AsciiDoc README File
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Prerequisites
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AsciiDoc is written in Python so you need a Python interpreter
(version 2.3 or later) to execute asciidoc(1). Python is installed by
default in most Linux distributions.  You can download Python from the
official Python website http://www.python.org[].


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


Tools
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Current AsciiDoc version tested with:

- Python 2.4.4.
- DocBook XSL Stylesheets 1.72.0 (with AsciiDoc drivers and patches).
- xsltproc (libxml 20626, libxslt 10117 and libexslt 813).
- FOP 0.20.5.
- GNU source-highlight 2.6.


COPYING
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Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Stuart Rackham. Free use of this software
is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

