Merge pull request #119 from QuantEcon/pypireadme

Convert longdescription from markdown to rst

setup.py

@@ -40,36 +40,42 @@ def write_version_py(filename=None):
 **QuantEcon** is an organization run by economists for economists with the aim of coordinating 
 distributed development of high quality open source code for all forms of quantitative economic modelling. 
 
-The project website is located at [http://quantecon.org/](http://quantecon.org/). This website provides
+The project website is located at `http://quantecon.org/<http://quantecon.org/>`_. This website provides
 more information with regards to the **quantecon** library, documentation, in addition to some resources 
 in regards to how you can use and/or contribute to the package. 
 
-## The **quantecon** Package
+The **quantecon** Package
+-------------------------
 
-The [repository](https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py) includes the Python package `quantecon`
+The `repository<https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py>`_ includes the Python package ``quantecon``
 
-Assuming you have [pip](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip) on your computer --- as will be the case if you've [installed Anaconda](http://quant-econ.net/getting_started.html#installing-anaconda) --- you can install the latest stable release of `quantecon` by typing
+Assuming you have `pip<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip>`_ on your computer --- as will be the case if you've `installed Anaconda<http://quant-econ.net/getting_started.html#installing-anaconda>`_ --- you can install the latest stable release of ``quantecon`` by typing
 
     pip install quantecon
 
 at a terminal prompt
 
-## Repository
+Repository
+----------
 
-The main repository is hosted on Github [QuantEcon.py](https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py)
+The main repository is hosted on Github `QuantEcon.py<https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py>`_
 
-Note
-----
-There is also a Julia version available for Julia users [QuantEcon.jl](https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.jl)
+**Note:** There is also a Julia version available for Julia users `QuantEcon.jl<https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.jl>`_
 
-#### Current Build and Coverage Status:
+Current Build and Coverage Status
+---------------------------------
 
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py)
-[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py/badge.png)](https://coveralls.io/r/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py)
+|Build Status| |Coverage Status|
 
-## Additional Links
+.. |Build Status| image:: https://travis-ci.org/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py.svg?branch=master
+   :target: https://travis-ci.org/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py
+.. |Coverage Status| image:: https://coveralls.io/repos/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py/badge.png
+   :target: https://coveralls.io/r/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py
 
-1. [QuantEcon Course Website](http://quant-econ.net) 
+Additional Links
+----------------
+
+1. `QuantEcon Course Website<http://quant-econ.net>`_ 
 
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