.. highlightlang:: python
.. module:: conf :synopsis: Build configuration file.
The :term:`configuration directory` must contain a file named :file:`conf.py`. This file (containing Python code) is called the "build configuration file" and contains all configuration needed to customize Sphinx input and output behavior.
The configuration file is executed as Python code at build time (using :func:`execfile`, and with the current directory set to its containing directory), and therefore can execute arbitrarily complex code. Sphinx then reads simple names from the file's namespace as its configuration.
Important points to note:
- If not otherwise documented, values must be strings, and their default is the empty string.
- The term "fully-qualified name" refers to a string that names an importable
Python object inside a module; for example, the FQN
"sphinx.builders.Builder"means theBuilderclass in thesphinx.buildersmodule. - Remember that document names use
/as the path separator and don't contain the file name extension. - Since :file:`conf.py` is read as a Python file, the usual rules apply for
encodings and Unicode support: declare the encoding using an encoding cookie
(a comment like
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-) and use Unicode string literals when you include non-ASCII characters in configuration values. - The contents of the config namespace are pickled (so that Sphinx can find out
when configuration changes), so it may not contain unpickleable values --
delete them from the namespace with
delif appropriate. Modules are removed automatically, so you don't need todelyour imports after use.
.. confval:: extensions
A list of strings that are module names of Sphinx extensions. These can be
extensions coming with Sphinx (named ``sphinx.ext.*``) or custom ones.
Note that you can extend :data:`sys.path` within the conf file if your
extensions live in another directory -- but make sure you use absolute paths.
If your extension path is relative to the :term:`configuration directory`,
use :func:`os.path.abspath` like so::
import sys, os
sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('sphinxext'))
extensions = ['extname']
That way, you can load an extension called ``extname`` from the subdirectory
``sphinxext``.
The configuration file itself can be an extension; for that, you only need to
provide a :func:`setup` function in it.
.. confval:: source_suffix
The file name extension, or list of extensions, of source files. Only files
with this suffix will be read as sources. Default is ``'.rst'``.
.. versionchanged:: 1.3
Can now be a list of extensions.
.. confval:: source_encoding
The encoding of all reST source files. The recommended encoding, and the
default value, is ``'utf-8-sig'``.
.. versionadded:: 0.5
Previously, Sphinx accepted only UTF-8 encoded sources.
.. confval:: source_parsers
If given, a dictionary of parser classes for different source suffices. The
keys are the suffix, the values can be either a class or a string giving a
fully-qualified name of a parser class. Files with a suffix that is not in
the dictionary will be parsed with the default reStructuredText parser.
For example::
source_parsers = {'.md': 'some.markdown.module.Parser'}
.. versionadded:: 1.3
.. confval:: master_doc The document name of the "master" document, that is, the document that contains the root :rst:dir:`toctree` directive. Default is ``'contents'``.
.. confval:: exclude_patterns
A list of glob-style patterns that should be excluded when looking for source
files. [1]_ They are matched against the source file names relative to the
source directory, using slashes as directory separators on all platforms.
Example patterns:
- ``'library/xml.rst'`` -- ignores the ``library/xml.rst`` file (replaces
entry in :confval:`unused_docs`)
- ``'library/xml'`` -- ignores the ``library/xml`` directory (replaces entry
in :confval:`exclude_trees`)
- ``'library/xml*'`` -- ignores all files and directories starting with
``library/xml``
- ``'**/.svn'`` -- ignores all ``.svn`` directories (replaces entry in
:confval:`exclude_dirnames`)
:confval:`exclude_patterns` is also consulted when looking for static files
in :confval:`html_static_path`.
.. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: templates_path
A list of paths that contain extra templates (or templates that overwrite
builtin/theme-specific templates). Relative paths are taken as relative to
the configuration directory.
.. versionchanged:: 1.3
As these files are not meant to be built, they are automatically added to
:confval:`exclude_patterns`.
.. confval:: template_bridge A string with the fully-qualified name of a callable (or simply a class) that returns an instance of :class:`~sphinx.application.TemplateBridge`. This instance is then used to render HTML documents, and possibly the output of other builders (currently the changes builder). (Note that the template bridge must be made theme-aware if HTML themes are to be used.)
.. confval:: rst_epilog
.. index:: pair: global; substitutions
A string of reStructuredText that will be included at the end of every source
file that is read. This is the right place to add substitutions that should
be available in every file. An example::
rst_epilog = """
.. |psf| replace:: Python Software Foundation
"""
.. versionadded:: 0.6
.. confval:: rst_prolog A string of reStructuredText that will be included at the beginning of every source file that is read. .. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: primary_domain
.. index:: default; domain
primary; domain
The name of the default :ref:`domain <domains>`. Can also be ``None`` to
disable a default domain. The default is ``'py'``. Those objects in other
domains (whether the domain name is given explicitly, or selected by a
:rst:dir:`default-domain` directive) will have the domain name explicitly
prepended when named (e.g., when the default domain is C, Python functions
will be named "Python function", not just "function").
.. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: default_role .. index:: default; role The name of a reST role (builtin or Sphinx extension) to use as the default role, that is, for text marked up ```like this```. This can be set to ``'py:obj'`` to make ```filter``` a cross-reference to the Python function "filter". The default is ``None``, which doesn't reassign the default role. The default role can always be set within individual documents using the standard reST :rst:dir:`default-role` directive. .. versionadded:: 0.4
.. confval:: keep_warnings If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents. Regardless of this setting, warnings are always written to the standard error stream when ``sphinx-build`` is run. The default is ``False``, the pre-0.5 behavior was to always keep them. .. versionadded:: 0.5
.. confval:: needs_sphinx If set to a ``major.minor`` version string like ``'1.1'``, Sphinx will compare it with its version and refuse to build if it is too old. Default is no requirement. .. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: needs_extensions
This value can be a dictionary specifying version requirements for extensions
in :confval:`extensions`, e.g. ``needs_extensions =
{'sphinxcontrib.something': '1.5'}``. The version strings should be in the
form ``major.minor``. Requirements do not have to be specified for all
extensions, only for those you want to check.
