str</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Return a DOM document matching the epytext DTD, containing a single 
  paragraph. That paragraph will include the contents of the given 
  string. This can be used to wrap some forms of automatically generated 
  information (such as type names) in paragraphs.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>str</b></code> -
         The string which should be enclosed in a paragraph.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>string</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        A DOM document containing <code>str</code> in a single 
        paragraph.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>xml.dom.minidom.Document</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="parse_docstring"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">parse_docstring</span>(<span class=sig-arg>docstring</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>errors</span>,
          <span class="sig-kwarg">**options</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Parse the given docstring, which is formatted using epytext; and 
  return a <code>ParsedDocstring</code> representation of its 
  contents.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>docstring</b></code> -
         The docstring to parse
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>string</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>errors</b></code> -
         A list where any errors generated during parsing will be 
        stored.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>list</code> of <a 
              href="epydoc.markup.ParseError-class.html" 
              class="link"><code>ParseError</code></a>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>options</b></code> -
         Extra options. Unknown options are ignored. Currently, no 
        extra options are defined.
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        <a href="epydoc.markup.ParsedDocstring-class.html" 
        class="link"><code>ParsedDocstring</code></a>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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<a name="pparse"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">pparse</span>(<span class=sig-arg>str</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>show_warnings</span>=<span class=sig-default>1</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>show_errors</span>=<span class=sig-default>1</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>stream</span>=<span class=sig-default>&lt;cStringIO.StringO&nbsp;object&nbsp;at&nbsp;0x8504f68&gt;</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Pretty-parse the string. This parses the string, and catches any 
  warnings or errors produced. Any warnings and errors are displayed, and 
  the resulting DOM parse structure is returned.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>str</b></code> -
         The string to parse.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>string</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>show_warnings</b></code> -
         Whether or not to display non-fatal errors generated by 
        parsing <code>str</code>.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>boolean</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>show_errors</b></code> -
         Whether or not to display fatal errors generated by parsing 
        <code>str</code>.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>boolean</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>stream</b></code> -
         The stream that warnings and errors should be written to.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>stream</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        a DOM document encoding the contents of <code>str</code>.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>xml.dom.minidom.Document</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Raises:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>SyntaxError</b></code> -
        If any fatal errors were encountered.
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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<a name="to_debug"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">to_debug</span>(<span class=sig-arg>tree</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>indent</span>=<span class=sig-default>4</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>seclevel</span>=<span class=sig-default>0</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Convert a DOM document encoding epytext back to an epytext string, 
  annotated with extra debugging information. This function is similar to 
  <a href="epydoc.markup.epytext-module.html#to_epytext" 
  class="link"><code>to_epytext</code></a>, but it adds explicit 
  information about where different blocks begin, along the left 
  margin.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>tree</b></code> -
         A DOM document encoding of an epytext string.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>xml.dom.minidom.Document</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>indent</b></code> -
         The indentation for the string representation of 
        <code>tree</code>. Each line of the returned string will begin 
        with <code>indent</code> space characters.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>int</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>seclevel</b></code> -
         The section level that <code>tree</code> appears at. This is 
        used to generate section headings.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>int</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        The epytext string corresponding to <code>tree</code>.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>string</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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<a name="to_epytext"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">to_epytext</span>(<span class=sig-arg>tree</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>indent</span>=<span class=sig-default>0</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>seclevel</span>=<span class=sig-default>0</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Convert a DOM document encoding epytext back to an epytext string. 
  This is the inverse operation from <a 
  href="epydoc.markup.epytext-module.html#parse" 
  class="link"><code>parse</code></a>. I.e., assuming there are no 
  errors, the following is true:
  <ul>
    <li>
      <code>parse(to_epytext(tree)) == tree</code>
    </li>
  </ul>
  The inverse is true, except that whitespace, line wrapping, and 
  character escaping may be done differently.
