Builders
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These are the built-in Sphinx builders.  More builders can be added by
extensions.

The builder's "name" must be given to the **-b** command-line option
of **sphinx-build** to select a builder.

class sphinx.builders.html.StandaloneHTMLBuilder

   This is the standard HTML builder.  Its output is a directory with
   HTML files, complete with style sheets and optionally the reST
   sources.  There are quite a few configuration values that customize
   the output of this builder, see the chapter Options for HTML output
   for details.

   name = 'html'

   format = 'html'

   supported_image_types = ['image/svg+xml', 'image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/jpeg']

class sphinx.builders.dirhtml.DirectoryHTMLBuilder

   This is a subclass of the standard HTML builder.  Its output is a
   directory with HTML files, where each file is called "index.html"
   and placed in a subdirectory named like its page name.  For
   example, the document "markup/rest.rst" will not result in an
   output file "markup/rest.html", but "markup/rest/index.html".  When
   generating links between pages, the "index.html" is omitted, so
   that the URL would look like "markup/rest/".

   name = 'dirhtml'

   format = 'html'

   supported_image_types = ['image/svg+xml', 'image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/jpeg']

   New in version 0.6.

class sphinx.builders.singlehtml.SingleFileHTMLBuilder

   This is an HTML builder that combines the whole project in one
   output file. (Obviously this only works with smaller projects.)
   The file is named like the master document.  No indices will be
   generated.

   name = 'singlehtml'

   format = 'html'

   supported_image_types = ['image/svg+xml', 'image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/jpeg']

   New in version 1.0.

class sphinxcontrib.htmlhelp.HTMLHelpBuilder

   This builder produces the same output as the standalone HTML
   builder, but also generates HTML Help support files that allow the
   Microsoft HTML Help Workshop to compile them into a CHM file.

   name = 'htmlhelp'

   format = 'html'

   supported_image_types = ['image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/jpeg']

class sphinxcontrib.qthelp.QtHelpBuilder

   This builder produces the same output as the standalone HTML
   builder, but also generates Qt help collection support files that
   allow the Qt collection generator to compile them.

   Changed in version 2.0: Moved to sphinxcontrib.qthelp from
   sphinx.builders package.

   name = 'qthelp'

   format = 'html'

   supported_image_types = ['image/svg+xml', 'image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/jpeg']

class sphinxcontrib.applehelp.AppleHelpBuilder

   This builder produces an Apple Help Book based on the same output
   as the standalone HTML builder.

   If the source directory contains any ".lproj" folders, the one
   corresponding to the selected language will have its contents
   merged with the generated output.  These folders will be ignored by
   all other documentation types.

   In order to generate a valid help book, this builder requires the
   command line tool **hiutil**, which is only available on Mac OS X
   10.6 and above.  You can disable the indexing step by setting
   "applehelp_disable_external_tools" to "True", in which case the
   output will not be valid until **hiutil** has been run on all of
   the ".lproj" folders within the bundle.

   name = 'applehelp'

   format = 'html'

   supported_image_types = ['image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/jpeg', 'image/tiff', 'image/jp2', 'image/svg+xml']

   New in version 1.3.

   Changed in version 2.0: Moved to sphinxcontrib.applehelp from
   sphinx.builders package.

class sphinxcontrib.devhelp.DevhelpBuilder

   This builder produces the same output as the standalone HTML
   builder, but also generates GNOME Devhelp support file that allows
   the GNOME Devhelp reader to view them.

   name = 'devhelp'

   format = 'html'

   supported_image_types = ['image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/jpeg']

   Changed in version 2.0: Moved to sphinxcontrib.devhelp from
   sphinx.builders package.

class sphinx.builders.epub3.Epub3Builder

   This builder produces the same output as the standalone HTML
   builder, but also generates an *epub* file for ebook readers.  See
   Epub info for details about it.  For definition of the epub format,
   have a look at http://idpf.org/epub or
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB. The builder creates *EPUB 3*
   files.

   name = 'epub'

   format = 'html'

   supported_image_types = ['image/svg+xml', 'image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/jpeg']

   New in version 1.4.

   Changed in version 1.5: Since Sphinx-1.5, the epub3 builder is used
   for the default builder of epub.

class sphinx.builders.latex.LaTeXBuilder

   This builder produces a bunch of LaTeX files in the output
   directory.  You have to specify which documents are to be included
   in which LaTeX files via the "latex_documents" configuration value.
   There are a few configuration values that customize the output of
   this builder, see the chapter Options for LaTeX output for details.

   The produced LaTeX file uses several LaTeX packages that may not be
   present in a "minimal" TeX distribution installation.

