implement make html-noplot

Author: rcomer

doc/Makefile

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ clean:
 show:
 	@python -c "import webbrowser; webbrowser.open_new_tab('file://$(shell pwd)/build/html/index.html')"
 
+html-noplot:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -D plot_gallery=0 -b html $(SOURCEDIR) $(BUILDDIR)/html $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/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

doc/conf.py

@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ def matplotlib_reduced_latex_scraper(block, block_vars, gallery_conf,
     'junit': '../test-results/sphinx-gallery/junit.xml' if CIRCLECI else '',
     'matplotlib_animations': True,
     'min_reported_time': 1,
+    'plot_gallery': 'True',  # sphinx-gallery/913
     'reference_url': {'matplotlib': None},
     'remove_config_comments': True,
     'reset_modules': (

doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst

@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ Other useful invocations include
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
+   # Build the html documentation, but skip generation of the gallery images to
+   # save time.
+   make html-noplot
+
    # Delete built files.  May help if you get errors about missing paths or
    # broken links.
    make clean
@@ -86,7 +90,6 @@ You can use the ``O`` variable to set additional options:
 
 * ``make O=-j4 html`` runs a parallel build with 4 processes.
 * ``make O=-Dplot_formats=png:100 html`` saves figures in low resolution.
-* ``make O=-Dplot_gallery=0 html`` skips the gallery build.
 
 Multiple options can be combined, e.g. ``make O='-j4 -Dplot_gallery=0'
 html``.