diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
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index 00000000..fd39b782
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+++ b/docs/.gitignore
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+_build
+_static
+_templates
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
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+++ b/docs/Makefile
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+# Makefile for Sphinx documentation
+
+SPHINXOPTS    =
+SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build2
+PAPER         =
+BUILDDIR      = _build
+
+# Internal variables
+PAPEROPT_a4     = -D latex_paper_size=a4
+PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
+ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
+I18NSPHINXOPTS  = $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
+
+.PHONY: help clean html
+
+help:
+	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
+	@echo "  html       to make standalone HTML files"
+
+clean:
+	-rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
+
+html:
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
+	@echo
+	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
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+++ b/docs/conf.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import sys, os
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../powerline'))
+
+extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.todo', 'sphinx.ext.coverage', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode']
+templates_path = ['_templates']
+source_suffix = '.rst'
+master_doc = 'index'
+project = u'Powerline'
+copyright = u'Kim Silkebækken'
+version = 'dev'
+release = 'dev'
+exclude_patterns = ['_build']
+pygments_style = 'sphinx'
+html_theme = 'nature'
+html_static_path = ['_static']
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
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+++ b/docs/index.rst
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+Powerline
+=========
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 3
+   :glob:
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`modindex`
+* :ref:`search`