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Mozilla Source Tree Documentation
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.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
{indexes}
Python Packages
===============
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
{python_packages}
Managing Documentation
======================
This documentation is generated via the
`Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ tool from sources in the tree.
To build the documentation, run ``mach build-docs``. Run
``mach help build-docs`` to see configurable options.
Adding Documentation
--------------------
To add new documentation, define the ``SPHINX_TREES`` and
``SPHINX_PYTHON_PACKAGE_DIRS`` variables in ``moz.build`` files in
the tree and documentation will automatically get picked up.
Say you have a directory ``featureX`` you would like to write some
documentation for. Here are the steps to create Sphinx documentation
for it:
1. Create a directory for the docs. This is typically ``docs``. e.g.
``featureX/docs``.
2. Create an ``index.rst`` file in this directory. The ``index.rst`` file
is the root documentation for that section. See ``build/docs/index.rst``
for an example file.
3. In a ``moz.build`` file (typically the one in the parent directory of
the ``docs`` directory), define ``SPHINX_TREES`` to hook up the plumbing.
e.g. ``SPHINX_TREES['featureX'] = 'docs'``. This says *the ``docs``
directory under the current directory should be installed into the
Sphinx documentation tree under ``/featureX``*.
4. If you have Python packages you would like to generate Python API
documentation for, you can use ``SPHINX_PYTHON_PACKAGE_DIRS`` to
declare directories containing Python packages. e.g.
``SPHINX_PYTHON_PACKAGE_DIRS += ['mozpackage']``.
Indices and tables
==================
* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`