circuitpython/docs
stijn 40ad8f1666 all: Rename "sys" module to "usys".
This is consistent with the other 'micro' modules and allows implementing
additional features in Python via e.g. micropython-lib's sys.

Note this is a breaking change (not backwards compatible) for ports which
do not enable weak links, as "import sys" must now be replaced with
"import usys".
2020-09-04 00:10:24 +10:00
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develop docs/develop: Fix module/source name in Makefile of native example. 2020-05-16 15:00:46 +10:00
differences docs/differences: Clarify the differences are against Python 3.4. 2019-01-11 12:11:02 +11:00
esp32 docs/esp32: Fix machine.Timer quickref to specify HW timers. 2020-07-25 00:50:06 +10:00
esp8266 docs/esp8266: Add quickref documentation for UART on esp8266. 2020-06-10 22:46:09 +10:00
library all: Rename "sys" module to "usys". 2020-09-04 00:10:24 +10:00
pyboard docs: More consistent capitalization and use of articles in headings. 2020-01-06 22:17:29 +11:00
readthedocs/settings docs: Add RTD local_settings file, to add custom templates. 2014-12-21 11:21:06 +00:00
reference docs: Fix Sphinx 3.x warnings, and enable warnings-as-errors on build. 2020-06-05 21:42:17 +10:00
static docs: Add M-logo as favicon. 2017-02-07 20:04:40 +11:00
templates docs: Fix Sphinx 3.x warnings, and enable warnings-as-errors on build. 2020-06-05 21:42:17 +10:00
unix windows: Improve default search path. 2020-02-11 13:34:35 +11:00
wipy docs: Remove spaces on lines that are empty. 2019-12-04 15:02:54 +11:00
conf.py all: Bump version to 1.13. 2020-09-02 12:01:26 +10:00
index.rst docs/unix: Add a new new quickref page for the UNIX port. 2020-02-04 17:53:06 +11:00
license.rst docs/license: Update copyright year. 2017-06-23 21:48:27 +03:00
make.bat docs: Fix Sphinx 3.x warnings, and enable warnings-as-errors on build. 2020-06-05 21:42:17 +10:00
Makefile docs: Fix Sphinx 3.x warnings, and enable warnings-as-errors on build. 2020-06-05 21:42:17 +10:00
README.md docs/README: Add short paragraph about using readthedocs. 2020-01-12 11:45:55 +11:00

MicroPython Documentation

The MicroPython documentation can be found at: http://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/

The documentation you see there is generated from the files in the docs tree: https://github.com/micropython/micropython/tree/master/docs

Building the documentation locally

If you're making changes to the documentation, you may want to build the documentation locally so that you can preview your changes.

Install Sphinx, and optionally (for the RTD-styling), sphinx_rtd_theme, preferably in a virtualenv:

 pip install sphinx
 pip install sphinx_rtd_theme

In micropython/docs, build the docs:

make html

You'll find the index page at micropython/docs/build/html/index.html.

Having readthedocs.org build the documentation

If you would like to have docs for forks/branches hosted on GitHub, GitLab or BitBucket an alternative to building the docs locally is to sign up for a free https://readthedocs.org account. The rough steps to follow are:

  1. sign-up for an account, unless you already have one
  2. in your account settings: add GitHub as a connected service (assuming you have forked this repo on github)
  3. in your account projects: import your forked/cloned micropython repository into readthedocs
  4. in the project's versions: add the branches you are developing on or for which you'd like readthedocs to auto-generate docs whenever you push a change

PDF manual generation

This can be achieved with:

make latexpdf

but require rather complete install of LaTeX with various extensions. On Debian/Ubuntu, try (500MB+ download):

apt-get install texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra