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Add mdbook docs page #11849

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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions docs/user/intro/doctools.rst
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.. grid-item-card:: mdBook
:link: mdbook.html

mdBook is a command line tool to create books with Markdown built in Rust.

Supported formats
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mdBook
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.. meta::
:description lang=en: Learn how to host mdBook documentation on Read the Docs.

`mdBook`_ is a command line tool to create books with Markdown.

Minimal configuration is required to build an existing mdBook project on Read the Docs.

.. code-block:: yaml
:caption: .readthedocs.yaml
version: 2
build:
os: ubuntu-lts-latest
tools:
rust: latest
commands:
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Have you tried using build.jobs.build.html instead? I think we should be recommending as much as possible that approach.

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I haven't, but thought this was blocked on #11819

- cargo --version
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- cargo install mdbook
# For an example book..
# - mdbook init docs
- mdbook build docs --dest-dir $READTHEDOCS_OUTPUT/html
.. _mdBook: https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/

Limitations
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All Read the Docs features are supported for mdBook projects,
as it builds static HTML files that can be hosted on Read the Docs.
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Getting started
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- If you have an existing mdBook project you want to host on Read the Docs, check out our :doc:`/intro/add-project` guide.
- If you're new to mdBook, check out the official `Getting started with mdBook`_ guide.

.. _Getting started with mdBook: https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/guide/creating.html

Example repository and demo
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Example repository
https://github.com/readthedocs/test-builds/tree/mdbook

Demo
https://test-builds.readthedocs.io/en/mdbook/
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You should add custom CSS files to make the flyout looks nice; it's pretty small now:

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See an example for MkDocs: https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro/mkdocs.html#adjust-the-flyout-menu-font-size


Further reading
---------------

* `mdBook documentation`_

.. _mdBook documentation: https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/