Content writing#
Earlier sections of this guide are written primarily for PyAnsys developers by PyAnsys developers. This section is written for anyone who wants to contribute new or revise existing content in the documentation for a PyAnsys library. The goal is to provide content contributors with the information that they need to write clear, consistent, effective, and user-friendly content in the order in which they need to know it.
Comprehensive information on content writing is organized as follows:
Content contribution setup: Describes PyAnsys libraries, explains how to set up a content development environment, and provides links to many resources relevant to creating and maintaining PyAnsys documentation.
Content in RST files: Explains how reStructuredText (RST) files define the hierarchy of the documentation and provide manually authored content. This section also describes how to view and reuse the formatting of any documentation page and summarizes the formatting rules to follow so that your content contributions are rendered correctly.
Content in PY files: Explains how docstrings in Python (PY) files provide descriptions for the Python objects that are used to interact with a PyAnsys library. This section also explains how PY files are set up and summarizes the formatting rules for docstrings, code comments, and message strings.
Content in examples: Explains the Sphinx extensions that PyAnsys developers are using to generate the examples in the “Examples” section of their PyAnsys documentation and how to format the source files so that the content in the renders correctly.
Content how-tos: Explains how to perform tasks associated with contributing to PyAnsys documentation, including how to review and create GitHub PRs (pull requests). As you become a more experienced contributor, this subsection and the PyAnsys documentation resources page are likely to be the content that you refer to most often.