RE: [Docutils-users] Multiple html classes per literal block?

[Saunders, G. <gsa...@ea...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aahz [mailto:aa...@py...]=20
> Sent: March 3, 2003 1:18 PM
> To: Saunders, Graydon
> Cc: doc...@so...
> Subject: Re: [Docutils-users] Multiple html classes per literal block?
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> On Mon, Mar 03, 2003, Saunders, Graydon wrote:
> >
> > What I want to do is to have a code example which is included as a=20
> > literal block and which has a range of lines specifed as having a=20
> > different class name from the rest of the block, so it's=20
> possible to=20
> > highlight some part of the code example as the interesting bit.
> >=20
> > Ideally, one could specify multiple ranges per literal=20
> block and the=20
> > associated class name extension so example 1 and example 2=20
> can easily=20
> > have the same kind of highlighting for the same 'notice=20
> this' things.
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> I'd say the best way to deal with this is to create a new=20
> ``highlight_literal`` directive.  See the ``parsed_literal``=20
> directive for ideas.  You'd then need to string together=20
> multiple text sections, but that's fine IMO, much better than=20
> trying to use line numbers.

It's not ok to string together multiple text sections, because the text
sections are code examples which get auto-tested, so they have to be
complete examples.  That's something I don't have any control over.