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.. This is an excerpt from Sphinx documentation: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/_sources/rest.txt | ||||
.. highlightlang:: rest | ||||
.. _rst-primer: | ||||
reStructuredText Primer | ||||
======================= | ||||
This section is a brief introduction to reStructuredText (reST) concepts and | ||||
syntax, intended to provide authors with enough information to author documents | ||||
productively. Since reST was designed to be a simple, unobtrusive markup | ||||
language, this will not take too long. | ||||
.. seealso:: | ||||
The authoritative `reStructuredText User Documentation | ||||
<http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html>`_. The "ref" links in this | ||||
document link to the description of the individual constructs in the reST | ||||
reference. | ||||
Paragraphs | ||||
---------- | ||||
The paragraph (:duref:`ref <paragraphs>`) is the most basic block in a reST | ||||
document. Paragraphs are simply chunks of text separated by one or more blank | ||||
lines. As in Python, indentation is significant in reST, so all lines of the | ||||
same paragraph must be left-aligned to the same level of indentation. | ||||
.. _inlinemarkup: | ||||
Inline markup | ||||
------------- | ||||
The standard reST inline markup is quite simple: use | ||||
* one asterisk: ``*text*`` for emphasis (italics), | ||||
* two asterisks: ``**text**`` for strong emphasis (boldface), and | ||||
* backquotes: ````text```` for code samples. | ||||
If asterisks or backquotes appear in running text and could be confused with | ||||
inline markup delimiters, they have to be escaped with a backslash. | ||||
Be aware of some restrictions of this markup: | ||||
* it may not be nested, | ||||
* content may not start or end with whitespace: ``* text*`` is wrong, | ||||
* it must be separated from surrounding text by non-word characters. Use a | ||||
backslash escaped space to work around that: ``thisis\ *one*\ word``. | ||||
These restrictions may be lifted in future versions of the docutils. | ||||
reST also allows for custom "interpreted text roles"', which signify that the | ||||
enclosed text should be interpreted in a specific way. Sphinx uses this to | ||||
provide semantic markup and cross-referencing of identifiers, as described in | ||||
the appropriate section. The general syntax is ``:rolename:`content```. | ||||
Standard reST provides the following roles: | ||||
* :durole:`emphasis` -- alternate spelling for ``*emphasis*`` | ||||
* :durole:`strong` -- alternate spelling for ``**strong**`` | ||||
* :durole:`literal` -- alternate spelling for ````literal```` | ||||
* :durole:`subscript` -- subscript text | ||||
* :durole:`superscript` -- superscript text | ||||
* :durole:`title-reference` -- for titles of books, periodicals, and other | ||||
materials | ||||
See :ref:`inline-markup` for roles added by Sphinx. | ||||
Lists and Quote-like blocks | ||||
--------------------------- | ||||
List markup (:duref:`ref <bullet-lists>`) is natural: just place an asterisk at | ||||
the start of a paragraph and indent properly. The same goes for numbered lists; | ||||
they can also be autonumbered using a ``#`` sign:: | ||||
* This is a bulleted list. | ||||
* It has two items, the second | ||||
item uses two lines. | ||||
1. This is a numbered list. | ||||
2. It has two items too. | ||||
#. This is a numbered list. | ||||
#. It has two items too. | ||||
Nested lists are possible, but be aware that they must be separated from the | ||||
parent list items by blank lines:: | ||||
* this is | ||||
* a list | ||||
* with a nested list | ||||
* and some subitems | ||||
* and here the parent list continues | ||||
Definition lists (:duref:`ref <definition-lists>`) are created as follows:: | ||||
term (up to a line of text) | ||||
Definition of the term, which must be indented | ||||
and can even consist of multiple paragraphs | ||||
next term | ||||
Description. | ||||
Note that the term cannot have more than one line of text. | ||||
Quoted paragraphs (:duref:`ref <block-quotes>`) are created by just indenting | ||||
them more than the surrounding paragraphs. | ||||
Line blocks (:duref:`ref <line-blocks>`) are a way of preserving line breaks:: | ||||
| These lines are | ||||
| broken exactly like in | ||||
| the source file. | ||||
There are also several more special blocks available: | ||||
* field lists (:duref:`ref <field-lists>`) | ||||
* option lists (:duref:`ref <option-lists>`) | ||||
* quoted literal blocks (:duref:`ref <quoted-literal-blocks>`) | ||||
* doctest blocks (:duref:`ref <doctest-blocks>`) | ||||
Source Code | ||||
----------- | ||||
