A simple tutorial on how to document your python project. The file has the same name as the latex input file, but a different extension. I have a little question on the indexing procedure. Introduction to sphinx realtime indexes in this tutorial well look at the new realtime index type that ships with sphinx 1. How to create a pdfoutofsphinxdocumentationtool stack. In that file you can write content, and define subpages which have their own content and subpages of. Nov 10, 2015 the sphinx python documentation generator was originally created to build python documentation, and then it evolved into a good generalpurpose documentation creator. For example, you can add cross file references in a portable way which works for all output types using the ref role for an example, if you are viewing the html version, you can look at the source for this document use the show source. Indexing word documents and pdfs with sphinx stack overflow. In the recently generated api directory, you must make an index. Add images rst sphinx sublime github documentation. A format is selected by specifying the builder name on the. If true, the pdf build from the latex files created by sphinx will use xindy doc148 rather than makeindex for preparing the index of general.
It has a table of contents, specified by the toctree directive. The sphinx python documentation generator was originally created to build python documentation, and then it evolved into a good generalpurpose documentation creator. Feb 05, 2019 freebsd has texlive2015 and it does not have xindy. Or you can add them to tocs in other files to create a second level in your document. Using sphinx for generating course content introduction to. You wont need to use this too much yet, but its good to be familiar with this file. The index of the document usually generated by the toc directive is not shown. The rtems projects documentation is built with sphinx build we cannot update to 1. Grab it from the official download page and install it. Even though mysql is a good generalpurpose database, if your application is searchheavy, you may get better performance by using sphinx instead.
Nov 29, 2011 after running the sphinxquickstart command, there should be files in the working directory resembling those in listing 5. Sphinx generates latex sources, where it is converted to pdf using pdflatex make file is also generated. Sphinx user manual, with api and configuration reference. On a scheduled time, i launch a php or perl procedure launching of pdftotext that will create a xml files with the structure below. Markdown is a lightweight markup language with a simplistic plain text formatting syntax.
For instance, python provides such a file, by default sphinx knows about it. It is better to identify logical function than the final appearance. The root directory of a sphinx collection of restructuredtext document sources is called the source directory. Index not created in pdf output, even though idx file is.
Documenting python packages with sphinx and readthedocs. It also features a powerful builtin search that exceeds the possibilities of sphinx. Heres another pro tip i found while browsing issues in the sphinx repository itself. In that file you can write content, and define subpages which have their own content and subpages of their own. As with regular indexes, a realtime index needs to be setup in the sphinx config file. Poe, whose cloudy personal life is a virtual legend, considered himself primarily a poet.
It normally contains a table of contents that will link to all other pages of the documentation. Generate sphinx documentation python documentation generator. There are binaries for windows, linux compiled on ubuntu 16. Then you must set this value to the proper sphinxbuild. Latexindexing wikibooks, open books for an open world. For examples of how sphinx source files look, use the show source links on all pages of the documentation apart from this welcome page. An idiots guide to python documentation with sphinx and. Restructured text rest and sphinx cheatsheet sphinx. In this tutorial, ill be using sphinx and rinohtype to produce an html and pdf documentation files respectively to a simple api project i wrote that manages a list of teacher records github. A simple tutorial on how to document your python project using. That do the conversion from restructured text to latex pdf format. This is the index file for the documentation, or what lives at. Youll need to either import the textual contents into a database, or into an xml format.
For more information about creating links using restructured text and sphinx, see sphinx hyperlinks. In sphinx source files, you can use most features of standard restructuredtext. Not yet fully migrated from the previous version, so at the moment, they are broken into two different parts. It is especially wellsuited to creating technical documentation, with support for images, crossreferencing, automatic indices, flexible tables of contents, citations, and footnotes. In this tutorial, ill be using sphinx and rinohtype to produce an html and pdf documentation files respectively to a simple api project i wrote that manages a. Sphinx is much better looking, plus can include module, class, and function documentation to boot, hence going through all this trouble. You can add topics to the main toc in the main index file. This behavior can be changed, but for consistency we will stick to the default format. Create the pdf file now to create a pdf out of the html documentation that you have created, do the following go to your sphinx documentation folder, open conf. I have raised a bug report on this issue in the rtems project. Youll need to either import the textual contents into a database, or into an xml format that sphinx can understand. Here, the second method would appear as restructured text rest and sphinx cheatsheet note that the second method is compulsary if the link is to be found in an external rst file. To support markdownbased documentation, sphinx can use recommonmark.
