Add pipenv instructions

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 _build
+Pipfile.lock

Pipfile

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[[source]]
+url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+name = "pypi"
+
+[packages]
+sphinx = "*"
+sphinx-rtd-theme = "*"
+livereload = "*"
+
+[dev-packages]
+
+[requires]
+python_version = "3.6"

README.md

@@ -2,28 +2,17 @@
 
 PostgREST docs use the reStructuredText format, check this [cheatsheet](https://github.com/ralsina/rst-cheatsheet/blob/master/rst-cheatsheet.rst) to get acquainted with it.
 
-To generate HTML version:
-
-1. Install Sphinx from the [sphinx website](http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/install.html)
-2. Clone this repository
-3. Generate HTML
-    ```bash
-    cd postgrest-docs
-    sphinx-build -b html -a -n . _build
-
-    # open _build/index.html in your browser
-    ```
-
-If you use [nix](https://nixos.org/nix/), you can just run:
+You can use [pipenv](https://pipenv.readthedocs.io) to build the docs locally:
 
+```bash
+  pipenv install
+  pipenv run python livereload_docs.py
 ```
+
+Or if you use [nix](https://nixos.org/nix/), you can just run:
+
+```bash
   nix-shell
 ```
 
-This will build the docs and start a livereload server on `http://localhost:5500`.
-
----
-
-**Sphinx Installation Notes:**
-
-* If you're on OSX you might want to install the Python from homebrew - then a simple `pip install sphinx` does the trick.
+Both of these options will build the docs and start a livereload server on `http://localhost:5500`.

default.nix

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     python36Packages.sphinx_rtd_theme
     python36Packages.livereload ];
   shellHook = ''
-    sphinx-build -b html -a -n . _build
-    python reload_docs.py && exit
+    python livereload_docs.py && exit
   '';
 }

livereload_docs.py

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from livereload import Server, shell
+from subprocess import call
+## Build docs at startup
+call(['sphinx-build', '-b', 'html', '-a', '-n', '.', '_build'])
 server = Server()
 server.watch('*.rst', shell('sphinx-build -b html -a -n . _build'))
 server.watch('tutorials/*.rst', shell('sphinx-build -b html -a -n . _build'))