Merge lp:~khorn/pydoctor/sphinxext into lp:~mwhudson/pydoctor/dev

[Kevin Horn]

Because links to api docs are good.

=== added file 'apilinks_sphinxext.py'
--- apilinks_sphinxext.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ apilinks_sphinxext.py	2011-03-15 03:30:35 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+'''
+Sphinx/docutils extension to create links to pyDoctor documentation using
+a RestructuredText interpreted text role that looks like this:
+
+    :api:`python_object_to_link_to <label>`
+
+for example:
+
+    :api:`twisted.internet.defer.Deferred <Deferred>`
+'''
+
+
+
+def make_api_link(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner,
+                     options={}, content=[]):
+
+    from docutils import nodes, utils
+
+    # quick, dirty, and ugly...
+    if '<' in text and '>' in text:
+        full_name, label = text.split('<')
+        full_name = full_name.strip()
+        label = label.strip('>').strip()
+    else:
+        full_name = text
+
+    #get the base url for api links from the config file
+    env = inliner.document.settings.env
+    base_url =  env.config.apilinks_base_url
+
+    # not really sufficient, but just testing...
+    # ...hmmm, maybe this is good enough after all
+    ref = ''.join((base_url, full_name, '.html'))
+
+    node = nodes.reference(rawtext, utils.unescape(label), refuri=ref,
+                           **options)
+
+    nodes = [node]
+    sys_msgs = []
+    return nodes, sys_msgs
+
+
+# setup function to register the extension
+
+def setup(app):
+    app.add_config_value('apilinks_base_url', 
+                         'http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/api/', 
+                         'env')
+    app.add_role('api', make_api_link)
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