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OpenLP Documentation
====================
This repository holds the OpenLP manual and some other documentation.
Getting Started
---------------
To get up and running with the documentation, you'll need to install `Sphinx <https://www.sphinx-doc.org>`_
and the `Read The Docs theme <https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io>`_.
Linux
~~~~~
If you're using Linux, you'll want to check your package manager for those packages.
Ubuntu/Debian::
$ sudo apt install python3-sphinx python3-sphinx-rtd-theme
Fedora::
$ sudo dnf install python3-sphinx python3-sphinx_rtd_theme
macOS
~~~~~
On macOS you can install Sphinx via MacPorts or Homebrew.
MacPorts::
$ sudo port install py37-sphinx py37-sphinx_rtd_theme
Homebrew::
$ sudo brew install sphinx-doc
Homebrew doesn't have the Read The Docs theme, so you'll need to install it via pip::
$ sudo pip install sphinx_rtd_theme
Windows
~~~~~~~
On Windows you'll need to use ``pip`` to install Sphinx and the Read The Docs theme::
$ pip install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme
Editing the Documentation
-------------------------
The documentation is written in `reStructuredText <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html>`_. If
you haven't ever used reStructuredText before, take a look at the
`reStructuredText primer <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/rest.html>`_ for a good introduction
to the format.
reStructuredText is a plain-text format, so any text editor will work. Popular editors are
`vim <https://www.vim.org/>`_, `Atom <https://atom.io/>`_,
`Visual Studio Code <https://code.visualstudio.com/>`_ (Linux, macOS, Windows),
`Notepad++ <https://notepad-plus-plus.org/>`_ (Windows).
Building the Documentation
--------------------------
Now that you have the dependencies installed and you've edited some pages, you'll want to build the
documentation. Let's start with the manual. Go into the ``manual`` directory, and then run
``make html``::
$ cd manual
$ make html
This will run Sphinx on the documentation and build the HTML in the ``build/html`` directory. To
view the documentation, let's run Python's built-in web server on that directory::
$ cd build/html
$ python3 -m http.server
Now open your browser to `http://localhost:8000/ <http://localhost:8000/>`_ and you should see the OpenLP manual.