   On Ubuntu xenial, the following packages need to be installed for
   successful PDF builds:

   * "texlive-latex-recommended"

   * "texlive-fonts-recommended"

   * "texlive-latex-extra"

   * "latexmk" (this is a Sphinx requirement on GNU/Linux and MacOS X
     for functioning of "make latexpdf")

   Additional packages are needed in some circumstances (see the
   discussion of the "'fontpkg'" key of "latex_elements" for more
   information):

   * to support occasional Cyrillic letters or words, and a fortiori
     if "language" is set to a Cyrillic language, the package
     "texlive-lang-cyrillic" is required, and, with unmodified
     "'fontpkg'", also "cm-super" or "cm-super-minimal",

   * to support occasional Greek letters or words (in text, not in
     "math" directive contents), "texlive-lang-greek" is required,
     and, with unmodified "'fontpkg'", also "cm-super" or "cm-super-
     minimal",

   * for "'xelatex'" or "'lualatex'" (see "latex_engine"), "texlive-
     xetex" resp. "texlive-luatex", and, if leaving unchanged
     "'fontpkg'", "fonts-freefont-otf".

   The testing of Sphinx LaTeX is done on Ubuntu xenial whose TeX
   distribution is based on a TeXLive 2015 snapshot dated March 2016.

   Changed in version 1.6: Formerly, testing had been done on Ubuntu
   precise (TeXLive 2009).

   Changed in version 2.0: Formerly, testing had been done on Ubuntu
   trusty (TeXLive 2013).

   Note:

     Since 1.6, "make latexpdf" uses "latexmk" (not on Windows).  This
     makes sure the needed number of runs is automatically executed to
     get the cross-references, bookmarks, indices, and tables of
     contents right.One can pass to "latexmk" options via the
     "LATEXMKOPTS" Makefile variable. For example:

        make latexpdf LATEXMKOPTS="-silent"

     reduces console output to a minimum.Also, if "latexmk" is at
     version 4.52b or higher (January 2017) "LATEXMKOPTS="-xelatex""
     speeds up PDF builds via XeLateX in case of numerous graphics
     inclusions.To pass options directly to the "(pdf|xe|lua)latex"
     binary, use variable "LATEXOPTS", for example:

        make latexpdf LATEXOPTS="--halt-on-error"

   name = 'latex'

   format = 'latex'

   supported_image_types = ['application/pdf', 'image/png', 'image/jpeg']

Note that a direct PDF builder is being provided by rinohtype. The
builder's name is "rinoh". Refer to the rinohtype manual for details.

class sphinx.builders.text.TextBuilder

   This builder produces a text file for each reST file -- this is
   almost the same as the reST source, but with much of the markup
   stripped for better readability.

   name = 'text'

   format = 'text'

   supported_image_types = []

   New in version 0.4.

class sphinx.builders.manpage.ManualPageBuilder

   This builder produces manual pages in the groff format.  You have
   to specify which documents are to be included in which manual pages
   via the "man_pages" configuration value.

   name = 'man'

   format = 'man'

   supported_image_types = []

   New in version 1.0.

class sphinx.builders.texinfo.TexinfoBuilder

   This builder produces Texinfo files that can be processed into Info
   files by the **makeinfo** program.  You have to specify which
   documents are to be included in which Texinfo files via the
   "texinfo_documents" configuration value.

   The Info format is the basis of the on-line help system used by GNU
   Emacs and the terminal-based program **info**.  See Texinfo info
   for more details.  The Texinfo format is the official documentation
   system used by the GNU project.  More information on Texinfo can be
   found at https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/.

   name = 'texinfo'

   format = 'texinfo'

   supported_image_types = ['image/png', 'image/jpeg', 'image/gif']

   New in version 1.1.

class sphinxcontrib.serializinghtml.SerializingHTMLBuilder

   This builder uses a module that implements the Python serialization
   API (*pickle*, *simplejson*, *phpserialize*, and others) to dump
   the generated HTML documentation.  The pickle builder is a subclass
   of it.

   A concrete subclass of this builder serializing to the PHP
   serialization format could look like this:

      import phpserialize

      class PHPSerializedBuilder(SerializingHTMLBuilder):
          name = 'phpserialized'
          implementation = phpserialize
          out_suffix = '.file.phpdump'
          globalcontext_filename = 'globalcontext.phpdump'
          searchindex_filename = 'searchindex.phpdump'

   implementation

      A module that implements *dump()*, *load()*, *dumps()* and
      *loads()* functions that conform to the functions with the same
      names from the pickle module.  Known modules implementing this
      interface are *simplejson*, *phpserialize*, *plistlib*, and
      others.

   out_suffix

      The suffix for all regular files.

   globalcontext_filename

      The filename for the file that contains the "global context".
      This is a dict with some general configuration values such as
      the name of the project.

   searchindex_filename

      The filename for the search index Sphinx generates.

   See Serialization builder details for details about the output
   format.

   New in version 0.5.

class sphinxcontrib.serializinghtml.PickleHTMLBuilder

   This builder produces a directory with pickle files containing
   mostly HTML fragments and TOC information, for use of a web
   application (or custom postprocessing tool) that doesn't use the
   standard HTML templates.

