sphinx meets pydoc.
Project description
Turn docstrings into man pages using Sphinx, and view the result with man.
Installation
python -mpip install git+https://github.com/anntzer/speedoc
Tests can be run with pytest.
Usage
speedoc [--opts ...] obj.to.document
Options are passed as is to python -msphinx. By default, sphinx is invoked as
# $tmpdir1, $tmpdir2 are set up by speedoc.
# -bman: build a man page; -q: quietly
python -msphinx $tmpdir1 $tmpdir2 -bman -q -Dextensions=sphinx.ext.napoleon
with a minimal conf.py that sets man_pages = [("contents", obj_name, "\n", "", "3")]. To use, e.g., numpydoc instead of sphinx.ext.napoleon, call
speedoc -Dextensions=sphinx.ext.autodoc,numpydoc obj.to.document
(With numpydoc≥0.9, it is not necessary anymore to explicitly load autodoc.)
Options to man can be passed by setting the (standard) MANOPT environment variable. For example, justification can be disabled with
MANOPT=--nj speedoc ...
Troubleshooting
- Q:
Docstrings are rendered terribly!
- A:
Invalid RST formatting is very common :-(
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