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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Author: David Goodger
+# Contact: goodger@python.org
+# Revision: $Revision$
+# Date: $Date$
+# Copyright: This module has been placed in the public domain.
+
+"""
+A minimal front end to the Docutils Publisher, producing HTML.
+"""
+
+try:
+    import locale
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+except:
+    pass
+
+from docutils.core import publish_cmdline, default_description
+
+
+description = ('Generates (X)HTML documents from standalone reStructuredText '
+               'sources.  ' + default_description)
+
+publish_cmdline(writer_name='html', description=description)