[Docutils-users] about substitution references

[Constantine C. <no...@fr...>]

Is it possible to apply additional inline markup on substitution 
references? I am aware that the rST Markup Specification states that 
"Inline markup cannot be nested". However, i want to be sure.

For example, the substitution reference "|Dgr|" produces the capital 
greek letter Delta. If i write "*|Dgr|*", rst2html prints the string 
"|Dgr|" in italics. Is there a way to print the letter Delta in italics
using the above sunstitution reference?

Thank you in advance.