diff --git a/Doc/README.rst b/Doc/README.rst index a3bb5fa5445..efcee0db428 100644 --- a/Doc/README.rst +++ b/Doc/README.rst @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ install the tools into there. Using make ---------- -To get started on UNIX, you can create a virtual environment and build +To get started on Unix, you can create a virtual environment and build documentation with the commands:: make venv @@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ If you'd like to create the virtual environment in a different location, you can specify it using the ``VENVDIR`` variable. You can also skip creating the virtual environment altogether, in which case -the Makefile will look for instances of ``sphinx-build`` and ``blurb`` +the ``Makefile`` will look for instances of ``sphinx-build`` and ``blurb`` installed on your process ``PATH`` (configurable with the ``SPHINXBUILD`` and ``BLURB`` variables). -On Windows, we try to emulate the Makefile as closely as possible with a +On Windows, we try to emulate the ``Makefile`` as closely as possible with a ``make.bat`` file. If you need to specify the Python interpreter to use, -set the PYTHON environment variable. +set the ``PYTHON`` environment variable. Available make targets are: @@ -62,15 +62,19 @@ Available make targets are: * "htmlview", which re-uses the "html" builder, but then opens the main page in your default web browser. +* "htmllive", which re-uses the "html" builder, rebuilds the docs, + starts a local server, and automatically reloads the page in your browser + when you make changes to reST files (Unix only). + * "htmlhelp", which builds HTML files and a HTML Help project file usable to convert them into a single Compiled HTML (.chm) file -- these are popular under Microsoft Windows, but very handy on every platform. To create the CHM file, you need to run the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop - over the generated project (.hhp) file. The make.bat script does this for + over the generated project (.hhp) file. The ``make.bat`` script does this for you on Windows. -* "latex", which builds LaTeX source files as input to "pdflatex" to produce +* "latex", which builds LaTeX source files as input to ``pdflatex`` to produce PDF documents. * "text", which builds a plain text file for each source file. @@ -95,8 +99,6 @@ Available make targets are: * "check", which checks for frequent markup errors. -* "serve", which serves the build/html directory on port 8000. - * "dist", (Unix only) which creates distributable archives of HTML, text, PDF, and EPUB builds.