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+# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
+
+# -- Project information
+
+project = 'JKQTPlotter'
+copyright = '2008-2023, Jan Krieger'
+author = 'Jan Krieger'
+
+release = '0.1'
+version = '0.1.0'
+
+# -- General configuration
+
+extensions = [
+    'sphinx.ext.duration',
+    'sphinx.ext.doctest',
+    'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
+    'sphinx.ext.autosummary',
+    'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
+]
+
+intersphinx_mapping = {
+    'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3/', None),
+    'sphinx': ('https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/', None),
+}
+intersphinx_disabled_domains = ['std']
+
+templates_path = ['_templates']
+
+# -- Options for HTML output
+
+html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
+
+# -- Options for EPUB output
+epub_show_urls = 'footnote'
+
+html_extra_path = ['../build/html']
+
+import subprocess
+subprocess.call('cd ../.. ; doxygen', shell=True)
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+Welcome to Lumache's documentation!
+===================================
+
+**Lumache** (/lu'make/) is a Python library for cooks and food lovers
+that creates recipes mixing random ingredients.
+It pulls data from the `Open Food Facts database <https://world.openfoodfacts.org/>`_
+and offers a *simple* and *intuitive* API.
+
+Check out the :doc:`usage` section for further information, including
+how to :ref:`installation` the project.
+
+.. note::
+
+   This project is under active development.
+
+Contents
+--------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+   usage
+   api