Literal code blocks (:duref:`ref <literal-blocks>`) are introduced by ending a | ||||
paragraph with the special marker ``::``. The literal block must be indented | ||||
(and, like all paragraphs, separated from the surrounding ones by blank lines):: | ||||
This is a normal text paragraph. The next paragraph is a code sample:: | ||||
It is not processed in any way, except | ||||
that the indentation is removed. | ||||
It can span multiple lines. | ||||
This is a normal text paragraph again. | ||||
The handling of the ``::`` marker is smart: | ||||
* If it occurs as a paragraph of its own, that paragraph is completely left | ||||
out of the document. | ||||
* If it is preceded by whitespace, the marker is removed. | ||||
* If it is preceded by non-whitespace, the marker is replaced by a single | ||||
colon. | ||||
That way, the second sentence in the above example's first paragraph would be | ||||
rendered as "The next paragraph is a code sample:". | ||||
.. _rst-tables: | ||||
Tables | ||||
------ | ||||
Two forms of tables are supported. For *grid tables* (:duref:`ref | ||||
<grid-tables>`), you have to "paint" the cell grid yourself. They look like | ||||
this:: | ||||
+------------------------+------------+----------+----------+ | ||||
| Header row, column 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | Header 4 | | ||||
| (header rows optional) | | | | | ||||
+========================+============+==========+==========+ | ||||
| body row 1, column 1 | column 2 | column 3 | column 4 | | ||||
+------------------------+------------+----------+----------+ | ||||
| body row 2 | ... | ... | | | ||||
+------------------------+------------+----------+----------+ | ||||
*Simple tables* (:duref:`ref <simple-tables>`) are easier to write, but | ||||
limited: they must contain more than one row, and the first column cannot | ||||
contain multiple lines. They look like this:: | ||||
===== ===== ======= | ||||
A B A and B | ||||
===== ===== ======= | ||||
False False False | ||||
True False False | ||||
False True False | ||||
True True True | ||||
===== ===== ======= | ||||
Hyperlinks | ||||
---------- | ||||
External links | ||||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | ||||
Use ```Link text <http://example.com/>`_`` for inline web links. If the link | ||||
text should be the web address, you don't need special markup at all, the parser | ||||
finds links and mail addresses in ordinary text. | ||||
You can also separate the link and the target definition (:duref:`ref | ||||
<hyperlink-targets>`), like this:: | ||||
This is a paragraph that contains `a link`_. | ||||
.. _a link: http://example.com/ | ||||
Internal links | ||||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | ||||
Internal linking is done via a special reST role provided by Sphinx, see the | ||||
section on specific markup, :ref:`ref-role`. | ||||
Sections | ||||
-------- | ||||
Section headers (:duref:`ref <sections>`) are created by underlining (and | ||||
optionally overlining) the section title with a punctuation character, at least | ||||
as long as the text:: | ||||
================= | ||||
This is a heading | ||||
================= | ||||
Normally, there are no heading levels assigned to certain characters as the | ||||
structure is determined from the succession of headings. However, for the | ||||
Python documentation, this convention is used which you may follow: | ||||
* ``#`` with overline, for parts | ||||
* ``*`` with overline, for chapters | ||||
* ``=``, for sections | ||||
* ``-``, for subsections | ||||
* ``^``, for subsubsections | ||||
* ``"``, for paragraphs | ||||
Of course, you are free to use your own marker characters (see the reST | ||||
documentation), and use a deeper nesting level, but keep in mind that most | ||||
target formats (HTML, LaTeX) have a limited supported nesting depth. | ||||
Explicit Markup | ||||
--------------- | ||||
"Explicit markup" (:duref:`ref <explicit-markup-blocks>`) is used in reST for | ||||
most constructs that need special handling, such as footnotes, | ||||
specially-highlighted paragraphs, comments, and generic directives. | ||||
An explicit markup block begins with a line starting with ``..`` followed by | ||||
whitespace and is terminated by the next paragraph at the same level of | ||||
indentation. (There needs to be a blank line between explicit markup and normal | ||||
paragraphs. This may all sound a bit complicated, but it is intuitive enough | ||||
when you write it.) | ||||
.. _directives: | ||||
Directives | ||||
---------- | ||||
A directive (:duref:`ref <directives>`) is a generic block of explicit markup. | ||||
Besides roles, it is one of the extension mechanisms of reST, and Sphinx makes | ||||
heavy use of it. | ||||
