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NAME

6       sphinx-quickstart - Sphinx documentation template generator
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SYNOPSIS

9       sphinx-quickstart
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DESCRIPTION

12       sphinx-quickstart is an interactive tool that asks some questions about
13       your project and then generates a complete documentation directory  and
14       sample Makefile to be used with sphinx-build(1).
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OPTIONS

17       -q, --quiet
18              Quiet  mode that skips the interactive wizard for specifying op‐
19              tions.  This option requires -p, -a and -v options.
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21       -h, --help, --version
22              Display usage summary or Sphinx version.
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24       Structure Options
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26       --sep  If specified, separate source and build directories.
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28       --no-sep
29              If specified, create build directory under source directory.
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31       --dot=DOT
32              Inside the root directory, two more directories will be created;
33              “_templates”  for custom HTML templates and “_static” for custom
34              stylesheets and other static files. You can enter another prefix
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37       Project Basic Options
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39       -p PROJECT, --project=PROJECT
40              Project name will be set. (see project).
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42       -a AUTHOR, --author=AUTHOR
43              Author names. (see copyright).
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45       -v VERSION
46              Version of project. (see version).
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48       -r RELEASE, --release=RELEASE
49              Release of project. (see release).
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51       -l LANGUAGE, --language=LANGUAGE
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54       --suffix=SUFFIX
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57       --master=MASTER
58              Master document name. (see root_doc).
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60       Extension Options
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62       --ext-autodoc
63              Enable sphinx.ext.autodoc extension.
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66              Enable sphinx.ext.doctest extension.
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69              Enable sphinx.ext.intersphinx extension.
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72              Enable sphinx.ext.todo extension.
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75              Enable sphinx.ext.coverage extension.
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77       --ext-imgmath
78              Enable sphinx.ext.imgmath extension.
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81              Enable sphinx.ext.mathjax extension.
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83       --ext-ifconfig
84              Enable sphinx.ext.ifconfig extension.
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86       --ext-viewcode
87              Enable sphinx.ext.viewcode extension.
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90              Enable sphinx.ext.githubpages extension.
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92       --extensions=EXTENSIONS
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95       Makefile and Batchfile Creation Options
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97       --use-make-mode (-m), --no-use-make-mode (-M)
98              Makefile/make.bat  uses  (or doesn’t use) make-mode.  Default is
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101              Changed in version 1.5: make-mode is default.
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104       --makefile, --no-makefile
105              Create (or not create) makefile.
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107       --batchfile, --no-batchfile
108              Create (or not create) batchfile
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110       Project templating
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112       New in version 1.5: Project templating options for sphinx-quickstart
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115       -t, --templatedir=TEMPLATEDIR
116              Template directory for template files.  You can modify the  tem‐
117              plates of sphinx project files generated by quickstart.  Follow‐
118              ing Jinja2 template files are allowed:
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132              In detail, please refer the system template  files  Sphinx  pro‐
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135       -d NAME=VALUE
136              Define a template variable
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SEE ALSO

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142       2007-2022, Georg Brandl and the Sphinx team
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