diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
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-To change KDevelop's code please read the API documentation generated by doxygen at:
-
-http://www.kdevelop.org/
-
-or generate it yourself:
-
-/path/to/kdelibs/doc/api/doxygen.sh --recurse --doxdatadir=/path/to/kdelibs/doc/common /path/to/kdevplatform  ( the generated documentation will be at kdevplatform-apidocs )
-
-or read *.dox files in the doc/api/ directory.
diff --git a/HACKING.language b/HACKING.language
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-To find how to add support for a new programming language to KDevelop
-please read the API documentation generated by doxygen at:
-
-http://www.kdevelop.org/
-or
-http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdevplatform-apidocs/language/duchain/html/Implementing.html
-
-or generate it yourself:
-
-look at HACKING
-
-or read the file:
-
-doc/api/HowToAddProgrammingLanguages.dox