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diff --git a/doc/man/sphinx-build.rst b/doc/man/sphinx-build.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9bba4a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/sphinx-build.rst @@ -0,0 +1,343 @@ +sphinx-build +============ + +Synopsis +-------- + +**sphinx-build** [*options*] <*sourcedir*> <*outputdir*> [*filenames* ...] + +Description +----------- + +:program:`sphinx-build` generates documentation from the files in +``<sourcedir>`` and places it in the ``<outputdir>``. + +:program:`sphinx-build` looks for ``<sourcedir>/conf.py`` for the configuration +settings. :manpage:`sphinx-quickstart(1)` may be used to generate template +files, including ``conf.py``. + +:program:`sphinx-build` can create documentation in different formats. A +format is selected by specifying the builder name on the command line; it +defaults to HTML. Builders can also perform other tasks related to +documentation processing. For a list of available builders, refer to +:option:`sphinx-build -b`. + +By default, everything that is outdated is built. Output only for selected +files can be built by specifying individual filenames. + +Options +------- + +.. program:: sphinx-build + +.. option:: -b buildername + + The most important option: it selects a builder. The most common builders + are: + + **html** + Build HTML pages. This is the default builder. + + **dirhtml** + Build HTML pages, but with a single directory per document. Makes for + prettier URLs (no ``.html``) if served from a webserver. + + **singlehtml** + Build a single HTML with the whole content. + + **htmlhelp**, **qthelp**, **devhelp**, **epub** + Build HTML files with additional information for building a documentation + collection in one of these formats. + + **applehelp** + Build an Apple Help Book. Requires :program:`hiutil` and + :program:`codesign`, which are not Open Source and presently only + available on Mac OS X 10.6 and higher. + + **latex** + Build LaTeX sources that can be compiled to a PDF document using + :program:`pdflatex`. + + **man** + Build manual pages in groff format for UNIX systems. + + **texinfo** + Build Texinfo files that can be processed into Info files using + :program:`makeinfo`. + + **text** + Build plain text files. + + **gettext** + Build gettext-style message catalogs (``.pot`` files). + + **doctest** + Run all doctests in the documentation, if the :mod:`~sphinx.ext.doctest` + extension is enabled. + + **linkcheck** + Check the integrity of all external links. + + **xml** + Build Docutils-native XML files. + + **pseudoxml** + Build compact pretty-printed "pseudo-XML" files displaying the + internal structure of the intermediate document trees. + + See :doc:`/usage/builders/index` for a list of all builders shipped with + Sphinx. Extensions can add their own builders. + +.. _make_mode: + +.. option:: -M buildername + + Alternative to :option:`-b`. Uses the Sphinx :program:`make_mode` module, + which provides the same build functionality as a default :ref:`Makefile or + Make.bat <makefile_options>`. In addition to all Sphinx + :doc:`/usage/builders/index`, the following build pipelines are available: + + **latexpdf** + Build LaTeX files and run them through :program:`pdflatex`, or as per + :confval:`latex_engine` setting. + If :confval:`language` is set to ``'ja'``, will use automatically + the :program:`platex/dvipdfmx` latex to PDF pipeline. + + **info** + Build Texinfo files and run them through :program:`makeinfo`. + + .. important:: + Sphinx only recognizes the ``-M`` option if it is placed first. + + .. versionadded:: 1.2.1 + +.. option:: -a + + If given, always write all output files. The default is to only write output + files for new and changed source files. (This may not apply to all + builders.) + +.. option:: -E + + Don't use a saved :term:`environment` (the structure caching all + cross-references), but rebuild it completely. The default is to only read + and parse source files that are new or have changed since the last run. + +.. option:: -t tag + + Define the tag *tag*. This is relevant for :rst:dir:`only` directives that + only include their content if this tag is set. + + .. versionadded:: 0.6 + +.. option:: -d path + + Since Sphinx has to read and parse all source files before it can write an + output file, the parsed source files are cached as "doctree pickles". + Normally, these files are put in a directory called :file:`.doctrees` under + the build directory; with this option you can select a different cache + directory (the doctrees can be shared between all builders). + +.. option:: -j N + + Distribute the build over *N* processes in parallel, to make building on + multiprocessor machines more effective. Note that not all parts and not all + builders of Sphinx can be parallelized. If ``auto`` argument is given, + Sphinx uses the number of CPUs as *N*. + + .. versionadded:: 1.2 + This option should be considered *experimental*. + + .. versionchanged:: 1.7 + Support ``auto`` argument. + +.. option:: -c path + + Don't look for the :file:`conf.py` in the source directory, but use the given + configuration directory instead. Note that various other files and paths + given by configuration values are expected to be relative to the + configuration directory, so