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2About these documents
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6These documents are generated from `reStructuredText`_ sources by `Sphinx`_, a
7document processor specifically written for the Python documentation.
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9.. _reStructuredText: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
10.. _Sphinx: http://sphinx-doc.org/
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12.. In the online version of these documents, you can submit comments and suggest
13   changes directly on the documentation pages.
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15Development of the documentation and its toolchain is an entirely volunteer
16effort, just like Python itself.  If you want to contribute, please take a
17look at the :ref:`reporting-bugs` page for information on how to do so.  New
18volunteers are always welcome!
19
20Many thanks go to:
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22* Fred L. Drake, Jr., the creator of the original Python documentation toolset
23  and writer of much of the content;
24* the `Docutils <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/>`_ project for creating
25  reStructuredText and the Docutils suite;
26* Fredrik Lundh for his `Alternative Python Reference
27  <http://effbot.org/zone/pyref.htm>`_ project from which Sphinx got many good
28  ideas.
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30
31Contributors to the Python Documentation
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34Many people have contributed to the Python language, the Python standard
35library, and the Python documentation.  See :source:`Misc/ACKS` in the Python
36source distribution for a partial list of contributors.
37
38It is only with the input and contributions of the Python community
39that Python has such wonderful documentation -- Thank You!
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