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When comparing Pandoc vs Sphinx, the Slant community recommends Sphinx for most people. In the question“What are the best documentation tools for frameworks?” Sphinx is ranked 2nd while Pandoc is ranked 4th.
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LanguagePython
Markup LanguagesreStructuredText
Multi Language SupportYes
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Pros
Pro It converts from almost any human readable text, marked-up or not, to plain HTML
Pro Good search performance
Pro Fast indexing
Since Sphinx talks directly to the database, indexing speed is very fast.
Pro Rich database-like querying features
Pro Batch and real-time full-text indexes
Pro SQL database indexing
Pro Advanced full-text searching syntax
Pro Easy application integration
Pro Non-text attributes support
Pro Non-SQL storage indexing
Pro Good relevance ranking
By default results are ranked by relevance. If you wish, you can adjust the ranking by giving more weight to certain fields.
Pro Excellent scalability
Pro Distributed searching
Pro Flexible text processing
Cons
Con No workflow
To build a complete site, 3rd-party tools (scripts) are needed.
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