setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys, os
from distutils.core import setup
from distutils.command.install_scripts import install_scripts

version = '2.0.3'

class md_install_scripts(install_scripts):
    """ Customized install_scripts. Create markdown.bat for win32. """
    def run(self):
        install_scripts.run(self)

        if sys.platform == 'win32':
            try:
                script_dir = os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'Scripts')
                script_path = os.path.join(script_dir, 'markdown')
                bat_str = '@"%s" "%s" %%*' % (sys.executable, script_path)
                bat_path = os.path.join(self.install_dir, 'markdown.bat')
                f = file(bat_path, 'w')
                f.write(bat_str)
                f.close()
                print 'Created:', bat_path
            except Exception, e:
                print 'ERROR: Unable to create %s: %s' % (bat_path, e)

data = dict(
    name =          'Markdown',
    version =       version,
    url =           'http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown',
    download_url =  'http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/M/Markdown/Markdown-%s.tar.gz' % version,
    description =   'Python implementation of Markdown.',
    author =        'Manfred Stienstra and Yuri takhteyev',
    author_email =  'yuri [at] freewisdom.org',
    maintainer =    'Waylan Limberg',
    maintainer_email = 'waylan [at] gmail.com',
    license =       'BSD License',
    packages =      ['markdown', 'markdown.extensions'],
    scripts =       ['bin/markdown'],
    cmdclass =      {'install_scripts': md_install_scripts},
    classifiers =   ['Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
                     'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
                     'Operating System :: OS Independent',
                     'Programming Language :: Python',
                     'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
                     'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.3',
                     'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.4',
                     'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.5',
                     'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
                     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
                     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.0',
                     'Topic :: Communications :: Email :: Filters',
                     'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content :: CGI Tools/Libraries',
                     'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Site Management',
                     'Topic :: Software Development :: Documentation',
                     'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
                     'Topic :: Text Processing :: Filters',
                     'Topic :: Text Processing :: Markup :: HTML',
                    ],
    ) 

if sys.version[:3] < '2.5':
    data['install_requires'] = ['elementtree']

setup(**data)