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error: add ProgrammingError

We have requirement to express "this is clearly an error caused by the
programmer". The code base uses RuntimeError for that in some places, not
ideal. So let's add a formal exception for that.

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.