This page contains general information about developing Sphinx extensions.
Sometimes your extension depends on the functionality of another Sphinx extension. Most Sphinx extensions are activated in a project's conf.py
file, but this is not available to you as an extension developer.
sphinx.application
To ensure that another extension is activated as a part of your own extension, use the sphinx.application.Sphinx.setup_extension
method. This will activate another extension at run-time, ensuring that you have access to its functionality.
For example, the following code activates the recommonmark
extension:
def setup(app):
app.setup_extension("recommonmark")
Note
Since your extension will depend on another, make sure to include it as a part of your extension's installation requirements.