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+The documentation in this tree is in plain text files and can be viewed using
+any text file viewer.
+
+Technically speaking, it uses ReST (reStructuredText) [1], and the Sphinx
+documentation system [2]. This allows it to be built into other forms for
+easier viewing and browsing.
+
+To create an HTML version of the docs on a Unix machine (Linux or Mac):
+
+* Install Sphinx (using ``easy_install Sphinx`` or some other method)
+
+* In this docs/ directory, type ``make html`` at a shell prompt.
+
+The documentation in _build/html/index.html can then be viewed in a web browser.
+
+[1] http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
+[2] http://sphinx.pocoo.org/