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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 From version 0.6 Docutils is compatible with Python 3, but requires 2to3.
61 The latest **release package** is `docutils-0.6.tgz`__. It was
62 released on 2009-10-11 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-0.6.tar.gz?download
67 .. _release notes: RELEASE-NOTES.html#release-0-6-2009-10-11
71 - `Snapshot of the Sandbox`_ (experimental, contributed code; see the
73 - `Snapshot of DocFactory project files`_ (this is a subset of the
74 Sandbox snapshot above; you don't need both)
76 You can also access `Docutils' Subversion repository`_ directly.
80 Web site, tracker and mailing lists hosted by |SourceForge|_.
81 Subversion repository hosted by |BerliOS|_.
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/
102 .. _latest snapshot: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docutils-snapshot.tgz
103 .. _Snapshot of the Sandbox:
104 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docutils-sandbox-snapshot.tgz
105 .. _Snapshot of DocFactory project files:
106 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docfactory-snapshot.tgz
107 .. _bug report: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=38414&atid=422030
108 .. _patch tracker: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=38414&atid=422032
109 .. _mailing lists: docs/user/mailing-lists.html
110 .. _Docutils-users: docs/user/mailing-lists.html#docutils-users
111 .. _Docutils-develop: docs/user/mailing-lists.html#docutils-develop
112 .. _sandbox: sandbox/README.html
113 .. _reStructuredText: rst.html
114 .. _project files page:
115 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=38414
116 .. _To Do list: docs/dev/todo.html
117 .. _README: README.html
118 .. _Quick-Start: README.html#quick-start
119 .. _Docutils Project Documentation Overview: docs/index.html
120 .. _Docutils' Subversion repository: docs/dev/repository.html
121 .. |donate| image:: http://images.sourceforge.net/images/project-support.jpg
122 :target: http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=38414
126 :alt: Support the Docutils project!
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129 :alt: SourceForge Logo
135 http://developer.berlios.de/sflogo.php?group_id=2920
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149 .. _Python: http://www.python.org/
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