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1   -=========================
2   - A groovy modbus library
3   -=========================
  1 +A groovy modbus library
  2 +=======================
4 3  
5 4 Overview
6 5 --------
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11 10  
12 11 The functions included in the library have been derived from the
13 12 Modicon Modbus Protocol Reference Guide which can be obtained from
14   -Schneider at www.schneiderautomation.com.
  13 +Schneider at [www.schneiderautomation.com](http://www.schneiderautomation.com).
15 14  
16 15 The license of libmodbus is LGPL v2.1 or later and the licence of programs in
17 16 tests directory is GPL v3.
18 17  
19 18 The documentation is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
20   -License 3.0 (Unported) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).
  19 +License 3.0 (Unported) (<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>).
21 20  
22   -The official website is http://www.libmodbus.org.
  21 +The official website is [www.libmodbus.org](http://www.libmodbus.org).
23 22  
24 23 The library is written in C and designed to run on Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and
25 24 QNX and Windows.
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27 26 Installation
28 27 ------------
29 28  
30   -To instal, just run the usual dance, ``./configure && make install`` and run
31   -``./autogen.sh`` first if the ``configure.sh`` is not present.
  29 +To instal, just run the usual dance, `./configure && make install` and run
  30 +`./autogen.sh` first if the `configure.sh` is not present.
32 31  
33 32 If you want to compile with Microsoft Visual Studio, you need to install
34   -http://code.google.com/p/msinttypes/ to fill the absence of stdint.h.
  33 +<http://code.google.com/p/msinttypes/> to fill the absence of stdint.h.
35 34  
36   -To compile under Windows, install `MinGW <http://www.mingw.org/>`_ and MSYS then
  35 +To compile under Windows, install [MinGW](http://www.mingw.org/) and MSYS then
37 36 select the common packages (gcc, automake, libtool, etc).
38 37  
39 38 Testing
40 39 -------
41 40  
42   -Some tests are provided in the ``tests`` directory, you can
43   -freely edit the source code to fit your needs (it's Free Sofware :).
  41 +Some tests are provided in the `tests` directory, you can freely edit the source
  42 +code to fit your needs (it's Free Sofware :).
44 43  
45   -See ``tests/README`` for a description of each program.
  44 +See *tests/README* for a description of each program.
46 45  
47 46 Report a Bug
48 47 ------------
49 48  
50 49 To report a bug, you can:
51   - * fill a bug report on the issue tracker
52   - http://github.com/stephane/libmodbus/issues
53   - * or send an email to stephane.raimbault@gmail.com
  50 +
  51 +* fill a bug report on the issue tracker <http://github.com/stephane/libmodbus/issues>
  52 +* or send an email to stephane.raimbault@gmail.com
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