  <ul>
    <li>
      <code>to_epytext(parse(str)) == str</code> (approximately)
    </li>
  </ul>
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>tree</b></code> -
         A DOM document encoding of an epytext string.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>xml.dom.minidom.Document</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>indent</b></code> -
         The indentation for the string representation of 
        <code>tree</code>. Each line of the returned string will begin 
        with <code>indent</code> space characters.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>int</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>seclevel</b></code> -
         The section level that <code>tree</code> appears at. This is 
        used to generate section headings.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>int</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        The epytext string corresponding to <code>tree</code>.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>string</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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<a name="to_plaintext"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">to_plaintext</span>(<span class=sig-arg>tree</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>indent</span>=<span class=sig-default>0</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>seclevel</span>=<span class=sig-default>0</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Convert a DOM document encoding epytext to a string representation. 
  This representation is similar to the string generated by 
  <code>to_epytext</code>, but <code>to_plaintext</code> removes inline 
  markup, prints escaped characters in unescaped form, etc.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>tree</b></code> -
         A DOM document encoding of an epytext string.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>xml.dom.minidom.Document</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>indent</b></code> -
         The indentation for the string representation of 
        <code>tree</code>. Each line of the returned string will begin 
        with <code>indent</code> space characters.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>int</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>seclevel</b></code> -
         The section level that <code>tree</code> appears at. This is 
        used to generate section headings.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>int</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        The epytext string corresponding to <code>tree</code>.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>string</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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<a name="SYMBOLS"></a>
<h3>SYMBOLS</h3>
A list of the of escape symbols that are supported by epydoc. 
Currently the following symbols are supported: 
<code>S{&lt;-}</code>=&larr;; <code>S{-&gt;}</code>=&rarr;; 
<code>S{^}</code>=&uarr;; <code>S{v}</code>=&darr;; 
<code>S{alpha}</code>=&alpha;; <code>S{beta}</code>=&beta;; 
<code>S{gamma}</code>=&gamma;; <code>S{delta}</code>=&delta;; 
<code>S{epsilon}</code>=&epsilon;; <code>S{zeta}</code>=&zeta;; 
<code>S{eta}</code>=&eta;; <code>S{theta}</code>=&theta;; 
<code>S{iota}</code>=&iota;; <code>S{kappa}</code>=&kappa;; 
<code>S{lambda}</code>=&lambda;; <code>S{mu}</code>=&mu;; 
<code>S{nu}</code>=&nu;; <code>S{xi}</code>=&xi;; 
