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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions doc/usage/configuration.rst
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.. versionadded:: 1.7


.. confval:: man_skip_desc_subtitle

If true, Sphinx manpage builder will not generate a descriptive subtitle
for each man page. Default is ``False``.

.. confval:: nitpicky

If true, Sphinx will warn about *all* references where the target cannot be
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions sphinx/config.py
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Expand Up @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class Config:
'needs_sphinx': (None, None, [str]),
'needs_extensions': ({}, None, []),
'manpages_url': (None, 'env', []),
'man_skip_desc_subtitle': (False, 'env', []),
'nitpicky': (False, None, []),
'nitpick_ignore': ([], None, []),
'nitpick_ignore_regex': ([], None, []),
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions sphinx/writers/manpage.py
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Expand Up @@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ def __init__(self, document: nodes.document, builder: Builder) -> None:
def header(self) -> str:
tmpl = (".TH \"%(title_upper)s\" \"%(manual_section)s\""
" \"%(date)s\" \"%(version)s\" \"%(manual_group)s\"\n"
".SH NAME\n"
"%(title)s \\- %(subtitle)s\n")
".SH NAME\n")
if (not self.config.man_skip_desc_subtitle):
tmpl += "%(title)s \\- %(subtitle)s\n"
return tmpl % self._docinfo

def visit_start_of_file(self, node: Element) -> None:
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