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sphinx-click

sphinx-click is a Sphinx_ plugin that allows you to automatically extract documentation from a click-based_ application and include it in your docs.

_ http://www.sphinx-doc.org/ _ http://click.pocoo.org/

Installation

Install the plugin using pip:

.. code-block:: shell

$ pip install sphinx-click

Alternatively, install from source by cloning this repo then running setup.py:

.. code-block:: shell

$ python setup.py install

Usage

.. important::

To document a click-based application, both the application itself and any additional dependencies required by that application must be installed.

Enable the plugin in your Sphinx conf.py file:

.. code-block:: python

extensions = ['sphinx_click.ext']

Once enabled, you can now use the plugin wherever necessary in the documentation.

.. code-block::

.. click:: module:parser :prog: hello-world :show-nested:

Detailed information on the various options available is provided in the documentation <https://sphinx-click.readthedocs.io>_.