feat(lib): Sphinx directive can now read files

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ In an effort to better document changes, this CHANGELOG document is now created.
 - Added a full screen key binding (defaults to <kbd>F</kbd>) in the
   presenter.
   [#243](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/243)
+- Added support for including code from a file in Manim Slides
+  Sphinx directive.
+  [#261](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/261)
 
 ### Changed
 

docs/source/index.md

@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ In a [very few steps](./quickstart), you can create slides and present them eith
 
 Slide through the demo below to get a quick glimpse on what you can do with Manim Slides.
 
-
-<!-- From: https://faq.dailymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022841393-How-to-preserve-the-player-aspect-ratio-on-a-responsive-page -->
-
-<div style="position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;"> <iframe style="width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="100%" allowfullscreen allow="autoplay" src="_static/slides.html"></iframe></div>
-
+```{eval-rst}
+.. manim-slides:: ../../example.py:ConvertExample
+    :hide_source:
+    :quality: high
+```
 
 ```{toctree}
 :hidden:

docs/source/reference/examples.md

@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ where `-ccontrols=true` indicates that we want to display the blue navigation ar
 
 Basic example from quickstart.
 
-<div style="position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;"> <iframe style="width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="100%" allowfullscreen allow="autoplay" src="../_static/basic_example.html"></iframe></div>
-
 ```{eval-rst}
+.. manim-slides: ../../../example.py:BasicExample
+    :hide_source:
+    :quality: high
+
 .. literalinclude:: ../../../example.py
    :language: python
    :linenos:

manim_slides/docs/manim_slides_directive.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 This directive requires three additional dependencies:
 ``manim``, ``docutils`` and ``jinja2``. The last two are usually bundled
 with Sphinx.
-You can install them manually, or with the extra keyword:
+You can install them manually, or with the extra keyword::
 
     pip install manim-slides[sphinx-directive]
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 Usage
 -----
 
-First, you must include the directive in the Sphinx configuration file:
+First, you must include the directive in the Sphinx configuration file::
 
 .. code-block:: python
     :caption: Sphinx configuration file (usually :code:`docs/source/conf.py`).
@@ -70,12 +70,26 @@ def construct(self):
         ...     def construct(self):
         ...         self.play(Create(dot))
 
+A third application is to render scenes from another specific file::
+
+    .. manim-slides:: file.py:FileExample
+        :hide_source:
+        :quality: high
+
+.. warning::
+
+    The code will be executed with the current working directory
+    being the same as the one ``sphinx-build` was called in. This being said,
+    you should probably not include examples that rely on external files, since
+    relative paths risk to be broken.
+
+
 Options
 -------
 
 Options can be passed as follows::
 
-    .. manim-slides:: <Class name>
+    .. manim-slides:: <file>:<Class name>
         :<option name>: <value>
 
 The following configuration options are supported by the
@@ -110,6 +124,7 @@ def construct(self):
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from timeit import timeit
+from typing import Tuple
 
 import jinja2
 from docutils import nodes
@@ -211,7 +226,19 @@ def run(self):
 
         global classnamedict
 
-        clsname = self.arguments[0]
+        def split_file_cls(arg: str) -> Tuple[Path, str]:
+            if ":" in arg:
+                file, cls = arg.split(":", maxsplit=1)
+                _, file = self.state.document.settings.env.relfn2path(file)
+                return Path(file), cls
+            else:
+                return None, arg
+
+        arguments = [
+            split_file_cls(arg) for arg in self.arguments
+        ]
+
+        clsname = arguments[0][1]
         if clsname not in classnamedict:
             classnamedict[clsname] = 1
         else:
@@ -271,14 +298,17 @@ def run(self):
             "output_file": output_file,
         }
 
-        user_code = self.content
+        if file := arguments[0][0]:
+            user_code = file.absolute().read_text().splitlines()
+        else:   
+            user_code = self.content
+
         if user_code[0].startswith(">>> "):  # check whether block comes from doctest
             user_code = [
                 line[4:] for line in user_code if line.startswith((">>> ", "... "))
             ]
 
         code = [
-            "from manim import *",
             *user_code,
             f"{clsname}().render()",
         ]
@@ -306,9 +336,6 @@ def run(self):
         RevealJS(presentation_configs=presentation_configs, controls="true").convert_to(
             destfile
         )
-        # shutil.copyfile(filesrc, destfile)
-
-        print("CLASS NAME:", clsname)
 
         rendered_template = jinja2.Template(TEMPLATE).render(
             clsname=clsname,
@@ -400,6 +427,7 @@ def setup(app):
 
 .. raw:: html
 
+    <!-- From: https://faq.dailymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022841393-How-to-preserve-the-player-aspect-ratio-on-a-responsive-page -->
 
     <div style="position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;">
         <iframe