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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-12-31 17:51:30 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-12-31 17:51:30 (GMT)
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@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ snapshot:
http://docutils.sf.net/docutils-snapshot.tgz
+Unfortunately, docutils doesn't work with Python 2.3 yet; you need
+Python 2.2.2 (or perhaps an older version).
+
+To process NEWS into NEWS.html, first install docutils for Python 2.2,
+and then run this command:
+
+ python2.2 .../docutils/tools/html.py NEWS >NEWS.html
+
+Here ".../docutils" is the directory into which the above snapshot was
+extracted. (I hope this recipe will change for the better.)
+
David Goodger made a change to the allowable structure of internal
references which greatly simplified initial conversion of the file.