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diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst index a0e41210..26114045 100644 --- a/doc/index.rst +++ b/doc/index.rst @@ -1,20 +1,21 @@ Welcome! ======== -This is the home 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. Highlights are: +This is the home of Pygments. It is a generic syntax highlighter suitable for +use in code hosting, forums, wikis or other applications that need to prettify +source code. Highlights are: -* a wide range of common languages and markup formats is supported +* a wide range of over 300 languages and other text formats is supported * special attention is paid to details that increase highlighting quality -* support for new languages and formats are added easily; most languages use a simple regex-based lexing mechanism -* a number of output formats is available, among them HTML, RTF, LaTeX and ANSI sequences +* support for new languages and formats are added easily; most languages use a + simple regex-based lexing mechanism +* a number of output formats is available, among them HTML, RTF, LaTeX and ANSI + sequences * it is usable as a command-line tool and as a library -* ... and it highlights even Brainf*ck! +* ... and it highlights even Perl 6! -Read more in the FAQ list or the documentation, or download the latest release. - -Though Pygments has not yet won an award, we trust that you will notice it's a top quality product <wink>. +Read more in the :doc:`FAQ list <faq>` or the :doc:`documentation <docs/index>`, +or `download the latest release <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pygments>`_. .. _contribute: @@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ Pygments is maintained by **Georg Brandl**, e-mail address *georg*\ *@*\ *python Many lexers and fixes have been contributed by **Armin Ronacher**, the rest of the `Pocoo <http://dev.pocoo.org/>`_ team and **Tim Hatch**. - + .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 :hidden: |