That's cool, but historical heritage makes the make argument
somewhat confusing for new users. The immediate question I
can sense is "What is the difference between build and make?"
To make (this word again) the critics constructive, let me pass
some ideas about ideal user experience as I see it.
--[installation]--
1 I install Sphinx. Two scenarios.
1.1 I am not a Python user - use installer
1.1.1 Installer should obviously install Python
1.1.2 And install sphinx command
1.1.3 And add sphinx to PATH
1.2 I am a Python user - use pip
1.2.1 pip should not alter my PATH (for virtualenv)
--[usage]--
2 Two scenarios
2.1 sphinx as a system command from PATH
2.2 "python -m sphinx" for current virtualenv / test config
--[user experience]--
3 These two invocations are equal
> sphinx
> python -m sphinx
4. They give the following ouput
>
Sphinx 1.2 Documentation Generator
Commands:
build build documentation
init start new project [also quickstart]
make helper for common build commands
Use "sphinx -h command" or "sphinx command --help" for details
I am not using sphinx ATM otherwise I'd spent more time to
design ideal command set to get rid of build/make duality, but
it should work ok.
Actually "sphinx" is a new command, so you may rethink the
syntax for "build" arguments to contain "html" instead of dir names,
and move dir names into parameters, because it is how it is most
often used.
--
anatoly t.
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Georg Brandl <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's also planned, see
> https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/sphinx-new-make-mode/.
>
> Georg
>
> Am 12.01.2014 09:49, schrieb anatoly techtonik:
>> And cross-platform automation tools in Python instead of make
>> https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/sphinx/issue/456/makepy-command-script
>> --
>> anatoly t.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 11:12 AM, INADA Naoki <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> What about using venv and pip instead of svn?
>
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