code: def read_readme():
      
      text = open("README.rst", "rt").read()
      text_lines = text.split("\n")
      ld_i_beg = 0
      while text_lines[ld_i_beg].find("start long description") < 0:
          ld_i_beg += 1
      ld_i_beg += 1
      ld_i_end = ld_i_beg
      while text_lines[ld_i_end].find("end long description") < 0:
          ld_i_end += 1
  
      ld_text = "\n".join(text_lines[ld_i_beg:ld_i_end])
  
      return ld_text
docs: Reads part of the README.rst for use as long_description in setup().