docs: Add explicit docs to make sure that the project installs in editable mode

abhi-jha · abhi-jha · commit fb99d6730d70 · 2024-04-17T00:43:19.000+02:00
diff --git a/doc/devel/development_setup.rst b/doc/devel/development_setup.rst
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ command ::
 
     python -m pip install --verbose --no-build-isolation --editable ".[dev]"
 
+:::NOTE
+You may need to install pip dependencies pybind11, meson-python, cmake, ninja, numpy for the project to work in editable mode.
+:::
 The 'editable/develop mode' builds everything and places links in your Python environment
 so that Python will be able to import Matplotlib from your development source directory.
 This allows you to import your modified version of Matplotlib without having to
