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+*****
+Usage
+*****
+
+To use the {fmt} library, add :file:`fmt/core.h`, :file:`fmt/format.h`,
+:file:`fmt/format-inl.h`, :file:`src/format.cc` and optionally other headers
+from a `release archive <https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/releases/latest>`_ or
+the `Git repository <https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt>`_ to your project.
+Alternatively, you can :ref:`build the library with CMake <building>`.
+
+.. _building:
+
+Building the Library
+====================
+
+The included `CMake build script`__ can be used to build the fmt
+library on a wide range of platforms. CMake is freely available for
+download from https://www.cmake.org/download/.
+
+__ https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt
+
+CMake works by generating native makefiles or project files that can
+be used in the compiler environment of your choice. The typical
+workflow starts with::
+
+ mkdir build # Create a directory to hold the build output.
+ cd build
+ cmake .. # Generate native build scripts.
+
+where :file:`{<path/to/fmt>}` is a path to the ``fmt`` repository.
+
+If you are on a \*nix system, you should now see a Makefile in the
+current directory. Now you can build the library by running :command:`make`.
+
+Once the library has been built you can invoke :command:`make test` to run
+the tests.
+
+You can control generation of the make ``test`` target with the ``FMT_TEST``
+CMake option. This can be useful if you include fmt as a subdirectory in
+your project but don't want to add fmt's tests to your ``test`` target.
+
+If you use Windows and have Visual Studio installed, a :file:`FMT.sln`
+file and several :file:`.vcproj` files will be created. You can then build them
+using Visual Studio or msbuild.
+
+On Mac OS X with Xcode installed, an :file:`.xcodeproj` file will be generated.
+
+To build a `shared library`__ set the ``BUILD_SHARED_LIBS`` CMake variable to
+``TRUE``::
+
+ cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE ...
+
+__ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_%28computing%29#Shared_libraries
+
+
+To build a `static library` with position independent code (required if the main
+consumer of the fmt library is a shared library i.e. a Python extension) set the
+``CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE`` CMake variable to ``TRUE``::
+
+ cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=TRUE ...
+
+
+Installing the Library
+======================
+
+After building the library you can install it on a Unix-like system by running
+:command:`sudo make install`.
+
+Usage with CMake
+================
+
+You can add the ``fmt`` library directory into your project and include it in
+your ``CMakeLists.txt`` file::
+
+ add_subdirectory(fmt)
+
+or
+
+::
+
+ add_subdirectory(fmt EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
+to exclude it from ``make``, ``make all``, or ``cmake --build .``.
+
+You can detect and use an installed version of {fmt} as follows::
+
+ find_package(fmt)
+ target_link_libraries(<your-target> fmt::fmt)
+
+Setting up your target to use a header-only version of ``fmt`` is equally easy::
+
+ target_link_libraries(<your-target> PRIVATE fmt::fmt-header-only)
+
+Usage with build2
+=================
+
+You can use `build2 <https://build2.org>`_, a dependency manager and a
+build-system combined, to use ``fmt``.
+
+Currently this package is available in these package repositories:
+
+- **https://cppget.org/fmt/** for released and published versions.
+- `The git repository with the sources of the build2 package of fmt <https://github.com/build2-packaging/fmt.git>`_
+ for unreleased or custom revisions of ``fmt``.
+
+**Usage:**
+
+- ``build2`` package name: ``fmt``
+- Library target name : ``lib{fmt}``
+
+For example, to make your ``build2`` project depend on ``fmt``:
+
+- Add one of the repositories to your configurations, or in your
+ ``repositories.manifest``, if not already there::
+
+ :
+ role: prerequisite
+ location: https://pkg.cppget.org/1/stable
+
+- Add this package as a dependency to your ``./manifest`` file
+ (example for ``v7.0.x``)::
+
+ depends: fmt ~7.0.0
+
+- Import the target and use it as a prerequisite to your own target
+ using `fmt` in the appropriate ``buildfile``::
+
+ import fmt = fmt%lib{fmt}
+ lib{mylib} : cxx{**} ... $fmt
+
+Then build your project as usual with `b` or `bdep update`.
+
+For ``build2`` newcomers or to get more details and use cases, you can read the
+``build2``
+`toolchain introduction <https://build2.org/build2-toolchain/doc/build2-toolchain-intro.xhtml>`_.
+
+Building the Documentation
+==========================
+
+To build the documentation you need the following software installed on your
+system:
+
+* `Python <https://www.python.org/>`_ with pip and virtualenv
+* `Doxygen <http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/>`_
+* `Less <http://lesscss.org/>`_ with ``less-plugin-clean-css``.
+ Ubuntu doesn't package the ``clean-css`` plugin so you should use ``npm``
+ instead of ``apt`` to install both ``less`` and the plugin::
+
+ sudo npm install -g less less-plugin-clean-css.
+
+First generate makefiles or project files using CMake as described in
+the previous section. Then compile the ``doc`` target/project, for example::
+
+ make doc
+
+This will generate the HTML documentation in ``doc/html``.
+
+Conda
+=====
+
+fmt can be installed on Linux, macOS and Windows with
+`Conda <https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/>`__, using its
+`conda-forge <https://conda-forge.org>`__
+`package <https://github.com/conda-forge/fmt-feedstock>`__, as follows::
+
+ conda install -c conda-forge fmt
+
+Vcpkg
+=====
+
+You can download and install fmt using the `vcpkg
+<https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg>`__ dependency manager::
+
+ git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
+ cd vcpkg
+ ./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
+ ./vcpkg integrate install
+ ./vcpkg install fmt
+
+The fmt port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and community
+contributors. If the version is out of date, please `create an issue or pull
+request <https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg>`__ on the vcpkg repository.
+
+LHelper
+=======
+
+You can download and install fmt using
+`lhelper <https://github.com/franko/lhelper>`__ dependency manager::
+
+ lhelper activate <some-environment>
+ lhelper install fmt
+
+All the recipes for lhelper are kept in the
+`lhelper's recipe <https://github.com/franko/lhelper-recipes>`__ repository.
+
+Android NDK
+===========
+
+fmt provides `Android.mk file`__ that can be used to build the library
+with `Android NDK <https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html>`_.
+For an example of using fmt with Android NDK, see the
+`android-ndk-example <https://github.com/fmtlib/android-ndk-example>`_
+repository.
+
+__ https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/blob/master/support/Android.mk
+
+Homebrew
+========
+
+fmt can be installed on OS X using `Homebrew <https://brew.sh/>`_::
+
+ brew install fmt