diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.markdown b/DEVELOPMENT.markdown
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+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+---
+title: hledger development
+---
+
+# hledger development
+
+**Support** for users and developers:
+
+- chat Simon (sm) on the
+ [\#ledger](irc://irc.freenode.net/#ledger) irc channel which we
+ share, or [email me](mailto:simon@joyful.com?subject=hledger:)
+- [report](http://code.google.com/p/hledger/issues/entry)
+ problems at [bugs.hledger.org](http://bugs.hledger.org)
+ ([view all](http://bugs.hledger.org/grid))
+- share and test journal snippets at paste . hledger.org
+-
+
+**Goals:** the hledger project aims to produce
+
+- a practical, accessible, dependable tool for end users
+- a useful library and toolbox for finance-minded haskell programmers
+- a successful, time-and-money-solvent project within a thriving ecosystem of financial software projects.
+
+**Code:**
+
+> darcs get --lazy http://joyful.com/repos/hledger
+> cd hledger
+> make or make install
+>
+> [Release notes](NEWS.html),
+> [browse the repo](http://joyful.com/darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi?r=hledger),
+> [hackage page](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger),
+> [combined api docs](http://hledger.org/api-doc/),
+> [benchmark](http://hledger.org/profs/latest.bench)/[profile](http://hledger.org/profs/latest.prof)/[heap](http://hledger.org/profs/latest.ps)/[coverage reports](http://hledger.org/profs/coverage/hpc_index_fun.html),
+> [developer notes](http://joyful.com/darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi?r=hledger;a=plainblob;f=/NOTES)
+
+
+
+
+**Related projects**
+
+- John Wiegley's [ledger](http://wiki.github.com/jwiegley/ledger) inspired hledger.
+- h/ledger inspired Uwe Hollerbach's [umm](http://www.korgwal.com/umm/).
+- Tim Docker's [ledger-reports](http://dockerz.net/repos/ledger-reports) builds on hledger to generate
+ [html reports](http://dockerz.net/software/hledger_report_sample/report.html).
+- I have a few older bits and pieces [here](http://joyful.com/Ledger).
diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.rst b/DEVELOPMENT.rst
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----
-title: hledger development
----
-hledger development
-===================
-
-**Support** for users and developers:
-
-- chat Simon (sm) on the `#ledger`_ irc channel which we share, or `email me`_
-- `report `_ problems at `bugs.hledger.org `_ (`view all `_)
-- share and test journal snippets at paste . hledger.org
-- .. raw:: html
-
-
-
-**Goals:** the hledger project aims to produce
-
-- a practical, accessible, dependable tool for end users
-- a useful library and toolbox for finance-minded haskell programmers
-- a successful, time-and-money-solvent project within a thriving ecosystem of financial software projects.
-
-**Code:**
-
- ::
-
- darcs get --lazy http://joyful.com/repos/hledger
- cd hledger
- make or make install
-
- `Release notes`_,
- `browse the repo`_,
- `hackage page`_,
- `combined api docs`_,
- benchmark_\/profile_\/heap_\/`coverage reports`_,
- `developer notes`_
-
-.. `hledger-lib sourcegraph report`_,
-.. `hledger sourcegraph report`_,
-
-.. raw:: html
-
-
-
-
-**Related projects**
-
-- John Wiegley's ledger_ inspired hledger.
-- h/ledger inspired Uwe Hollerbach's umm_.
-- Tim Docker's ledger-reports_ builds on hledger to generate `html reports`_.
-- I have a few older bits and pieces `here `_.
-
-
-.. _hledger: README.html
-.. _journal: http://joyful.com/repos/hledger/data/sample.journal
-.. _timelog: http://joyful.com/repos/hledger/data/sample.timelog
-.. _command line: SCREENSHOTS.html#hledger-screen-1
-.. _curses: SCREENSHOTS.html#sshot
-.. _web interface: http://demo.hledger.org
-.. _mail list: http://list.hledger.org
-.. _issue tracker: http://bugs.hledger.org
-.. _Release notes: NEWS.html
-.. _combined api docs: http://hledger.org/api-doc/
-.. _hledger-lib sourcegraph report: http://joyful.com/repos/hledger/hledger-lib/SourceGraph/hledger-lib.html
-.. _hledger sourcegraph report: http://joyful.com/repos/hledger/SourceGraph/hledger.html
-.. _developer notes: http://joyful.com/darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi?r=hledger;a=plainblob;f=/NOTES
-.. _benchmark: http://hledger.org/profs/latest.bench
-.. _profile: http://hledger.org/profs/latest.prof
-.. _heap: http://hledger.org/profs/latest.ps
-.. _coverage reports: http://hledger.org/profs/coverage/hpc_index_fun.html
-.. _browse the repo: http://joyful.com/darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi?r=hledger
-.. _email me: mailto:simon@joyful.com?subject=hledger:
-.. _Simon Michael: http://joyful.com
-.. _co.: http://hledger.org/CONTRIBUTORS.html
-.. _hackage page: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger
-.. _#ledger: irc://irc.freenode.net/#ledger
-.. _haskell: http://haskell.org
-.. _ledger: http://wiki.github.com/jwiegley/ledger
-.. _umm: http://www.korgwal.com/umm/
-.. _ledger-reports: http://dockerz.net/repos/ledger-reports
-.. _html reports: http://dockerz.net/software/hledger_report_sample/report.html
diff --git a/site/hakyll.hs b/site/hakyll.hs
index abe3627ff..7af9d44a3 100644
--- a/site/hakyll.hs
+++ b/site/hakyll.hs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
hakyll build script for hledger.org
requires Hakyll >= 2.1, pandoc >= 1.5
-}
-
import Control.Monad (forM_)
import Control.Monad.Trans (liftIO)
import System.Process (system)
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ main = hakyllWithConfiguration cfg $ do
mapM_ renderParentDirPage
["README.rst"
,"DOWNLOAD.markdown"
- ,"DEVELOPMENT.rst"
+ ,"DEVELOPMENT.markdown"
,"NEWS.markdown"
,"SCREENSHOTS.markdown"
,"MANUAL.markdown"