Merge pull request #9112 from astrojuanlu/markdown-myst

Recommend MyST-Parser for Markdown usage
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`Markdown`__ is a lightweight markup language with a simplistic plain text
formatting syntax. It exists in many syntactically different *flavors*. To
support Markdown-based documentation, Sphinx can use `recommonmark`__.
recommonmark is a Docutils bridge to `CommonMark-py`__, a Python package for
support Markdown-based documentation, Sphinx can use `MyST-Parser`__.
MyST-Parser is a Docutils bridge to `markdown-it-py`__, a Python package for
parsing the `CommonMark`__ Markdown flavor.
__ https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
__ https://recommonmark.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
__ https://github.com/rtfd/CommonMark-py
__ https://myst-parser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
__ https://github.com/executablebooks/markdown-it-py
__ https://commonmark.org/
Configuration
@ -22,23 +22,17 @@ Configuration
To configure your Sphinx project for Markdown support, proceed as follows:
#. Install the Markdown parser *recommonmark*::
#. Install the Markdown parser *MyST-Parser*::
pip install --upgrade recommonmark
pip install --upgrade myst-parser
.. note::
The configuration as explained here requires recommonmark version
0.5.0 or later.
#. Add *recommonmark* to the
#. Add *myst_parser* to the
:confval:`list of configured extensions <extensions>`::
extensions = ['recommonmark']
extensions = ['myst_parser']
.. versionchanged:: 1.8
Version 1.8 deprecates and version 3.0 removes the ``source_parsers``
configuration variable that was used by older *recommonmark* versions.
.. note::
MyST-Parser requires Sphinx 2.1 or newer.
#. If you want to use Markdown files with extensions other than ``.md``, adjust
the :confval:`source_suffix` variable. The following example configures
@ -51,8 +45,8 @@ To configure your Sphinx project for Markdown support, proceed as follows:
'.md': 'markdown',
}
#. You can further configure *recommonmark* to allow custom syntax that
standard *CommonMark* doesn't support. Read more in the `recommonmark
#. You can further configure *MyST-Parser* to allow custom syntax that
standard *CommonMark* doesn't support. Read more in the `MyST-Parser
documentation`__.
__ https://recommonmark.readthedocs.io/en/latest/auto_structify.html
__ https://myst-parser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/using/syntax-optional.html