On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 10:55 AM Matt from Documatt <m...@documatt.com> wrote: > > Okay, in such case, you actually write Sphinx extension. For example, to > modify copyright option from extension: > > copyright = "acme inc." > > def setup(app: Sphinx): > def change(app, config): > config.copyright = "foo bar inc." > > app.connect('config-inited', change) > > End value of copyright option will be "foo bar inc".
thanks, I was able to do that, and it worked for me! > > Matt > https://blog.documatt.com > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 10:14 AM Nicolas Dechesne > <nicolas.deche...@linaro.org> wrote: >> >> hi Matt, >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 10:03 AM Matt from Documatt <m...@documatt.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > in 99,9% cases is scrdir, a directory of conf.py. Conf.py is executed, so >> > you can use builtin __file__ variable: >> > >> > import os >> > >> > print(__file__) # /home/matt/foo/conf.py >> > print(os.path.dirname(__file__)) # /home/matt/foo >> >> yes, I am aware of that. But it doesn't work for me. Let me give more >> details. >> >> I have the following structure: >> >> . >> |-- conf.py >> |-- user-manual >> |-- test-manual >> |-- legacy >> >> I also have a bunch of local static files (extensions, theme, ...). >> >> the 'legacy' folder contains rst files that points to our >> documentation *before* the conversion to Sphinx (e.g. old docs). >> >> So I need to run sphinx-build twice, but I want to be able to reuse >> the same config file, so I use the '-c' option: >> >> sphinx-build . _build >> and >> sphinx-build legacy _build/legacy -c . >> >> in conf.py I would like to know 'srcdir' so that I know if I am >> building our docs, or in 'legacy' mode. >> >> > >> > If you really want to know srcdir value, you need to "hook" into Sphinx >> > using setup() function inside conf.py: >> > >> > def setup(app): >> > print(app.srcdir) # /home/matt/foo >> >> That works, and i get the right srcdir value, but then, how do I set >> project variables, such as version or release , from the context of >> setup()? >> >> > >> > Matt >> > https://blog.documatt.com >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 8:38 AM Nicolas Dechesne >> > <nicolas.deche...@linaro.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> hey, >> >> >> >> I would like to read the value of srcdir from inside conf.py. My >> >> documentation folder is organized such that I need to set the version tag >> >> based on the srcdir. >> >> >> >> is that possible? >> >> >> >> thanks! >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> >> "sphinx-users" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> >> email to sphinx-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sphinx-users/60d57327-ceb7-47ed-a6ec-4bf3803f73e4n%40googlegroups.com. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> > Google Groups "sphinx-users" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sphinx-users/PxeQeuzxS3k/unsubscribe. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> > sphinx-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sphinx-users/CAOGNDW8oQptD%3D8V6ddutsY8vjgKA%3D8sOoEo%2BUK2oCN9_et0HzA%40mail.gmail.com. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sphinx-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to sphinx-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sphinx-users/CAP71WjyXmFsxd6qkWZPTpw%2Bn1dukxANWAKA_nBLPeVPXa%3DGeyA%40mail.gmail.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "sphinx-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sphinx-users/PxeQeuzxS3k/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > sphinx-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sphinx-users/CAOGNDW-prVhkNZ0OkuuWwfMfw5wCt0pZfO5uteTJimuRjdd-QA%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sphinx-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sphinx-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sphinx-users/CAP71Wjxt1ZhiUGLvoDm_-5Rc6xXCX8vVEE1BMV_JuTc7EN9FJQ%40mail.gmail.com.