Update blurb in setup.py and on the index page, link directly to tutorial.rst from index.

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Georg Brandl
2010-02-28 23:12:00 +01:00
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long_desc = '''
Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful
documentation for Python projects (or other documents consisting of
multiple reStructuredText sources), written by Georg Brandl.
It was originally created to translate the new Python documentation,
but has now been cleaned up in the hope that it will be useful to many
other projects.
documentation for Python projects (or other documents consisting of multiple
reStructuredText sources), written by Georg Brandl. It was originally created
for the new Python documentation, and has excellent facilities for Python
project documentation, but C/C++ is supported as well, and more languages are
planned.
Sphinx uses reStructuredText as its markup language, and many of its strengths
come from the power and straightforwardness of reStructuredText and its
parsing and translating suite, the Docutils.
come from the power and straightforwardness of reStructuredText and its parsing
and translating suite, the Docutils.
Among its features are the following:
* Output formats: HTML (including derivative formats such as HTML Help, Epub
and Qt Help), plain text and LaTeX or direct PDF output using rst2pdf
and Qt Help), plain text, manual pages and LaTeX or direct PDF output
using rst2pdf
* Extensive cross-references: semantic markup and automatic links
for functions, classes, glossary terms and similar pieces of information
* Hierarchical structure: easy definition of a document tree, with automatic