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diff --git a/doc/source/coder.rst b/doc/source/coder.rst
index 63bf786..80edcf8 100644
--- a/doc/source/coder.rst
+++ b/doc/source/coder.rst
@@ -2,28 +2,24 @@
  coder guide
 =============
 
-:Copyright: (c) 2004-2014 Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>. Permission
-            to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
-            granted under terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed
-            with this software.
+.. Copyright (c) 2004-2018 Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>.
+   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
+   granted under terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed with
+   this software.
 
 This guide attempts to embody a rudimentary set of rules for developer
 submissions of source code and documentation targeted for inclusion
 within the mudpy project, as well as pointers to useful resources for
 those attempting to obtain a greater understanding of the software.
 
-.. sectnum:: :prefix: 1.
-.. contents:: :local:
-
---------
- source
---------
+source
+------
 
 As with any project, the mudpy source code could always be better
-documented, and contributions to that end are heartily welcomed. 
+documented, and contributions to that end are heartily welcomed.
 
 version control system
-----------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Git_ is used for version control on the project, and the archive can be
 cloned anonymously from http://mudpy.org/git/mudpy if desired. For now,
@@ -35,42 +31,56 @@ A Gitweb_ interface is available, to make the change history easier to
 browse. This is found at http://mudpy.org/gitweb/mudpy/ and should be
 fairly self-explanatory.
 
-A GNU-format_ ChangeLog file is generated automatically from repository
-commit logs, available at http://mudpy.org/res/src/mudpy/doc/ChangeLog
-and is included in the doc directory of all tarball/zip files. The
-export script, git2gch, is included in the bin directory.
+A ChangeLog file is generated automatically from repository commit
+logs, and is included automatically in all sdist_ tarballs. It can
+be regenerated easily by running `tox -e venv python setup.py sdist`
+from the top level directory of the Git repository in a working
+`developer environment`_.
 
 .. _Git: http://git-scm.com/
 .. _Gitweb: http://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Gitweb
-.. _GNU-format: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node
-                /Style-of-Change-Logs.html#Style-of-Change-Logs
+.. _sdist: https://packaging.python.org/glossary
+           /#term-source-distribution-or-sdist
+
+developer environment
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Basic developer requirements are a POSIX Unix derivative (such as
+Linux), a modern Python 3 interpreter (any of the minor revisions
+mentioned in the ``metadata.classifier`` section of setup.cfg_) and
+a recent release of the tox_ utility (at least the
+``tox.minversion`` mentioned in tox.ini_).
+
+.. _setup.cfg: http://mudpy.org/gitweb?p=mudpy.git;a=blob;f=setup.cfg
+.. _tox.ini: http://mudpy.org/gitweb?p=mudpy.git;a=blob;f=tox.ini
 
 application program interface
------------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 API documentation is maintained within docstrings in the mudpy source
 code.
 
 regression testing
-------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-All new commits are tested using a regression testing script in the bin
-directory of the source archive, to help ensure the software is
-continually usable. Any new features should be accompanied by suitable
-regression tests so that their functionality can be maintained properly
-through future releases.
+All new commits are tested using a selftest script in the
+``mudpy/tests`` directory of the source archive, to help ensure the
+software is continually usable. Any new features should be
+accompanied by suitable regression tests so that their functionality
+can be maintained properly through future releases. The selftest can
+be invoked with ``tox -e selftest`` after starting the daemon with
+the test configuration provided in the ``mudpy/tests/fixtures``
+directory.
 
--------
- style
--------
+style
+-----
 
 This project follows Guido van Rossum and Barry Warsaw's `Style Guide`_
 for Python Code (a.k.a. "PEP-8"). When in need of sample code or other
 examples, any common source code file or text document file distributed
 as part of mudpy should serve as a suitable reference. Testing of all
-new patches with the flake8_ and pylint_ utilities is also highly
-recommended.
+new patches with the flake8_ utility should be performed with ``tox
+-e flake8`` to ensure adherence to preferred style conventions.
 
 .. _Style Guide: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
 .. _flake8: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8
-.. _pylint: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylint