diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
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-# .readthedocs.yaml
-# Read the Docs configuration file
-# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
-
-# Required
-version: 2
-
-# Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
-sphinx:
- configuration: docs/conf.py
-
-# Optionally build your docs in additional formats such as PDF
-formats:
- - epub
- - pdf
- - htmlzip
-
-# Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
-python:
- version: 3
- install:
- - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
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-_build/
diff --git a/docs/Changelog.md b/docs/Changelog.md
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--- a/docs/Changelog.md
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----
-orphan: true
----
-```{include} ../Changelog.md
-```
diff --git a/docs/Collaborators.md b/docs/Collaborators.md
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--- a/docs/Collaborators.md
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----
-orphan: true
----
-```{include} ../Collaborators.md
-```
diff --git a/docs/Contributing.md b/docs/Contributing.md
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--- a/docs/Contributing.md
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----
-orphan: true
----
-```{include} ../Contributing.md
-```
diff --git a/docs/LICENSE.md b/docs/LICENSE.md
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--- a/docs/LICENSE.md
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----
-orphan: true
----
-# LICENSE
-```{include} ../LICENSE
-```
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
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-# Makefile for Sphinx documentation
-#
-
-# You can set these variables from the command line.
-SPHINXOPTS =
-SPHINXBUILD = sphinx-build
-PAPER =
-BUILDDIR = _build
-
-# User-friendly check for sphinx-build
-ifeq ($(shell which $(SPHINXBUILD) >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $$?), 1)
-$(error The '$(SPHINXBUILD)' command was not found. Make sure you have Sphinx installed, then set the SPHINXBUILD environment variable to point to the full path of the '$(SPHINXBUILD)' executable. Alternatively you can add the directory with the executable to your PATH. If you don't have Sphinx installed, grab it from http://sphinx-doc.org/)
-endif
-
-# Internal variables.
-PAPEROPT_a4 = -D latex_paper_size=a4
-PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
-ALLSPHINXOPTS = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
-# the i18n builder cannot share the environment and doctrees with the others
-I18NSPHINXOPTS = $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
-
-.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest gettext
-
-help:
- @echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
- @echo " html to make standalone HTML files"
- @echo " dirhtml to make HTML files named index.html in directories"
- @echo " singlehtml to make a single large HTML file"
- @echo " pickle to make pickle files"
- @echo " json to make JSON files"
- @echo " htmlhelp to make HTML files and a HTML help project"
- @echo " qthelp to make HTML files and a qthelp project"
- @echo " devhelp to make HTML files and a Devhelp project"
- @echo " epub to make an epub"
- @echo " latex to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter"
- @echo " latexpdf to make LaTeX files and run them through pdflatex"
- @echo " latexpdfja to make LaTeX files and run them through platex/dvipdfmx"
- @echo " text to make text files"
- @echo " man to make manual pages"
- @echo " texinfo to make Texinfo files"
- @echo " info to make Texinfo files and run them through makeinfo"
- @echo " gettext to make PO message catalogs"
- @echo " changes to make an overview of all changed/added/deprecated items"
- @echo " xml to make Docutils-native XML files"
- @echo " pseudoxml to make pseudoxml-XML files for display purposes"
- @echo " linkcheck to check all external links for integrity"
- @echo " doctest to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)"
-
-clean:
- rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
-
-html:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
-
-dirhtml:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b dirhtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/dirhtml
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/dirhtml."
-
-singlehtml:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b singlehtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/singlehtml
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished. The HTML page is in $(BUILDDIR)/singlehtml."
-
-pickle:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b pickle $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/pickle
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished; now you can process the pickle files."
-
-json:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b json $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/json
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished; now you can process the JSON files."
-
-htmlhelp:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b htmlhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished; now you can run HTML Help Workshop with the" \
- ".hhp project file in $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp."
-
-qthelp:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b qthelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished; now you can run "qcollectiongenerator" with the" \
- ".qhcp project file in $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp, like this:"
- @echo "# qcollectiongenerator $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp/yt-dlp.qhcp"
- @echo "To view the help file:"
- @echo "# assistant -collectionFile $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp/yt-dlp.qhc"
-
-devhelp:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b devhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/devhelp
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished."
