changes the conf.py file so the links from the links_and_refs.rst fil…

…e can be used

doc/source/conf.py

@@ -151,7 +151,14 @@
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 # This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path.
-exclude_patterns = []
+exclude_patterns = ["links_and_refs.rst"]
+
+# make rst_epilog a variable, so you can add other epilog parts to it
+rst_epilog = ""
+
+# Read links and targets from file
+with open("links_and_refs.rst") as f:
+    rst_epilog += f.read()
 
 # The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
 pygments_style = None