5. VSCode

• VSCode has Integrated Git, debugging and extensions for Python and reStructuredText.

• In VSCode, create your documentation as plain text source files in reStructuredText (.rst) format.

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5.1. Install VSCode

• Download and install VSCode from https://code.visualstudio.com/download.

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5.2. Install VSCode reStructuredText extension

• In VSCode, click the Extensions icon in the left side bar.

• Type reStructuredText into the search box.

• Install reStructuredText extension.

Warning

Be careful to not go past v 173 of reStructuredText since viewing the .rst files is broken in all of the latest versions (tested to v189).

• In VSCode, create your documentation as plain text source files in reStructuredText (.rst) format.

• For more on reStructuredText, see VSCode reStructuredText

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5.3. Install VSCode reStructuredText Syntax highlighting extension

• In VSCode, click the Extensions icon in the left side bar.

• Type reStructuredText Syntax highlighting into the search box.

• Install reStructuredText Syntax highlighting extension.