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+PythonPoint is a utility for generating PDF slides from 
+a simple XML format - "PythonPoint Markup Language".
+
+This is early days.  It lets you produce quite sophisticated
+output, but the DTD will undoubtedly evolve and change.
+However, I want people to be able to use it this summer so am
+releasing now.
+
+It is part of the ReportLab distribution; if you have managed
+to run the ReportLab tests, and have installed the Python
+Imaging Library, usage should be straightforward.  PIL is not 
+required to make slides, but the demo will have a few blanks if 
+you omit it.
+
+To use, cd to the pythonpoint directory and execute:
+	pythonpoint.py pythonpoint.xml
+This will create pythonpoint.pdf, which is your manual.
+
+You can also try 'monterey.xml', which is a talk I gave
+at the O'Reilly Open Source conference in Monterey
+in summer 1999.
+
+We have issues to resolve over module load paths;
+the easiest solution for now is to put the PythonPoint
+directory on your path; work in a new directory;
+and explicitly include the paths to any custom shapes,
+and style sheets you use.
+
+- Andy Robinson, 6 April 2000
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