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README.md	Fix docs path in docs/README.md.	2016-07-18 12:03:18 -07:00
architecture-overview.md	Fix typos in the documentation.	2016-07-27 13:44:27 -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
code-style.md	lint: Add documentation lint check for JavaScript spelling.	2016-07-12 19:22:21 -07:00
conf.py	Update copyright year in documentation.	2016-07-28 13:57:05 -07:00
dev-env-first-time-contributors.md	docs: Fix links to troubleshooting guide.	2016-07-20 18:40:10 -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	Fix misspelling in HTML CSS documentation.	2016-07-12 14:15:23 -04:00
html_unescape.py	Change shebangs from python2.7 to python.	2016-05-29 05:03:08 -07:00
index.rst	Add Life of a Request doc (#1302 )	2016-07-20 17:12:15 -07:00
install-docker-dev.md	Split out docker setup doc.	2016-07-19 14:57:07 -07:00
install-generic-unix-dev.md	Factor out venv-installing code into a module.	2016-07-20 18:20:37 -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	Update links in README and integration guide.	2016-07-19 14:57:07 -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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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	docs: Fix new feature tutorial link to testing docs.	2016-06-27 20:52:20 -07:00
prod-auth-first-login.md	Fix typos in the documentation.	2016-07-27 13:44:27 -07:00
prod-authentication-methods.md	docs: Turn SSO auth documentation into general auth page.	2016-07-12 16:19:13 -07:00
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prod-maintain-secure-upgrade.md	Move prod remote user SSO auth guide to new page.	2016-07-12 15:46:10 -07:00
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prod-requirements.md	Fix typos in the documentation.	2016-07-27 13:44:27 -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	Fix typos in the documentation.	2016-07-27 13:44:27 -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
test-suite-dev.md	docs: Fix headings for possible testing issues.	2016-07-19 15:00:14 -07:00
testing.md	Update casper testing documentation.	2016-07-28 13:55:27 -07:00
translating.md	Document frontend translation syntax.	2016-07-18 13:59:07 -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).