Merge branch 'feature/support-markdown-docs' into 'master'

docs : Add support for markdown files

See merge request !1781

docs/conf.py

@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ breathe_default_project = "esp32-idf"
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 
 # The suffix of source filenames.
-source_suffix = '.rst'
+source_suffix = ['.rst', '.md']
+
+source_parsers = {
+       '.md': 'recommonmark.parser.CommonMarkParser',
+    }
 
 # The encoding of source files.
 #source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ print 'Version: {0}  Release: {1}'.format(version, release)
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-exclude_patterns = ['_build']
+exclude_patterns = ['_build','README.md']
 
 # The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
 # documents.

docs/contribute/documenting-code.rst

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ Once documentation is ready, follow instruction in :doc:`../api-reference/templa
 OK, but I am new to Sphinx!
 ---------------------------
 
-1. No worries. All the software you need is well documented. It is also open source and free. Start by checking `Sphinx <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/>`_ documentation. If you are not clear how to write using rst markup language, see `reStructuredText Primer <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/rest.html>`_.
+1. No worries. All the software you need is well documented. It is also open source and free. Start by checking `Sphinx <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/>`_ documentation. If you are not clear how to write using rst markup language, see `reStructuredText Primer <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/rest.html>`_. You can also use markdown (.md) files, and find out about more about the specific markdown syntax that we use on`Recommonmark parser's documentation page <https://recommonmark.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_.
 
 2. Check the source files of this documentation to understand what is behind of what you see now on the screen. Sources are maintained on GitHub in `espressif/esp-idf`_ repository in :idf:`docs` folder. You can go directly to the source file of this page by scrolling up and clicking the link in the top right corner. When on GitHub, see what's really inside, open source files by clicking ``Raw`` button.
 
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ You can setup environment to build documentation locally on your PC by installin
 3. Docment theme "sphinx_rtd_theme" - https://github.com/rtfd/sphinx_rtd_theme
 4. Breathe - https://github.com/michaeljones/breathe#breathe
 5. Blockdiag - http://blockdiag.com/en/index.html
+6. Recommonmark - https://github.com/rtfd/recommonmark
 
 The package "sphinx_rtd_theme" is added to have the same "look and feel" of `ESP32 Programming Guide <https://esp-idf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html>`_ documentation like on the "Read the Docs" hosting site.
 

docs/requirements.txt

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ sphinxcontrib.blockdiag==1.5.3
 sphinxcontrib.seqdiag==0.8.5
 sphinxcontrib.actdiag==0.8.5
 sphinxcontrib.nwdiag==0.9.5
+recommonmark