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diff --git a/Doc/README.rst b/Doc/README.rst
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ install the tools into there.
Using make
----------
-To get started on UNIX, you can create a virtual environment and build
+To get started on Unix, you can create a virtual environment and build
documentation with the commands::
make venv
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ If you'd like to create the virtual environment in a different location,
you can specify it using the ``VENVDIR`` variable.
You can also skip creating the virtual environment altogether, in which case
-the Makefile will look for instances of ``sphinx-build`` and ``blurb``
+the ``Makefile`` will look for instances of ``sphinx-build`` and ``blurb``
installed on your process ``PATH`` (configurable with the ``SPHINXBUILD`` and
``BLURB`` variables).
-On Windows, we try to emulate the Makefile as closely as possible with a
+On Windows, we try to emulate the ``Makefile`` as closely as possible with a
``make.bat`` file. If you need to specify the Python interpreter to use,
-set the PYTHON environment variable.
+set the ``PYTHON`` environment variable.
Available make targets are:
@@ -62,15 +62,19 @@ Available make targets are:
* "htmlview", which re-uses the "html" builder, but then opens the main page
in your default web browser.
+* "htmllive", which re-uses the "html" builder, rebuilds the docs,
+ starts a local server, and automatically reloads the page in your browser
+ when you make changes to reST files (Unix only).
+
* "htmlhelp", which builds HTML files and a HTML Help project file usable to
convert them into a single Compiled HTML (.chm) file -- these are popular
under Microsoft Windows, but very handy on every platform.
To create the CHM file, you need to run the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop
- over the generated project (.hhp) file. The make.bat script does this for
+ over the generated project (.hhp) file. The ``make.bat`` script does this for
you on Windows.
-* "latex", which builds LaTeX source files as input to "pdflatex" to produce
+* "latex", which builds LaTeX source files as input to ``pdflatex`` to produce
PDF documents.
* "text", which builds a plain text file for each source file.
@@ -95,8 +99,6 @@ Available make targets are:
* "check", which checks for frequent markup errors.
-* "serve", which serves the build/html directory on port 8000.
-
* "dist", (Unix only) which creates distributable archives of HTML, text,
PDF, and EPUB builds.