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Executable binaries for sphinx-7 installed for python3.12

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usage: sphinx-build [OPTIONS] SOURCEDIR OUTPUTDIR [FILENAMES...]

Generate documentation from source files. sphinx-build generates documentation from the files in
SOURCEDIR and places it in OUTPUTDIR. It looks for 'conf.py' in SOURCEDIR for the configuration
settings. The 'sphinx-quickstart' tool may be used to generate template files, including 'conf.py'
sphinx-build can create documentation in different formats. A format is selected by specifying the
builder name on the command line; it defaults to HTML. Builders can also perform other tasks
related to documentation processing. By default, everything that is outdated is built. Output only
for selected files can be built by specifying individual filenames.

positional arguments:
  SOURCE_DIR            path to documentation source files
  OUTPUT_DIR            path to output directory
  filenames             (optional) a list of specific files to rebuild. Ignored if --write-all is
                        specified

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show program's version number and exit

general options:
  --builder BUILDER, -b BUILDER
                        builder to use (default: 'html')
  --jobs N, -j N        run in parallel with N processes, when possible. 'auto' uses the number of
                        CPU cores
  --write-all, -a       write all files (default: only write new and changed files)
  --fresh-env, -E       don't use a saved environment, always read all files

path options:
  --doctree-dir PATH, -d PATH
                        directory for doctree and environment files (default:
                        OUTPUT_DIR/.doctrees)
  --conf-dir PATH, -c PATH
                        directory for the configuration file (conf.py) (default: SOURCE_DIR)

build configuration options:
  --isolated, -C        use no configuration file, only use settings from -D options
  --define setting=value, -D setting=value
                        override a setting in configuration file
  --html-define name=value, -A name=value
                        pass a value into HTML templates
  --tag TAG, -t TAG     define tag: include "only" blocks with TAG
  --nitpicky, -n        nitpicky mode: warn about all missing references

console output options:
  --verbose, -v         increase verbosity (can be repeated)
  --quiet, -q           no output on stdout, just warnings on stderr
  --silent, -Q          no output at all, not even warnings
  --color               do emit colored output (default: auto-detect)
  --no-color, -N        do not emit colored output (default: auto-detect)

warning control options:
  --warning-file FILE, -w FILE
                        write warnings (and errors) to given file
  --fail-on-warning, -W
                        turn warnings into errors
  --keep-going          with --fail-on-warning, keep going when getting warnings
  --show-traceback, -T  show full traceback on exception
  --pdb, -P             run Pdb on exception

For more information, visit <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/>.
Options (17)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpshow this help message and exithelp
--versionshow program's version number and exithelp
--jobs, -j Nrun in parallel with N processes, when possible.help
--write-all, -awrite all files (default: only write new and changed files)help
--fresh-env, -Edon't use a saved environment, always read all fileshelp
--isolated, -Cuse no configuration file, only use settings from -D optionshelp
--tag, -t TAGdefine tag: include "only" blocks with TAGhelp
--nitpicky, -nnitpicky mode: warn about all missing referenceshelp
--verbose, -vincrease verbosity (can be repeated)help
--quiet, -qno output on stdout, just warnings on stderrhelp
--silent, -Qno output at all, not even warningshelp
--colordo emit colored output (default: auto-detect)help
--no-color, -Ndo not emit colored output (default: auto-detect)help
--fail-on-warning, -Wturn warnings into errorshelp
--keep-goingwith --fail-on-warning, keep going when getting warningshelp
--show-traceback, -Tshow full traceback on exceptionhelp
--pdb, -Prun Pdb on exceptionhelp

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