Re: [Docutils-users] Idea: Connecting paragraphs in reStructuredText

[Stefan R. <lis...@st...>]

on 20.10.2008 21:49 David Goodger said the following:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 15:09, Red Wraith <red...@gm...> wrote:
>> | I know about the line-block feature but I think it is
>>   rather uncomfortable for writing documents which often
>>   use line breaks. Having to write always | in the right
>>   line and having to indent the lines all the time is
>>   stressful IMO.
>> | Imagine you're writing, for example, a novel where you
>>   almost always use line breaks instead of normal
>>   paragraphs.
> ...
> 
> ISTM that your use case is just too esoteric for reStructuredText.
<snip>
> Possible alternatives:
> 
<snip-container-directive>
> 
<snip-compound-directive>
> 
<snip-custom-directive>
> 

Or, possibly easier for your use-case above, change the style file (css 
for html) to remove inter-paragraph margins generally, and define a 
class to re-add the whitespace when wanted::

   The first paragraph

   The second, no space between us two.

   .. class:: morespacewantedhere

   Now we have a new block of text here...

>> | However, many other things can't be done if there is only
>>   the line-block feature. For example, one can't connect
>>   "Literal Blocks" to other paragraphs without producing
>>   gaps in the output.
>> | One also can't put lists directly after a text block
>>   without producing an empty space between, etc.
> 
> Why would one *want* to do either of these?

A similar solution can be found for these ideas.

cheers,
stefan