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contrib: install Python 3.8b2 instead of 3.8a2 Let's install the most recent Python 3.8 distribution. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D6674
author Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com>
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1 Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
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2 a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:
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4 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
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6 It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
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7 UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:
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9 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
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11 Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.