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diff --git a/docs/INSTALL b/docs/INSTALL index 56d6c78..cdc7dd4 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL +++ b/docs/INSTALL @@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ of Python, open a Python shell and type the following: If at least one of those does not generate any errors, then you have a working copy of ElementTree installed on your system. As cElementTree is faster, you -may want install that if you don't already have it and it's available for your -system. +may want to install that if you don't already have it and it's available for +your system. + +See <http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm> for more information or to +download the latest version of ElementTree. The East Way ------------ @@ -30,26 +33,23 @@ That's it, your done. Installing on Windows --------------------- - - -Download the Windows installer (.exe) from PyPI: - +Download the Windows installer (.exe) from PyPI: <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown> -Doubleclick the file and follow the instructions. +Double-click the file and follow the instructions. -If you preffer to manually install Python-Markdown in Windows, download the +If you prefer to manually install Python-Markdown in Windows, download the Zip file, unzip it, and on the command line in the directory you unzipped to: python setup.py install -If you plan to use the provided commandline script, you need to make sure your -script directory is on your system path. On a typical Python install on Windows +If you plan to use the provided command line script, you need to make sure your +script directory is on your system path. On a typical Python install of Windows the Scripts directory is `C:\Python25\Scripts\`. Adjust according to your system and add that to your system path. -Installing on *nix Sytems -------------------------- +Installing on *nix Systems +-------------------------- From the command line do the following: @@ -57,3 +57,17 @@ From the command line do the following: tar xvzf markdown-2.0.tar.gz cd markdown-2.0/ sudo python setup.py install + +Using the Git Repository +------------------------ + +If your the type that like to live on the edge, you may want to keep up with +the latest additions and bug fixes in the repository between releases. +Python-Markdown is maintained in a Git repository on Gitorious.org. To +get a copy of Python-Markdown from the repository do the following from the +command line: + + git clone git://gitorious.org/python-markdown/mainline.git python-markdown + cd python-markdown + python setup.py install + |