.. _west-meta-tool:

West (Zephyr’s meta-tool)
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In European tradition, a |zephyr|_ is a light wind or a |west wind|_, named
after |Zephyrus|_, the Greek god or personification of the west wind. Don't
worry, this is not going to be a lesson in Greek methodology. Rather, it is
an attempt to find a "possible" explanation why the |ZEPHYR| in so many cases
refers to and relies on a small, inconspicuous but essential meta-tool called
``west``\ [#west-repo]_. What this meta-tool is capable of doing can be read
in detail at section :zephyr:ref:`west <west>` in the |ZEPHYR| documentation.

.. |zephyr| replace:: :strong:`zephyr`
.. _zephyr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyr
.. |west wind| replace:: :emphasis:`west wind`
.. _west wind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_wind
.. |Zephyrus| replace:: :emphasis:`Zephyrus`
.. _Zephyrus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyrus

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   west_bridle_cmds

For details on west's Python APIs, see :zephyr:ref:`west-apis`.

.. rubric:: Footnotes

.. [#west-repo]

   West is developed in its own `repository`_.

.. _repository:
   https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/west