New draft: Python scripts

_posts/2050-09-05-python-scripts.md

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+I cleaned up a few utility Python scripts for the GitHub:
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+- [fetch_python_docs.py](https://github.com/maxkapur/fetch_python_docs.py) sets
+  up a local mirror of [docs.python.org](https://docs.python.org/) on
+  `http://localhost:8004` for offline reference. It can also provide and enable
+  a systemd unit file, so you can run the script once, bookmark the local URL,
+  and forget about it.
+- [typography.py](https://github.com/maxkapur/typography.py) (which I mentioned
+  [here]({% post_url 2025-07-02-tried-recently %})) checks for ASCII typography
+  that can be better rendered as Unicode. For example, it recommends changing
+  the hyphen in the page range `278-81` to an en dash.
+- [dated.py](https://github.com/maxkapur/dated.py) applies my [obnoxious
+  filename convention]({% post_url 2024-04-26-iso-dates-filenames %}) to create
+  a dated working copy of a file—useful when collaborating with people who
+  aren’t comfortable with version control systems.