This requires that the extension specifies its version to Sphinx (see
:ref:`dev-extensions` for how to do that).
.. versionadded:: 1.3
.. confval:: nitpicky If true, Sphinx will warn about *all* references where the target cannot be found. Default is ``False``. You can activate this mode temporarily using the :option:`-n` command-line switch. .. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: nitpick_ignore
A list of ``(type, target)`` tuples (by default empty) that should be ignored
when generating warnings in "nitpicky mode". Note that ``type`` should
include the domain name if present. Example entries would be ``('py:func',
'int')`` or ``('envvar', 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH')``.
.. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: numfig If true, figures, tables and code-blocks are automatically numbered if they has caption. For now, it works only with the HTML builder. Default is ``False``. .. versionadded:: 1.3
.. confval:: numfig_format A dictionary mapping ``'figure'``, ``'table'`` and ``'code-block'`` to strings that are used for format of figure numbers. Default is to use ``'Fig. %s'`` for ``'figure'``, ``'Table %s'`` for ``'table'`` and ``'Listing %s'`` for ``'code-block'``. .. versionadded:: 1.3
.. confval:: numfig_secnum_depth The scope of figure numbers, that is, the numfig feature numbers figures in which scope. ``0`` means "whole document". ``1`` means "in a section". Sphinx numbers like x.1, x.2, x.3... ``2`` means "in a subsection". Sphinx numbers like x.x.1, x.x.2, x.x.3..., and so on. Default is ``1``. .. versionadded:: 1.3
.. confval:: project The documented project's name.
.. confval:: copyright A copyright statement in the style ``'2008, Author Name'``.
.. confval:: version The major project version, used as the replacement for ``|version|``. For example, for the Python documentation, this may be something like ``2.6``.
.. confval:: release The full project version, used as the replacement for ``|release|`` and e.g. in the HTML templates. For example, for the Python documentation, this may be something like ``2.6.0rc1``. If you don't need the separation provided between :confval:`version` and :confval:`release`, just set them both to the same value.
.. confval:: today
today_fmt
These values determine how to format the current date, used as the
replacement for ``|today|``.
* If you set :confval:`today` to a non-empty value, it is used.
* Otherwise, the current time is formatted using :func:`time.strftime` and
the format given in :confval:`today_fmt`.
The default is no :confval:`today` and a :confval:`today_fmt` of ``'%B %d,
%Y'`` (or, if translation is enabled with :confval:`language`, an equivalent
%format for the selected locale).
.. confval:: highlight_language The default language to highlight source code in. The default is ``'python'``. The value should be a valid Pygments lexer name, see :ref:`code-examples` for more details. .. versionadded:: 0.5
.. confval:: highlight_options A dictionary of options that modify how the lexer specified by :confval:`highlight_language` generates highlighted source code. These are lexer-specific; for the options understood by each, see the `Pygments documentation <http://pygments.org/docs/lexers/>`_. .. versionadded:: 1.3
.. confval:: pygments_style
The style name to use for Pygments highlighting of source code. If not set,
either the theme's default style or ``'sphinx'`` is selected for HTML output.
.. versionchanged:: 0.3
If the value is a fully-qualified name of a custom Pygments style class,
this is then used as custom style.
.. confval:: add_function_parentheses A boolean that decides whether parentheses are appended to function and method role text (e.g. the content of ``:func:`input```) to signify that the name is callable. Default is ``True``.
.. confval:: add_module_names A boolean that decides whether module names are prepended to all :term:`object` names (for object types where a "module" of some kind is defined), e.g. for :rst:dir:`py:function` directives. Default is ``True``.
.. confval:: show_authors A boolean that decides whether :rst:dir:`codeauthor` and :rst:dir:`sectionauthor` directives produce any output in the built files.
.. confval:: modindex_common_prefix A list of prefixes that are ignored for sorting the Python module index (e.g., if this is set to ``['foo.']``, then ``foo.bar`` is shown under ``B``, not ``F``). This can be handy if you document a project that consists of a single package. Works only for the HTML builder currently. Default is ``[]``. .. versionadded:: 0.6
.. confval:: trim_footnote_reference_space Trim spaces before footnote references that are necessary for the reST parser to recognize the footnote, but do not look too nice in the output. .. versionadded:: 0.6
.. confval:: trim_doctest_flags
If true, doctest flags (comments looking like ``# doctest: FLAG, ...``) at
the ends of lines and ``<BLANKLINE>`` markers are removed for all code
blocks showing interactive Python sessions (i.e. doctests). Default is
``True``. See the extension :mod:`~sphinx.ext.doctest` for more
possibilities of including doctests.
.. versionadded:: 1.0
.. versionchanged:: 1.1
Now also removes ``<BLANKLINE>``.
These options influence Sphinx's Native Language Support. See the documentation on :ref:`intl` for details.
.. confval:: language The code for the language the docs are written in. Any text automatically generated by Sphinx will be in that language. Also, Sphinx will try to substitute individual paragraphs from your documents with the translation sets obtained from :confval:`locale_dirs`. In the LaTeX builder, a suitable language will be selected as an option for the *Babel* package. Default is ``None``, which means that no translation will be done. .. versionadded:: 0.5 Currently supported languages by Sphinx are: * ``bn`` -- Bengali * ``ca`` -- Catalan * ``cs`` -- Czech * ``da`` -- Danish * ``de`` -- German * ``en`` -- English * ``es`` -- Spanish * ``et`` -- Estonian * ``eu`` -- Basque * ``fa`` -- Iranian * ``fi`` -- Finnish * ``fr`` -- French * ``he`` -- Hebrew * ``hr`` -- Croatian * ``hu`` -- Hungarian * ``id`` -- Indonesian * ``it`` -- Italian * ``ja`` -- Japanese * ``ko`` -- Korean * ``lt`` -- Lithuanian * ``lv`` -- Latvian * ``mk`` -- Macedonian * ``nb_NO`` -- Norwegian Bokmal * ``ne`` -- Nepali * ``nl`` -- Dutch * ``pl`` -- Polish * ``pt_BR`` -- Brazilian Portuguese * ``pt_PT`` -- European Portuguese * ``ru`` -- Russian * ``si`` -- Sinhala * ``sk`` -- Slovak * ``sl`` -- Slovenian * ``sv`` -- Swedish * ``tr`` -- Turkish * ``uk_UA`` -- Ukrainian * ``vi`` -- Vietnamese * ``zh_CN`` -- Simplified Chinese * ``zh_TW`` -- Traditional Chinese
.. confval:: locale_dirs
.. versionadded:: 0.5
Directories in which to search for additional message catalogs (see
:confval:`language`), relative to the source directory. The directories on
this path are searched by the standard :mod:`gettext` module.