- @echo "To view the help file:"
- @echo "# mkdir -p $$HOME/.local/share/devhelp/yt-dlp"
- @echo "# ln -s $(BUILDDIR)/devhelp $$HOME/.local/share/devhelp/yt-dlp"
- @echo "# devhelp"
-
-epub:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b epub $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/epub
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished. The epub file is in $(BUILDDIR)/epub."
-
-latex:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished; the LaTeX files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
- @echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through (pdf)latex" \
- "(use \`make latexpdf' here to do that automatically)."
-
-latexpdf:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
- @echo "Running LaTeX files through pdflatex..."
- $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf
- @echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
-
-latexpdfja:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
- @echo "Running LaTeX files through platex and dvipdfmx..."
- $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf-ja
- @echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
-
-text:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b text $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/text
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished. The text files are in $(BUILDDIR)/text."
-
-man:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b man $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/man
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished. The manual pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/man."
-
-texinfo:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b texinfo $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished. The Texinfo files are in $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo."
- @echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through makeinfo" \
- "(use \`make info' here to do that automatically)."
-
-info:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b texinfo $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo
- @echo "Running Texinfo files through makeinfo..."
- make -C $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo info
- @echo "makeinfo finished; the Info files are in $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo."
-
-gettext:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b gettext $(I18NSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/locale
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished. The message catalogs are in $(BUILDDIR)/locale."
-
-changes:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b changes $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/changes
- @echo
- @echo "The overview file is in $(BUILDDIR)/changes."
-
-linkcheck:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck
- @echo
- @echo "Link check complete; look for any errors in the above output " \
- "or in $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck/output.txt."
-
-doctest:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b doctest $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/doctest
- @echo "Testing of doctests in the sources finished, look at the " \
- "results in $(BUILDDIR)/doctest/output.txt."
-
-xml:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b xml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/xml
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished. The XML files are in $(BUILDDIR)/xml."
-
-pseudoxml:
- $(SPHINXBUILD) -b pseudoxml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/pseudoxml
- @echo
- @echo "Build finished. The pseudo-XML files are in $(BUILDDIR)/pseudoxml."
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
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-```{include} ../README.md
-```
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
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-# coding: utf-8
-#
-# yt-dlp documentation build configuration file
-
-import sys
-import os
-
-# Allows to import yt-dlp
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
-
-# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
-
-# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
-# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
-# ones.
-extensions = [
- 'myst_parser',
-]
-
-# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path = ['_templates']
-
-# The master toctree document.
-master_doc = 'README'
-
-# General information about the project.
-project = u'yt-dlp'
-author = u'yt-dlp'
-copyright = u'UNLICENSE'
-
-# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
-# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
-# built documents.
-#
-# The short X.Y version.
-from yt_dlp.version import __version__
-version = __version__
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = version
-
-# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
-# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-exclude_patterns = ['_build']
-
-# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
-pygments_style = 'sphinx'
-
-# -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
-
-# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages. See the documentation for
-# a list of builtin themes.
-html_theme = 'default'
-
-# Disable highlights
-highlight_language = 'none'
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
-# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
-# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-# html_static_path = ['_static']
-
-# Enable heading anchors
-myst_heading_anchors = 4
-
-# Suppress heading warnings
-suppress_warnings = [
- 'myst.header',
-]
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
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+++ /dev/null
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-myst-parser
diff --git a/docs/supportedsites.md b/docs/supportedsites.md
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--- a/docs/supportedsites.md
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----
-orphan: true
----
-```{include} ../supportedsites.md
-```
diff --git a/docs/ytdlp_plugins.md b/docs/ytdlp_plugins.md
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----
-orphan: true
----
-# ytdlp_plugins
-
-See [https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/tree/master/ytdlp_plugins](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/tree/master/ytdlp_plugins).