sphinxcontrib-programoutput

http://sphinxcontrib-programoutput.readthedocs.org

A Sphinx extension to literally insert the output of arbitrary commands into documents, helping you to keep your command examples up to date.

Installation

Install this extension from the Cheeseshop:

pip install sphinxcontrib-programoutput

The extension requires Sphinx 1.1 and Python 2.6 or Python 3.1 at least.

Usage

Just add this extension to extensions:

extensions = ['sphinxcontrib.programoutput']

Now you've two new directives program-output and command-output to insert the output of programs. The former just inserts the output:

.. program-output:: python -V

Output:

Python 2.7.1

The latter directive mimics a shell session, and is intended to show examples:

.. command-output:: python -V

Output:

$ python -V
Python 2.7.1

Please refer to the documentation for comprehensive information about usage and configuration of this extension.

Support

Please report issues to the issue tracker if you have trouble or found a bug in this extension, but respect the following guidelines:

• Check that the issue has not already been reported.
• Check that the issue is not already fixed in the master branch.
• Open issues with clear title and a detailed description in grammatically correct, complete sentences.

Development

The source code is hosted on Github:

git clone https://github.com/lunaryorn/sphinxcontrib-programoutput

Please fork the repository and send pull requests with your fixes or features, but respect these guidelines:

• Read how to properly contribute to open source projects on GitHub.
• Use a topic branch to easily amend a pull request later, if necessary.
• Write good commit messages.
• Squash commits on the topic branch before opening a pull request.
• Respect PEP 8 (use pep8 to check your coding style compliance)
• Add unit tests.
• Open a pull request that relates to but one subject with a clear title and description in grammatically correct, complete sentences.