diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5bd8c7c4..eafed0c3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ win/.vs/
 
 # All those help files
 help/manual*
+help/temp*
 
 # Misc
 src/RevisionIdent.h
diff --git a/scripts/mw2html_audacity/wiki2htmtemp.bat b/scripts/mw2html_audacity/wiki2htmtemp.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a484ca094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mw2html_audacity/wiki2htmtemp.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+@REM wiki2htm without the xcopy.  The results stay in the temp directory.  
+@REM Can be convenient when testing/modifying the script.
+python mw2html.py http://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man ..\..\help\temp -s
+
+