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Oroboros - Readme file
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*Oroboros* is an astrology application for the Python language.

It is based on the Swiss Ephemeris library created by `AstroDienst`_ for the
planetary calculations, the `Olson time zone`_ database, the `GeoNames.org`_
atlas database, and the `Qt toolkit`_ as graphical interface. It is also
using `reStructured Text`_ for charts comments, and `Mercurial`_ as
mirroring system for charts directories.

As you can see, it is still in early stage of development.

.. _`AstroDienst`: http://www.astro.com
.. _`Olson time zone`: http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm
.. _`GeoNames.org`: http://www.geonames.org
.. _`Qt toolkit`: http://trolltech.com
.. _`reStructured Text`: http://docutils.sourceforge.net
.. _`Mercurial`: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial

Requirements
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  - `Python <http://www.python.org>`_ version >= 2.5

External modules:

  - `pytz <http://pytz.sourceforge.net>`_
  - `pyswisseph <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyswisseph>`_
  - `PyQt4 <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt>`_

Optionally:

  - `Docutils <http://docutils.sourceforge.net>`_
  - `Mercurial <http://www.selenic.com/mercurial>`_
  - `Supybot <http://supybot.com>`_

Links
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  - Homepage: http://oroboros.atarax.org
  - Download: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/oroboros

Author(s)
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Project Maintainer: `S.Marquis <stnsls@gmail.com>`_

Thanks
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  - Alois Treindl, Dieter Koch for the Swiss Ephemeris
    http://www.astro.com/swisseph
  - Christophe Gros
    http://skylendar.kde.org
  - All people who indirectly contributed by providing free components and
    softwares, esp. the Python team, the pytz authors, the GeoNames.org team,
    the people at TrollTech and Riverbank, the Eric4 IDE folks, the GIMP dudes,
    docutils and epydoc authors, Mercurial staff, and all those that I forget...
  - Special thanks to http://www.4URockNMetal.com

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