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Author: markburns

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@@ -2,73 +2,78 @@
 layout: default
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-h2. Table of contents
+Table of contents
+-----------------
 
 Some chapters are previews. It means they have not been fully reviewed,
 some diagrams may be missing and some sentences may be a little
 rough. But it also means they are in open review, so do not hesitate
 to address issues.
 
-* "Preface":preface.html
-* "Introduction":intro.html
+-   [Preface](preface.html)
+-   [Introduction](intro.html)
 
-h3. Part 1: Objects
+### Part 1: Objects
 
-* "Chapter 1: A Minimal Introduction to Ruby":minimum.html
-* "Chapter 2: Objects":object.html
-* "Chapter 3: Names and name tables":name.html
-* "Chapter 4: Classes and modules":class.html
-* "Chapter 5: Garbage collection":gc.html
-* "Chapter 6: Variables and constants":variable.html
-* "Chapter 7: Security":security.html
+-   [Chapter 1: A Minimal Introduction to Ruby](minimum.html)
+-   [Chapter 2: Objects](object.html)
+-   [Chapter 3: Names and name tables](name.html)
+-   [Chapter 4: Classes and modules](class.html)
+-   [Chapter 5: Garbage collection](gc.html)
+-   [Chapter 6: Variables and constants](variable.html)
+-   [Chapter 7: Security](security.html)
 
-h3. Part 2: Syntax analysis
+### Part 2: Syntax analysis
 
-* "Chapter 8: Ruby Language Details":spec.html
-* "Chapter 9: yacc crash course":yacc.html
-* "Chapter 10: Parser":parser.html
-* "Chapter 11: Finite-state scanner":contextual.html
-* "Chapter 12: Syntax tree construction":syntree.html
+-   [Chapter 8: Ruby Language Details](spec.html)
+-   [Chapter 9: yacc crash course](yacc.html)
+-   [Chapter 10: Parser](parser.html)
+-   [Chapter 11: Finite-state scanner](contextual.html)
+-   [Chapter 12: Syntax tree construction](syntree.html)
 
-h3. Part 3: Evaluation
+### Part 3: Evaluation
 
-* "Chapter 13: Structure of the evaluator":evaluator.html
-* "Chapter 14: Context":module.html
-* "Chapter 15: Methods":method.html
-* "Chapter 16: Blocks":iterator.html
-* "Chapter 17: Dynamic evaluation":anyeval.html
+-   [Chapter 13: Structure of the evaluator](evaluator.html)
+-   [Chapter 14: Context](module.html)
+-   [Chapter 15: Methods](method.html)
+-   [Chapter 16: Blocks](iterator.html)
+-   [Chapter 17: Dynamic evaluation](anyeval.html)
 
-h3. Part 4: Around the evaluator
+### Part 4: Around the evaluator
 
-* "Chapter 18: Loading":load.html
-* "Chapter 19: Threads":thread.html
+-   [Chapter 18: Loading](load.html)
+-   [Chapter 19: Threads](thread.html)
 
-* "Final chapter: Ruby's future - translation unstarted":fin.html
+<!-- -->
 
-h1. About this Guide
+-   [Final chapter: Ruby's future - translation unstarted](fin.html)
+
+About this Guide
+================
 
 This is a new effort to gather efforts to help translate
-"Ruby Hacking Guide":http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/book/ into English.
+[Ruby Hacking Guide](http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/book/) into English.
 
 The official support site of the original book is
 http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/
 
 You can download the version of the source code explained and
 the tool used in the book
 from the official support site of the original book.
-* "ruby (1.7.3 2002-09-12) in tar.gz format":http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/ar/ruby-rhg.tar.gz
-* "ruby (1.7.3 2002-09-12) in zip format":http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/ar/ruby-rhg.zip
-* "Pragmatic Programmers' nodeDump 0.1.7":http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/ar/nodeDump-0.1.7.tgz
-* "RHG-version nodedump":http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/ar/nodedump-rhg.tar.gz
+
+-   [ruby (1.7.3 2002-09-12) in tar.gz format](http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/ar/ruby-rhg.tar.gz)
+-   [ruby (1.7.3 2002-09-12) in zip format](http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/ar/ruby-rhg.zip)
+-   [Pragmatic Programmers' nodeDump 0.1.7](http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/ar/nodeDump-0.1.7.tgz)
+-   [RHG-version nodedump](http://i.loveruby.net/ja/rhg/ar/nodedump-rhg.tar.gz)
 
 The original translating project is hosted at RubyForge
 http://rubyforge.org/projects/rhg
 
-Many thanks to "RubyForge":http://rubyforge.org for hosting us and to
+Many thanks to [RubyForge](http://rubyforge.org) for hosting us and to
 Minero AOKI for letting us translate his work.
 
 You can get further information about this project from
-"the archives of rhg-discussion mailing list":http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rhg-discussion/
+[the archives of rhg-discussion mailing list](http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rhg-discussion/)
 
 There is an old SVN repo, that is hosted at
 The RubyForge project page is http://rubyforge.org/projects/rhg.
@@ -77,8 +82,8 @@ SVN/Git history when I can.
 
 As for now the contributors to that repo were:
 
-* Vincent ISAMBART
-* meinrad recheis
-* Laurent Sansonetti
-* Clifford Caoile
-* Jean-Denis Vauguet
+-   Vincent ISAMBART
+-   meinrad recheis
+-   Laurent Sansonetti
+-   Clifford Caoile
+-   Jean-Denis Vauguet