Re: [Docutils-users] strikeout and hyperlinks

[David G. <go...@py...>]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 3:30 AM, Gour <go...@at...> wrote:
> I've a need for strikeout text in some of my blog posts that I migrate to
> Nikola static-site-generator using rst markup...
>
> I've the following in my post:
>
> +---------------------+
> .. role:: strike
>     :class: strike
>
> Here are few things to do:
>
> - :strike:`point which is already done in our `archive
>   <http://www.example.com/archive/>` which contains mp3 files`

There is a workaround to reST limitation regarding nested inline
markup that allows you to style a hyperlink reference, described here:
http://docutils.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html#is-nested-inline-markup-possible.

This is how you'd do the example above:

:strike:`point which is already done in our` |archive|_ :strike:`which
contains mp3 files`

.. |archive| replace:: :strike:`archive`
.. _archive: http://www.example.com/archive/

Note that you'd have to break up your sentence into 3 pieces.

Also, if you use your strikeout role a lot, you can set it as the
default interpreted text role and use `this syntax`:
http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/directives.html#setting-the-default-interpreted-text-role

David Goodger
<http://python.net/~goodger>