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+OpenLP Documentation
+====================
+This repository holds the OpenLP manual and some other documentation.
+
+Getting Started
+---------------
+To get up and running with the documentation, you'll need to install `Sphinx <https://www.sphinx-doc.org>`_ 
+and the `Read The Docs theme <https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io>`_.
+
+Linux
+~~~~~
+If you're using Linux, you'll want to check your package manager for those packages.
+
+Ubuntu/Debian::
+
+    $ sudo apt install python3-sphinx python3-sphinx-rtd-theme
+
+Fedora::
+
+   $ sudo dnf install python3-sphinx python3-sphinx_rtd_theme
+
+macOS
+~~~~~
+On macOS you can install Sphinx via MacPorts or Homebrew.
+
+MacPorts::
+
+    $ sudo port install py37-sphinx py37-sphinx_rtd_theme
+
+Homebrew::
+
+    $ sudo brew install sphinx-doc
+
+Homebrew doesn't have the Read The Docs theme, so you'll need to install it via pip::
+
+    $ sudo pip install sphinx_rtd_theme
+
+Windows
+~~~~~~~
+On Windows you'll need to use ``pip`` to install Sphinx and the Read The Docs theme::
+
+    $ pip install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme
+
+Editing the Documentation
+-------------------------
+The documentation is written in `reStructuredText <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html>`_. If
+you haven't ever used reStructuredText before, take a look at the
+`reStructuredText primer <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/rest.html>`_ for a good introduction
+to the format.
+
+reStructuredText is a plain-text format, so any text editor will work. Popular editors are
+`vim <https://www.vim.org/>`_, `Atom <https://atom.io/>`_,
+`Visual Studio Code <https://code.visualstudio.com/>`_ (Linux, macOS, Windows),
+`Notepad++ <https://notepad-plus-plus.org/>`_ (Windows).
+
+Building the Documentation
+--------------------------
+Now that you have the dependencies installed and you've edited some pages, you'll want to build the
+documentation. Let's start with the manual. Go into the ``manual`` directory, and then run
+``make html``::
+
+    $ cd manual
+    $ make html
+
+This will run Sphinx on the documentation and build the HTML in the ``build/html`` directory. To
+view the documentation, let's run Python's built-in web server on that directory::
+
+    $ cd build/html
+    $ python3 -m http.server
+
+Now open your browser to `http://localhost:8000/ <http://localhost:8000/>`_ and you should see the OpenLP manual.