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diff --git a/docs/developer-guide.txt b/docs/developer-guide.txt index 558d6ee7..27c304e5 100644 --- a/docs/developer-guide.txt +++ b/docs/developer-guide.txt @@ -109,3 +109,20 @@ Setuptools follows ``semver`` with some exceptions: - Omits 'v' prefix for tags. .. explain value of reflecting meaning in versions. + +---------------------- +Building Documentation +---------------------- + +Setuptools relies on the Sphinx system for building documentation and in +particular the ``build_sphinx`` distutils command. To build the +documentation, invoke:: + + python setup.py build_sphinx + +from the root of the repository. Setuptools will download a compatible +build of Sphinx and any requisite plugins and then build the +documentation in the build/sphinx directory. + +Setuptools does not support invoking the doc builder from the docs/ +directory as some tools expect. |