   See Serialization builder details for details about the output
   format.

   name = 'pickle'

      The old name "web" still works as well.

   format = 'html'

   supported_image_types = ['image/svg+xml', 'image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/jpeg']

   The file suffix is ".fpickle".  The global context is called
   "globalcontext.pickle", the search index "searchindex.pickle".

class sphinxcontrib.serializinghtml.JSONHTMLBuilder

   This builder produces a directory with JSON files containing mostly
   HTML fragments and TOC information, for use of a web application
   (or custom postprocessing tool) that doesn't use the standard HTML
   templates.

   See Serialization builder details for details about the output
   format.

   name = 'json'

   format = 'html'

   supported_image_types = ['image/svg+xml', 'image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/jpeg']

   The file suffix is ".fjson".  The global context is called
   "globalcontext.json", the search index "searchindex.json".

   New in version 0.5.

class sphinx.builders.gettext.MessageCatalogBuilder

   This builder produces gettext-style message catalogs.  Each top-
   level file or subdirectory grows a single ".pot" catalog template.

   See the documentation on Internationalization for further
   reference.

   name = 'gettext'

   format = ''

   supported_image_types = []

   New in version 1.1.

class sphinx.builders.changes.ChangesBuilder

   This builder produces an HTML overview of all "versionadded",
   "versionchanged" and "deprecated" directives for the current
   "version".  This is useful to generate a ChangeLog file, for
   example.

   name = 'changes'

   format = ''

   supported_image_types = []

class sphinx.builders.dummy.DummyBuilder

   This builder produces no output.  The input is only parsed and
   checked for consistency.  This is useful for linting purposes.

   name = 'dummy'

   supported_image_types = []

   New in version 1.4.

class sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder

   This builder scans all documents for external links, tries to open
   them with "requests", and writes an overview which ones are broken
   and redirected to standard output and to "output.txt" in the output
   directory.

   name = 'linkcheck'

   format = ''

   supported_image_types = []

   Changed in version 1.5: Since Sphinx-1.5, the linkcheck builder
   comes to use requests module.

class sphinx.builders.xml.XMLBuilder

   This builder produces Docutils-native XML files.  The output can be
   transformed with standard XML tools such as XSLT processors into
   arbitrary final forms.

   name = 'xml'

   format = 'xml'

   supported_image_types = []

   New in version 1.2.

class sphinx.builders.xml.PseudoXMLBuilder

   This builder is used for debugging the Sphinx/Docutils "Reader to
   Transform to Writer" pipeline. It produces compact pretty-printed
   "pseudo-XML", files where nesting is indicated by indentation (no
   end-tags). External attributes for all elements are output, and
   internal attributes for any leftover "pending" elements are also
   given.

   name = 'pseudoxml'

   format = 'pseudoxml'

   supported_image_types = []

   New in version 1.2.

Built-in Sphinx extensions that offer more builders are:

* "doctest"

* "coverage"


Serialization builder details
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All serialization builders outputs one file per source file and a few
special files.  They also copy the reST source files in the directory
"_sources" under the output directory.

The "PickleHTMLBuilder" is a builtin subclass that implements the
pickle serialization interface.

The files per source file have the extensions of "out_suffix", and are
arranged in directories just as the source files are.  They
unserialize to a dictionary (or dictionary like structure) with these
keys:

"body"
   The HTML "body" (that is, the HTML rendering of the source file),
   as rendered by the HTML translator.

"title"
   The title of the document, as HTML (may contain markup).

"toc"
   The table of contents for the file, rendered as an HTML "<ul>".

"display_toc"
   A boolean that is "True" if the "toc" contains more than one entry.

"current_page_name"
   The document name of the current file.

"parents", "prev" and "next"
   Information about related chapters in the TOC tree.  Each relation
   is a dictionary with the keys "link" (HREF for the relation) and
   "title" (title of the related document, as HTML).  "parents" is a
   list of relations, while "prev" and "next" are a single relation.

"sourcename"
   The name of the source file under "_sources".

The special files are located in the root output directory.  They are:

"SerializingHTMLBuilder.globalcontext_filename"
   A pickled dict with these keys:

   "project", "copyright", "release", "version"
      The same values as given in the configuration file.

   "style"
      "html_style".

   "last_updated"
      Date of last build.

   "builder"
      Name of the used builder, in the case of pickles this is always
      "'pickle'".

   "titles"
      A dictionary of all documents' titles, as HTML strings.

"SerializingHTMLBuilder.searchindex_filename"
   An index that can be used for searching the documentation.  It is a
   pickled list with these entries:

   * A list of indexed docnames.

   * A list of document titles, as HTML strings, in the same order as
     the first list.

   * A dict mapping word roots (processed by an English-language
     stemmer) to a list of integers, which are indices into the first
     list.

"environment.pickle"
   The build environment.  This is always a pickle file, independent
   of the builder and a copy of the environment that was used when the
   builder was started.

   Todo: Document common members.

   Unlike the other pickle files this pickle file requires that the
   "sphinx" package is available on unpickling.
