Remove dependency on external http server for local viewing

[ardour-manual] / servit.py

diff --git a/servit.py b/servit.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+#
+# Script to locally host the manual as a simple http site
+
+import os
+import cherrypy
+
+PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+class Root(object):
+       pass
+
+cherrypy.tree.mount(Root(), '/', config={
+       '/': {
+               'tools.staticdir.on': True,
+               'tools.staticdir.dir': os.path.join(PATH, 'website'),
+               'tools.staticdir.index': 'index.html',
+       },
+})
+
+cherrypy.engine.start()
+cherrypy.engine.block()