Internal messages are fetched from a text domain of ``sphinx``; so if you
add the directory :file:`./locale` to this settting, the message catalogs
(compiled from ``.po`` format using :program:`msgfmt`) must be in
:file:`./locale/{language}/LC_MESSAGES/sphinx.mo`. The text domain of
individual documents depends on :confval:`gettext_compact`.
The default is ``[]``.
.. confval:: gettext_compact .. versionadded:: 1.1 If true, a document's text domain is its docname if it is a top-level project file and its very base directory otherwise. By default, the document ``markup/code.rst`` ends up in the ``markup`` text domain. With this option set to ``False``, it is ``markup/code``.
.. confval:: gettext_uuid
If true, Sphinx generates uuid information for version tracking in message
catalogs. It is used for:
* Add uid line for each msgids in .pot files.
* Calculate similarity between new msgids and previously saved old msgids.
This calculation takes a long time.
If you want to accelerate the calculation, you can use
``python-levenshtein`` 3rd-party package written in C by using
:command:`pip install python-levenshtein`.
The default is ``False``.
.. versionadded:: 1.3
.. confval:: gettext_location If true, Sphinx generates location information for messages in message catalogs. The default is ``True``. .. versionadded:: 1.3
.. confval:: gettext_auto_build If true, Sphinx builds mo file for each translation catalog files. The default is ``True``. .. versionadded:: 1.3
.. confval:: gettext_additional_targets To specify names to enable gettext extracting and translation applying for i18n additionally. You can specify below names: :index: index terms :literal-block: literal blocks: ``::`` and ``code-block``. :doctest-block: doctest block :raw: raw content :image: image/figure uri and alt For example: ``gettext_additional_targets = ['literal-block', 'image']``. The default is ``[]``. .. versionadded:: 1.3
These options influence HTML as well as HTML Help output, and other builders that use Sphinx's HTMLWriter class.
.. confval:: html_theme The "theme" that the HTML output should use. See the :doc:`section about theming <theming>`. The default is ``'alabaster'``. .. versionadded:: 0.6
.. confval:: html_theme_options A dictionary of options that influence the look and feel of the selected theme. These are theme-specific. For the options understood by the builtin themes, see :ref:`this section <builtin-themes>`. .. versionadded:: 0.6
.. confval:: html_theme_path A list of paths that contain custom themes, either as subdirectories or as zip files. Relative paths are taken as relative to the configuration directory. .. versionadded:: 0.6
.. confval:: html_style The style sheet to use for HTML pages. A file of that name must exist either in Sphinx's :file:`static/` path, or in one of the custom paths given in :confval:`html_static_path`. Default is the stylesheet given by the selected theme. If you only want to add or override a few things compared to the theme's stylesheet, use CSS ``@import`` to import the theme's stylesheet.
.. confval:: html_title
The "title" for HTML documentation generated with Sphinx's own templates.
This is appended to the ``<title>`` tag of individual pages, and used in the
navigation bar as the "topmost" element. It defaults to :samp:`'{<project>}
v{<revision>} documentation'` (with the values coming from the config
values).
.. confval:: html_short_title A shorter "title" for the HTML docs. This is used in for links in the header and in the HTML Help docs. If not given, it defaults to the value of :confval:`html_title`. .. versionadded:: 0.4
.. confval:: html_context A dictionary of values to pass into the template engine's context for all pages. Single values can also be put in this dictionary using the :option:`-A` command-line option of ``sphinx-build``. .. versionadded:: 0.5
.. confval:: html_logo
If given, this must be the name of an image file (path relative to the
:term:`configuration directory`) that is the logo of the docs. It is placed
at the top of the sidebar; its width should therefore not exceed 200 pixels.
Default: ``None``.
.. versionadded:: 0.4.1
The image file will be copied to the ``_static`` directory of the output
HTML, but only if the file does not already exist there.
.. confval:: html_favicon
If given, this must be the name of an image file (path relative to the
:term:`configuration directory`) that is the favicon of the docs. Modern
browsers use this as the icon for tabs, windows and bookmarks. It should
be a Windows-style icon file (``.ico``), which is 16x16 or 32x32
pixels large. Default: ``None``.
.. versionadded:: 0.4
The image file will be copied to the ``_static`` directory of the output
HTML, but only if the file does not already exist there.
.. confval:: html_static_path
A list of paths that contain custom static files (such as style
sheets or script files). Relative paths are taken as relative to
the configuration directory. They are copied to the output's
:file:`_static` directory after the theme's static files, so a file
named :file:`default.css` will overwrite the theme's
:file:`default.css`.
.. versionchanged:: 0.4
The paths in :confval:`html_static_path` can now contain subdirectories.
.. versionchanged:: 1.0
The entries in :confval:`html_static_path` can now be single files.
.. confval:: html_extra_path A list of paths that contain extra files not directly related to the documentation, such as :file:`robots.txt` or :file:`.htaccess`. Relative paths are taken as relative to the configuration directory. They are copied to the output directory. They will overwrite any existing file of the same name. As these files are not meant to be built, they are automatically added to :confval:`exclude_patterns`. .. versionadded:: 1.2
.. confval:: html_last_updated_fmt If this is not the empty string, a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom, using the given :func:`strftime` format. Default is ``'%b %d, %Y'`` (or a locale-dependent equivalent).
.. confval:: html_use_smartypants If true, `SmartyPants <http://daringfireball.net/projects/smartypants/>`_ will be used to convert quotes and dashes to typographically correct entities. Default: ``True``.
