def read()

in setup.py [0:0]


def read(filename):
    filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), filename)
    text_type = type(u"")
    with io.open(filename, mode="r", encoding='utf-8') as fd:
        f = r':[a-z]+:`~?(.*?)`'
        return re.sub(text_type(f), text_type(r'``\1``'), fd.read())