7 The Sandbox_ is a place to play around, to try out and share ideas. The
8 `sandbox/`_ directory is a part of the Subversion repository but it isn't
9 distributed as part of Docutils_ releases.
11 It's OK to make a mess in the Sandbox! But please, play nice.
13 A project-specific subdirectory should be created for each new project.
14 Any developer who wants to play in the sandbox may create their own
15 subdirectory (suggested name: SourceForge ID, or given name + family
16 initial), but project directories are recommended over personal directories,
17 which discourage collaboration.
19 For more information, please see the `Docutils Project Policies`_. The
20 Sandbox is mirrored at the Docutils web site, so the `Docutils Web Site`_
21 documentation applies as well.
24 .. These links give readers a way to *go to* the sandbox:
28 .. _Docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
29 .. _Docutils Project Policies:
30 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/dev/policies.html#the-sandbox
31 .. _Docutils Web Site: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/dev/website.html
37 See the `sandbox/`_ directory for a complete list.
39 Some Sandbox projects, are also sorted into the `Docutils Link List`_.
41 .. _Docutils Link List: http://docutils.sf.net/docs/user/links.html
43 .. TODO: update the list of important sandbox projects (here or in the link
46 The remainder of this section contained descriptions and links to obsolete
47 or abadoned projects. Commented out because this give an impression of an
48 attic instead of a place for experimenting.
50 Projects that are now implemented in Docutils
51 ---------------------------------------------
53 * `<code-block-directive>`_ contains documentation, reasoning and
54 experimental code for support of syntax highlight in Docutils.
55 Preparational work for the `code`_ directive available since version 0.9.
57 * `LaTeX math for reST`_ by Jens J. Mortensen writes Math to
58 LaTeX or MathML. This is the base of math_ support since version 0.8.
60 .. _code: docutils/docs/ref/rst/directives.txt#code
61 .. _math: docutils/docs/ref/rst/directives.txt#math
62 .. _LaTeX math for reST:
63 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/sandbox/jensj/latex_math/
68 Since Python 2.6, the markup used for the official `Python documentation`_
69 is `reStructuredText`_, amended by custom directives. The Sphinx_ toolset is
70 used to generate the HTML and LaTeX versions.
72 The sandbox contains some of the pervious work done on enabling Docutils to
73 write the `"Documenting Python"`__ using rST.
75 __ http://docs.python.org/doc/doc.html
77 * `Edward Loper's sandbox
78 <http://docutils.sf.net/sandbox/edloper/docpy/>`__. The example
79 "asyncore.rst" file was originally adapted by Steve Holden and Bill
82 * `Dave Kuhlman's sandbox
83 <http://docutils.sf.net/sandbox/dkuhlman/>`__ and `his homepage
84 <http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/rstpythonlatex_intro.html>`__.
86 * `docpy-writer <http://docutils.sf.net/sandbox/docpy-writer/>`__ was
87 used for ctypes documentation.
89 .. _Python documentation: http://docs.python.org/
90 .. _reStructuredText: http://docutils.sf.net/rst.html
91 .. _Sphinx: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/
93 Project Infrastructure
94 ----------------------
96 `docutils-update <infrastructure/docutils-update>`_ is a script that
97 was installed as a cron job on BerliOS.de to automatically update the
98 Docutils `web site`_ whenever the SVN files change. Any .html
99 document with a corresponding .txt file is regenerated whenever the
102 .. _web site: http://docutils.sf.net/docs/dev/website.html