sphinx-vb-domain 0.2.2

Sphinx extension to handle Visual Basic Domain.

sphinx-vb-domain

Overview

Sphinx extension to handle Visual Basic function directive, and also create the directives from document comments in VB source code.

Installation

pip

pip install sphinx-vb-domain

rye

rye add --dev sphinx-vb-domain

Usage

conf.py

Add it to extensions.

# conf.py

extensions = [
    'sphinx_vb_domain',
]

Function directive

For example.

.. vb:function:: Private Function getId(ByVal name As String, ByVal age As Integer) As Integer
   :module: Module1

   A simple private function.

   :param name: Name
   :type name: String
   :param age: Age
   :type age: Integer
   :returns: Id
   :rtype: Integer

   Remarks here.

Autodoc

To creade document from VB document comments, following config is needed.

# conf.py

vb_autodoc_paths = [
    ('vb-src-dir', 'page-path', 'page-title'),
]

• vb-src-dir
  • Path to directory contains VB source, relative from conf.py (e.g. '../../macros').
• page-path
  • Path to reST file tobe created, relative from Sphinx source directory (e.g. 'modules' will create 'modules.rst').
• page-title
  • Title (level-1 headline) added to e.g. modules.rst.

Then, run sphinx-build with -D vb_autodoc=1 parameter.

In modules.rst, Module (level-2 headline) is created per vb files in src dir, and function directives under the Modules.

Known issues

• Function directive always rendered in Japanese like follows.

  Private Function getId(ByVal name As String, ByVal age As Integer) As Integer
  
      A simple private function.
  
      パラメータ: ・name (String) -- Name
                  ・age (Integer) -- Age
      戻り値: Id
      戻り値の型: Integer
  
      Remarks here.
  

  • You can change doc_field_types definition of VBFunction class.