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The current documentation for the `machine.RTC` class contains information about the `RTC.cancel` method for cancelling pending alarms. However only two ports (cc3200 and mimxrt) implement this functionality but under a different name: `RTC.alarm_cancel`. The mimxrt port also implements `RTC.cancel` but it is aliased to `RTC.alarm_cancel` anyway. To maintain naming consistency, this commit updates the documentation to officially define `RTC.alarm_cancel` as the method to call to cancel pending alarms and deprecates mimxrt's `RTC.cancel` implementation. `RTC.cancel` in the mimxrt port is thus scheduled for removal in MicroPython v2. Signed-off-by: Alessandro Gatti <a.gatti@frob.it>
MicroPython Documentation
The MicroPython documentation can be found at: http://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/
The documentation you see there is generated from the files in the docs tree: https://github.com/micropython/micropython/tree/master/docs
Building the documentation locally
If you're making changes to the documentation, you may want to build the documentation locally so that you can preview your changes.
Install Sphinx, and optionally (for the RTD-styling), sphinx_rtd_theme, preferably in a virtualenv:
pip install sphinx
pip install sphinx_rtd_theme
In micropython/docs, build the docs:
make html
You'll find the index page at micropython/docs/build/html/index.html.
Having readthedocs.org build the documentation
If you would like to have docs for forks/branches hosted on GitHub, GitLab or BitBucket an alternative to building the docs locally is to sign up for a free https://readthedocs.org account. The rough steps to follow are:
- sign-up for an account, unless you already have one
- in your account settings: add GitHub as a connected service (assuming you have forked this repo on github)
- in your account projects: import your forked/cloned micropython repository into readthedocs
- in the project's versions: add the branches you are developing on or for which you'd like readthedocs to auto-generate docs whenever you push a change
PDF manual generation
This can be achieved with:
make latexpdf
but requires a rather complete install of LaTeX with various extensions. On Debian/Ubuntu, try (1GB+ download):
apt install texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-xetex texlive-fonts-extra cm-super xindy