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diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst index 84e8e8a9cbdb..a2417633fdd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst @@ -19,6 +19,110 @@ Finally, there are thousands of plain text documentation files scattered around ``Documentation``. Some of these will likely be converted to reStructuredText over time, but the bulk of them will remain in plain text. +.. _sphinx_install: + +Sphinx Install +============== + +The ReST markups currently used by the Documentation/ files are meant to be +built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.3 or upper. If you're desiring to build +PDF outputs, it is recommended to use version 1.4.6 or upper. + +There's a script that checks for the Spinx requirements. Please see +:ref:`sphinx-pre-install` for further details. + +Most distributions are shipped with Sphinx, but its toolchain is fragile, +and it is not uncommon that upgrading it or some other Python packages +on your machine would cause the documentation build to break. + +A way to get rid of that is to use a different version than the one shipped +on your distributions. In order to do that, it is recommended to install +Sphinx inside a virtual environment, using ``virtualenv-3`` +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 upper. 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 in separate, + with ``pip install sphinx_rtd_theme``. + + #) Some ReST pages contain math expressions. Due to the way Sphinx work, + those expressions are written using LaTeX notation. It needs texlive + installed with amdfonts and amsmath in order to evaluate them. + +In summary, if you want to install Sphinx version 1.4.9, you should do:: + + $ virtualenv sphinx_1.4 + $ . sphinx_1.4/bin/activate + (sphinx_1.4) $ pip install -r Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt + +After running ``. sphinx_1.4/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. + +Image output +------------ + +The kernel documentation build system contains an extension that +handles images on both GraphViz and SVG formats (see +:ref:`sphinx_kfigure`). + +For it to work, you need to install both GraphViz and ImageMagick +packages. If those packages are not installed, the build system will +still build the documentation, but won't include any images at the +output. + +PDF and LaTeX builds +-------------------- + +Such builds are currently supported only with Sphinx versions 1.4 and upper. + +For PDF and LaTeX output, you'll also need ``XeLaTeX`` version 3.14159265. + +Depending on the distribution, you may also need to install a series of +``texlive`` packages that provide the minimal set of functionalities +required for ``XeLaTeX`` to work. + +.. _sphinx-pre-install: + +Checking for Sphinx dependencies +-------------------------------- + +There's a script that automatically check for Sphinx dependencies. If it can +recognize your distribution, it will also give a hint about the install +command line options for your distro:: + + $ ./scripts/sphinx-pre-install + Checking if the needed tools for Fedora release 26 (Twenty Six) are available + Warning: better to also install "texlive-luatex85". + You should run: + + sudo dnf install -y texlive-luatex85 + /usr/bin/virtualenv sphinx_1.4 + . sphinx_1.4/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. + +By default, it checks all the requirements for both html and PDF, including +the requirements for images, math expressions and LaTeX build, and assumes +that a virtual Python environment will be used. The ones needed for html +builds are assumed to be mandatory; the others to be optional. + +It supports two optional parameters: + +``--no-pdf`` + Disable checks for PDF; + +``--no-virtualenv`` + Use OS packaging for Sphinx instead of Python virtual environment. + + Sphinx Build ============ @@ -118,7 +222,7 @@ Here are some specific guidelines for the kernel documentation: the C domain ------------ -The `Sphinx C Domain`_ (name c) is suited for documentation of C API. E.g. a +The **Sphinx C Domain** (name c) is suited for documentation of C API. E.g. a function prototype: .. code-block:: rst @@ -229,6 +333,7 @@ Rendered as: - column 3 +.. _sphinx_kfigure: Figures & Images ================ |