circuitpython/docs
Jim Mussared d94141e147 py/persistentcode: Introduce .mpy sub-version.
The intent is to allow us to make breaking changes to the native ABI (e.g.
changes to dynruntime.h) without needing the bytecode version to increment.

With this commit the two bits previously used for the feature flags (but
now unused as of .mpy version 6) encode a sub-version.  A bytecode-only
.mpy file can be loaded as long as MPY_VERSION matches, but a native .mpy
(i.e. one with an arch set) must also match MPY_SUB_VERSION.  This allows 3
additional updates to the native ABI per bytecode revision.

The sub-version is set to 1 because the previous commits that changed the
layout of mp_obj_type_t have changed the native ABI.

Signed-off-by: Jim Mussared <jim.mussared@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Damien George <damien@micropython.org>
2022-09-19 23:19:55 +10:00
..
develop docs: Update links for Arm GCC toolchain. 2022-08-11 14:27:06 +10:00
differences docs: Update CPython differences and improve the look of table layouts. 2022-08-26 15:09:06 +10:00
esp32 docs/esp32: Update UART quickref on input-only pins. 2022-08-26 15:10:47 +10:00
esp8266 docs: Update to use new WLAN argument names for ssid/security/key. 2022-06-17 21:43:44 +10:00
library extmod/modbluetooth: Replace def_handle with end_handle in char IRQ. 2022-09-09 11:24:24 +10:00
mimxrt mimxrt/machine_spi: Allow a setting of -1 for cs in the constructor. 2022-09-13 18:35:48 +10:00
pyboard drivers/display: Don't include tests by default. 2022-09-06 12:09:20 +10:00
readthedocs/settings docs: Add RTD local_settings file, to add custom templates. 2014-12-21 11:21:06 +00:00
reference py/persistentcode: Introduce .mpy sub-version. 2022-09-19 23:19:55 +10:00
renesas-ra docs/renesas-ra: Add pin drive keyword argument description. 2022-08-31 12:01:38 +10:00
rp2 rp2/machine_wdt: Check for the maximum timeout value of watchdog. 2022-08-23 16:26:29 +10:00
static docs: Update CPython differences and improve the look of table layouts. 2022-08-26 15:09:06 +10:00
templates docs/templates/topindex.html: Update forum link. 2022-08-30 13:17:26 +10:00
unix unix: Implement -X realtime command-line option on macOS. 2022-05-24 00:51:47 +10:00
wipy docs: Use the correct * keyword-only notation. 2022-02-09 15:01:00 +11:00
zephyr zephyr: Upgrade to Zephyr v3.1.0. 2022-06-17 16:51:34 +10:00
conf.py docs: Update CPython differences and improve the look of table layouts. 2022-08-26 15:09:06 +10:00
index.rst docs: Update files for renesas-ra port. 2022-04-29 12:29:08 +09:00
license.rst docs/license: Update copyright year. 2017-06-23 21:48:27 +03:00
make.bat docs/make.bat: Change Windows output dir from '_build' to 'build'. 2021-09-13 18:15:38 +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: Set LaTeX engine to XeLaTeX for PDF generation. 2022-06-21 14:49:13 +10:00

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 requires a rather complete install of LaTeX with various extensions. On Debian/Ubuntu, try (1GB+ download):

apt install texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-xetex texlive-fonts-extra cm-super xindy