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| A description of the package (`astropy.packagename`) | |
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| When creating a new subpackage's documentation, this file should be | |
| copied to a file "index.rst" in a directory corresponding to the name of | |
| the package. E.g., ``docs/packagename/index.rst``. And don't forget to | |
| delete this paragraph. | |
| Introduction | |
| ============ | |
| Include general content that might be useful for understanding the | |
| package here, as well as general scientific or mathematical background | |
| that might be necessary for the "big-picture" of this package. | |
| Getting Started | |
| =============== | |
| Short tutorial-like examples of how to do common-tasks - should be | |
| fairly quick, with any more detailed examples in the next section. | |
| Using `packagename` | |
| =================== | |
| .. THIS SECTION SHOULD BE EITHER | |
| This section is for the detailed documentation. For simpler packages, this | |
| should either by paragraphs or sub-divided into sub-sections like: | |
| Sub-topic 1 | |
| ----------- | |
| Content if needed | |
| A Complex example | |
| ----------------- | |
| Content if needed | |
| Sub-sub topic 1 | |
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | |
| Content if needed (note the use of ^^^^ at this level). | |
| Sub-sub-sub topic 1 | |
| """"""""""""""""""" | |
| Content if needed (note the use of """"" at this level). | |
| This is probably the deepest level that is practical. However, | |
| just in case, the next levels of detail should use the +, :, and ~ | |
| characters respectively. | |
| .. OR IF MORE COMPLICATED, | |
| For more complicated packages that require multiple documents, this | |
| should just be a table of contents referencing those documents: | |
| .. toctree:: | |
| subdoc1 | |
| subdoc2 | |
| subdoc3 | |
| Either a toctree or sub-sections should be used, *not* both. | |
| For example, if your toctree looks like the above example, this document | |
| should be ``docs/packagename/index.rst``, and the other documents should | |
| be ``docs/packagename/subdoc1.rst``, ``docs/packagename/subdoc2.rst``, | |
| and ``docs/packagename/subdoc3.rst``. | |
| In the "more complicated" case of using ``subdoc.rst`` files, each of those | |
| should likewise use the section character header order of ``* = - ^ " + : ~``. | |
| See Also (optional) | |
| =================== | |
| Include here any references to related packages, articles, or texts. | |
| Reference/API | |
| ============= | |
| .. automodapi:: packagename | |
| Acknowledgments and Licenses (optional) | |
| ======================================= | |
| Any acknowledgements or licenses needed for this package - remove the | |
| section if none are necessary. | |