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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. |
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| Introduction |
| ============ |
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| 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. |
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| Getting Started |
| =============== |
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| Short tutorial-like examples of how to do common-tasks - should be |
| fairly quick, with any more detailed examples in the next section. |
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| Using `packagename` |
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| .. THIS SECTION SHOULD BE EITHER |
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| This section is for the detailed documentation. For simpler packages, this |
| should either by paragraphs or sub-divided into sub-sections like: |
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| Sub-topic 1 |
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| Content if needed |
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| A Complex example |
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| Content if needed |
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| Sub-sub topic 1 |
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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| Content if needed (note the use of ^^^^ at this level). |
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| Sub-sub-sub topic 1 |
| """"""""""""""""""" |
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| 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. |
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| .. OR IF MORE COMPLICATED, |
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| For more complicated packages that require multiple documents, this |
| should just be a table of contents referencing those documents: |
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| .. toctree:: |
| subdoc1 |
| subdoc2 |
| subdoc3 |
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| Either a toctree or sub-sections should be used, *not* both. |
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| 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``. |
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| In the "more complicated" case of using ``subdoc.rst`` files, each of those |
| should likewise use the section character header order of ``* = - ^ " + : ~``. |
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| See Also (optional) |
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| Include here any references to related packages, articles, or texts. |
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| Reference/API |
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| .. automodapi:: packagename |
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| Acknowledgments and Licenses (optional) |
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| Any acknowledgements or licenses needed for this package - remove the |
| section if none are necessary. |
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