madricas / sphinxcontrib-programoutput

Sphinx extension for capturing program output

sphinxcontrib-programoutput

https://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 PyPI:

pip install sphinxcontrib-programoutput

The extension requires Sphinx 1.7.0 and Python 2.7 or Python 3 (Python 3.5+ is tested) 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.

Development and Support

Please refer to the documentation for information on support and the development process.