Re: [Docutils-users] Embed HTML in rest

[Roberto A. <ra...@kd...>]

On Thu 22 Mar 2007 10:17:04 David Goodger wrote:
> > I hope I was able to explain what I want...
>
> Yes, thanks. But you're asking for built-in ambiguity. Docutils/reST
> cannot accommodate your requirements.
>
> If you want to use reST for blog comments, you must accept the
> consequences. Educate your readers: put commonly-used constructs on
> the comment form, with a link to full docs.
>
> Alternative: don't use reST for blog comments.

Alternative alternative: preprocess the comment and remove all directives.=
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That way the user has the common formatting and not those.

Alternative^3: Use something ReST-like but simpler for comments. Say, texti=
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Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.=20
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,=20
by definition, not smart enough to debug it. --Brian W. Kernighan=20