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+README for Pygments
+===================
+
+This is the source of Pygments. It is a generic syntax highlighter for general use
+in all kinds of software such as forum systems, wikis or other applications that
+need to prettify source code.
+
+Installing
+----------
+
+... works as usual, use ``python setup.py install``.
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+... can be found online at http://pygments.org/ or created by ::
+
+   cd doc
+   make html
+
+Development
+-----------
+
+... takes place on `Bitbucket
+<https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/pygments-main>`_, where the Mercurial
+repository, tickets and pull requests can be viewed.
+
+Continuous testing runs on drone.io:
+
+.. image:: https://drone.io/bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/pygments-main/status.png
+   :target: https://drone.io/bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/pygments-main/
+
+The authors
+-----------
+
+Pygments is maintained by **Georg Brandl**, e-mail address *georg*\ *@*\ *python.org*.
+
+Many lexers and fixes have been contributed by **Armin Ronacher**, the rest of
+the `Pocoo <http://dev.pocoo.org/>`_ team and **Tim Hatch**.