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authorRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>2025-05-19 15:36:13 -0700
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2025-05-21 04:21:28 -0600
commit5ccab49c104c2237f1573961857d9b173fcd9a12 (patch)
tree0cbb1cdf510184c23e2cd39dc89718969008f7c5
parentc4941af28ca3c70c80169867039ed207d20b7add (diff)
docs: doc-guide: clarify latest theme usage
We have been using the Alabaster theme as the default theme since Sept. 2022. Keep the information on the RTD theme around in case someone wants to try it with the DOCS_THEME environment variable. Fixes: 26d797ffc1c0 ("docs: update sphinx.rst to reflect the default theme change") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20250519223613.37277-1-rdunlap@infradead.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
index 8081ebfe48bc..f14be82e9c35 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ with your distributions. In order to do so, it is recommended to install
Sphinx inside a virtual environment, using ``virtualenv-3``
or ``virtualenv``, depending on how your distribution packaged Python 3.
-.. note::
-
- #) It is recommended to use the RTD theme for html output. Depending
- on the Sphinx version, it should be installed separately,
- with ``pip install sphinx_rtd_theme``.
-
In summary, if you want to install the latest version of Sphinx, you
should do::
@@ -162,6 +156,12 @@ By default, the "Alabaster" theme is used to build the HTML documentation;
this theme is bundled with Sphinx and need not be installed separately.
The Sphinx theme can be overridden by using the ``DOCS_THEME`` make variable.
+.. note::
+
+ Some people might prefer to use the RTD theme for html output.
+ Depending on the Sphinx version, it should be installed separately,
+ with ``pip install sphinx_rtd_theme``.
+
There is another make variable ``SPHINXDIRS``, which is useful when test
building a subset of documentation. For example, you can build documents
under ``Documentation/doc-guide`` by running