README.md

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 # About 
 
-This repo contains the sphinx configuration and the wtf theme for sphinx for the generation of the WTF handbook.
+This project is an experiment of how to generate the WTF handbook in various output formats (HTML, epub and pdf) from the [git repository for the WTF handbook](https://git.wtf-eg.de/wtf-eg/handbuch). The handbuch sources are included as git submodule.
 
-this project is an experiment of how to generate html, epub and pdf
-from the git repository for the WTF Handbook.
-The handbuch sources are included as git submodule.
+This repository contains the [Sphinx](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/) configuration and a Sphinx theme adapted for the [corporate identity of WTF cooperation](https://git.wtf-eg.de/ag_kommunikation/wtf_propaganda).
 
-# sphinx html theme for wtf coop 
-
-the sphinx build uses an adapted sphinx theme for the wtf cooperatives CI.
 
 # How to build
 
-### python based - sphinx
+### Checkout with submodules
 
-First create a Python 3 virtual environment using the venv module included with Python 3.
+This repository accesses the required WTF handbook's content as a git submodule. Therefore, make sure to check out this repository including its submodule:
 
+```
+git clone --recurse-submodules https://git.wtf-eg.de/wtf-eg/handbuch-gen.git
+```
 
-1. Create a virtual Python environment: ```python3 -m venv venv```
-2. Activate virtual Python environment: ```source venv/bin/activate```
-3. install needed packages from ```requirements.txt```: ```pip install -r requirements.txt```
+### Python based dependencies
 
-For generating the images from plantuml-sources it needs also [Plantuml](https://plantuml.com/).
-For pdf output the latex builder is used, so it needs also an installed latex and pdflatex.
+In order to generate the documentation, first create a Python 3 virtual environment using the `venv` module included in Python 3:
+
+1. Create a virtual Python environment in the directory `venv`: ```python3 -m venv venv```
+1. Activate the virtual Python environment: ```source venv/bin/activate```
+1. Install the packages listed in [requirements.txt](./requirements.txt) using `pip`: ```pip install -r requirements.txt```
+
+### Other dependencies
+
+For generating the images from PlantUML sources (`*.plantuml`), [PlantUML](https://plantuml.com/) is required.
+
+For pdf output the LaTeX builder is used, so `latex` and `pdflatex` need to be installed.
 
 ### Running the document generation via make
 
-The top level directory contains a Makefile, 
-for generation with all output formats  use
+The top level directory contains a Makefile, for generation with all output formats use
 
 `````
 make bundle
 `````
+
+The output files of the final handbook can be found in the subfolder `./bundle`.
+
+All generated intermediate artifacts and the final output files can be found in the `./build` subfolder.