switch to the rtd theme

README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Compilation into HTML
 To compile this documentation :
 
 1. Install [sphinx-doc](http://sphinx-doc.org)
+2. Install the Sphinx theme provided by Read the Docs : `sudo pip install sphinx_rtd_theme`
 2. run `make html` from the root directory
 3. The base file is located on build/html/index.html
 

source/conf.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import sys
 import os
+import sphinx_rtd_theme
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
-html_theme = 'default'
+html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ html_theme = 'default'
 #html_theme_options = {}
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
-#html_theme_path = []
+html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
 
 # The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
 # "<project> v<release> documentation".