Remove dependencies on requirements files and generate when needed

docs/source/technical/source.rst

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Running from Source
 .. _GitHub: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/releases
 .. _PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/novelWriter/
 .. _Sphinx Docs: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
+.. _uv: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/
 
 This chapter describes various ways of running novelWriter directly from the source code, and how
 to build the various components like the translation files and documentation.
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ by running:
 
 .. _docs_technical_source_depend:
 
+
 Dependencies
 ============
 
@@ -43,13 +45,22 @@ The following Python packages are needed to run all features of novelWriter:
 If you want spell checking, you must install the ``PyEnchant`` package. The spell check library
 must be at least 3.0 to work with Windows. On Linux, 2.0 also works fine.
 
-If you install from PyPi, these dependencies should be installed automatically. If you install from
-source, dependencies can still be installed from PyPi with:
+If you install novelWriter from PyPi, these dependencies should be installed automatically.
+
+If you run it from source, and want to install dependencies using ``pip``, you must first generate
+the ``requirements.txt`` file:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
+   python pkgutils.py gen-req
    pip install -r requirements.txt
 
+Otherwise you can run novelWriter with uv_:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   uv run novelwriter
+
 .. note::
 
    On Linux distros, the Qt library is usually split up into multiple packages. In some cases,
@@ -136,12 +147,14 @@ running:
 Building the Documentation
 ==========================
 
-A local copy of this documentation can be generated as HTML. This requires installing some Python
-packages from PyPi:
+A local copy of this documentation can be generated as HTML.
+
+If you're using ``pip``, you must first generate the ``requirements.txt`` file:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
+   python pkgutils.py gen-req docs
+   pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 The documentation can then be built from the root folder in the source code by running:
 
@@ -149,6 +162,12 @@ The documentation can then be built from the root folder in the source code by r
 
    make -C docs html
 
+Or you can run directly with uv_:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   uv run make -C docs html
+
 If successful, the documentation should be available in the ``docs/build/html`` folder and you can
 open the ``index.html`` file in your browser.
 

docs/source/technical/tests.rst

@@ -4,23 +4,12 @@
 Running Tests
 *************
 
+.. _uv: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/
+
 The novelWriter source code is well covered by tests. The test framework used for the development
 is ``pytest`` with the use of an extension for Qt.
 
 
-Dependencies
-============
-
-The dependencies for running the tests can be installed with:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
-
-This will install a couple of extra packages for coverage and test management. The minimum
-requirement is ``pytest`` and ``pytest-qt``.
-
-
 Simple Test Run
 ===============
 
@@ -28,19 +17,35 @@ To run the tests, you simply need to execute the following from the root of the
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   pytest
+   uv run pytest
+
+This uses uv_. See below for manually installing dependencies using ``pip``.
 
 Since several of the tests involve opening up the novelWriter GUI, you may want to disable the GUI
 for the duration of the test run. Moving your mouse while the tests are running may otherwise
 interfere with the execution of some tests.
 
-You can disable the renderring of the GUI by setting the flag ``QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen``:
+You can disable the rendering of the GUI by setting the flag ``QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen``:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
    export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen pytest
 
 
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+To run generate the requirements file and install using ``pip``, run:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   python pkgutils.py gen-req app test
+   pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
+
+This will install a couple of extra packages for coverage and test management. The minimum
+requirement is ``pytest`` and ``pytest-qt``.
+
+
 Advanced Options
 ================