<code>S{omicron}</code>=&omicron;; <code>S{pi}</code>=&pi;; 
<code>S{rho}</code>=&rho;; <code>S{sigma}</code>=&sigma;; 
<code>S{tau}</code>=&tau;; <code>S{upsilon}</code>=&upsilon;; 
<code>S{phi}</code>=&phi;; <code>S{chi}</code>=&chi;; 
<code>S{psi}</code>=&psi;; <code>S{omega}</code>=&omega;; 
<code>S{Alpha}</code>=&Alpha;; <code>S{Beta}</code>=&Beta;; 
<code>S{Gamma}</code>=&Gamma;; <code>S{Delta}</code>=&Delta;; 
<code>S{Epsilon}</code>=&Epsilon;; <code>S{Zeta}</code>=&Zeta;; 
<code>S{Eta}</code>=&Eta;; <code>S{Theta}</code>=&Theta;; 
<code>S{Iota}</code>=&Iota;; <code>S{Kappa}</code>=&Kappa;; 
<code>S{Lambda}</code>=&Lambda;; <code>S{Mu}</code>=&Mu;; 
<code>S{Nu}</code>=&Nu;; <code>S{Xi}</code>=&Xi;; 
<code>S{Omicron}</code>=&Omicron;; <code>S{Pi}</code>=&Pi;; 
<code>S{Rho}</code>=&Rho;; <code>S{Sigma}</code>=&Sigma;; 
<code>S{Tau}</code>=&Tau;; <code>S{Upsilon}</code>=&Upsilon;; 
<code>S{Phi}</code>=&Phi;; <code>S{Chi}</code>=&Chi;; 
<code>S{Psi}</code>=&Psi;; <code>S{Omega}</code>=&Omega;; 
<code>S{larr}</code>=&larr;; <code>S{rarr}</code>=&rarr;; 
<code>S{uarr}</code>=&uarr;; <code>S{darr}</code>=&darr;; 
<code>S{harr}</code>=&harr;; <code>S{crarr}</code>=&crarr;; 
<code>S{lArr}</code>=&lArr;; <code>S{rArr}</code>=&rArr;; 
<code>S{uArr}</code>=&uArr;; <code>S{dArr}</code>=&dArr;; 
<code>S{hArr}</code>=&hArr;; <code>S{copy}</code>=&copy;; 
<code>S{times}</code>=&times;; <code>S{forall}</code>=&forall;; 
<code>S{exist}</code>=&exist;; <code>S{part}</code>=&part;; 
<code>S{empty}</code>=&empty;; <code>S{isin}</code>=&isin;; 
<code>S{notin}</code>=&notin;; <code>S{ni}</code>=&ni;; 
<code>S{prod}</code>=&prod;; <code>S{sum}</code>=&sum;; 
<code>S{prop}</code>=&prop;; <code>S{infin}</code>=&infin;; 
<code>S{ang}</code>=&ang;; <code>S{and}</code>=&and;; 
<code>S{or}</code>=&or;; <code>S{cap}</code>=&cap;; 
<code>S{cup}</code>=&cup;; <code>S{int}</code>=&int;; 
<code>S{there4}</code>=&there4;; <code>S{sim}</code>=&sim;; 
<code>S{cong}</code>=&cong;; <code>S{asymp}</code>=&asymp;; 
<code>S{ne}</code>=&ne;; <code>S{equiv}</code>=&equiv;; 
<code>S{le}</code>=&le;; <code>S{ge}</code>=&ge;; 
<code>S{sub}</code>=&sub;; <code>S{sup}</code>=&sup;; 
<code>S{nsub}</code>=&nsub;; <code>S{sube}</code>=&sube;; 
<code>S{supe}</code>=&supe;; <code>S{oplus}</code>=&oplus;; 
<code>S{otimes}</code>=&otimes;; <code>S{perp}</code>=&perp;; 
<code>S{infinity}</code>=&infin;; <code>S{integral}</code>=&int;; 
<code>S{product}</code>=&prod;; <code>S{&gt;=}</code>=&ge;; 
<code>S{&lt;=}</code>=&le;
<dl>
  <dt></dt>
  <dd>
    <dl>
      <dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
      <dd>
          <code>list</code>

      </dd>
<span title="['&lt;-', '-&gt;', '^', 'v', 'alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', 'delta', 'epsilon', 'zeta', 'eta', 'theta', 'iota', 'kappa', 'lambda', 'mu', 'nu', 'xi', 'omicron', 'pi', 'rho', 'sigma', 'tau', 'upsilon', 'phi', 'chi', 'psi', 'omega', 'Alpha', 'Beta', 'Gamma', 'Delta', 'Epsilon', 'Zeta', 'Eta', 'Theta', 'Iota', 'Kappa', 'Lambda', 'Mu', 'Nu', 'Xi', 'Omicron', 'Pi', 'Rho', 'Sigma', 'Tau', 'Upsilon', 'Phi', 'Chi', 'Psi', 'Omega', 'larr', 'rarr', 'uarr', 'darr', 'harr', 'crarr', 'lArr', 'rArr', 'uArr', 'dArr', 'hArr', 'copy', 'times', 'forall', 'exist', 'part', 'empty', 'isin', 'notin', 'ni', 'prod', 'sum', 'p...">      <dt><b>Value:</b></dt>
      <dd><table><tr><td>
<pre class="variable">
['&lt;-', '-&gt;', '^', 'v', 'alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', 'delta', 'epsilon']   </pre>
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