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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
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7 <http://docutils.sf.net/rst.html>`_ sources by *Sphinx*, a document processor
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8 specifically written for the Python documentation.
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10 .. In the online version of these documents, you can submit comments and suggest
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11 changes directly on the documentation pages.
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13 Development of the documentation and its toolchain takes place on the
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14 docs@python.org mailing list. We're always looking for volunteers wanting
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15 to help with the docs, so feel free to send a mail there!
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17 Many thanks go to:
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19 * Fred L. Drake, Jr., the creator of the original Python documentation toolset
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20 and writer of much of the content;
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21 * the `Docutils <http://docutils.sf.net/>`_ project for creating
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22 reStructuredText and the Docutils suite;
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23 * Fredrik Lundh for his `Alternative Python Reference
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24 <http://effbot.org/zone/pyref.htm>`_ project from which Sphinx got many good
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25 ideas.
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27 See :ref:`reporting-bugs` for information how to report bugs in this
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28 documentation, or Python itself.
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30 .. including the ACKS file here so that it can be maintained separately
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31 .. include:: ACKS.txt
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33 It is only with the input and contributions of the Python community
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34 that Python has such wonderful documentation -- Thank You!