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annotate doc/README @ 43011:198b51d453fe
automation: use LSB_RELEASE instead of DEBIAN_VERSION
This should be more robust since I believe the minor version can
change mid release.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D6910
author | Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com> |
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date | Sun, 29 Sep 2019 10:17:20 -0700 |
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1 Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is |
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2 a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit: |
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4 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html |
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6 It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard |
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7 UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils: |
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9 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/ |
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11 Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages. |