Re: [Docutils-users] Is there a plan to integrate fenced code blocks in rst?

[Guenter M. <mi...@us...>]

On 2020-12-05, Gökçe Aydos wrote:

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> I use rst heavily for my documents and slides for teaching which in turn 
> include many code blocks. Is it possible to use code blocks in rst 
> without indenting them, e.g., like *fenced code blocks*?

> The reason is, it is cumbersome to copy and paste indented code blocks. 
> There is an extension for Sphinx for this purpose [1]. Is there a plan 
> to integrate fenced code blocks in rst?

There are currently no plans to do that and I do not expect this to come
easily or anytime soon. (You many, however, file (or add to) an enhancment
ticket at the issue tracker 
https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/feature-requests/.)

One problem with [1] is a possible clash with section underlining like ::

  Tip
  ```
  
  In rST, section underlines may use any of the characters
  ``= - ` : ' " ~ ^ _ * + # < >``.
  
The development version 0.17b.dev in the repository has experimental support
for Markdown sources, where fenced literal blocks are part of the
format specification.

Günter


> [1] https://sphinx-codefence.readthedocs.io/