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Tim Abbott 7e4caf3a67 Release Zulip 1.4.		2016-08-25 10:49:00 -07:00
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_static	Add CSS style override for RTD to make tables use word wrapping	2015-08-19 11:52:49 -07:00
images	docs: Rewrite first time prod login docs to use new realm creation flow.	2016-08-25 09:37:33 -07:00
.gitignore	Initial sphinx setup from sphinx-quickstart	2015-08-18 17:31:32 -07:00
Makefile	Initial sphinx setup from sphinx-quickstart	2015-08-18 17:31:32 -07:00
README.md	Fix docs path in docs/README.md.	2016-07-18 12:03:18 -07:00
architecture-overview.md	Update zulip.com/integrations link to point to zulipchat.com.	2016-08-22 17:26:41 -07:00
brief-install-vagrant-dev.md	docs: Clean up development environment headings.	2016-08-25 10:40:51 -07:00
changelog.md	Release Zulip 1.4.	2016-08-25 10:49:00 -07:00
code-style.md	Extract media queries to media.css.	2016-08-05 10:32:55 -07:00
conf.py	Release Zulip 1.4.	2016-08-25 10:49:00 -07:00
conversion.md	export: Update conversion docs.	2016-08-13 09:36:08 -07:00
dev-env-first-time-contributors.md	docs: Clean up development environment headings.	2016-08-25 10:40:51 -07:00
dev-overview.md	docs: Clean up duplicated content in development overview.	2016-08-25 10:40:51 -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
full-text-search.md	docs: Add some full-text search documentation.	2016-06-26 09:32:54 -07:00
html_css.md	Extract media queries to media.css.	2016-08-05 10:32:55 -07:00
html_unescape.py	Change shebangs from python2.7 to python.	2016-05-29 05:03:08 -07:00
index.rst	docs: Move README.dev.md into ReadTheDocs.	2016-08-25 10:40:51 -07:00
install-docker-dev.md	Split out docker setup doc.	2016-07-19 14:57:07 -07:00
install-generic-unix-dev.md	docs: Clean up development environment headings.	2016-08-25 10:40:51 -07:00
install-ubuntu-without-vagrant-dev.md	docs: Clean up development environment headings.	2016-08-25 10:40:51 -07:00
integration-guide.md	integration guide: Move Hello World walkthrough to end.	2016-08-04 15:59:49 -07:00
life-of-a-request.md	Add extensive views writing documentation.	2016-08-18 12:37:33 -07:00
linters.md	lint: Document line length checking.	2016-08-19 12:08:22 -07:00
logging.md	Improve first-time contributor docs.	2016-05-31 07:47:45 -07:00
markdown.md	docs: Improve several headings.	2016-06-26 09:54:19 -07:00
migration-renumbering.md	Add docs/migration-renumbering.md	2016-07-18 12:02:50 -07:00
mypy.md	docs/mypy.md: Document zerver/lib/type_debug.py.	2016-07-23 14:38:24 -07:00
new-feature-tutorial.md	frontend: Extract dispatch_normal_event().	2016-08-22 20:18:02 -07:00
pointer.md	Expand pointer and unread counts guide.	2016-08-16 16:17:54 -07:00
prod-authentication-methods.md	docs: Improve Zulip in Production page navigation and ToC.	2016-08-24 14:48:11 -07:00
prod-customize.md	docs: Make headings consistent and use the imperative.	2016-08-24 15:02:14 -07:00
prod-install.md	docs: Fix command sequence for retrying Zulip installation.	2016-08-25 10:40:51 -07:00
prod-maintain-secure-upgrade.md	scripts: rename deploy-zulip-from-git to reference upgrading.	2016-08-25 10:48:59 -07:00
prod-postgres.md	Move prod postgres details to separate page.	2016-07-12 15:46:10 -07:00
prod-requirements.md	docs: Document Ubuntu 16.04 support in production.	2016-08-25 10:40:51 -07:00
prod-troubleshooting.md	docs: Rename status/debug page to troubleshooting.	2016-08-25 09:37:33 -07:00
queuing.md	Update documentation on development auto-reloading.	2016-06-26 20:20:13 -07:00
readme-symlink.md	Rearrange docs table of contents for coherence.	2016-05-31 09:07:09 -07:00
requirements.readthedocs.txt	Move doc building dependencies to requirements/docs.txt.	2016-06-20 16:05:42 -07:00
roadmap.md	Advertise Electron app in documentation.	2016-08-02 16:41:24 -07:00
schema-migrations.md	Link to migration-renumbering.html in schema-migrations.md	2016-07-18 12:02:50 -07:00
settings.md	docs: Add a bit of discussion of settings philosophy.	2016-07-25 11:43:41 -07:00
ssl-certificates.md	docs: Move SSL docs to a dedicated page.	2016-08-25 09:37:33 -07:00
testing-with-casper.md	docs: Split out Django/Casper/Node testing docs.	2016-08-18 14:10:46 -07:00
testing-with-django.md	tests: Renamed AuthedTestCase to ZulipTestCase.	2016-08-22 19:07:44 -07:00
testing-with-node.md	docs: Split out Django/Casper/Node testing docs.	2016-08-18 14:10:46 -07:00
testing.md	docs: Add linters.md to document our linters.	2016-08-19 11:55:52 -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
writing-views.md	docs: Add link to life of a request docs on URLs.	2016-08-18 12:41:38 -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).