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architecture-overview.md	Advertise Electron app in documentation.	2016-08-02 16:41:24 -07:00
brief-install-vagrant-dev.md	Update links in README and integration guide.	2016-07-19 14:57:07 -07:00
changelog.md	changelog: Clean up some minor text issues.	2016-07-20 20:01:30 -07:00
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conf.py	Update copyright year in documentation.	2016-07-28 13:57:05 -07:00
dev-env-first-time-contributors.md	Recommend vagrant provision instead of vagrant reload.	2016-08-02 15:10:59 -07:00
directory-structure.md	Fix typos in the documentation.	2016-07-27 13:44:27 -07:00
front-end-build-process.md	Update documentaton to reflect Django-Pipeline==1.6.8.	2016-07-09 07:09:55 -07:00
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html_css.md	Fix misspelling in HTML CSS documentation.	2016-07-12 14:15:23 -04:00
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install-generic-unix-dev.md	docs: Fix Fedora secondary links in generic installation.	2016-07-30 21:20:54 -07:00
install-ubuntu-without-vagrant-dev.md	Split non-Vagrant Ubuntu install doc into topic page.	2016-07-19 14:57:07 -07:00
integration-guide.md	Add HelloWorld webhook integration + Walkthough.	2016-07-29 21:38:40 -07:00
life-of-a-request.md	docs: Fix style issues in life-of-a-request.	2016-07-20 18:31:41 -07:00
logging.md	Improve first-time contributor docs.	2016-05-31 07:47:45 -07:00
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new-feature-tutorial.md	Describe events/initial state in new-feature-tutorial.md.	2016-08-04 09:45:37 -07:00
prod-auth-first-login.md	Fix typos in the documentation.	2016-07-27 13:44:27 -07:00
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prod-requirements.md	Fix typos in the documentation.	2016-07-27 13:44:27 -07:00
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roadmap.md	Advertise Electron app in documentation.	2016-08-02 16:41:24 -07:00
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testing.md	testing: Remove now-unnecessary istanbul install docs.	2016-08-04 09:43:05 -07:00
translating.md	docs: Cleanup typos and language in translating guide.	2016-07-29 14:49:51 -07:00
using-dev-environment.md	Split developer environment usage instructions into new page.	2016-07-19 14:57:07 -07:00
version-control.md	docs: Split out version control guidelines.	2016-06-26 10:04:06 -07:00

README.md

Documentation

These docs are written in Commonmark Markdown with a small bit of rST. We've chosen Markdown because it is easy to write. The docs are served in production at zulip.readthedocs.io.

If you want to build the documentation locally (e.g. to test your changes), the dependencies are automatically installed as part of Zulip development environment provisioning, and you can build the documentation using:

cd docs/
make html

and then opening file:///path/to/zulip/docs/_build/html/index.html in your browser (you can also use e.g. firefox docs/_build/html/index.html from the root of your Zulip checkout).

You can also usually test your changes by pushing a branch to GitHub and looking at the content on the GitHub web UI, since GitHub renders Markdown.

When editing dependencies for the Zulip documentation, you should edit requirements/docs.txt (which is used by ReadTheDocs to build the documentation quickly, without installing all of Zulip's dependencies).