they will have to be present at this location + too. + + .. versionadded:: 0.3 + +.. option:: -C + + Don't look for a configuration file; only take options via the ``-D`` option. + + .. versionadded:: 0.5 + +.. option:: -D setting=value + + Override a configuration value set in the :file:`conf.py` file. The value + must be a number, string, list or dictionary value. + + For lists, you can separate elements with a comma like this: ``-D + html_theme_path=path1,path2``. + + For dictionary values, supply the setting name and key like this: + ``-D latex_elements.docclass=scrartcl``. + + For boolean values, use ``0`` or ``1`` as the value. + + .. versionchanged:: 0.6 + The value can now be a dictionary value. + + .. versionchanged:: 1.3 + The value can now also be a list value. + +.. option:: -A name=value + + Make the *name* assigned to *value* in the HTML templates. + + .. versionadded:: 0.5 + +.. option:: -n + + Run in nit-picky mode. Currently, this generates warnings for all missing + references. See the config value :confval:`nitpick_ignore` for a way to + exclude some references as "known missing". + +.. option:: -N + + Do not emit colored output. + +.. option:: -v + + Increase verbosity (loglevel). This option can be given up to three times + to get more debug logging output. It implies :option:`-T`. + + .. versionadded:: 1.2 + +.. option:: -q + + Do not output anything on standard output, only write warnings and errors to + standard error. + +.. option:: -Q + + Do not output anything on standard output, also suppress warnings. Only + errors are written to standard error. + +.. option:: -w file + + Write warnings (and errors) to the given file, in addition to standard error. + +.. option:: -W + + Turn warnings into errors. This means that the build stops at the first + warning and ``sphinx-build`` exits with exit status 1. + +.. option:: --keep-going + + With -W option, keep going processing when getting warnings to the end + of build, and ``sphinx-build`` exits with exit status 1. + + .. versionadded:: 1.8 + +.. option:: -T + + Display the full traceback when an unhandled exception occurs. Otherwise, + only a summary is displayed and the traceback information is saved to a file + for further analysis. + + .. versionadded:: 1.2 + +.. option:: -P + + (Useful for debugging only.) Run the Python debugger, :mod:`pdb`, if an + unhandled exception occurs while building. + +.. option:: -h, --help, --version + + Display usage summary or Sphinx version. + + .. versionadded:: 1.2 + +You can also give one or more filenames on the command line after the source +and build directories. Sphinx will then try to build only these output files +(and their dependencies). + +Environment Variables +--------------------- + +The :program:`sphinx-build` refers following environment variables: + +.. describe:: MAKE + + A path to make command. A command name is also allowed. + :program:`sphinx-build` uses it to invoke sub-build process on make-mode. + +.. _makefile_options: + +.. rubric:: Makefile Options + +The :file:`Makefile` and :file:`make.bat` files created by +:program:`sphinx-quickstart` usually run :program:`sphinx-build` only with the +:option:`-b` and :option:`-d` options. However, they support the following +variables to customize behavior: + +.. describe:: PAPER + + This sets the ``'papersize'`` key of :confval:`latex_elements`: + i.e. ``PAPER=a4`` sets it to ``'a4paper'`` and ``PAPER=letter`` to + ``'letterpaper'``. + + .. note:: + + Usage of this environment variable got broken at Sphinx 1.5 as + ``a4`` or ``letter`` ended up as option to LaTeX document in + place of the needed ``a4paper``, resp. ``letterpaper``. Fixed at + 1.7.7. + +.. describe:: SPHINXBUILD + + The command to use instead of ``sphinx-build``. + +.. describe:: BUILDDIR + + The build directory to use instead of the one chosen in + :program:`sphinx-quickstart`. + +.. describe:: SPHINXOPTS + + Additional options for :program:`sphinx-build`. These options can + also be set via the shortcut variable **O** (capital 'o'). + +.. describe:: NO_COLOR + + When set (regardless of value), :program:`sphinx-build` will not use color + in terminal output. ``NO_COLOR`` takes precedence over ``FORCE_COLOR``. See + `no-color.org <https://no-color.org/>`__ for other libraries supporting this + community standard. + + .. versionadded:: 4.5.0 + +.. describe:: FORCE_COLOR + + When set (regardless of value), :program:`sphinx-build` will use color in + terminal output. ``NO_COLOR`` takes precedence over ``FORCE_COLOR``. + + .. versionadded:: 4.5.0 + +.. _when-deprecation-warnings-are-displayed: + +Deprecation Warnings +-------------------- + +If any deprecation warning like ``RemovedInSphinxXXXWarning`` are displayed +when building a user's document, some Sphinx extension is using deprecated +features. In that case, please report it to author of the extension. + +To disable the deprecation warnings, please set ``PYTHONWARNINGS=`` environment +variable to your environment. For example: + +* ``PYTHONWARNINGS= make html`` (Linux/Mac) +* ``export PYTHONWARNINGS=`` and do ``make html`` (Linux/Mac) +* ``set PYTHONWARNINGS=`` and do ``make html`` (Windows) +* modify your Makefile/make.bat and set the environment variable + +See also +-------- + +:manpage:`sphinx-quickstart(1)` |