python - Exclude module docstring in autodoc

Question

I'm trying to use autodoc in Sphinx to print out the docstrings of every functions in a specific module but exclude the module's docstring. Is it possible?

The reason is that I'm using the modules docstring to specify command line options (with the lovely docopt).

Answer 1

Add the following to conf.py:

def remove_module_docstring(app, what, name, obj, options, lines):
    if what == "module" and name == "yourmodule":
        del lines[:]

def setup(app):
    app.connect("autodoc-process-docstring", remove_module_docstring)

This code removes the module docstring in the yourmodule module by providing a handler for the autodoc-process-docstring event.