Documentation

• Getting started
  • Introduction
  • Building the documentation
    • Initial requirements
    • Create a virtual environment
    • Build using make / make.bat
    • Build using Sphinx directly
• Helping with documentation
  • Python documentation
  • Helping with documentation issues
  • Translating
  • Proofreading
• Style guide
  • Footnotes
  • Capitalization
  • Specific words
  • Type names
  • Use simple language
  • Charged terminology to avoid
  • Diátaxis
  • Links
  • Affirmative tone
  • Author attribution
  • Pronunciation of dunder names
  • Economy of expression
  • Security considerations (and other concerns)
  • Code examples
  • Code equivalents
  • Audience
  • Function signatures
• reStructuredText markup
  • Quick reference
  • reStructuredText primer
    • Use of whitespace
    • Paragraphs
    • Inline markup
    • Lists and quotes
    • Source code
    • Hyperlinks
      • External links
      • Internal links
    • Sections
    • Explicit markup
    • Directives
    • Footnotes
    • Comments
    • Source encoding
    • Gotchas
  • Typographic conventions
    • Big O notation
  • Additional markup constructs
    • Module-specific markup
    • Information units
    • Showing code examples
    • Roles
    • Cross-linking markup
    • Paragraph-level markup
    • Table-of-contents markup
    • Index-generating markup
    • Grammar production displays
    • Substitutions
• Translations
  • Translating
    • How to get help
    • Style guide
      • Translate the meaning
      • Gender neutrality
      • Roles and links
      • Translation quality
      • Terminology
      • Dialects
      • Code examples
    • Transifex
    • Resources
    • Translation FAQ
      • How do I build a docs translation?
      • Which version of the Python documentation should I work on?
      • How do I translate the Python Docs Sphinx Theme?
      • The coordination team for my language is inactive, what do I do?
      • How do I merge translations back in after docs are moved?
  • Coordinating
    • Communication/help channels
    • Starting a new translation
      • Announcement
      • Coordination team
      • Translation team
      • Repository
        • Cookiecutter/bootstrapper
        • Translation platform
      • Glossary
      • Moving the repo to the python org
      • Adding to the language switcher
    • PEP 545 summary
    • Translating Sphinx
    • Coordination FAQ
      • Are there tools to help in managing the repo?
      • How should I test my translation?
      • How is a coordination team chosen?
      • I have a translation, but it’s not in Git. What should I do?
      • My Git hierarchy does not match yours. Can I keep it?
      • What hierarchy should I use in my GitHub repository?
      • Which version of the Python documentation should be translated?
      • The entry for my translation is missing or not up to date
      • How are translations built?
      • Is there a Weblate instance we can translate on?
• Helping with the Developer’s Guide
  • Developer’s Guide workflow