Re: [Docutils-users] Specifying explicit ID tags in HTML output

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

David Ascher wrote:
> Is there already something somewhere that does that?

Indeed there is.  Use an internal hyperlink target::

    .. _permanent name:

    Requirement 123123: This part may change
    ----------------------------------------

    Ordinary text here.

The target text will be converted to an ID by lowcasing and converting
all punctuation and whitespace to dashes.  The above target could be
referred to as:

    http:/.../foo.html#permanent-name

The form of the permanent name can be whatever you like.

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