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SPHINX-QUICKSTART(1) Sphinx SPHINX-QUICKSTART(1)

NAME

sphinx-quickstart - Sphinx documentation template generator

SYNOPSIS

sphinx-quickstart

DESCRIPTION

sphinx-quickstart is an interactive tool that asks some questions about your project and then generates a complete documentation directory and sample Makefile to be used with sphinx-build(1).

OPTIONS

-q, --quiet
Quiet mode that will skip interactive wizard to specify options. This option requires -p, -a and -v options.

-h, --help, --version
Display usage summary or Sphinx version.

Structure Options.INDENT 0.0
--sep
If specified, separate source and build directories.


--dot=DOT
Inside the root directory, two more directories will be created; "_templates" for custom HTML templates and "_static" for custom stylesheets and other static files. You can enter another prefix (such as ".") to replace the underscore.

Project Basic Options.INDENT 0.0
-p PROJECT, --project=PROJECT
Project name will be set. (see project).


-a AUTHOR, --author=AUTHOR
Author names. (see copyright).

-v VERSION
Version of project. (see version).

-r RELEASE, --release=RELEASE
Release of project. (see release).

-l LANGUAGE, --language=LANGUAGE
Document language. (see language).

--suffix=SUFFIX
Source file suffix. (see source_suffix).

--master=MASTER
Master document name. (see master_doc).

--epub
Use epub.

Extension Options.INDENT 0.0
--ext-autodoc
Enable sphinx.ext.autodoc extension.


--ext-doctest
Enable sphinx.ext.doctest extension.

--ext-intersphinx
Enable sphinx.ext.intersphinx extension.

--ext-todo
Enable sphinx.ext.todo extension.

--ext-coverage
Enable sphinx.ext.coverage extension.

--ext-imgmath
Enable sphinx.ext.imgmath extension.

--ext-mathjax
Enable sphinx.ext.mathjax extension.

--ext-ifconfig
Enable sphinx.ext.ifconfig extension.

--ext-viewcode
Enable sphinx.ext.viewcode extension.

--ext-githubpages
Enable sphinx.ext.githubpages extension.

--extensions=EXTENSIONS
Enable arbitrary extensions.

Makefile and Batchfile Creation Options.INDENT 0.0
--use-make-mode (-m), --no-use-make-mode (-M)
Makefile/make.bat uses (or doesn't use) make-mode. Default is use, which generates a more concise Makefile/make.bat.

Changed in version 1.5: make-mode is default.



--makefile, --no-makefile
Create (or not create) makefile.

--batchfile, --no-batchfile
Create (or not create) batchfile

Project templating

New in version 1.5: Project templating options for sphinx-quickstart

-t, --templatedir=TEMPLATEDIR
Template directory for template files. You can modify the templates of sphinx project files generated by quickstart. Following Jinja2 template files are allowed:
  • master_doc.rst_t
  • conf.py_t
  • Makefile_t
  • Makefile.new_t
  • make.bat_t
  • make.bat.new_t

In detail, please refer the system template files Sphinx provides. (sphinx/templates/quickstart)


-d NAME=VALUE
Define a template variable

SEE ALSO

sphinx-build(1)

COPYRIGHT

2007-2019, Georg Brandl and the Sphinx team
February 16, 2019 1.8.4