[Docutils-develop] [docutils:feature-requests] #91 Include directive path argument should support a configurable root.

[Günter M. <mi...@us...>]

A file with unit tests.

TODO:

* Support for "csv-table" directive.
* How to treat image files that are read-in with imagelib?
*  Documentation


Attachments:

- [0001-Add-unit-tests-for-include-root-setting.patch](https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/feature-requests/_discuss/thread/a885b6f1ca/2e27/attachment/0001-Add-unit-tests-for-include-root-setting.patch) (3.7 kB; text/x-patch)


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** [feature-requests:#91] Include directive path argument should support a configurable root.**

**Status:** open
**Group:** Default
**Created:** Tue May 03, 2022 04:03 PM UTC by Michal Urbanski
**Last Updated:** Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:04 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


I'm building a static website using restructuredtext and I'm really annoyed by the lack of support for root-relative paths.

I have already implemented multiple directive plugins for my website build process, some of which use external files in a different format. They use the convention that if a path begins with /, they are relative to the root directory of the project.

IMO the requirement for relative paths is very limiting - I could have a directory with files intended for inclusion but:

- I would need to use `../../` which is very ugly
- relative paths are different depending on the current file path - this is very fragile and limits 

An additional argument is that C and C++ have been using #include for like 40 years and relative paths (while sometimes useful) are only for specific cases. The leading convention is to use root-relative paths.

I could implement another plugin for it but ... copy-pasting docutils own code only to change few lines is definitely smelly.


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