manual: ligher mock for artiq.gui.applets. Closes #1293

doc/manual/conf.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from sphinx.ext import autodoc
 autodoc.repr = str
 
 
+# we cannot use autodoc_mock_imports (does not help with argparse)
 mock_modules = ["artiq.gui.waitingspinnerwidget",
                 "artiq.gui.flowlayout",
                 "artiq.compiler.module",
@@ -39,6 +40,14 @@ for module in mock_modules:
     sys.modules[module] = Mock()
 
 
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29992444/sphinx-autodoc-skips-classes-inherited-from-mock
+class MockApplets:
+    class AppletsDock:
+        pass
+
+sys.modules["artiq.gui.applets"] = MockApplets
+
+
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.