.. confval:: html_add_permalinks
Sphinx will add "permalinks" for each heading and description environment as
paragraph signs that become visible when the mouse hovers over them.
This value determines the text for the permalink; it defaults to ``"¶"``.
Set it to ``None`` or the empty string to disable permalinks.
.. versionadded:: 0.6
Previously, this was always activated.
.. versionchanged:: 1.1
This can now be a string to select the actual text of the link.
Previously, only boolean values were accepted.
.. confval:: html_sidebars
Custom sidebar templates, must be a dictionary that maps document names to
template names.
The keys can contain glob-style patterns [1]_, in which case all matching
documents will get the specified sidebars. (A warning is emitted when a
more than one glob-style pattern matches for any document.)
The values can be either lists or single strings.
* If a value is a list, it specifies the complete list of sidebar templates
to include. If all or some of the default sidebars are to be included,
they must be put into this list as well.
The default sidebars (for documents that don't match any pattern) are:
``['localtoc.html', 'relations.html', 'sourcelink.html',
'searchbox.html']``.
* If a value is a single string, it specifies a custom sidebar to be added
between the ``'sourcelink.html'`` and ``'searchbox.html'`` entries. This
is for compatibility with Sphinx versions before 1.0.
Builtin sidebar templates that can be rendered are:
* **localtoc.html** -- a fine-grained table of contents of the current
document
* **globaltoc.html** -- a coarse-grained table of contents for the whole
documentation set, collapsed
* **relations.html** -- two links to the previous and next documents
* **sourcelink.html** -- a link to the source of the current document, if
enabled in :confval:`html_show_sourcelink`
* **searchbox.html** -- the "quick search" box
Example::
html_sidebars = {
'**': ['globaltoc.html', 'sourcelink.html', 'searchbox.html'],
'using/windows': ['windowssidebar.html', 'searchbox.html'],
}
This will render the custom template ``windowssidebar.html`` and the quick
search box within the sidebar of the given document, and render the default
sidebars for all other pages (except that the local TOC is replaced by the
global TOC).
.. versionadded:: 1.0
The ability to use globbing keys and to specify multiple sidebars.
Note that this value only has no effect if the chosen theme does not possess
a sidebar, like the builtin **scrolls** and **haiku** themes.
.. confval:: html_additional_pages
Additional templates that should be rendered to HTML pages, must be a
dictionary that maps document names to template names.
Example::
html_additional_pages = {
'download': 'customdownload.html',
}
This will render the template ``customdownload.html`` as the page
``download.html``.
.. confval:: html_domain_indices If true, generate domain-specific indices in addition to the general index. For e.g. the Python domain, this is the global module index. Default is ``True``. This value can be a bool or a list of index names that should be generated. To find out the index name for a specific index, look at the HTML file name. For example, the Python module index has the name ``'py-modindex'``. .. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: html_use_modindex
If true, add a module index to the HTML documents. Default is ``True``.
.. deprecated:: 1.0
Use :confval:`html_domain_indices`.
.. confval:: html_use_index If true, add an index to the HTML documents. Default is ``True``. .. versionadded:: 0.4
.. confval:: html_split_index If true, the index is generated twice: once as a single page with all the entries, and once as one page per starting letter. Default is ``False``. .. versionadded:: 0.4
.. confval:: html_copy_source
If true, the reST sources are included in the HTML build as
:file:`_sources/{name}`. The default is ``True``.
.. warning::
If this config value is set to ``False``, the JavaScript search function
will only display the titles of matching documents, and no excerpt from
the matching contents.
.. confval:: html_show_sourcelink If true (and :confval:`html_copy_source` is true as well), links to the reST sources will be added to the sidebar. The default is ``True``. .. versionadded:: 0.6
.. confval:: html_use_opensearch If nonempty, an `OpenSearch <http://opensearch.org>`_ description file will be output, and all pages will contain a ``<link>`` tag referring to it. Since OpenSearch doesn't support relative URLs for its search page location, the value of this option must be the base URL from which these documents are served (without trailing slash), e.g. ``"https://docs.python.org"``. The default is ``''``.
.. confval:: html_file_suffix This is the file name suffix for generated HTML files. The default is ``".html"``. .. versionadded:: 0.4
.. confval:: html_link_suffix Suffix for generated links to HTML files. The default is whatever :confval:`html_file_suffix` is set to; it can be set differently (e.g. to support different web server setups). .. versionadded:: 0.6
.. confval:: html_translator_class A string with the fully-qualified name of a HTML Translator class, that is, a subclass of Sphinx's :class:`~sphinx.writers.html.HTMLTranslator`, that is used to translate document trees to HTML. Default is ``None`` (use the builtin translator). .. seealso:: :meth:`~sphinx.application.Sphinx.set_translator`
.. confval:: html_show_copyright If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is ``True``. .. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: html_show_sphinx If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is ``True``. .. versionadded:: 0.4
.. confval:: html_output_encoding Encoding of HTML output files. Default is ``'utf-8'``. Note that this encoding name must both be a valid Python encoding name and a valid HTML ``charset`` value. .. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: html_compact_lists If true, list items containing only a single paragraph will not be rendered with a ``<p>`` element. This is standard docutils behavior. Default: ``True``. .. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: html_secnumber_suffix Suffix for section numbers. Default: ``". "``. Set to ``" "`` to suppress the final dot on section numbers. .. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: html_search_language
Language to be used for generating the HTML full-text search index. This
defaults to the global language selected with :confval:`language`. If there
is no support for this language, ``"en"`` is used which selects the English
language.
Support is present for these languages:
* ``da`` -- Danish
* ``nl`` -- Dutch
* ``en`` -- English
* ``fi`` -- Finnish
* ``fr`` -- French
* ``de`` -- German
* ``hu`` -- Hungarian
* ``it`` -- Italian
* ``ja`` -- Japanese
* ``no`` -- Norwegian
* ``pr`` -- Portuguese
* ``ro`` -- Romanian
* ``ru`` -- Russian
* ``es`` -- Spanish
* ``sv`` -- Swedish
* ``tr`` -- Turkish
.. admonition:: Accelerating build speed
Each language (except Japanese) provides its own stemming algorithm.
