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hook: write hook output to ui fout descriptor

output on stderr will also be written to ui.fout, unless sys.__stdout__
is passed in (see util.system), thus not changing previous behavior.

This fixes a bug where hooks run through the command server would mess up
with the command protocol, sending non-channeled data to the client.

Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/

Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.