hexdoc

hexdoc

A Jinja-based documentation generator for Patchouli books.

This is the library that powers Hex Casting's web book.

Check out the docs at https://hexdoc.hexxy.media!

IMPORTANT: Version incompatibilities

There are issues related to installing hexdoc with the following dependency versions:

• Python 3.12+ on Windows: https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/issues/887

hexdoc is known to work with Python 3.11.

Plugins

hexdoc has a few Copier templates that you can use to set up a hexdoc plugin for your mod:

• hexdoc-mod-template: generic template
• hexdoc-hexcasting-template: Hex Casting addons (also compatible with HexDummy!)

Support

hexdoc does not currently have a dedicated support server. If you have any questions, please feel free to join the Hex Casting Discord server and ask in the #hexdoc channel, or open an issue/discussion on GitHub.

Contributing

Setup

Automatically set up a development environment with Nox:

pipx install nox  # pipx (recommended)
python3 -m pip install nox  # pip

nox -s setup
# next, run the venv activation command printed by uv

Manual setup:

git submodule update --init

python3.11 -m venv venv

.\venv\Scripts\activate   # Windows
. venv/bin/activate.fish  # fish
source venv/bin/activate  # everything else

pip install -e .[dev]
pre-commit install

Usage

For local testing, create a file called .env in the repo root following this template:

GITHUB_SHA=main
GITHUB_REPOSITORY=hexdoc-dev/hexdoc
GITHUB_PAGES_URL=https://hexdoc.hexxy.media

Useful commands:

# show help
hexdoc -h

# serve hexdoc resources locally
# this is useful if serving other books locally that depend on hexdoc resources
nodemon --exec "hexdoc serve --port 8001 --no-merge"

# render and serve the Hex Casting web book in watch mode
nodemon

# start the Python interpreter with some extra local variables
hexdoc repl

# run tests
pytest  # fast, skips Cookiecutter
nox  # slow, full test suite in an isolated venv
nox --no-install  # after the first Nox run, use this to skip reinstalling everything

# update test snapshots (only running sessions with the tag "test")
nox -t test -- --snapshot-update

# run hexdoc commands in an isolated environment to ensure it works on its own
nox -s hexdoc -- build
nox -s hexdoc -- repl

# set up a dummy book for local testing
nox -s dummy_setup
nox -s dummy_serve

nox -s dummy_hexdoc -- build

nox -s dummy_clean

# generate and run the full docs website locally, or just run Docusaurus
nox -t docs
nox -s docusaurus

Badges

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Markdown

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[![powered by hexdoc](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://hexxy.media/api/v0/badge/hexdoc?label=1)](https://github.com/hexdoc-dev/hexdoc)

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<a href="https://github.com/hexdoc-dev/hexdoc"><img src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://hexxy.media/api/v0/badge/hexdoc?label=1" alt="powered by hexdoc" style="max-width:100%;"></a>

reStructuredText

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    :target: https://github.com/hexdoc-dev/hexdoc
    :alt: hexdoc

.. image:: https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://hexxy.media/api/v0/badge/hexdoc?label=1
    :target: https://github.com/hexdoc-dev/hexdoc
    :alt: powered by hexdoc

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