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2 Docutils: Documentation Utilities
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5 Written in Python, for General- and Special-Purpose Use
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8 Docutils is an open-source text processing system for processing
9 plaintext documentation into useful formats, such as HTML or LaTeX.
10 It includes reStructuredText_, the easy to read, easy to use,
11 what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup language.
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18 The `Docutils sprint`_ at `PyCon 2006`_ is over. Results include
19 dugui_ (a GUI for Docutils) and some work on `LaTeX math support`_,
20 both awaiting completion.
25 **To get up & running quickly**, see the Quick-Start_ section of the
28 All **documentation** can be reached from the `Docutils Project
29 Documentation Overview`_.
31 To the developers of an open source project, **feedback** is a great
32 motivator and is very welcome. We also rely on feedback for
33 determining what features to implement. Thus, if you tell us what you
34 need, you may just get it! Please post any feedback to the
35 Docutils-users_ mailing list.
37 All **discussion** about Docutils takes place on the `mailing lists`_.
39 If you find a **bug**, please file a `bug report`_ or send email to
40 the Docutils-users_ mailing list. **Patch** submissions should be
41 filed in the `patch tracker`_ or sent to Docutils-develop_.
43 We welcome all kinds of **contributions**. There's a `To Do list`_
44 full of interesting ideas awaiting a champion. If you have any
45 questions regarding how to extend Docutils, please feel free to ask on
46 the Docutils-develop_ mailing list. Please also consider **donating**
47 to Docutils: |donate|.
49 The only **requirement** for running Docutils is Python_ 2.2 or later.
50 (Python 2.1 may be used providing the compiler package is installed.
51 The compiler package can be found in the Tools/ directory of Python's
54 Docutils is in active development and should be considered **highly
55 experimental**. APIs are subject to change at any time.
61 We recommend that you use the latest **snapshot**,
62 `<docutils-snapshot.tgz>`_. The snapshots usually contain *more
63 features* and *fewer bugs* than the "official" releases |---| they're
64 not only for developers!
66 The latest **release package** is `docutils-0.4.tgz`__. It was
67 released on 2006-01-09 and is mostly intended for distributors. See
68 the `release notes`_ for a list of changes since the previous release
71 __ http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/docutils/docutils-0.4.tar.gz?download
72 .. _release notes: RELEASE-NOTES.html#release-0-4-2006-01-09
76 - `Snapshot of the Sandbox`_ (experimental, contributed code; see the
78 - `Snapshot of DocFactory project files`_ (this is a subset of the
79 Sandbox snapshot above; you don't need both)
81 You can also access `Docutils' Subversion repository`_ directly.
85 Web site, tracker and mailing lists hosted by |SourceForge|_.
86 Subversion repository hosted by |BerliOS|_.
91 Google should index the mailing lists: `Docutils-users
92 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.user/last=/force_load=t>`__,
94 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.devel/last=/force_load=t>`__,
95 and `Docutils-checkins
96 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.cvs/last=/force_load=t>`__.
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101 http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2006/Sprints/DocutilsSprint
102 .. _PyCon 2006: http://us.pycon.org/TX2006/HomePage
103 .. _dugui: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/sandbox/dugui/
104 .. _LaTeX math support:
105 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/sandbox/latex_directive/
106 .. _latest snapshot: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docutils-snapshot.tgz
107 .. _Snapshot of the Sandbox:
108 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docutils-sandbox-snapshot.tgz
109 .. _Snapshot of DocFactory project files:
110 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docfactory-snapshot.tgz
111 .. _bug report: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=38414&atid=422030
112 .. _patch tracker: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=38414&atid=422032
113 .. _mailing lists: docs/user/mailing-lists.html
114 .. _Docutils-users: docs/user/mailing-lists.html#docutils-users
115 .. _Docutils-develop: docs/user/mailing-lists.html#docutils-develop
116 .. _sandbox: sandbox/README.html
117 .. _reStructuredText: rst.html
118 .. _project files page:
119 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=38414
120 .. _To Do list: docs/dev/todo.html
121 .. _README: README.html
122 .. _Quick-Start: README.html#quick-start
123 .. _Docutils Project Documentation Overview: docs/index.html
124 .. _Docutils' Subversion repository: docs/dev/repository.html
125 .. |donate| image:: http://images.sourceforge.net/images/project-support.jpg
126 :target: http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=38414
130 :alt: Support the Docutils project!
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133 :alt: SourceForge Logo
139 http://developer.berlios.de/sflogo.php?group_id=2920
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151 .. _BerliOS: http://developer.berlios.de/
152 .. _SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/
153 .. _Python: http://www.python.org/
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