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+Pystache
+========
+
+![image](https://s3.amazonaws.com/webdev_bucket/pystache.png)
+[Pystache](https://github.com/defunkt/pystache) is a Python
+implementation of [Mustache](http://mustache.github.com/). Mustache is a
+framework-agnostic, logic-free templating system inspired by
+[ctemplate](http://code.google.com/p/google-ctemplate/) and
+[et](http://www.ivan.fomichev.name/2008/05/erlang-template-engine-prototype.html).
+Like ctemplate, Mustache "emphasizes separating logic from presentation:
+it is impossible to embed application logic in this template language."
+
+The [mustache(5)](http://mustache.github.com/mustache.5.html) man page
+provides a good introduction to Mustache's syntax. For a more complete
+(and more current) description of Mustache's behavior, see the official
+[Mustache spec](https://github.com/mustache/spec).
+
+Pystache is [semantically versioned](http://semver.org) and can be found
+on [PyPI](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pystache). This version of
+Pystache passes all tests in [version
+1.1.2](https://github.com/mustache/spec/tree/v1.1.2) of the spec.
+
+Logo: [David Phillips](http://davidphillips.us/)
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+Pystache is tested with--
+
+-   Python 2.4 (requires simplejson [version
+    2.0.9](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/simplejson/2.0.9) or earlier)
+-   Python 2.5 (requires
+    [simplejson](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/simplejson/))
+-   Python 2.6
+-   Python 2.7
+-   Python 3.1
+-   Python 3.2
+
+JSON support is needed only for the command-line interface and to run
+the spec tests. We require simplejson for earlier versions of Python
+since Python's [json](http://docs.python.org/library/json.html) module
+was added in Python 2.6.
+
+For Python 2.4 we require an earlier version of simplejson since
+simplejson stopped officially supporting Python 2.4 in simplejson
+version 2.1.0. Earlier versions of simplejson can be installed manually,
+as follows:
+
+    pip install 'simplejson<2.1.0'
+
+Install It
+----------
+
+    pip install pystache
+    pystache-test
+
+To install and test from source (e.g. from GitHub), see the Develop
+section.
+
+Use It
+------
+
+    >>> import pystache
+    >>> print pystache.render('Hi {{person}}!', {'person': 'Mom'})
+    Hi Mom!
+
+You can also create dedicated view classes to hold your view logic.
+
+Here's your view class (in .../examples/readme.py):
+
+    class SayHello(object):
+        def to(self):
+            return "Pizza"
+
+Instantiating like so:
+
+    >>> from pystache.tests.examples.readme import SayHello
+    >>> hello = SayHello()
+
+Then your template, say\_hello.mustache (by default in the same
+directory as your class definition):
+
+    Hello, {{to}}!
+
+Pull it together:
+
+    >>> renderer = pystache.Renderer()
+    >>> print renderer.render(hello)
+    Hello, Pizza!
+
+For greater control over rendering (e.g. to specify a custom template
+directory), use the `Renderer` class like above. One can pass attributes
+to the Renderer class constructor or set them on a Renderer instance. To
+customize template loading on a per-view basis, subclass `TemplateSpec`.
+See the docstrings of the
+[Renderer](https://github.com/defunkt/pystache/blob/master/pystache/renderer.py)
+class and
+[TemplateSpec](https://github.com/defunkt/pystache/blob/master/pystache/template_spec.py)
+class for more information.
+
+You can also pre-parse a template:
+
+    >>> parsed = pystache.parse(u"Hey {{#who}}{{.}}!{{/who}}")
+    >>> print parsed
+    [u'Hey ', _SectionNode(key=u'who', index_begin=12, index_end=18, parsed=[_EscapeNode(key=u'.'), u'!'])]
+
+And then:
+
+    >>> print renderer.render(parsed, {'who': 'Pops'})
+    Hey Pops!
+    >>> print renderer.render(parsed, {'who': 'you'})
+    Hey you!