Docutils supports the following directives: | ||||
* Admonitions: :dudir:`attention`, :dudir:`caution`, :dudir:`danger`, | ||||
:dudir:`error`, :dudir:`hint`, :dudir:`important`, :dudir:`note`, | ||||
:dudir:`tip`, :dudir:`warning` and the generic :dudir:`admonition`. | ||||
(Most themes style only "note" and "warning" specially.) | ||||
* Images: | ||||
- :dudir:`image` (see also Images_ below) | ||||
- :dudir:`figure` (an image with caption and optional legend) | ||||
* Additional body elements: | ||||
- :dudir:`contents` (a local, i.e. for the current file only, table of | ||||
contents) | ||||
- :dudir:`container` (a container with a custom class, useful to generate an | ||||
outer ``<div>`` in HTML) | ||||
- :dudir:`rubric` (a heading without relation to the document sectioning) | ||||
- :dudir:`topic`, :dudir:`sidebar` (special highlighted body elements) | ||||
- :dudir:`parsed-literal` (literal block that supports inline markup) | ||||
- :dudir:`epigraph` (a block quote with optional attribution line) | ||||
- :dudir:`highlights`, :dudir:`pull-quote` (block quotes with their own | ||||
class attribute) | ||||
- :dudir:`compound` (a compound paragraph) | ||||
* Special tables: | ||||
- :dudir:`table` (a table with title) | ||||
- :dudir:`csv-table` (a table generated from comma-separated values) | ||||
- :dudir:`list-table` (a table generated from a list of lists) | ||||
* Special directives: | ||||
- :dudir:`raw` (include raw target-format markup) | ||||
- :dudir:`include` (include reStructuredText from another file) | ||||
-- in Sphinx, when given an absolute include file path, this directive takes | ||||
it as relative to the source directory | ||||
- :dudir:`class` (assign a class attribute to the next element) [1]_ | ||||
* HTML specifics: | ||||
- :dudir:`meta` (generation of HTML ``<meta>`` tags) | ||||
- :dudir:`title` (override document title) | ||||
* Influencing markup: | ||||
- :dudir:`default-role` (set a new default role) | ||||
- :dudir:`role` (create a new role) | ||||
Since these are only per-file, better use Sphinx' facilities for setting the | ||||
:confval:`default_role`. | ||||
Do *not* use the directives :dudir:`sectnum`, :dudir:`header` and | ||||
:dudir:`footer`. | ||||
Directives added by Sphinx are described in :ref:`sphinxmarkup`. | ||||
Basically, a directive consists of a name, arguments, options and content. (Keep | ||||
this terminology in mind, it is used in the next chapter describing custom | ||||
directives.) Looking at this example, :: | ||||
.. function:: foo(x) | ||||
foo(y, z) | ||||
:module: some.module.name | ||||
Return a line of text input from the user. | ||||
``function`` is the directive name. It is given two arguments here, the | ||||
remainder of the first line and the second line, as well as one option | ||||
``module`` (as you can see, options are given in the lines immediately following | ||||
the arguments and indicated by the colons). Options must be indented to the | ||||
same level as the directive content. | ||||
The directive content follows after a blank line and is indented relative to the | ||||
directive start. | ||||
Images | ||||
------ | ||||
reST supports an image directive (:dudir:`ref <image>`), used like so:: | ||||
.. image:: gnu.png | ||||
(options) | ||||
When used within Sphinx, the file name given (here ``gnu.png``) must either be | ||||
relative to the source file, or absolute which means that they are relative to | ||||
the top source directory. For example, the file ``sketch/spam.rst`` could refer | ||||
to the image ``images/spam.png`` as ``../images/spam.png`` or | ||||
``/images/spam.png``. | ||||
Sphinx will automatically copy image files over to a subdirectory of the output | ||||
directory on building (e.g. the ``_static`` directory for HTML output.) | ||||
Interpretation of image size options (``width`` and ``height``) is as follows: | ||||
if the size has no unit or the unit is pixels, the given size will only be | ||||
respected for output channels that support pixels (i.e. not in LaTeX output). | ||||
Other units (like ``pt`` for points) will be used for HTML and LaTeX output. | ||||
Sphinx extends the standard docutils behavior by allowing an asterisk for the | ||||
extension:: | ||||
.. image:: gnu.* | ||||
Sphinx then searches for all images matching the provided pattern and determines | ||||
their type. Each builder then chooses the best image out of these candidates. | ||||
For instance, if the file name ``gnu.*`` was given and two files :file:`gnu.pdf` | ||||
and :file:`gnu.png` existed in the source tree, the LaTeX builder would choose | ||||
the former, while the HTML builder would prefer the latter. | ||||
.. versionchanged:: 0.4 | ||||
