実用的かどうかはさておき、Sphinx のドキュメントからマルチプラットフォームのアプリ(ドキュメント)を作成できます。

Sphinx の準備

$ pip install sphinx
$ mkdir hello-sphinx-electron
$ cd hello-sphinx-electron

Sphinx quick start.

Separate source and build directories (y/n) [n]: y

上記以外は全てデフォルトで作成。

$ sphinx-quickstart
Welcome to the Sphinx 1.3.3 quickstart utility.
...
Enter the root path for documentation.
> Root path for the documentation [.]: 
...
> Separate source and build directories (y/n) [n]: y
...
> Name prefix for templates and static dir [_]: 
...
> Project name: hello sphinx electron
> Author name(s): Daigo Sakamoto
...
> Project version: 0.1
> Project release [0.1]: 
...
> Project language [en]: 
...
> Source file suffix [.rst]: 
...
> Name of your master document (without suffix) [index]: 
...
> Do you want to use the epub builder (y/n) [n]: 
...
> autodoc: automatically insert docstrings from modules (y/n) [n]: 
> doctest: automatically test code snippets in doctest blocks (y/n) [n]: 
> intersphinx: link between Sphinx documentation of different projects (y/n) [n]: 
> todo: write "todo" entries that can be shown or hidden on build (y/n) [n]: 
> coverage: checks for documentation coverage (y/n) [n]: 
> pngmath: include math, rendered as PNG images (y/n) [n]: 
> mathjax: include math, rendered in the browser by MathJax (y/n) [n]: 
> ifconfig: conditional inclusion of content based on config values (y/n) [n]: 
> viewcode: include links to the source code of documented Python objects (y/n) [n]: 
...
> Create Makefile? (y/n) [y]: 
> Create Windows command file? (y/n) [y]: 

Creating file ./source/conf.py.
Creating file ./source/index.rst.
Creating file ./Makefile.
Creating file ./make.bat.

Finished: An initial directory structure has been created.

source ディレクトリの index.rst を編集。

index.rst

Hello sphinx electron
=====================

Hello hello hello

sphinx-electron を設定

sphinx-electron を clone して、electron-packager をインストール。

$ git clone git@bitbucket.org:superdaigo/sphinx-electron.git
$ cd sphinx-electron
$ npm install electron-packager

Makefile に次のコードを追加。(インデントはタブなので注意)

app:
	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
	rm -rf sphinx-electron/html;cp -r $(BUILDDIR)/html sphinx-electron/html
	cd sphinx-electron; npm run release
	@echo
	@echo "Build finished. The apps are in $(BUILDDIR)/app."

アプリをビルド

Electron アプリの設定はそのままで、Electron アプリをビルド。
OSX で win32 のアプリをビルドするには wine のインストールが必要です。

$ make app

完成。