docpy 0.1.1

Python to MD documentation generator

docpy

This package auto-generates Markdown documentation from Python files.

Installation

This package is installed using pip:

pip install docpy

Usage

This package is used from the command line:

docpy ...

The package help entry is given below.

usage: docpy [-h] [-a APPEND] [-o OUT] [-s SUB] [-t TEMP] ...

generate Markdown documentation for Python files

positional arguments:
  files                 files to be documented

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -a APPEND, --append APPEND
                        file to which to append generated Markdown
  -o OUT, --output OUT  file to save generated Markdown to
  -s SUB, --sub SUB     file with ::DOCUMENTATION:: tag to replace Markdown
  -t TEMP, --template TEMP
                        template file with ::DOCUMENTATION:: tag, needs OUT
                        argument

Templates

You can define a Markdown template in which your documentation will be placed using the -t flag, which must be used in conjunction with the -o flag. In your template, just put ::DOCUMENTATION:: where you want the documentation to be placed. For example,

# This is a markdown file.

My docs are below:

::DOCUMENTATION::

_this concludes the documentation._

Changelog

v0.1.1:

• Fixed formatting error in docstrings

v0.1.0:

• Initial release