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Read the Docs Sphinx Theme

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This Sphinx_ theme was designed to provide a great reader experience for documentation users on both desktop and mobile devices. This theme is used primarily on Read the Docs_ but can work with any Sphinx project. You can find a working demo of the theme in the theme documentation_

.. _Sphinx: http://www.sphinx-doc.org .. _Read the Docs: http://www.readthedocs.org .. _theme documentation: https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

Installation

This theme is distributed on PyPI_ and can be installed with pip:

.. code:: console

$ pip install sphinx-rtd-theme

To use the theme in your Sphinx project, you will need to edit your conf.py file's html_theme setting:

.. code:: python

html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"

.. admonition:: See also:

`Supported browsers`_
    Officially supported and tested browser/operating system combinations

`Supported dependencies`_
    Supported versions of Python, Sphinx, and other dependencies.

`Example documentation`_
    A full example of this theme output, with localized strings enabled.

.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sphinx_rtd_theme .. _Supported browsers: https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io/en/stable/development.html#supported-browsers .. _Supported dependencies: https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io/en/stable/development.html#supported-dependencies .. _Example documentation: https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

Configuration

This theme is highly customizable on both the page level and on a global level. To see all the possible configuration options, read the documentation on configuring the theme_.

.. _configuring the theme: https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io/en/stable/configuring.html

Contributing

If you would like to help modify or translate the theme, you'll find more information on contributing in our contributing guide_.

.. _contributing guide: https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io/en/stable/contributing.html