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+This archive contains the standard Python documentation in GNU info format.
+Five manuals are included:
+
+    python-ref.info*	Python Reference Manual
+    python-lib.info*	Python Library Reference
+    python-ext.info*	Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter
+    python-api.info*	Python/C API Reference
+    python-tut.info*	Python Tutorial
+
+The file python.dir is a fragment of a "dir" file that can be used to
+incorporate these documents into an existing GNU info installation: insert
+the contents of this file into the "dir" or "localdir" file at an
+appropriate point and copy the python-*.info* files to the same directory.
+
+Questions and comments on these documents should be directed to
+python-docs@python.org.