Hi Leo,

On 12/02/14 00:26, Dr. Leo wrote:
> I would like to use Sphinx for non-documentation projects. the bare
> Docutils works reasonabley well. But Sphinx' unique features such as
> multiple files and TOC generation, directives for graphviz and
> matplotlib and the Hieroglyph extension to create HGML5 slides
> - https://github.com/nyergler/hieroglyph -
> 
> are compelling reasons for me to use Sphinx rather than Docutils.
> 
> So I guess what I want is an extension or theme that strips off all the
> documentation related stuff leaving just those Sphinx features reusable
> in non-documentation contexts. At least, I want to
> configure/extend/modify Sphinx such that documentation-related elements
> do not "pollute" the output.
> 
> Unfortunately, I have no idea where to start.

I recommend the tutorial:

http://sphinx-doc.org/tutorial.html

> The main reason for this somewhat off-topic request is my need for a
> tool chain to produce slides from simple plain text files. It looks as
> though this might be the best way for the visually impaired to produce
> high quality slides - ppt is virtually untractable with assistive
> technology. Latex/Beamer might be an option, but it's just so clumpsy to
> write.

For the presentations themselves I'd recommend landslide:

https://github.com/adamzap/landslide/blob/master/docs/index.rst

> Any hint, in particular on whether it would be worthwhile to start from
> Sphinx rather than Docutils would be very much appreciated.

I maintain several non-code sites and can recommend Sphinx over plain
docutils in this situation, mainly because it adds the notion of a
global document tree.

http://www.saffre-rumma.net
http://www.vor-cycling.be/

Luc

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