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DOC: fix markup and download link in the Windows install section
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`pyparsing <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyparsing/>`_ and
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`six <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six>`_
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in addition to
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`matplotlib <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/matplotlib>`_.
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`matplotlib <http://matplotlib.org/downloads.html>`_.
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In case Python is not installed for all users (not the default), the
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Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (
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for the official binaries. GTK3 is not supported on Windows.
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The Windows installers (:file:`*.exe`) and wheels (:file:`*.whl`) on
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the download page do not contain test data or example code.
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the `download page <http://matplotlib.org/downloads.html>`_ do not
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contain test data or example code.
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If you want to try the many demos that come in the matplotlib source
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distribution, download the zip file and look in the :file:`examples`
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subdirectory.
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To run the test suite, copy the lib\matplotlib\tests and
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lib\mpl_toolkits\tests directories from the source distribution to
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sys.prefix\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib and
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sys.prefix\Lib\site-packages\mpl_toolkits respectively, and install
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distribution, download the :file:`*.tar.gz` file and look in the
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:file:`examples` subdirectory.
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To run the test suite, copy the :file:`lib\matplotlib\tests` and
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:file:`lib\mpl_toolkits\tests` directories from the source distribution to
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:file:`sys.prefix\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib` and
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:file:`sys.prefix\Lib\site-packages\mpl_toolkits` respectively, and install
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`nose <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/nose>`_,
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`mock <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mock>`_,
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Pillow, MiKTeX, GhostScript, ffmpeg, avconv, mencoder, ImageMagick, and

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