Sphinx uses a Python implementation by default. You can use a C
implementation to accelerate building the index file.
* `PorterStemmer <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PorterStemmer>`_ (``en``)
* `PyStemmer <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyStemmer>`_ (all languages)
.. versionadded:: 1.1
With support for ``en`` and ``ja``.
.. versionchanged:: 1.3
Added additional languages.
.. confval:: html_search_options
A dictionary with options for the search language support, empty by default.
The meaning of these options depends on the language selected.
The English support has no options.
The Japanese support has these options:
* ``type`` -- ``'mecab'`` or ``'default'`` (selects either MeCab or
TinySegmenter word splitter algorithm)
* ``dic_enc`` -- the encoding for the MeCab algorithm
* ``dict`` -- the dictionary to use for the MeCab algorithm
* ``lib`` -- the library name for finding the MeCab library via ctypes if the
Python binding is not installed
.. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: html_search_scorer The name of a JavaScript file (relative to the configuration directory) that implements a search results scorer. If empty, the default will be used. .. XXX describe interface for scorer here .. versionadded:: 1.2
.. confval:: html_scaled_image_link If true, images itself links to the original image if it doesn't have 'target' option or scale related options: 'scale', 'width', 'height'. The default is ``True``. .. versionadded:: 1.3
.. confval:: htmlhelp_basename Output file base name for HTML help builder. Default is ``'pydoc'``.
.. versionadded:: 1.3
These options influence the Apple Help output. This builder derives from the HTML builder, so the HTML options also apply where appropriate.
Note
Apple Help output will only work on Mac OS X 10.6 and higher, as it requires the :program:`hiutil` and :program:`codesign` command line tools, neither of which are Open Source.
You can disable the use of these tools using
:confval:`applehelp_disable_external_tools`, but the result will not be a
valid help book until the indexer is run over the .lproj folders within
the bundle.
.. confval:: applehelp_bundle_name The basename for the Apple Help Book. Defaults to the :confval:`project` name.
.. confval:: applehelp_bundle_id
The bundle ID for the help book bundle.
.. warning::
You *must* set this value in order to generate Apple Help.
.. confval:: applehelp_dev_region The development region. Defaults to ``'en-us'``, which is Apple’s recommended setting.
.. confval:: applehelp_bundle_version The bundle version (as a string). Defaults to ``'1'``.
.. confval:: applehelp_icon The help bundle icon file, or ``None`` for no icon. According to Apple’s documentation, this should be a 16-by-16 pixel version of the application’s icon with a transparent background, saved as a PNG file.
.. confval:: applehelp_kb_product
The product tag for use with :confval:`applehelp_kb_url`. Defaults to
:samp:`'{<project>}-{<release>}'`.
.. confval:: applehelp_kb_url The URL for your knowledgebase server, e.g. ``https://example.com/kbsearch.py?p='product'&q='query'&l='lang'``. Help Viewer will replace the values ``'product'``, ``'query'`` and ``'lang'`` at runtime with the contents of :confval:`applehelp_kb_product`, the text entered by the user in the search box and the user’s system language respectively. Defaults to ``None`` for no remote search.
.. confval:: applehelp_remote_url The URL for remote content. You can place a copy of your Help Book’s ``Resources`` folder at this location and Help Viewer will attempt to use it to fetch updated content. e.g. if you set it to ``https://example.com/help/Foo/`` and Help Viewer wants a copy of ``index.html`` for an English speaking customer, it will look at ``https://example.com/help/Foo/en.lproj/index.html``. Defaults to ``None`` for no remote content.
.. confval:: applehelp_index_anchors If ``True``, tell the help indexer to index anchors in the generated HTML. This can be useful for jumping to a particular topic using the ``AHLookupAnchor`` function or the ``openHelpAnchor:inBook:`` method in your code. It also allows you to use ``help:anchor`` URLs; see the Apple documentation for more information on this topic.
.. confval:: applehelp_min_term_length Controls the minimum term length for the help indexer. Defaults to ``None``, which means the default will be used.
.. confval:: applehelp_stopwords Either a language specification (to use the built-in stopwords), or the path to a stopwords plist, or ``None`` if you do not want to use stopwords. The default stopwords plist can be found at ``/usr/share/hiutil/Stopwords.plist`` and contains, at time of writing, stopwords for the following languages: ========= ==== Language Code ========= ==== English en German de Spanish es French fr Swedish sv Hungarian hu Italian it ========= ==== Defaults to :confval:`language`, or if that is not set, to :confval:`en`.
.. confval:: applehelp_locale Specifies the locale to generate help for. This is used to determine the name of the ``.lproj`` folder inside the Help Book’s ``Resources``, and is passed to the help indexer. Defaults to :confval:`language`, or if that is not set, to :confval:`en`.
.. confval:: applehelp_title
Specifies the help book title. Defaults to :samp:`'{<project>} Help'`.
.. confval:: applehelp_codesign_identity Specifies the identity to use for code signing, or ``None`` if code signing is not to be performed. Defaults to the value of the environment variable ``CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY``, which is set by Xcode for script build phases, or ``None`` if that variable is not set.
.. confval:: applehelp_codesign_flags A *list* of additional arguments to pass to :program:`codesign` when signing the help book. Defaults to a list based on the value of the environment variable ``OTHER_CODE_SIGN_FLAGS``, which is set by Xcode for script build phases, or the empty list if that variable is not set.
.. confval:: applehelp_indexer_path The path to the :program:`hiutil` program. Defaults to ``'/usr/bin/hiutil'``.
.. confval:: applehelp_codesign_path The path to the :program:`codesign` program. Defaults to ``'/usr/bin/codesign'``.
.. confval:: applehelp_disable_external_tools If ``True``, the builder will not run the indexer or the code signing tool, no matter what other settings are specified. This is mainly useful for testing, or where you want to run the Sphinx build on a non-Mac OS X platform and then complete the final steps on OS X for some reason. Defaults to ``False``.
