diff --git a/doc/build_doc_instruction.txt b/doc/build_doc_instruction.txt
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-How to generate IPython documentation
-=====================================
-
-The doc is written using lyx http://www.lyx.org, which is a gui for latex
-documents. LyX also requires a latex installation.
-
-The file manual_base.lyx is the template file that should be edited if you
-want to do changes to the docs.
-
-A final version is generated by running 
-
-./update_manual.py
-
-or 
-
-ipython update_manual.py
-
-(note that "python update_manual.py" won't work, it's an ipython script!)
-
-The script update_manual.py will insert the current version number into the
-template and also generate magic.tex, a file containing documentation for
-the doc strings of the magic commands.
-
-The script creates manual.lyx which can be opened by lyx to generate pdf or
-postscript versions of the docs.
-
-update_magic.sh and update_version.sh work too, but are slated for
-deprecation.
diff --git a/doc/update_magic.sh b/doc/update_magic.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-ipython --magic_docstrings > magic.tex
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/update_manual.py b/doc/update_manual.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env ipython
-""" Must be launched via ipython not normal python 
-
-Run by:
-    
-    ipython update_manual.py
-"""
-
-import sys,IPython,re
-
-fil=open("magic.tex","w")
-oldout=sys.stdout
-sys.stdout=fil
-_ip.magic("magic -latex")
-sys.stdout=oldout
-fil.close()
-
-fil=open("manual_base.lyx")
-txt=fil.read()
-fil.close()
-
-manualtext=re.sub("__version__",IPython.__version__,txt)
-fil=open("manual.lyx","w")
-fil.write(manualtext)
-fil.close()
-print "Manual (magic.tex, manual.lyx) succesfully updated, exiting..."
-import os
-os.abort()