Solved. Thank you again Tony for pointing me in the right direction.
Jens Hedegaard Nielsen gave the answer (indirectly) at https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/4182. There he pointed to autodoc_mock_imports = ["django"] in the Sphinx documentation http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/ext/autodoc.html#confval-autodoc_mock_imports Anthony On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 11:25:20 AM UTC-4, Anthony Petrillo wrote: > > The view being shown when using Sphinx on a Django site is: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IyVWh5gFHgg/Wux2UtHMdTI/AAAAAAAAXAM/ttdoOJAmaa0PZZSuKxsoEs27EJi45tssACLcBGAs/s1600/HMzGQ.png> > > > The beginning of my views.py is: > > > import os > > from django.shortcuts import render, redirect > > from django.urls import reverse > > from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect > > from django.utils import timezone > > from . forms import PlayForm, RollForm, checkBoard, BossForm > > from random import randint > > from . templatetags.playExtras import translateDice > > from .models import Board, Winner, Boss > > > def getFirstFolder(req): > > """ return the string between first two / - this is a hack, find out > how to do it with the object """ > > r = req.split("'") > > loc = r[1].find('/',1) > > x = r[1][1:loc] > > return(x) > > > def loadBoard(request,context,location=''): > > ''' Load the board from the database into context. Add a hyperlink for > available squares. > > > :param context: context for template > > :type context: dictionary > > > :param location: Comma seperated string of available locations or > empty string so no links included. > > :type location: str > > > :return: 'not on the board' or 'all taken' or comma seperated string > of location options such as 'A0,B0' > > :rtype: str > > ''' > > req = request.__str__() > > I was getting errors if I didn't show Sphinx where the Python was located. > The path additions I made in the Sphinx's conf.py are: > > ourPaths = [ > '/game/', > '/game/game', > '/game/play', > '/game/play/templatetags' > ] > for p in ourPaths: > abspath = os.path.abspath('.') + p > print('path..................',abspath) > sys.path.insert(0, abspath) > # Need to point to where the Django is on this system. FIND OUT HOW TO > MAKE THIS RELATIVE > sys.path.insert(0,'/home/ajp/Downloads/env/lib/python3.5/site-packages') > > sys.path.insert(0,'/home/ajp/Downloads/env/lib/python3.5/site-packages/django') > > > The views.rst file I'm using: > > views module > ============== > > .. automodule:: views > :members: > :undoc-members: > :show-inheritance: > > I searched for days but I'm afraid I do not know the right terms search > for to find the answer. I posted on stackoverflow for a couple weeks and no > responses at all. > > I'm okay with the other code showing up, but I'd need to see my code in > the manual as well. > > Thank you for any help you can give. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/ebe15a98-9139-4eba-bd4d-f86e015477bd%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
