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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, LaTeX,
10 man-pages, open-document or XML.
11 It includes reStructuredText_, the easy to read, easy to use,
12 what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup language.
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19 **To get up & running quickly**, see the Quick-Start_ section of the
22 All **documentation** can be reached from the `Docutils Project
23 Documentation Overview`_.
25 To the developers of an open source project, **feedback** is a great
26 motivator and is very welcome. We also rely on feedback for
27 determining what features to implement. Thus, if you tell us what you
28 need, you may just get it! Please post any feedback to the
29 Docutils-users_ mailing list.
31 All **discussion** about Docutils takes place on the `mailing lists`_.
33 If you find a **bug**, please file a `bug report`_ or send email to
34 the Docutils-users_ mailing list. **Patch** submissions should be
35 filed in the `patch tracker`_ (preferred) or sent to Docutils-develop_
36 (where you will be asked to send them to the `patch tracker`_).
38 We welcome all kinds of **contributions**. There's a `To Do list`_
39 full of interesting ideas awaiting a champion. If you have any
40 questions regarding how to extend Docutils, please feel free to ask on
41 the Docutils-develop_ mailing list. Please also consider **donating**
42 to Docutils: |donate|.
44 The only **requirement** for running Docutils is Python_ 2.3 or later.
45 (For Docutils 0.5, Python 2.2.1+ is required.
46 Up to Docutils 0.4, Python 2.1 is required.)
47 From version 0.6, Docutils is compatible with Python 3 (see README_ for
50 Docutils is in active development and should be considered **experimental**.
51 APIs are subject to change at any time.
57 We recommend that you use a snapshot_ from `Docutils' Subversion
58 repository`_. The snapshots usually contain *more features* and *fewer bugs*
59 than the "official" releases |---| they're not only for developers!
61 The latest **release package** is `docutils-0.8.1.tgz`__. It was
62 released on 2011-07-08 and is mostly intended for distributors. See
63 the `release notes`_ for a list of changes since the previous release
66 __ http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/docutils/docutils-0.8.1.tar.gz?download
67 .. _release notes: RELEASE-NOTES.html#release-0-8-1-2011-08-30
69 The Sandbox_ contains experimental, contributed code. You can download a
70 complete `snapshot of the Sandbox`_ or `browse the Sandbox`_ to download a
73 .. attention:: The repository was moved on 2011-12-02 at revision 7232
74 from BerliOS to |SourceForge|_.
76 Subversion repository was hosted by |BerliOS|_ for years,
77 *many thanks for the support*.
81 Web site, tracker and mailing lists and subversion repository hosted by |SourceForge|_.
86 Google should index the mailing lists: `Docutils-users
87 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.user/last=/force_load=t>`__,
89 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.devel/last=/force_load=t>`__,
90 and `Docutils-checkins
91 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.cvs/last=/force_load=t>`__.
93 .. |---| unicode:: U+02014 .. em dash
95 .. _Deploying Docutils Securely: docs/howto/security.html
97 http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2006/Sprints/DocutilsSprint
98 .. _PyCon 2006: http://us.pycon.org/TX2006/HomePage
99 .. _dugui: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/sandbox/dugui/
100 .. _LaTeX math support:
101 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/sandbox/latex_directive/
103 http://docutils.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/docutils/trunk/docutils/?view=tar
104 .. _Snapshot of the Sandbox:
105 http://docutils.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/docutils/trunk/sandbox/?view=tar
106 .. _browse the Sandbox:
107 http://docutils.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/docutils/trunk/sandbox/
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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130 :alt: SourceForge Logo
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150 .. _Python: http://www.python.org/
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