georg brandl splmnpythonorg im delighted announce sphinx library used build new python documentation 26 30 1 released general use sphinx tool makes easy create intelligent beautiful documentation python projects documents consisting multiple restructuredtext source files website sphinx api documentation generator like epydoc instead focus handwritten documentation python one main output formats html including html help latex extensive crossreferences semantic markup automatic links functions classes glossary terms similar pieces information hierarchical structure easy definition document tree automatic links siblings parents children automatic indices general index well module index code handling automatic highlighting using pygments highlighter goodies changes overview external link checking else various extensions available development autodoc pulls documentation docstrings written rest avoid maintain multiple documentation locations doctest automatically tests snippets documentation doctest fashion coverage documentation coverage checker cheers georg 1 httpdocspythonorgdev httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythonannouncelist support python software foundation httpwwwpythonorgpsfdonationshtml tue 05 aug 2008 230148 0100 public release sphinx pythons documentation toolchain