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# coreboot documentation guidelines
> Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good;
> and when it is bad, it is better than nothing.
That said please always try to write documentation! One problem in the
firmware development is the missing documentation. In this document
you will get a brief introduction how to write, submit and publish
documenation to coreboot.
## Preparations
coreboot uses [Sphinx] documentation tool. We prefer the markdown format
over reStructuredText so only embedded ReST is supported. Checkout the
[Markdown Guide] for more information.
### Install Sphinx
Please follow this official [guide] to install sphinx.
You will also need python-recommonmark for sphinx to be able to handle
markdown documenation.
The recommended version is sphinx 1.7.7, sphinx_rtd_theme 0.4.1 and
recommonmark 0.4.0.
### Optional
Install [shpinx-autobuild] for rebuilding markdown/rst sources on the fly!
## Basic and simple rules
The following rules should be followed in order to get it at least reviewed
on [review.coreboot.org].
Documentation:
1. Must be written in **markdown** with **embedded reStructuredText**
format.
2. Must be written in **English**.
3. Must be placed into **Documentation/** directory subfolder.
4. Should follow the same directory structure as **src/** when practical.
5. Must be referenced from within other markdown files
6. The commit must follow the [Gerrit Guidelines].
7. Must have all **lowercase filenames**.
8. Running text should have a visible width of about **72 chars**.
9. Should not **duplicate** documentation, but reference it instead.
10. Must not include the same picture in multiple markdown files.
11. Images should be kept small. They should be under 700px in width, as
the current theme doesn't allow bigger images.
12. Shouldn't cover implementation details; for details, the code is the
reference.
## Referencing markdown documents
Starting with Sphinx 1.6 recommonmark's *auto_doc_ref* feature is broken.
To reference documents use the TOC tree or inline RST code.
## Markdown and Tables
Under Sphinx markdown tables are not supported. Therefore you can use following
code block to write tables in reStructuredText and embed them into the markdown:
```eval_rst
+------------+------------+-----------+
| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 |
+============+============+===========+
| body row 1 | column 2 | column 3 |
+------------+------------+-----------+
| body row 2 | Cells may span columns.|
+------------+------------+-----------+
| body row 3 | Cells may | - Cells |
+------------+ span rows. | - contain |
| body row 4 | | - blocks. |
+------------+------------+-----------+
``` #just a code block is enough
## TocTree
To make sure that all documents are included into the final documentation, you
must reference each document from at least one *toctree*. The *toctree* must
only reference files in the same folder or in subfolders !
To create a toctree, simply use a bullet list or numbered list with a single
reference. References in regular text aren't considered as *toctree* .
This feature is enabled by recommonmark's *enable_auto_toc_tree* .
**Example toctree:**
```
* [Chapter 1](chapter1.md)
* [Chapter 2](chapter2.md)
* [Subchapter](sub/index.md)
```
```
1. [Chapter 1](chapter1.md)
2. [Chapter 2](chapter2.md)
```
If you do only reference the document, but do not include it in any toctree,
you'll see the following warning:
**WARNING: document isn't included in any toctree**
[coreboot]: https://coreboot.org
[Documentation]: https://review.coreboot.org/cgit/coreboot.git/tree/Documentation
[shpinx-autobuild]: https://github.com/GaretJax/sphinx-autobuild
[guide]: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/install.html
[Sphinx]: http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/
[Markdown Guide]: https://www.markdownguide.org/
[Gerrit Guidelines]: gerrit_guidelines.md
[review.coreboot.org]: https://review.coreboot.org
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