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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2017-07-14 13:41:20 -0300
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2017-07-17 13:18:36 -0600
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sphinx.rst: describe the install requirements for kfigure
As we now have a document describing the install requirements for Sphinx, add there the need for GraphViz and ImageMagick. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ the virtual environment before building the documentation.
functionalities required for ``XeLaTex`` to work. For PDF output you'll also
need ``convert(1)`` from ImageMagick (https://www.imagemagick.org).
+Image output
+------------
+
+The kernel documentation build system contains an extension that
+handles images on both GraphViz and SVG formats (see
+:ref:`sphinx_kfigure`).
+
+For it to work, you need to install both GraphViz and ImageMagick
+packages. If those packages are not installed, the build system will
+still build the documentation, but won't include any images at the
+output.
+
Sphinx Build
============
@@ -278,6 +290,7 @@ Rendered as:
- column 3
+.. _sphinx_kfigure:
Figures & Images
================