doc/README
author Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com>
Sat, 08 Aug 2015 19:54:11 -0700
changeset 25974 241a1324a180
parent 9419 3516a4e877c1
permissions -rw-r--r--
simplemerge: use absolute_import
Ignore whitespace changes - Everywhere: Within whitespace: At end of lines:
9172
bc1de09090bc doc: update README with links to Docutils
Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
parents: 5048
diff changeset
     1
Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
bc1de09090bc doc: update README with links to Docutils
Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
parents: 5048
diff changeset
     2
a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:
177
91055f795d88 adding doc directory and files
jake@edge2.net
parents:
diff changeset
     3
9172
bc1de09090bc doc: update README with links to Docutils
Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
parents: 5048
diff changeset
     4
  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
177
91055f795d88 adding doc directory and files
jake@edge2.net
parents:
diff changeset
     5
9172
bc1de09090bc doc: update README with links to Docutils
Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
parents: 5048
diff changeset
     6
It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
9419
3516a4e877c1 doc/README: simplify instructions
Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
parents: 9406
diff changeset
     7
UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:
177
91055f795d88 adding doc directory and files
jake@edge2.net
parents:
diff changeset
     8
9172
bc1de09090bc doc: update README with links to Docutils
Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
parents: 5048
diff changeset
     9
  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
177
91055f795d88 adding doc directory and files
jake@edge2.net
parents:
diff changeset
    10
9172
bc1de09090bc doc: update README with links to Docutils
Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
parents: 5048
diff changeset
    11
Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.