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# PyTorch-Lightning Docs
We are using Sphinx with Napoleon extension.
Moreover, we set Google style to follow with type convention.
- [Napoleon formatting with Google style](https://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/example_google.html)
- [ReStructured Text (reST)](https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/docs-style-guide/)
- [Paragraph-level markup](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html#paragraphs)
See following short example of a sample function taking one position string and optional
```python
from typing import Optional
def my_func(param_a: int, param_b: Optional[float] = None) -> str:
"""Sample function.
Args:
param_a: first parameter
param_b: second parameter
Return:
sum of both numbers
Example::
>>> my_func(1, 2)
3
Note:
If you want to add something.
"""
p = param_b if param_b else 0
return str(param_a + p)
```
## Building Docs
When updating the docs, make sure to build them first locally and visually inspect the html files in your browser for
formatting errors. In certain cases, a missing blank line or a wrong indent can lead to a broken layout.
Run these commands
```bash
git submodule update --init --recursive
pip install -r requirements/docs.txt
make clean
cd docs
make html
```
and open `docs/build/html/index.html` in your browser.
When you send a PR the continuous integration will run tests and build the docs. You can access a preview of the html pages in the
_Artifacts_ tab in CircleCI when you click on the task named _build-Docs_ of _ci-tests_ at the bottom of the PR page.
Notes (Optional):
- You need to have LaTeX installed for rendering math equations. You can for example install TeXLive by doing one of the following:
- on Ubuntu (Linux) run `apt-get install texlive` or otherwise follow the instructions on the TeXLive website
- use the [RTD docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/readthedocs/build)
## Developing docs
When developing the docs, building docs can be VERY slow locally because of the notebook tutorials.
To speed this up, enable this flag in before building docs:
```bash
# builds notebooks which is slow
export PL_FAST_DOCS_DEV=0
# fast notebook build which is fast
export PL_FAST_DOCS_DEV=1
```
## docs CSS/theme
To change the CSS theme of the docs, go [here](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/lightning_sphinx_theme).
Apologies in advance... this is a bit complex to build and requires basic understanding of javascript/npm.