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formatflowed.py
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Introduction
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The formatflowed.py python library provides en- and decoding functionality for 
`RFC 2646`_ and `RFC 3676`_ text, also called format=flowed text. The 
development of this library was generously sponsored by `Logicalware`_, and
was written by `Martijn Pieters <mj@zopatista.com>`_.

The latest version can be downloaded from the `project homepage`_.

.. _RFC 2646: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2646.html
.. _RFC 3676: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3676.html
.. _Logicalware: http://www.logicalware.com/
.. _project homepage: http://www.zopatista.com/projects/formatflowed


Requirements
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formatflowed.py has been tested with python 2.3 and python 2.4. When python
has been installed from a Linux distribution package, please make sure
distutils is installed. This is usually part of the python-dev package.


Installation
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Use the standard distutils installation script provided::

 python setup.py install
 

Usage
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Further documentation is embedded in the docstrings of the module.
