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.. _documenting-index:
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######################
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Documenting Python
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The Python language has a substantial body of documentation, much of it
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contributed by various authors. The markup used for the Python documentation is
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`reStructuredText`_, developed by the `docutils`_ project, amended by custom
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directives and using a toolset named *Sphinx* to postprocess the HTML output.
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This document describes the style guide for our documentation, the custom
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reStructuredText markup introduced to support Python documentation and how it
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should be used, as well as the Sphinx build system.
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.. _reStructuredText: http://docutils.sf.net/rst.html
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.. _docutils: http://docutils.sf.net/
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If you're interested in contributing to Python's documentation, there's no need
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to write reStructuredText if you're not so inclined; plain text contributions
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are more than welcome as well.
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.. toctree::
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intro.rst
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style.rst
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rest.rst
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markup.rst
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2007-08-31 08:07:45 +00:00
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fromlatex.rst
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sphinx.rst
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.. XXX add credits, thanks etc.
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