remove legacy api from docs

docs/Makefile

@@ -17,45 +17,16 @@ help:
 
 .PHONY: help Makefile clean genapi htmlfast
 
+# we remove a few extra directories that we used to generate
+# in case this is being executed from an older build
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
 	rm -rf _auto
 	rm -rf api/generated
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M clean "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
-# generate api docs for instruments automatically
-genapi:
-	sphinx-apidoc  -o  _auto  -d 10 ../qcodes \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/american_magnetics\* \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/agilent \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/AimTTi \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/AlazarTech \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/basel \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/Galil \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/HP \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/Harvard \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/ithaco \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/Keithley \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/keysight \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/Keysight \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/oxford \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/Lakeshore \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/QDev/* \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/QDevil/* \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/QuantumDesign/* \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/rigol/* \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/rohde_schwarz/* \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/stahl/*\
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/stanford_research/* \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/signal_hound/* \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/tektronix/* \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/weinschel/* \
-		../qcodes/instrument_drivers/yokogawa
-	mkdir -p api/generated/
-	cp _auto/qcodes.instrument_drivers.* api/generated/
-
 # faster build by skipping execution of all notebooks
-htmlfast: genapi
+htmlfast
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M html "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O) -D nbsphinx_execute=never
 
 # this is only left for backwards compatibility.
@@ -68,5 +39,5 @@ htmlapi: html
 
 # Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
 # "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
-%: Makefile genapi
+%: Makefile
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)

docs/index.rst

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ Documentation
    community/index
    dataset/index
    api/index
-   api/generated/qcodes.instrument_drivers
    drivers_api/index
    changes/index
    help

docs/make.bat

@@ -27,43 +27,6 @@ if errorlevel 9009 (
 	exit /b 1
 )
 
-REM generate api docs
-REM This is not part of any job since it should be done
-REM for all jobs except clean and help.
-REM Note that all folders after the first one are excluded
-REM (see sphinx-apidoc help for more info).
-REM Also note that exclusion of "keysight" (lower-case name)
-REM is due to duplication of the folder in git that happened
-REM a long time ago (i.e. "Keysight", the upper-case, is used
-REM for storing drivers, not the lower-case one).
-sphinx-apidoc  -o  _auto  -d 10 ..\qcodes ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\agilent\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\AimTTi ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\AlazarTech ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\american_magnetics\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\basel ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\Galil ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\HP ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\Harvard ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\ithaco ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\Keithley ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\Keysight ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\Lakeshore ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\oxford ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\QuantumDesign\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\QDev\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\QDevil\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\rigol\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\rohde_schwarz\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\stahl\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\stanford_research\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\signal_hound\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\tektronix\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\weinschel\* ^
-    ..\qcodes\instrument_drivers\yokogawa
-mkdir api\generated\
-copy _auto\qcodes.instrument_drivers.* api\generated\
-
 if "%1" == "htmlfast" goto htmlfast
 if "%1" == "htmlapi" goto htmlapi
 
@@ -80,6 +43,8 @@ REM leftover for backwards compatibility. Equivalent to html
 %SPHINXBUILD% -M html %SOURCEDIR% %BUILDDIR% %SPHINXOPTS% %O%
 goto end
 
+REM we remove a few extra directories that we used to generate
+REM in case this is being executed from an older build
 :clean
 del /q /s "_auto"
 del /q /s "api\generated"