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@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ Inside the `po` directory, we have one directory per target _locale_
 are stronger, such as Portuguese (would probably be `po/pt_BR`
 vs. `po/pt_PT`).
 
+## Quick and easy: How to rebuild the sources
+
+You don't really need to follow this script; it's all scripted in a
+`Makefile`. To update the `.pot` (translation template) file, just
+run:
+
+    `make pot`
+
+That is enough to get you to the _Editing the Gettext files_ section.
+
 ## Markdown conversion
 
 Markdown is an easy to edit format, with very little markup, and
@@ -57,6 +67,18 @@ We use Pandoc to convert the `odt` file into Markdown:
 We also include the source Markdown file, mostly as documentation, in
 the Git repository root directory.
 
+### Markdown fixup
+
+The generated Markdown file is correct, but somewhat _dirty_. I came
+up with a quick-and-dirty(er) script to fix several issues,
+`fixup.rb`, and intend to update it as needed:
+
+    ruby fixup.rb source.md dest.md
+
+I still need to add to this fixup the needed markup so that the built
+material reflects the book's structure. It will happen :-) It will, of
+course, happen earlier if you send me some patches!
+
 ## Extracting strings for translation
 
 Gettext works by presenting each particular string to be edited. We