sphinx-vb-domain 0.5.0

Sphinx extension to handle Visual Basic Domain.

sphinx-vb-domain

≫日本語版

Overview

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

This project is really experimental. Only features below are working but without any assurance.

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.

Configuration

The following settings can be used in conf.py.

vb_add_function_labels

vb_add_function_labels = False  # Default: True

Disables adding link target labels to function directives.
If you are using sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel, you may set this to False.
However, labels in sphinx-vb-domain take the form {module_name}.{function_name}, so even if multiple modules have functions with the same name, they can still be distinguished.

vb_add_docname_to_labels

vb_add_docname_to_labels = True  # Default: False

Adds labels to function directives in the form {filename}:{module_name}.{function_name}, allowing functions with the same name in the same module across multiple files to be distinguished.

Autodoc

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

# conf.py

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

• '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.
• notes
  • Optional dict to add notes to below targets (dict keys).
    • '__page__': Note to be added under page title.
    • '<Module name>': Note to be added under the module's title.
    • '<Module name>.<Function name>': Note to be added under the function's directive.

  # Example
  # Note: Values can be reST, but you should not use headlines.
  notes = {
      '__page__': 'This is note for the page.',
      'Module1': 'This is note for Module1.',
      'Module1.MyFunction': 'This is note for MyFunction.',
  }
  

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

In file at page-path (e.g. 'modules.rst'), Module (level-2 headline) is created per vb file in vb-src-dir, and function directives under the Modules.

Cross-references

When function directives are rendered, they come with a headline so that the directives appear in toctree.
Also, when vb_add_function_labels is set to True (Default), the headline will be a cross-reference target.

reStructuredText

* :vb:function:`module_name.function_name`
* :any:`module_name.function_name`
* :any:`Link text <module_name.function_name>`

MyST

- {vb:function}`module_name.function_name`
- <project:#module_name.function_name>
- [Link text](#module_name.function_name)

[!NOTE] module_name and function_name are encoded if they contain characters invalid as target name.

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.