These options influence the epub output. As this builder derives from the HTML builder, the HTML options also apply where appropriate. The actual values for some of the options is not really important, they just have to be entered into the Dublin Core metadata.
.. confval:: epub_basename The basename for the epub file. It defaults to the :confval:`project` name.
.. confval:: epub_theme The HTML theme for the epub output. Since the default themes are not optimized for small screen space, using the same theme for HTML and epub output is usually not wise. This defaults to ``'epub'``, a theme designed to save visual space.
.. confval:: epub_theme_options A dictionary of options that influence the look and feel of the selected theme. These are theme-specific. For the options understood by the builtin themes, see :ref:`this section <builtin-themes>`. .. versionadded:: 1.2
.. confval:: epub_title The title of the document. It defaults to the :confval:`html_title` option but can be set independently for epub creation.
.. confval:: epub_author The author of the document. This is put in the Dublin Core metadata. The default value is ``'unknown'``.
.. confval:: epub_language The language of the document. This is put in the Dublin Core metadata. The default is the :confval:`language` option or ``'en'`` if unset.
.. confval:: epub_publisher The publisher of the document. This is put in the Dublin Core metadata. You may use any sensible string, e.g. the project homepage. The default value is ``'unknown'``.
.. confval:: epub_copyright The copyright of the document. It defaults to the :confval:`copyright` option but can be set independently for epub creation.
.. confval:: epub_identifier An identifier for the document. This is put in the Dublin Core metadata. For published documents this is the ISBN number, but you can also use an alternative scheme, e.g. the project homepage. The default value is ``'unknown'``.
.. confval:: epub_scheme The publication scheme for the :confval:`epub_identifier`. This is put in the Dublin Core metadata. For published books the scheme is ``'ISBN'``. If you use the project homepage, ``'URL'`` seems reasonable. The default value is ``'unknown'``.
.. confval:: epub_uid A unique identifier for the document. This is put in the Dublin Core metadata. You may use a random string. The default value is ``'unknown'``.
.. confval:: epub_cover
The cover page information. This is a tuple containing the filenames of
the cover image and the html template. The rendered html cover page is
inserted as the first item in the spine in :file:`content.opf`. If the
template filename is empty, no html cover page is created. No cover at all
is created if the tuple is empty. Examples::
epub_cover = ('_static/cover.png', 'epub-cover.html')
epub_cover = ('_static/cover.png', '')
epub_cover = ()
The default value is ``()``.
.. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: epub_guide
Meta data for the guide element of :file:`content.opf`. This is a
sequence of tuples containing the *type*, the *uri* and the *title* of
the optional guide information. See the OPF documentation
at `<http://idpf.org/epub>`_ for details. If possible, default entries
for the *cover* and *toc* types are automatically inserted. However,
the types can be explicitly overwritten if the default entries are not
appropriate. Example::
epub_guide = (('cover', 'cover.html', u'Cover Page'),)
The default value is ``()``.
.. confval:: epub_pre_files
Additional files that should be inserted before the text generated by
Sphinx. It is a list of tuples containing the file name and the title.
If the title is empty, no entry is added to :file:`toc.ncx`. Example::
epub_pre_files = [
('index.html', 'Welcome'),
]
The default value is ``[]``.
.. confval:: epub_post_files Additional files that should be inserted after the text generated by Sphinx. It is a list of tuples containing the file name and the title. This option can be used to add an appendix. If the title is empty, no entry is added to :file:`toc.ncx`. The default value is ``[]``.
.. confval:: epub_exclude_files A list of files that are generated/copied in the build directory but should not be included in the epub file. The default value is ``[]``.
.. confval:: epub_tocdepth The depth of the table of contents in the file :file:`toc.ncx`. It should be an integer greater than zero. The default value is 3. Note: A deeply nested table of contents may be difficult to navigate.
.. confval:: epub_tocdup This flag determines if a toc entry is inserted again at the beginning of its nested toc listing. This allows easier navigation to the top of a chapter, but can be confusing because it mixes entries of different depth in one list. The default value is ``True``.
.. confval:: epub_tocscope This setting control the scope of the epub table of contents. The setting can have the following values: * ``'default'`` -- include all toc entries that are not hidden (default) * ``'includehidden'`` -- include all toc entries .. versionadded:: 1.2
.. confval:: epub_fix_images This flag determines if sphinx should try to fix image formats that are not supported by some epub readers. At the moment palette images with a small color table are upgraded. You need the Python Image Library (Pillow the successor of the PIL) installed to use this option. The default value is ``False`` because the automatic conversion may lose information. .. versionadded:: 1.2
.. confval:: epub_max_image_width This option specifies the maximum width of images. If it is set to a value greater than zero, images with a width larger than the given value are scaled accordingly. If it is zero, no scaling is performed. The default value is ``0``. You need the Python Image Library (Pillow) installed to use this option. .. versionadded:: 1.2
.. confval:: epub_show_urls Control whether to display URL addresses. This is very useful for readers that have no other means to display the linked URL. The settings can have the following values: * ``'inline'`` -- display URLs inline in parentheses (default) * ``'footnote'`` -- display URLs in footnotes * ``'no'`` -- do not display URLs The display of inline URLs can be customized by adding CSS rules for the class ``link-target``. .. versionadded:: 1.2
.. confval:: epub_use_index If true, add an index to the epub document. It defaults to the :confval:`html_use_index` option but can be set independently for epub creation. .. versionadded:: 1.2
These options influence LaTeX output.
.. confval:: latex_documents
This value determines how to group the document tree into LaTeX source files.
It must be a list of tuples ``(startdocname, targetname, title, author,
documentclass, toctree_only)``, where the items are:
* *startdocname*: document name that is the "root" of the LaTeX file. All
documents referenced by it in TOC trees will be included in the LaTeX file
too. (If you want only one LaTeX file, use your :confval:`master_doc`
here.)
* *targetname*: file name of the LaTeX file in the output directory.
* *title*: LaTeX document title. Can be empty to use the title of the
*startdoc*. This is inserted as LaTeX markup, so special characters like a
backslash or ampersand must be represented by the proper LaTeX commands if
they are to be inserted literally.
