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src content files for LAMMPS documentation
html HTML version of the LAMMPS manual (see html/Manual.html)
tools tools and settings for building the documentation
utils utilities and settings for building the documentation
Manual.pdf large PDF version of entire manual
Developer.pdf small PDF with info about how LAMMPS is structured
LAMMPS.epub Manual in ePUB format
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code will not, unless you update your local repository).
(b) You can build the HTML and PDF files yourself, by typing "make
html" followed by "make pdf". Note that the PDF make requires the
HTML files already exist. This requires various tools including
Sphinx, which the build process will attempt to download and install
on your system, if not already available. See more details below.
(c) You can genererate an older, simpler, less-fancy style of HTML
documentation by typing "make old". This will create an "old"
directory. This can be useful if (b) does not work on your box for
some reason, or you want to quickly view the HTML version of a doc
page you have created or edited yourself within the src directory.
E.g. if you are planning to submit a new feature to LAMMPS.
html" or by "make pdf", respectively. This requires various tools
including the Python documentation processing tool Sphinx, which the
build process will attempt to download and install on your system into
a python virtual environment, if not already available. The PDF file
will require a working LaTeX installation with several add-on packages
in addition to the Python/Sphinx setup. See more details below.
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make html # generate HTML in html dir using Sphinx
make pdf # generate 2 PDF files (Manual.pdf,Developer.pdf)
# in this dir via htmldoc and pdflatex
make old # generate old-style HTML pages in old dir via txt2html
make fetch # fetch HTML doc pages and 2 PDF files from web site
# as a tarball and unpack into html dir and 2 PDFs
make epub # generate LAMMPS.epub in ePUB format using Sphinx
make epub # generate LAMMPS.epub in ePUB format using Sphinx
make clean # remove intermediate RST files created by HTML build
make clean-all # remove entire build folder and any cached data
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## ePUB
Same as for HTML. This uses the same tools and configuration
files as the HTML tree.
files as the HTML tree. The ePUB format conversion currently
does not support processing mathematical expressions via MathJAX,
so there will be limitations on some pages. For the time being
until this is resolved, building and using the PDF format file
is recommended instead.
For converting the generated ePUB file to a mobi format file
(for e-book readers like Kindle, that cannot read ePUB), you