Prior to this commit, the kernel docs writing guide spent over a page
describing exactly how *not* to write tables into the kernel docs,
without providing a example about the desired format.
This patch provides a positive example first in the guide so that it's
harder to miss, then leaves the existing less desirable approach below
for contributors to follow if they have some stronger justification for
why to use that approach.
Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@isovalent.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230424171850.3612317-1-joe@isovalent.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
We don't default to Read The Docs anymore; update the docs to match.
Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Now that building html docs with math expressions does not need texlive
packages, remove the note on the requirement in the "Sphinx Install"
section.
Instead, add sections of "Math Expressions in HTML" and "Choice of Math
Renderer".
Describe the effect of setting SPHINX_IMGMATH in the latter section.
Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a67e3279-6bc7-ee2c-2b49-9275252460b0@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
With kernel releases v5.18 and later, if you have Inkscape, images
embedded in PDF documents are of vector graphics, not the raster
images as are the case with pre-v5.18 releases.
Even with pre-5.18 releases, having Inkscape would improve images
converted from some of SVG files which are not fully covered by the
limited capability of rsvg-convert(1) [1].
Add a footnote mentioning the expected improvements of such images.
Link: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg#non-goals-of-librsvg [1]
Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/81cddbde-bc28-bec1-fca4-3c8fe2df502f@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Our documentation encourages the use of list-table formats, but that advice
runs counter to the objective of keeping the plain-text documentation as
useful and readable as possible. Turn that advice around the other way so
that people don't keep adding these tables.
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Commit f546ff0c0c ("Move our minimum Sphinx version to 1.7") raised
the minimum version to 1.7.
For pdfdocs, sphinx_pre_install says:
note: If you want pdf, you need at least Sphinx 2.4.4.
, and current requirements.txt installs Sphinx 2.4.4.
Update Sphinx versions mentioned in docs and remove a note on earlier
Sphinx versions.
Update zh_CN and it_IT translations as well.
Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
Cc: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>
Cc: Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Now that we can mark up function() automatically, there is no reason to use
:c:func: and every reason to avoid it. Adjust the documentation to reflect
that fact.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
There's a paragraph that explains how to create fixed width text block,
but it doesn't explains how to create fixed width text inline, although
this feature is really used through the documentation. Fix that adding a
quick note about it.
Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@collabora.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
As discussed at the linux-doc ML, while we'll still support
version 1.3, it is time to recommend a more modern version.
So, let's switch the minimal requirements to Sphinx 1.7.9,
as it has the "-jauto" flag, with makes a lot faster when
building documentation.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
While using this guide to learn the new documentation method, I saw
a few phrases that I felt could be improved. These small changes
improve the grammar and choice of words to further enhance the
installation instructions.
Signed-off-by: Joel Nider <joeln@il.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Some documents are refering to others without links. With this
patch I add those missing links.
This patch affects only documents under process/ and labels where
necessary.
Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Fix a typo in sphinx.rst and a minor error in parse-header.rst
Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Now that the PDF building issues with Sphinx 1.6 got fixed,
update the documentation and scripts accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Now that we have a script to check for Sphinx dependencies,
document it.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Instead of having it on just one note, add a separate section.
This way, we could later improve it, providing a better
guide about the needed steps for PDF builds.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
As we now have a document describing the install
requirements for Sphinx, add there the need for GraphViz
and ImageMagick.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
There's no "Sphinx C Domain" reference at the Kernel
documentation. So, don't use references for it.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
As the Sphinx build seems very fragile, specially for
PDF output, add a notice about how to use it on a virtual
environment.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
The toolchain used by Sphinx is somewhat complex, and installing
it should be part of the doc-guide.
Move it out of changes.rst.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
DocBook is mentioned several times at the documentation. Update
the obsolete references from it at the DocBook.
Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sj38.park@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
We're still pretty far away from anything like a consensus, but
there's clearly a lot of people who prefer an as-light as possible
approach to converting existing .txt files to .rst. Make sure this is
properly taken into account and clear.
Motivated by discussions with Peter and Christoph and others.
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Having the kernel-documentation at the topmost level doesn't
allow generating a separate PDF file for it. Also, makes harder
to add extra contents. So, place it on a sub-dir.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
