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+# UMLGraph - Declarative Drawing of UML Diagrams
+
+*UMLGraph* allows the declarative specification and drawing of
+UML  diagrams.
+You can browse the system's documentation
+through [this link](http://www.spinellis.gr/umlgraph/doc/index.html),
+or print it through [this link](http://www.spinellis.gr/umlgraph/doc/indexw.html).
+
+To install the elements required to run *UMLGraph*, simply copy
+the contents of the *lib* directory to a location consistent with
+your installation's conventions (for example to `/usr/local/lib`).
+
+To compile the Java doclet from the source code run *ant* on the
+*build.xml* file.
+
+If you change the source code, you can run regression tests by
+executing *ant test*.
+
+Visit the project's [home page](http://www.spinellis.gr/umlgraph) for more information.
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-==UMLGraph - Declarative Drawing of UML Diagrams==
-
-''UMLGraph'' allows the declarative specification and drawing of
-UML  diagrams.
-You can browse the system's documentation
-through [http://www.spinellis.gr/umlgraph/doc/index.html this link],
-or print it through [http://www.spinellis.gr/umlgraph/doc/indexw.html this link].
-
-To install the elements required to run ''UMLGraph'', simply copy
-the contents of the ''lib'' directory to a location consistent with
-your installation's conventions (for example to /usr/local/lib).
-
-To compile the Java doclet from the source code run ''ant'' on the
-''build.xml'' file.
-
-If you change the source code, you can run regression tests by
-executing ''ant test''.
-
-Visit the project's [http://www.spinellis.gr/umlgraph home page] for more information.
-
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-
-Diomidis Spinellis - November 2005, August 2008, April 2012, September 2016