1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/make-man-index.py b/make-man-index.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1333521a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make-man-index.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from xml.etree.ElementTree import parse, Element, SubElement, tostring
+import sys
+
+index = {}
+
+for p in sys.argv[1:]:
+        t = parse(p)
+        section = t.find('./refmeta/manvolnum').text;
+        for f in t.findall('./refnamediv/refname'):
+                index[f.text] = (p, section)
+
+k = index.keys()
+k.sort(key = str.lower)
+
+
+html = Element('html')
+
+head = SubElement(html, 'head')
+title = SubElement(head, 'title')
+title.text = 'Manual Page Index'
+
+body = SubElement(html, 'body')
+h1 = SubElement(body, 'h1')
+h1.text = 'Manual Page Index'
+
+letter = None
+
+for n in k:
+        path, section = index[n]
+
+        if path.endswith('.xml'):
+                path = path[:-4] + ".html"
+
+        c = path.rfind('/')
+        if c >= 0:
+                path = path[c+1:]
+
+        if letter is None or n[0].upper() != letter:
+                letter = n[0].upper()
+
+                h2 = SubElement(body, 'h1')
+                h2.text = letter
+
+                ul = SubElement(body, 'ul')
+                ul.set('style', 'list-style-type:none')
+
+        li = SubElement(ul, 'li');
+
+        a = SubElement(li, 'a');
+        a.set('href', path)
+        a.text = n + '(' + section + ')'
+
+print tostring(html)