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Missing unit test for DEFAULT_CONFIG and `read_settings()` comparison

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Faster cleanup of output folder (PEP-0471)

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Use os.scandir() instead of os.listdir() In accordance with PEP-0471, os.listdir has been marked for discontinued sometime in the future. https://peps.python.org/pep-0471/ # Pull Request Checklist Resolves: #issue-number-here - [x] Ensured **tests...

End-user should enjoy reading error messages around the `PATH` (mis-)declaration.

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Add docstring for each procedure and method for pelican/__init__.py

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# Pull Request Checklist Add missing docstrings to `pelican/__init__.py`. Zero code change. Just a rough cut to see if the Pelican community are up for that. ( I know some...

Often times, the syntax spec file (ones in the `.vim/syntax` directory, have hundreds, if not thousands of identifiers. And having the support of the symbol table would greatly cut down...