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+This repo contains the sources for the Nimrod by Example book.
+
+Builds are done manually, and if you'd like to have syntax highlighting, either
+grab the modified, linux-only version of the Gitbook Editor [here][mod-editor],
+or get a copy of the modifed highlighting.js module [here][mod-highligher],
+which can be installed into the appropriate `node_modules` directory
+
+
+[mod-editor][http://www.mediafire.com/download/p8qvm1w5t3dfvm4/gitbook-editor-linux.7z]
+[mod-highligher][http://www.mediafire.com/download/c37n1q6bcvd950k/modified-highligh.7z]