<s>
Sphinx	B-Language
is	O
a	O
documentation	B-Protocol
generator	I-Protocol
written	O
and	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
and	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
other	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sphinx	B-Language
converts	O
reStructuredText	B-Language
files	O
into	O
HTML	B-Language
websites	O
and	O
other	O
formats	O
including	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
EPub	O
,	O
Texinfo	B-Application
and	O
man	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
reStructuredText	B-Language
is	O
extensible	O
,	O
and	O
Sphinx	B-Language
exploits	O
its	O
extensible	O
nature	O
through	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
extensions	O
–	O
for	O
autogenerating	O
documentation	O
from	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
writing	O
mathematical	O
notation	O
or	O
highlighting	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sphinx	B-Language
provides	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
apply	O
themes	O
to	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
HTML-based	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sphinx	B-Language
has	O
several	O
builtin	O
themes	O
including	O
alabaster	O
,	O
classic	O
,	O
sphinxdoc	O
,	O
and	O
scrolls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
themes	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
as	O
Python	B-Language
modules	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
extensively	O
by	O
,	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
project	O
for	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
introduction	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
Sphinx	B-Language
has	O
been	O
adopted	O
by	O
many	O
other	O
important	O
Python	B-Language
projects	O
,	O
including	O
Bazaar	B-Protocol
,	O
SQLAlchemy	B-Application
,	O
MayaVi	B-Application
,	O
SageMath	B-Application
,	O
SciPy	B-Application
,	O
Django	B-Language
and	O
Pylons	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
Blender	B-Application
user	O
manual	O
and	O
Python	B-Language
API	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Eric	O
Holscher	O
announced	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Read	B-Protocol
the	I-Protocol
Docs	I-Protocol
project	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
make	O
maintenance	O
of	O
software	O
documentation	O
easier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Read	B-Protocol
the	I-Protocol
Docs	I-Protocol
automates	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
building	O
and	O
uploading	O
Sphinx	B-Language
documentation	O
after	O
every	O
commit	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
the	O
4.7	O
cycle	O
,	O
the	O
documentation	O
started	O
switching	O
over	O
to	O
use	O
Sphinx	B-Language
.	O
</s>