Added the support for file names ending in an asterisk. | ||||
.. versionchanged:: 0.6 | ||||
Image paths can now be absolute. | ||||
Footnotes | ||||
--------- | ||||
For footnotes (:duref:`ref <footnotes>`), use ``[#name]_`` to mark the footnote | ||||
location, and add the footnote body at the bottom of the document after a | ||||
"Footnotes" rubric heading, like so:: | ||||
Lorem ipsum [#f1]_ dolor sit amet ... [#f2]_ | ||||
.. rubric:: Footnotes | ||||
.. [#f1] Text of the first footnote. | ||||
.. [#f2] Text of the second footnote. | ||||
You can also explicitly number the footnotes (``[1]_``) or use auto-numbered | ||||
footnotes without names (``[#]_``). | ||||
Citations | ||||
--------- | ||||
Standard reST citations (:duref:`ref <citations>`) are supported, with the | ||||
additional feature that they are "global", i.e. all citations can be referenced | ||||
from all files. Use them like so:: | ||||
Lorem ipsum [Ref]_ dolor sit amet. | ||||
.. [Ref] Book or article reference, URL or whatever. | ||||
Citation usage is similar to footnote usage, but with a label that is not | ||||
numeric or begins with ``#``. | ||||
Substitutions | ||||
------------- | ||||
reST supports "substitutions" (:duref:`ref <substitution-definitions>`), which | ||||
are pieces of text and/or markup referred to in the text by ``|name|``. They | ||||
are defined like footnotes with explicit markup blocks, like this:: | ||||
.. |name| replace:: replacement *text* | ||||
or this:: | ||||
.. |caution| image:: warning.png | ||||
:alt: Warning! | ||||
See the :duref:`reST reference for substitutions <substitution-definitions>` | ||||
for details. | ||||
If you want to use some substitutions for all documents, put them into | ||||
:confval:`rst_prolog` or put them into a separate file and include it into all | ||||
documents you want to use them in, using the :rst:dir:`include` directive. (Be | ||||
sure to give the include file a file name extension differing from that of other | ||||
source files, to avoid Sphinx finding it as a standalone document.) | ||||
Sphinx defines some default substitutions, see :ref:`default-substitutions`. | ||||
Comments | ||||
-------- | ||||
Every explicit markup block which isn't a valid markup construct (like the | ||||
footnotes above) is regarded as a comment (:duref:`ref <comments>`). For | ||||
example:: | ||||
.. This is a comment. | ||||
You can indent text after a comment start to form multiline comments:: | ||||
.. | ||||
This whole indented block | ||||
is a comment. | ||||
Still in the comment. | ||||
Source encoding | ||||
--------------- | ||||
Since the easiest way to include special characters like em dashes or copyright | ||||
signs in reST is to directly write them as Unicode characters, one has to | ||||
specify an encoding. Sphinx assumes source files to be encoded in UTF-8 by | ||||
default; you can change this with the :confval:`source_encoding` config value. | ||||
Gotchas | ||||
------- | ||||
There are some problems one commonly runs into while authoring reST documents: | ||||
* **Separation of inline markup:** As said above, inline markup spans must be | ||||
separated from the surrounding text by non-word characters, you have to use a | ||||
backslash-escaped space to get around that. See `the reference | ||||
<http://docutils.sf.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#inline-markup>`_ | ||||
for the details. | ||||
* **No nested inline markup:** Something like ``*see :func:`foo`*`` is not | ||||
possible. | ||||
.. rubric:: Footnotes | ||||
.. [1] When the default domain contains a :rst:dir:`class` directive, this directive | ||||
will be shadowed. Therefore, Sphinx re-exports it as :rst:dir:`rst-class`. | ||||
</textarea></form> | ||||
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var editor = CodeMirror.fromTextArea(document.getElementById("code"), { | ||||
lineNumbers: true, | ||||
}); | ||||
</script> | ||||
<p>The reStructuredText mode supports one configuration parameter:</p> | ||||
<dl> | ||||
<dt><code>verbatim (string)</code></dt> | ||||
<dd>A name or MIME type of a mode that will be used for highlighting | ||||
verbatim blocks. By default, reStructuredText mode uses uniform color | ||||
for whole block of verbatim text if no mode is given.</dd> | ||||
</dl> | ||||
<p>If <code>python</code> mode is available (not a part of CodeMirror 2 yet), | ||||
it will be used for highlighting blocks containing Python/IPython terminal | ||||
sessions (blocks starting with <code>>>></code> (for Python) or | ||||
<code>In [num]:</code> (for IPython). | ||||
<p><strong>MIME types defined:</strong> <code>text/x-rst</code>.</p> | ||||
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