Remove unhelpful firststep.rst

A general intro/outline doc would be useful, but this isn't it.

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diff --git a/doc/manual/contents.rst b/doc/manual/contents.rst
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@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Contents
    goals
    building
    platforms
-   firststep
    versions
    secmem
    rng
diff --git a/doc/manual/firststep.rst b/doc/manual/firststep.rst
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index 2f998687d..000000000
--- a/doc/manual/firststep.rst
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@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-
-Getting Started
-========================================
-
-All declarations in the library are contained within the namespace
-``Botan``, so you need to either prefix types with ``Botan::`` or add
-a ``using`` declaration in your code. All examples will assume a
-``using`` declaration.
-
-All library headers are included like so::
-
-  #include <botan/auto_rng.h>
-
-Pitfalls
-----------------------------------------
-
-Use a ``try``/``catch`` block inside your ``main`` function, and catch
-any ``std::exception`` throws (remember to catch by reference, as
-``std::exception::what`` is polymorphic)::
-
-  int main()
-     {
-     try
-        {
-        LibraryInitializer init;
-
-        // ...
-        }
-     catch(std::exception& e)
-        {
-        std::cerr << e.what() << "\n";
-        }
-     }
-
-This is not strictly required, but if you don't, and Botan throws an
-exception, the runtime will call ``std::terminate``, which usually
-calls ``abort`` or something like it, leaving you (or worse, a user of
-your application) wondering what went wrong.