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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 **To get up & running quickly**, see the Quick-Start_ section of the
21 All **documentation** can be reached from the `Docutils Project
22 Documentation Overview`_.
24 To the developers of an open source project, **feedback** is a great
25 motivator and is very welcome. We also rely on feedback for
26 determining what features to implement. Thus, if you tell us what you
27 need, you may just get it! Please post any feedback to the
28 Docutils-users_ mailing list.
30 All **discussion** about Docutils takes place on the `mailing lists`_.
32 If you find a **bug**, please file a `bug report`_ or send email to
33 the Docutils-users_ mailing list. **Patch** submissions should be
34 filed in the `patch tracker`_ (preferred) or sent to Docutils-develop_
35 (where you will be asked to send them to the `patch tracker`_).
37 We welcome all kinds of **contributions**. There's a `To Do list`_
38 full of interesting ideas awaiting a champion. If you have any
39 questions regarding how to extend Docutils, please feel free to ask on
40 the Docutils-develop_ mailing list. Please also consider **donating**
41 to Docutils: |donate|.
43 The only **requirement** for running Docutils is Python_ 2.3 or later.
44 (For Docutils 0.5, Python 2.2.1+ is required.
45 Up to Docutils 0.4, Python 2.1 is required.)
47 Docutils is in active development and should be considered **experimental**.
48 APIs are subject to change at any time.
54 We recommend that you use the latest **snapshot**,
55 `<docutils-snapshot.tgz>`_. The snapshots usually contain *more
56 features* and *fewer bugs* than the "official" releases |---| they're
57 not only for developers!
59 The development/snapshot version of Docutils (0.6) is compatible with
62 The latest **release package** is `docutils-0.5.tgz`__. It was
63 released on 2008-06-25 and is mostly intended for distributors. See
64 the `release notes`_ for a list of changes since the previous release
67 __ http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/docutils/docutils-0.5.tar.gz?download
68 .. _release notes: RELEASE-NOTES.html#release-0-5-2008-06-25
72 - `Snapshot of the Sandbox`_ (experimental, contributed code; see the
74 - `Snapshot of DocFactory project files`_ (this is a subset of the
75 Sandbox snapshot above; you don't need both)
77 You can also access `Docutils' Subversion repository`_ directly.
81 Web site, tracker and mailing lists hosted by |SourceForge|_.
82 Subversion repository hosted by |BerliOS|_.
87 Google should index the mailing lists: `Docutils-users
88 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.user/last=/force_load=t>`__,
90 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.devel/last=/force_load=t>`__,
91 and `Docutils-checkins
92 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.cvs/last=/force_load=t>`__.
94 .. |---| unicode:: U+02014 .. em dash
96 .. _Deploying Docutils Securely: docs/howto/security.html
98 http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2006/Sprints/DocutilsSprint
99 .. _PyCon 2006: http://us.pycon.org/TX2006/HomePage
100 .. _dugui: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/sandbox/dugui/
101 .. _LaTeX math support:
102 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/sandbox/latex_directive/
103 .. _latest snapshot: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docutils-snapshot.tgz
104 .. _Snapshot of the Sandbox:
105 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docutils-sandbox-snapshot.tgz
106 .. _Snapshot of DocFactory project files:
107 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docfactory-snapshot.tgz
108 .. _bug report: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=38414&atid=422030
109 .. _patch tracker: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=38414&atid=422032
110 .. _mailing lists: docs/user/mailing-lists.html
111 .. _Docutils-users: docs/user/mailing-lists.html#docutils-users
112 .. _Docutils-develop: docs/user/mailing-lists.html#docutils-develop
113 .. _sandbox: sandbox/README.html
114 .. _reStructuredText: rst.html
115 .. _project files page:
116 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=38414
117 .. _To Do list: docs/dev/todo.html
118 .. _README: README.html
119 .. _Quick-Start: README.html#quick-start
120 .. _Docutils Project Documentation Overview: docs/index.html
121 .. _Docutils' Subversion repository: docs/dev/repository.html
122 .. |donate| image:: http://images.sourceforge.net/images/project-support.jpg
123 :target: http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=38414
127 :alt: Support the Docutils project!
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136 http://developer.berlios.de/sflogo.php?group_id=2920
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150 .. _Python: http://www.python.org/
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