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+.. _glossary:
+
+Glossary
+========
+
+.. glossary::
+
+ builder
+ A class (inheriting from :class:`~sphinx.builders.Builder`) that takes
+ parsed documents and performs an action on them. Normally, builders
+ translate the documents to an output format, but it is also possible to
+ use builders that e.g. check for broken links in the documentation, or
+ build coverage information.
+
+ See :doc:`/usage/builders/index` for an overview over Sphinx's built-in
+ builders.
+
+ configuration directory
+ The directory containing :file:`conf.py`. By default, this is the same as
+ the :term:`source directory`, but can be set differently with the **-c**
+ command-line option.
+
+ directive
+ A reStructuredText markup element that allows marking a block of content
+ with special meaning. Directives are supplied not only by docutils, but
+ Sphinx and custom extensions can add their own. The basic directive
+ syntax looks like this:
+
+ .. sourcecode:: rst
+
+ .. directivename:: argument ...
+ :option: value
+
+ Content of the directive.
+
+ See :ref:`rst-directives` for more information.
+
+ document name
+ Since reST source files can have different extensions (some people like
+ ``.txt``, some like ``.rst`` -- the extension can be configured with
+ :confval:`source_suffix`) and different OSes have different path
+ separators, Sphinx abstracts them: :dfn:`document names` are always
+ relative to the :term:`source directory`, the extension is stripped, and
+ path separators are converted to slashes. All values, parameters and such
+ referring to "documents" expect such document names.
+
+ Examples for document names are ``index``, ``library/zipfile``, or
+ ``reference/datamodel/types``. Note that there is no leading or trailing
+ slash.
+
+ domain
+ A domain is a collection of markup (reStructuredText :term:`directive`\ s
+ and :term:`role`\ s) to describe and link to :term:`object`\ s belonging
+ together, e.g. elements of a programming language. Directive and role
+ names in a domain have names like ``domain:name``, e.g. ``py:function``.
+
+ Having domains means that there are no naming problems when one set of
+ documentation wants to refer to e.g. C++ and Python classes. It also
+ means that extensions that support the documentation of whole new
+ languages are much easier to write.
+
+ For more information, refer to :doc:`/usage/restructuredtext/domains`.
+
+ environment
+ A structure where information about all documents under the root is saved,
+ and used for cross-referencing. The environment is pickled after the
+ parsing stage, so that successive runs only need to read and parse new and
+ changed documents.
+
+ extension
+ A custom :term:`role`, :term:`directive` or other aspect of Sphinx that
+ allows users to modify any aspect of the build process within Sphinx.
+
+ For more information, refer to :doc:`/usage/extensions/index`.
+
+ master document
+ The document that contains the root :rst:dir:`toctree` directive.
+
+ root document
+ Same as :term:`master document`.
+
+ object
+ The basic building block of Sphinx documentation. Every "object
+ directive" (e.g. :rst:dir:`function` or :rst:dir:`object`) creates such a
+ block; and most objects can be cross-referenced to.
+
+ RemoveInSphinxXXXWarning
+ The feature which is warned will be removed in Sphinx-XXX version.
+ It usually caused from Sphinx extensions which is using deprecated.
+ See also :ref:`when-deprecation-warnings-are-displayed`.
+
+ role
+ A reStructuredText markup element that allows marking a piece of text.
+ Like directives, roles are extensible. The basic syntax looks like this:
+ ``:rolename:`content```. See :ref:`rst-inline-markup` for details.
+
+ source directory
+ The directory which, including its subdirectories, contains all source
+ files for one Sphinx project.
+
+ reStructuredText
+ An easy-to-read, what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup syntax and
+ parser system.