txt: ## about.md
  About the docs
  
  How to contribute to Raku and to the documents, how to generate the docs locally
  
  This document collection represents the on-going effort to document the Raku programming language with the goals of being comprehensive, easy to use, easy to navigate, and useful to both newcomers and experienced Raku programmers.
  
  An [HTML version of the documentation](https://docs.raku.org) is available.
  
  The official source for this documentation is located at [Raku/doc on GitHub](https://github.com/Raku/doc).
  
  # [Structure](#About_the_docs "go to top of document")[§](#Structure "direct link")
  
  All of the documentation is written in Raku Pod and kept in the `doc/` directory. These files are processed are rendered to HTML, and also processed into some generated pages, using the `.rakudoc` files as sources.
  
  # [Generating HTML from Pod](#About_the_docs "go to top of document")[§](#Generating_HTML_from_Pod "direct link")
  
  The build process is managed through a separate repository, [Raku/doc-website on GitHub](https://github.com/Raku/doc-website).
  
  # [Contributing](#About_the_docs "go to top of document")[§](#Contributing "direct link")
  
  For a quick introduction to Raku Pod, see [Raku Pod](/language/pod).
  
  For historic details about the Raku Pod specification, see [Synopsis 26, Documentation](https://github.com/Raku/old-design-docs/blob/master/S26-documentation.pod).
  
  For information on how to contribute to the documentation, please read [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/Raku/doc/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
  