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diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst index ec3e71f56009..bb36f18ae9ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Sphinx Install ============== The ReST markups currently used by the Documentation/ files are meant to be -built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.3 or higher. +built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.7 or higher. There's a script that checks for the Sphinx requirements. Please see :ref:`sphinx-pre-install` for further details. @@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ or ``virtualenv``, depending on how your distribution packaged Python 3. .. note:: - #) Sphinx versions below 1.5 don't work properly with Python's - docutils version 0.13.1 or higher. So, if you're willing to use - those versions, you should run ``pip install 'docutils==0.12'``. - #) It is recommended to use the RTD theme for html output. Depending on the Sphinx version, it should be installed separately, with ``pip install sphinx_rtd_theme``. @@ -55,13 +51,13 @@ or ``virtualenv``, depending on how your distribution packaged Python 3. those expressions are written using LaTeX notation. It needs texlive installed with amsfonts and amsmath in order to evaluate them. -In summary, if you want to install Sphinx version 1.7.9, you should do:: +In summary, if you want to install Sphinx version 2.4.4, you should do:: - $ virtualenv sphinx_1.7.9 - $ . sphinx_1.7.9/bin/activate - (sphinx_1.7.9) $ pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt + $ virtualenv sphinx_2.4.4 + $ . sphinx_2.4.4/bin/activate + (sphinx_2.4.4) $ pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt -After running ``. sphinx_1.7.9/bin/activate``, the prompt will change, +After running ``. sphinx_2.4.4/bin/activate``, the prompt will change, in order to indicate that you're using the new environment. If you open a new shell, you need to rerun this command to enter again at the virtual environment before building the documentation. @@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ output. PDF and LaTeX builds -------------------- -Such builds are currently supported only with Sphinx versions 1.4 and higher. +Such builds are currently supported only with Sphinx versions 2.4 and higher. For PDF and LaTeX output, you'll also need ``XeLaTeX`` version 3.14159265. @@ -104,8 +100,8 @@ command line options for your distro:: You should run: sudo dnf install -y texlive-luatex85 - /usr/bin/virtualenv sphinx_1.7.9 - . sphinx_1.7.9/bin/activate + /usr/bin/virtualenv sphinx_2.4.4 + . sphinx_2.4.4/bin/activate pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt Can't build as 1 mandatory dependency is missing at ./scripts/sphinx-pre-install line 468. @@ -142,6 +138,17 @@ To pass extra options to Sphinx, you can use the ``SPHINXOPTS`` make variable. For example, use ``make SPHINXOPTS=-v htmldocs`` to get more verbose output. +It is also possible to pass an extra DOCS_CSS overlay file, in order to customize +the html layout, by using the ``DOCS_CSS`` make variable. + +By default, the build will try to use the Read the Docs sphinx theme: + + https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme + +If the theme is not available, it will fall-back to the classic one. + +The Sphinx theme can be overridden by using the ``DOCS_THEME`` make variable. + To remove the generated documentation, run ``make cleandocs``. Writing Documentation @@ -254,12 +261,11 @@ please feel free to remove it. list tables ----------- -We recommend the use of *list table* formats. The *list table* formats are -double-stage lists. Compared to the ASCII-art they might not be as -comfortable for -readers of the text files. Their advantage is that they are easy to -create or modify and that the diff of a modification is much more meaningful, -because it is limited to the modified content. +The list-table formats can be useful for tables that are not easily laid +out in the usual Sphinx ASCII-art formats. These formats are nearly +impossible for readers of the plain-text documents to understand, though, +and should be avoided in the absence of a strong justification for their +use. The ``flat-table`` is a double-stage list similar to the ``list-table`` with some additional features: |