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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 **2006-11-12**: `Deploying Docutils Securely`_ doc added to project.
20 The `Docutils sprint`_ at `PyCon 2006`_ is over. Results include
21 dugui_ (a GUI for Docutils) and some work on `LaTeX math support`_,
22 both awaiting completion.
27 **To get up & running quickly**, see the Quick-Start_ section of the
30 All **documentation** can be reached from the `Docutils Project
31 Documentation Overview`_.
33 To the developers of an open source project, **feedback** is a great
34 motivator and is very welcome. We also rely on feedback for
35 determining what features to implement. Thus, if you tell us what you
36 need, you may just get it! Please post any feedback to the
37 Docutils-users_ mailing list.
39 All **discussion** about Docutils takes place on the `mailing lists`_.
41 If you find a **bug**, please file a `bug report`_ or send email to
42 the Docutils-users_ mailing list. **Patch** submissions should be
43 filed in the `patch tracker`_ or sent to Docutils-develop_.
45 We welcome all kinds of **contributions**. There's a `To Do list`_
46 full of interesting ideas awaiting a champion. If you have any
47 questions regarding how to extend Docutils, please feel free to ask on
48 the Docutils-develop_ mailing list. Please also consider **donating**
49 to Docutils: |donate|.
51 The only **requirement** for running Docutils is Python_ 2.2 or later.
52 (Python 2.1 may be used providing the compiler package is installed.
53 The compiler package can be found in the Tools/ directory of Python's
56 Docutils is in active development and should be considered **highly
57 experimental**. APIs are subject to change at any time.
63 We recommend that you use the latest **snapshot**,
64 `<docutils-snapshot.tgz>`_. The snapshots usually contain *more
65 features* and *fewer bugs* than the "official" releases |---| they're
66 not only for developers!
68 The latest **release package** is `docutils-0.4.tgz`__. It was
69 released on 2006-01-09 and is mostly intended for distributors. See
70 the `release notes`_ for a list of changes since the previous release
73 __ http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/docutils/docutils-0.4.tar.gz?download
74 .. _release notes: RELEASE-NOTES.html#release-0-4-2006-01-09
78 - `Snapshot of the Sandbox`_ (experimental, contributed code; see the
80 - `Snapshot of DocFactory project files`_ (this is a subset of the
81 Sandbox snapshot above; you don't need both)
83 You can also access `Docutils' Subversion repository`_ directly.
87 Web site, tracker and mailing lists hosted by |SourceForge|_.
88 Subversion repository hosted by |BerliOS|_.
93 Google should index the mailing lists: `Docutils-users
94 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.user/last=/force_load=t>`__,
96 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.devel/last=/force_load=t>`__,
97 and `Docutils-checkins
98 <http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.text.docutils.cvs/last=/force_load=t>`__.
100 .. |---| unicode:: U+02014 .. em dash
102 .. _Deploying Docutils Securely: docs/howto/security.html
104 http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2006/Sprints/DocutilsSprint
105 .. _PyCon 2006: http://us.pycon.org/TX2006/HomePage
106 .. _dugui: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/sandbox/dugui/
107 .. _LaTeX math support:
108 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/sandbox/latex_directive/
109 .. _latest snapshot: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docutils-snapshot.tgz
110 .. _Snapshot of the Sandbox:
111 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docutils-sandbox-snapshot.tgz
112 .. _Snapshot of DocFactory project files:
113 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docfactory-snapshot.tgz
114 .. _bug report: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=38414&atid=422030
115 .. _patch tracker: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=38414&atid=422032
116 .. _mailing lists: docs/user/mailing-lists.html
117 .. _Docutils-users: docs/user/mailing-lists.html#docutils-users
118 .. _Docutils-develop: docs/user/mailing-lists.html#docutils-develop
119 .. _sandbox: sandbox/README.html
120 .. _reStructuredText: rst.html
121 .. _project files page:
122 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=38414
123 .. _To Do list: docs/dev/todo.html
124 .. _README: README.html
125 .. _Quick-Start: README.html#quick-start
126 .. _Docutils Project Documentation Overview: docs/index.html
127 .. _Docutils' Subversion repository: docs/dev/repository.html
128 .. |donate| image:: http://images.sourceforge.net/images/project-support.jpg
129 :target: http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=38414
133 :alt: Support the Docutils project!
134 .. |SourceForge| image::
135 http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=38414
136 :alt: SourceForge Logo
142 http://developer.berlios.de/sflogo.php?group_id=2920
148 .. |Python| image:: python.png
154 .. _BerliOS: http://developer.berlios.de/
155 .. _SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/
156 .. _Python: http://www.python.org/
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