author | Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net> |
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Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is |
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a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit: |
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http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html |
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It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard |
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UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils: |
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http://docutils.sourceforge.net/ |
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Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages. |