I am using sphinx to conduct full text searches on my sql database mysql. Here is the typical look when it contains two modules quadratic and linear. Rinohtype, paired with sphinx offers a modern alternative to latex. Note that a direct pdf builder is being provided by rinohtype. As a result running the makefile results in an error, no xindy. This article shows how to configure sphinx for this task, includes some example queries, measures their. Stop words are those common words like a and the that appear commonly in text and should really be ignored from searching. To ease the process of getting started, sphinx provides a tool, sphinxquickstart, which will generate a documentation source directory and populate it with some defaults.
This directory also contains the sphinx configuration file conf. When it comes to pdf conversion, it is currently done via latex. This two step conversion can be easily combined using bash or python scripting, or even ant, like ive done at work. Use the sphinxbuild command to build the docs, like so. Jun 17, 2018 in this tutorial, ill be using sphinx and rinohtype to produce an html and pdf documentation files respectively to a simple api project i wrote that manages a list of teacher records github. Schedule an automatic index or a live update index for these pdf files.
Unfortunately, sphinx cant index those file types directly. You may also be interested in the very nice tutorial on how to create a customized documentation using sphinx written by the matplotlib developers. In principle this works well, except that sphinx is recursively looking for. How to correctly include other restfiles in a sphinx project. The product, the digital sphinx, comes on two dvds, organized into 54 pdf files, one for each volume, plus one for the index and one containing introductory essays by wasshuber and gabe fajuri both an expanded version of his march 2002 magic article commemorating the sphinx on its 100year anniversary and a power point presentation he. Once sphinx is installed, you can proceed with setting up your first sphinx project. There used to be one until all my files were deleted except the. Note that the string you entered for your projects name appears in several places in the index. Sphinx is a great fulltext search engine with many amazing features, but there is one feature missing that would make it even better. Despite sphinx being a fulltext search tool, it can increase the speed of your application even when working with nonfulltext queries. How to create a single file of sphinx based documentation by george notaras is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 4. Turns out that relative path names dont work in index. A japanese book about sphinx has been published by oreilly.
With sphinx, also latex and pdf output can be generated. But from the same source, it can also generate a pdf file using latex. This is the documentation for the sphinx documentation builder. How one can index these kinds of documents with sphinx is something that is often asked in the sphinx forum. Write documentation once, output multiple formats with sphinx. The generated pdf will be in the buildpdf directory. If you make any changes to the schema of an existing rt index during development, e. Create tables of contents rst sphinx sublime github. Publishing sphinxgenerated docs on github sphinxdoc. Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation for python projects or other documents consisting of multiple restructuredtext sources, written by georg brandl. The following code can be found at the end of a typical sphinx configuration file. For example, if sphinx is directed to generate a pdf from a documentation source, the file would be placed in the build directory. This is a list of frequently asked questions about sphinx.
Stack overflow for teams is a private, secure spot for you and your coworkers to find and share information. Those who cannot answer her riddle suffer a fate typical. This quick start will walk you through creating the basic configuration. This edition of the walkthrough corrects an issue with using make latexpdf previously. Today id like to show you an easy way to extract text from these document types and.
On windows python can be installed to all possible locations and does not appear in path environment variable. Sphinx is a tool that translates a set of restructuredtext source files into various output formats, automatically producing crossreferences, indices, etc. You see no attempt at using xindy is done i have disabled xindy in this patch. Sphinx with markdown walkthrough for html and pdf output. You can refer to those index only if sphinx knowns where to find this index. That is, if you have a directory containing a bunch of restformatted documents and possibly subdirectories of docs in there as well, sphinx can generate a. Publishing sphinxgenerated docs on github sphinxdoctest. May 03, 2012 create the pdf file now to create a pdf out of the html documentation that you have created, do the following go to your sphinx documentation folder, open conf. The sphinx documentation has a good configuration section. This is possible thanks to the intersphinx option in your configuration file. Apr 26, 2020 sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation for python projects or other documents consisting of multiple restructuredtext sources, written by georg brandl. But make latexpdf did not successfully make tables in. How to correctly include other restfiles in a sphinxproject. But from the same source, it can also generate a latex.