+
+Python 3
+--------
+
+Pystache has supported Python 3 since version 0.5.1. Pystache behaves
+slightly differently between Python 2 and 3, as follows:
+
+-   In Python 2, the default html-escape function `cgi.escape()` does
+    not escape single quotes; whereas in Python 3, the default escape
+    function `html.escape()` does escape single quotes.
+-   In both Python 2 and 3, the string and file encodings default to
+    `sys.getdefaultencoding()`. However, this function can return
+    different values under Python 2 and 3, even when run from the same
+    system. Check your own system for the behavior on your system, or do
+    not rely on the defaults by passing in the encodings explicitly
+    (e.g. to the `Renderer` class).
+
+Unicode
+-------
+
+This section describes how Pystache handles unicode, strings, and
+encodings.
+
+Internally, Pystache uses [only unicode
+strings](http://docs.python.org/howto/unicode.html#tips-for-writing-unicode-aware-programs)
+(`str` in Python 3 and `unicode` in Python 2). For input, Pystache
+accepts both unicode strings and byte strings (`bytes` in Python 3 and
+`str` in Python 2). For output, Pystache's template rendering methods
+return only unicode.
+
+Pystache's `Renderer` class supports a number of attributes to control
+how Pystache converts byte strings to unicode on input. These include
+the `file_encoding`, `string_encoding`, and `decode_errors` attributes.
+
+The `file_encoding` attribute is the encoding the renderer uses to
+convert to unicode any files read from the file system. Similarly,
+`string_encoding` is the encoding the renderer uses to convert any other
+byte strings encountered during the rendering process into unicode (e.g.
+context values that are encoded byte strings).
+
+The `decode_errors` attribute is what the renderer passes as the
+`errors` argument to Python's built-in unicode-decoding function
+(`str()` in Python 3 and `unicode()` in Python 2). The valid values for
+this argument are `strict`, `ignore`, and `replace`.
+
+Each of these attributes can be set via the `Renderer` class's
+constructor using a keyword argument of the same name. See the Renderer
+class's docstrings for further details. In addition, the `file_encoding`
+attribute can be controlled on a per-view basis by subclassing the
+`TemplateSpec` class. When not specified explicitly, these attributes
+default to values set in Pystache's `defaults` module.
+
+Develop
+-------
+
+To test from a source distribution (without installing)--
+
+    python test_pystache.py
+
+To test Pystache with multiple versions of Python (with a single
+command!), you can use [tox](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/tox):
+
+    pip install tox
+    tox
+
+If you do not have all Python versions listed in `tox.ini`--
+
+    tox -e py26,py32  # for example
+
+The source distribution tests also include doctests and tests from the
+Mustache spec. To include tests from the Mustache spec in your test
+runs:
+
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule update
+
+The test harness parses the spec's (more human-readable) yaml files if
+[PyYAML](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyYAML) is present. Otherwise, it
+parses the json files. To install PyYAML--
+
+    pip install pyyaml
+
+To run a subset of the tests, you can use
+[nose](http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/0.11.1/testing.html):
+
+    pip install nose
+    nosetests --tests pystache/tests/test_context.py:GetValueTests.test_dictionary__key_present
+
+**Running Pystache from source with Python 3.** Pystache is written in
+Python 2 and must be converted with
+[2to3](http://docs.python.org/library/2to3.html) prior to running under
+Python 3. The installation process (and tox) do this conversion
+automatically.
+
+To `import pystache` from a source distribution while using Python 3, be
+sure that you are importing from a directory containing a converted
+version (e.g. from your site-packages directory after manually
+installing) and not from the original source directory. Otherwise, you
+will get a syntax error. You can help ensure this by not running the
+Python IDE from the project directory when importing Pystache.
+
+Mailing List
+------------
+
+There is a [mailing list](http://librelist.com/browser/pystache/). Note
+that there is a bit of a delay between posting a message and seeing it
+appear in the mailing list archive.
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+    >>> context = { 'author': 'Chris Wanstrath', 'maintainer': 'Chris Jerdonek' }
+    >>> print pystache.render("Author: {{author}}\nMaintainer: {{maintainer}}", context)
+    Author: Chris Wanstrath
+    Maintainer: Chris Jerdonek