* *author*: Author for the LaTeX document. The same LaTeX markup caveat as
for *title* applies. Use ``\and`` to separate multiple authors, as in:
``'John \and Sarah'``.
* *documentclass*: Normally, one of ``'manual'`` or ``'howto'`` (provided by
Sphinx). Other document classes can be given, but they must include the
"sphinx" package in order to define Sphinx's custom LaTeX commands. "howto"
documents will not get appendices. Also, howtos will have a simpler title
page.
* *toctree_only*: Must be ``True`` or ``False``. If true, the *startdoc*
document itself is not included in the output, only the documents
referenced by it via TOC trees. With this option, you can put extra stuff
in the master document that shows up in the HTML, but not the LaTeX output.
.. versionadded:: 1.2
In the past including your own document class required you to prepend the
document class name with the string "sphinx". This is not necessary
anymore.
.. versionadded:: 0.3
The 6th item ``toctree_only``. Tuples with 5 items are still accepted.
.. confval:: latex_logo If given, this must be the name of an image file (relative to the configuration directory) that is the logo of the docs. It is placed at the top of the title page. Default: ``None``.
.. confval:: latex_use_parts If true, the topmost sectioning unit is parts, else it is chapters. Default: ``False``. .. versionadded:: 0.3
.. confval:: latex_appendices A list of document names to append as an appendix to all manuals.
.. confval:: latex_domain_indices If true, generate domain-specific indices in addition to the general index. For e.g. the Python domain, this is the global module index. Default is ``True``. This value can be a bool or a list of index names that should be generated, like for :confval:`html_domain_indices`. .. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: latex_use_modindex
If true, add a module index to LaTeX documents. Default is ``True``.
.. deprecated:: 1.0
Use :confval:`latex_domain_indices`.
.. confval:: latex_show_pagerefs If true, add page references after internal references. This is very useful for printed copies of the manual. Default is ``False``. .. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: latex_show_urls
Control whether to display URL addresses. This is very useful for printed
copies of the manual. The setting can have the following values:
* ``'no'`` -- do not display URLs (default)
* ``'footnote'`` -- display URLs in footnotes
* ``'inline'`` -- display URLs inline in parentheses
.. versionadded:: 1.0
.. versionchanged:: 1.1
This value is now a string; previously it was a boolean value, and a true
value selected the ``'inline'`` display. For backwards compatibility,
``True`` is still accepted.
.. confval:: latex_elements
.. versionadded:: 0.5
A dictionary that contains LaTeX snippets that override those Sphinx usually
puts into the generated ``.tex`` files.
Keep in mind that backslashes must be doubled in Python string literals to
avoid interpretation as escape sequences.
* Keys that you may want to override include:
``'papersize'``
Paper size option of the document class (``'a4paper'`` or
``'letterpaper'``), default ``'letterpaper'``.
``'pointsize'``
Point size option of the document class (``'10pt'``, ``'11pt'`` or
``'12pt'``), default ``'10pt'``.
``'babel'``
"babel" package inclusion, default ``'\\usepackage{babel}'``.
``'fontpkg'``
Font package inclusion, default ``'\\usepackage{times}'`` (which uses
Times and Helvetica). You can set this to ``''`` to use the Computer
Modern fonts.
.. versionchanged:: 1.2
Defaults to ``''`` when the :confval:`language` uses the Cyrillic
script.
``'fncychap'``
Inclusion of the "fncychap" package (which makes fancy chapter titles),
default ``'\\usepackage[Bjarne]{fncychap}'`` for English documentation,
``'\\usepackage[Sonny]{fncychap}'`` for internationalized docs (because
the "Bjarne" style uses numbers spelled out in English). Other
"fncychap" styles you can try include "Lenny", "Glenn", "Conny" and
"Rejne". You can also set this to ``''`` to disable fncychap.
``'preamble'``
Additional preamble content, default empty.
``'figure_align'``
Latex figure float alignment, default 'htbp' (here, top, bottom, page).
Whenever an image doesn't fit into the current page, it will be
'floated' into the next page but may be preceded by any other text.
If you don't like this behavior, use 'H' which will disable floating
and position figures strictly in the order they appear in the source.
``'footer'``
Additional footer content (before the indices), default empty.
* Keys that don't need be overridden unless in special cases are:
``'inputenc'``
"inputenc" package inclusion, default
``'\\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}'``.
``'cmappkg'``
"cmap" package inclusion, default ``'\\usepackage{cmap}'``.
.. versionadded:: 1.2
``'fontenc'``
"fontenc" package inclusion, default ``'\\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}'``.
``'maketitle'``
"maketitle" call, default ``'\\maketitle'``. Override if you want to
generate a differently-styled title page.
``'tableofcontents'``
"tableofcontents" call, default ``'\\tableofcontents'``. Override if
you want to generate a different table of contents or put content
between the title page and the TOC.
``'transition'``
Commands used to display transitions, default
``'\n\n\\bigskip\\hrule{}\\bigskip\n\n'``. Override if you want to
display transitions differently.
.. versionadded:: 1.2
``'printindex'``
"printindex" call, the last thing in the file, default
``'\\printindex'``. Override if you want to generate the index
differently or append some content after the index.
* Keys that are set by other options and therefore should not be overridden
are:
``'docclass'``
``'classoptions'``
``'title'``
``'date'``
``'release'``
``'author'``
``'logo'``
``'releasename'``
``'makeindex'``
``'shorthandoff'``
.. confval:: latex_docclass A dictionary mapping ``'howto'`` and ``'manual'`` to names of real document classes that will be used as the base for the two Sphinx classes. Default is to use ``'article'`` for ``'howto'`` and ``'report'`` for ``'manual'``. .. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: latex_additional_files
A list of file names, relative to the configuration directory, to copy to the
build directory when building LaTeX output. This is useful to copy files
that Sphinx doesn't copy automatically, e.g. if they are referenced in custom
LaTeX added in ``latex_elements``. Image files that are referenced in source
files (e.g. via ``.. image::``) are copied automatically.
You have to make sure yourself that the filenames don't collide with those of
any automatically copied files.
