                              AsciiDoc README File

   version 8.6.9, 9 November 2013
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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

   Documentation and installation instructions are on the AsciiDoc website
   [2]http://asciidoc.org/
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3. Tools

   Current AsciiDoc version tested on Xubuntu Linux 10.04 with:
     * Python 2.6.5
     * DocBook XSL Stylesheets 1.76.1
     * xsltproc (libxml 20706, libxslt 10126 and libexslt 815).
     * w3m 0.5.2
     * dblatex 0.3
     * FOP 0.95
     * A-A-P 1.091
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4. Copying

   Copyright © 2002-2011 Stuart Rackham. Free use of this software is
   granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
   (GPLv2).
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   Version 8.6.9
   Last updated 2012-12-29 09:22:36 NZDT

References

   1. http://www.python.org/
   2. http://asciidoc.org/
