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-# Heading
+# Requirements
+* latex distribution (e.g. texlive or miktex)
+* the [xcookybooky](http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xcookybooky) package
+* [emerald](http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/emerald) font
 
-## Sub-heading
+# Installation
+## xcookybooky
+Download the *xcookybooky.ins* and the *xcookybooky.dtx* file.
 
-### Another deeper heading
+After that simply run `latex xcookybooky.ins` and copy the generated *xcookybooky.sty* file into your latex distribution (e.g. */usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist*). You can copy the generated *xcookybooky.cfg* into the same folder or if you want a specific config file for every xcookybooky-project you can copy it in the projects root folder.
 
-Paragraphs are separated
-by a blank line.
+The last thing you have to do is to update your package list. Otherwise your new *cookybooky.sty* file will not be recognized. To update your list you have to run `texhash` or use the miktex manager.
 
-Let 2 spaces at the end of a line to do a  
-line break
+##emerald
+Download the *fonts*, *doc* and *tex* folder and extract them into your latex distribution (e.g. */usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist*).
 
-Text attributes *italic*,
-**bold**, `monospace`,~~monospace~~, `monospace` .
+Now you have to update your package list (see xcookybooky installation).
 
-A [link](http://example.com).
-<<<   No space between ] and (  >>>
-
-Shopping list:
-
-  * apples
-  * oranges
-  * pears
-
-Numbered list:
-
-  1. apples
-  2. oranges
-  3. pears
-
-The rain---not the reign---in
-Spain.
+The last step is to enable the new font map. Open a terminal and navigate to the folder containing your *emerald.map* (e.g. */usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips*, *fonts/map/dvips* should be the same on all systems). Now run the following command: `updmap-sys --enable Map=emerald.map` (if you're using an unix-based OS, add `sudo`.