.. versionadded:: 0.6
.. versionchanged:: 1.2
This overrides the files which is provided from Sphinx such as sphinx.sty.
.. confval:: latex_preamble
Additional LaTeX markup for the preamble.
.. deprecated:: 0.5
Use the ``'preamble'`` key in the :confval:`latex_elements` value.
.. confval:: latex_paper_size
The output paper size (``'letter'`` or ``'a4'``). Default is ``'letter'``.
.. deprecated:: 0.5
Use the ``'papersize'`` key in the :confval:`latex_elements` value.
.. confval:: latex_font_size
The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt'). Default is ``'10pt'``.
.. deprecated:: 0.5
Use the ``'pointsize'`` key in the :confval:`latex_elements` value.
These options influence text output.
.. confval:: text_newlines
Determines which end-of-line character(s) are used in text output.
* ``'unix'``: use Unix-style line endings (``\n``)
* ``'windows'``: use Windows-style line endings (``\r\n``)
* ``'native'``: use the line ending style of the platform the documentation
is built on
Default: ``'unix'``.
.. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: text_sectionchars A string of 7 characters that should be used for underlining sections. The first character is used for first-level headings, the second for second-level headings and so on. The default is ``'*=-~"+`'``. .. versionadded:: 1.1
These options influence manual page output.
.. confval:: man_pages
This value determines how to group the document tree into manual pages. It
must be a list of tuples ``(startdocname, name, description, authors,
section)``, where the items are:
* *startdocname*: document name that is the "root" of the manual page. All
documents referenced by it in TOC trees will be included in the manual file
too. (If you want one master manual page, use your :confval:`master_doc`
here.)
* *name*: name of the manual page. This should be a short string without
spaces or special characters. It is used to determine the file name as
well as the name of the manual page (in the NAME section).
* *description*: description of the manual page. This is used in the NAME
section.
* *authors*: A list of strings with authors, or a single string. Can be an
empty string or list if you do not want to automatically generate an
AUTHORS section in the manual page.
* *section*: The manual page section. Used for the output file name as well
as in the manual page header.
.. versionadded:: 1.0
.. confval:: man_show_urls If true, add URL addresses after links. Default is ``False``. .. versionadded:: 1.1
These options influence Texinfo output.
.. confval:: texinfo_documents
This value determines how to group the document tree into Texinfo source
files. It must be a list of tuples ``(startdocname, targetname, title,
author, dir_entry, description, category, toctree_only)``, where the items
are:
* *startdocname*: document name that is the "root" of the Texinfo file. All
documents referenced by it in TOC trees will be included in the Texinfo
file too. (If you want only one Texinfo file, use your
:confval:`master_doc` here.)
* *targetname*: file name (no extension) of the Texinfo file in the output
directory.
* *title*: Texinfo document title. Can be empty to use the title of the
*startdoc*. Inserted as Texinfo markup, so special characters like @ and
{} will need to be escaped to be inserted literally.
* *author*: Author for the Texinfo document. Inserted as Texinfo markup.
Use ``@*`` to separate multiple authors, as in: ``'John@*Sarah'``.
* *dir_entry*: The name that will appear in the top-level ``DIR`` menu file.
* *description*: Descriptive text to appear in the top-level ``DIR`` menu
file.
* *category*: Specifies the section which this entry will appear in the
top-level ``DIR`` menu file.
* *toctree_only*: Must be ``True`` or ``False``. If true, the *startdoc*
document itself is not included in the output, only the documents
referenced by it via TOC trees. With this option, you can put extra stuff
in the master document that shows up in the HTML, but not the Texinfo
output.
.. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: texinfo_appendices A list of document names to append as an appendix to all manuals. .. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: texinfo_domain_indices If true, generate domain-specific indices in addition to the general index. For e.g. the Python domain, this is the global module index. Default is ``True``. This value can be a bool or a list of index names that should be generated, like for :confval:`html_domain_indices`. .. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: texinfo_show_urls Control how to display URL addresses. * ``'footnote'`` -- display URLs in footnotes (default) * ``'no'`` -- do not display URLs * ``'inline'`` -- display URLs inline in parentheses .. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: texinfo_no_detailmenu If true, do not generate a ``@detailmenu`` in the "Top" node's menu containing entries for each sub-node in the document. Default is ``False``. .. versionadded:: 1.2
.. confval:: texinfo_elements
A dictionary that contains Texinfo snippets that override those Sphinx
usually puts into the generated ``.texi`` files.
* Keys that you may want to override include:
``'paragraphindent'``
Number of spaces to indent the first line of each paragraph, default
``2``. Specify ``0`` for no indentation.
``'exampleindent'``
Number of spaces to indent the lines for examples or literal blocks,
default ``4``. Specify ``0`` for no indentation.
``'preamble'``
Texinfo markup inserted near the beginning of the file.
``'copying'``
Texinfo markup inserted within the ``@copying`` block and displayed
after the title. The default value consists of a simple title page
identifying the project.
* Keys that are set by other options and therefore should not be overridden
are:
``'author'``
``'body'``
``'date'``
``'direntry'``
``'filename'``
``'project'``
``'release'``
``'title'``
.. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: linkcheck_ignore
A list of regular expressions that match URIs that should not be checked
when doing a ``linkcheck`` build. Example::
linkcheck_ignore = [r'http://localhost:\d+/']
.. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: linkcheck_timeout A timeout value, in seconds, for the linkcheck builder. **Only works in Python 2.6 and higher.** The default is to use Python's global socket timeout. .. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: linkcheck_workers The number of worker threads to use when checking links. Default is 5 threads. .. versionadded:: 1.1
.. confval:: linkcheck_anchors If true, check the validity of ``#anchor``\ s in links. Since this requires downloading the whole document, it's considerably slower when enabled. Default is ``True``. .. versionadded:: 1.2
.. confval:: xml_pretty If true, pretty-print the XML. Default is ``True``. .. versionadded:: 1.2
Footnotes
| [1] | A note on available globbing syntax: you can use the standard shell
constructs *, ?, [...] and [!...] with the feature that
these all don't match slashes. A double star ** can be used to match
any sequence of characters including slashes. |