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diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca12067 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/glossary.rst @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +.. _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. |