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+import os
+import sys
+
+from sphinx.highlighting import lexers
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(".."))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("."))
+
+import scvae
+from custom_lexers import TerminalLexer
+
+# Project information
+
+project = scvae.__title__
+copyright = scvae.__copyright__
+author = scvae.__author__
+version = scvae.__version__
+release = scvae.__version__
+
+# General configuration
+
+extensions = [
+    "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
+    "sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel",
+    "sphinx.ext.napoleon"
+]
+templates_path = ["_templates"]
+source_suffix = {
+    ".rst": "restructuredtext"
+}
+exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store"]
+default_role = "py:obj"
+
+# autodoc options
+
+autodoc_member_order = "bysource"
+autodoc_mock_imports = [
+    "loompy",
+    "matplotlib",
+    "mpl_toolkits",
+    "pandas",
+    "PIL",
+    "sklearn",
+    "scipy",
+    "seaborn",
+    "tables",
+    "tensorflow",
+    "tensorflow_probability"
+]
+
+# HTML options
+
+html_theme = "alabaster"
+html_static_path = ["_static"]
+html_theme_options = {
+    "github_user": "scvae",
+    "github_repo": "scvae",
+    "github_type": "star",
+    "description": "Single-cell variational auto-encoders",
+    "show_powered_by": False
+}
+html_sidebars = {
+    "**": [
+        "about.html",
+        "navigation.html",
+        "searchbox.html",
+    ]
+}
+
+lexers["terminal"] = TerminalLexer(startinline=True)