Georg Brandl | 8ec7f65 | 2007-08-15 14:28:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | ===================== |
| 2 | About these documents |
| 3 | ===================== |
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Georg Brandl | e11d85c | 2010-04-22 22:15:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | These documents are generated from `reStructuredText`_ sources by `Sphinx`_, a |
| 7 | document processor specifically written for the Python documentation. |
| 8 | |
Georg Brandl | 0f5d6c0 | 2014-10-29 10:57:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | .. _reStructuredText: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html |
Zachary Ware | f583f41 | 2014-01-14 16:01:32 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | .. _Sphinx: http://sphinx-doc.org/ |
Georg Brandl | 8ec7f65 | 2007-08-15 14:28:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | |
Georg Brandl | c03cd4c | 2009-05-16 11:24:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | .. In the online version of these documents, you can submit comments and suggest |
| 13 | changes directly on the documentation pages. |
Georg Brandl | 8ec7f65 | 2007-08-15 14:28:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
Zachary Ware | f583f41 | 2014-01-14 16:01:32 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | Development of the documentation and its toolchain is an entirely volunteer |
| 16 | effort, just like Python itself. If you want to contribute, please take a |
| 17 | look at the :ref:`reporting-bugs` page for information on how to do so. New |
| 18 | volunteers are always welcome! |
Georg Brandl | 8ec7f65 | 2007-08-15 14:28:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | |
| 20 | Many thanks go to: |
| 21 | |
| 22 | * Fred L. Drake, Jr., the creator of the original Python documentation toolset |
| 23 | and writer of much of the content; |
Georg Brandl | 0f5d6c0 | 2014-10-29 10:57:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | * the `Docutils <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/>`_ project for creating |
David Goodger | 67ea002 | 2008-04-21 14:43:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | reStructuredText and the Docutils suite; |
Georg Brandl | 8ec7f65 | 2007-08-15 14:28:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | * Fredrik Lundh for his `Alternative Python Reference |
| 27 | <http://effbot.org/zone/pyref.htm>`_ project from which Sphinx got many good |
| 28 | ideas. |
| 29 | |
Ezio Melotti | 7d85760 | 2012-09-14 01:58:33 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | |
| 31 | Contributors to the Python Documentation |
| 32 | ---------------------------------------- |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Many people have contributed to the Python language, the Python standard |
| 35 | library, and the Python documentation. See :source:`Misc/ACKS` in the Python |
| 36 | source distribution for a partial list of contributors. |
Georg Brandl | 8ec7f65 | 2007-08-15 14:28:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | |
| 38 | It is only with the input and contributions of the Python community |
| 39 | that Python has such wonderful documentation -- Thank You! |