Added destination to Makefile and fixed doc system

doc/Makefile

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PAPER         =
 PAPEROPT_a4     = -D latex_paper_size=a4
 PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
 ALLSPHINXOPTS   = -d build/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) source
-
+DEST = build
 .PHONY: help clean html dirhtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp latex changes linkcheck doctest
 
 help:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "  doctest   to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)"
 
 clean:
-	-rm -rf build/*
+	-rm -rf $(DEST)/*
 
 api:
 	mkdir -p source/api
@@ -37,33 +37,33 @@ api:
 	@echo "Build API docs finished."
 
 html: api
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/html
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/html
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in build/html."
 
 dirhtml:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b dirhtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/dirhtml
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b dirhtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/dirhtml
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in build/dirhtml."
 
 pickle:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b pickle $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/pickle
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b pickle $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/pickle
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished; now you can process the pickle files."
 
 json:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b json $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/json
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b json $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/json
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished; now you can process the JSON files."
 
 htmlhelp:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b htmlhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/htmlhelp
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b htmlhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/htmlhelp
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished; now you can run HTML Help Workshop with the" \
 	      ".hhp project file in build/htmlhelp."
 
 qthelp:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b qthelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/qthelp
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b qthelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/qthelp
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished; now you can run "qcollectiongenerator" with the" \
 	      ".qhcp project file in build/qthelp, like this:"
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ qthelp:
 	@echo "# assistant -collectionFile build/qthelp/scikitsimage.qhc"
 
 devhelp:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b devhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/devhelp
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b devhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/devhelp
 	@echo
 	@echo "Build finished."
 	@echo "To view the help file:"
@@ -81,30 +81,30 @@ devhelp:
 	@echo "# devhelp"
 
 latex:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/latex
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/latex
 	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished; the LaTeX files are in build/latex."
+	@echo "Build finished; the LaTeX files are in $(DEST)/latex."
 	@echo "Run \`make all-pdf' or \`make all-ps' in that directory to" \
 	      "run these through (pdf)latex."
 
 latexpdf: latex
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/latex
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/latex
 	@echo "Running LaTeX files through pdflatex..."
 	make -C build/latex all-pdf
 	@echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in build/latex."
 
 changes:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b changes $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/changes
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b changes $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/changes
 	@echo
 	@echo "The overview file is in build/changes."
 
 linkcheck:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/linkcheck
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/linkcheck
 	@echo
 	@echo "Link check complete; look for any errors in the above output " \
 	      "or in build/linkcheck/output.txt."
 
 doctest:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b doctest $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) build/doctest
+	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b doctest $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(DEST)/doctest
 	@echo "Testing of doctests in the sources finished, look at the " \
 	      "results in build/doctest/output.txt."

doc/ext/numpydoc.py

@@ -124,8 +124,15 @@ def get_directive(name):
     from docutils.parsers.rst import directives
     try:
         return directives.directive(name, None, None)[0]
-    except AttributeError:
-        pass
+    except AttributeError:        
+        if "method" in name:
+            name = "automethod"
+        else:
+            name = "auto"+name
+        try:
+            return directives.directive(name, None, None)[0]
+        except AttributeError:        
+            pass
     try:
         # docutils 0.4
         return directives._directives[name]

doc/tools/apigen.py

@@ -194,14 +194,15 @@ class ApiDocWriter(object):
         classes : list of str
             A list of (public) class names in the module.
         """
-        exec 'import ' + uri
-        exec 'mod = ' + uri
+        mod = __import__(uri, fromlist=[uri])
         # find all public objects in the module.
         obj_strs = [obj for obj in dir(mod) if not obj.startswith('_')]
         functions = []
         classes = []
         for obj_str in obj_strs:
             # find the actual object from its string representation
+            if obj_str not in mod.__dict__:
+                continue
             obj = mod.__dict__[obj_str]
             # figure out if obj is a function or class
             if hasattr(obj, 'func_name') or \