                              AsciiDoc README File

   version 8.4.4, 26 April 2009
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1. Prerequisites

   AsciiDoc is written in Python so you need a Python interpreter (version
   2.4 or later) to execute asciidoc(1). Python is installed by default in
   most Linux distributions. You can download Python from the official
   Python website [1]http://www.python.org.
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2. Obtaining AsciiDoc

   The latest AsciiDoc version and online documentation can be found at
   [2]http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/ and at the SourceForge
   [3]http://sourceforge.net/projects/asciidoc/.
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3. Tools

   Current AsciiDoc version tested on Xubuntu Linux 8.04 with:
     * Python 2.5.2
     * bash 3.2.39
     * DocBook XSL Stylesheets 1.73.2
     * xsltproc (libxml 20631, libxslt 10122 and libexslt 813).
     * w3m 0.5.1
     * dblatex 0.2.9
     * FOP 0.95
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4. COPYING

   Copyright  2002-2009 Stuart Rackham. Free use of this software is
   granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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   Version 8.4.4
   Last updated 2009-01-20 10:14:40 NZDT

References

   1. http://www.python.org/
   2. http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/
   3. http://sourceforge.net/projects/asciidoc/
