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diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst index c708cec889af..23edb427e76f 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst @@ -147,11 +147,9 @@ section of ``make help``. The generated documentation is placed in format-specific subdirectories under ``Documentation/output``. To generate documentation, Sphinx (``sphinx-build``) must obviously be -installed. For prettier HTML output, the Read the Docs Sphinx theme -(``sphinx_rtd_theme``) is used if available. For PDF output you'll also need -``XeLaTeX`` and ``convert(1)`` from ImageMagick -(https://www.imagemagick.org).\ [#ink]_ -All of these are widely available and packaged in distributions. +installed. For PDF output you'll also need ``XeLaTeX`` and ``convert(1)`` +from ImageMagick (https://www.imagemagick.org).\ [#ink]_ All of these are +widely available and packaged in distributions. To pass extra options to Sphinx, you can use the ``SPHINXOPTS`` make variable. For example, use ``make SPHINXOPTS=-v htmldocs`` to get more verbose @@ -160,12 +158,8 @@ 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. - +By default, the "Alabaster" theme is used to build the HTML documentation; +this theme is bundled with Sphinx and need not be installed separately. The Sphinx theme can be overridden by using the ``DOCS_THEME`` make variable. There is another make variable ``SPHINXDIRS``, which is useful when test |