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Issue #16199: Backport 2to3 typo fix from 3.2.
author Chris Jerdonek <chris.jerdonek@gmail.com>
date Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:15:46 -0700
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1 =====================
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2 About these documents
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3 =====================
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6 These documents are generated from `reStructuredText`_ sources by `Sphinx`_, a
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7 document processor specifically written for the Python documentation.
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9 .. _reStructuredText: http://docutils.sf.net/rst.html
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10 .. _Sphinx: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/
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12 .. In the online version of these documents, you can submit comments and suggest
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13 changes directly on the documentation pages.
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15 Development of the documentation and its toolchain takes place on the
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16 docs@python.org mailing list. We're always looking for volunteers wanting
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17 to help with the docs, so feel free to send a mail there!
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19 Many thanks go to:
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21 * Fred L. Drake, Jr., the creator of the original Python documentation toolset
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22 and writer of much of the content;
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23 * the `Docutils <http://docutils.sf.net/>`_ project for creating
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24 reStructuredText and the Docutils suite;
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25 * Fredrik Lundh for his `Alternative Python Reference
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26 <http://effbot.org/zone/pyref.htm>`_ project from which Sphinx got many good
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27 ideas.
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29 See :ref:`reporting-bugs` for information how to report bugs in this
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30 documentation, or Python itself.
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33 Contributors to the Python Documentation
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36 Many people have contributed to the Python language, the Python standard
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37 library, and the Python documentation. See :source:`Misc/ACKS` in the Python
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38 source distribution for a partial list of contributors.
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40 It is only with the input and contributions of the Python community
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41 that Python has such wonderful documentation -- Thank You!