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+.. pySerial documentation master file, created by
+ sphinx-quickstart on Tue Jul 21 00:27:45 2009.
+ You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
+ contain the root `toctree` directive.
+
+Welcome to pySerial's documentation!
+====================================
+
+Contents:
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+
+ pyserial
+ manual
+ shortintro
+ .. ~ examples
+ pyserial_api
+ pyparallel
+ appendix
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`modindex`
+* :ref:`search`
+