work on updating the build system

Author: cewing

Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 
 # You can set these variables from the command line.
-BINDIR        = /Users/cewing/.virtualenvs/slidemaker/bin
+BINDIR        = ./bin
 SPHINXOPTS    =
 SPHINXBUILD   = $(BINDIR)/sphinx-build
 PAPER         =

install.py

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Install the environment needed to build this documentation package
+"""
+from venv import create
+import sys
+
+
+def check_compatible():
+    """Returns True if the version of Python used is at least 3.3
+    """
+    compatible = True
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 4):
+        compatible = False
+    elif not hasattr(sys, 'base_prefix'):
+        compatible = False
+    return compatible
+
+
+def main():
+    if not check_compatible():
+        msg = 'This script is only for use with Python 3.4 or later'
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+
+    import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
+    create('.', system_site_packages=False, with_pip=True)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    rc = 1
+    try:
+        main()
+        rc = 1
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("Error: {}".format(e), file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(rc)