Re: [Docutils-users] Re: example extraction and testing

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On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, David Abrahams wrote:

> Aahz <aa...@py...> writes:
>
> > On Mon, Jun 21, 2004, David Abrahams wrote:
> >> Aahz <aa...@py...> writes:
> >>>
> >>> What I did was invent my own little ``include-output`` directive for
> >>> external code -- I think code inside reST files should be kept to a
> >>> minimum, so that the code is run every time the document is generated.
> >>> See my sandbox if you're interested.
> >>
> >> What I'm worried about with adding a directive is that it will trip up
> >> ordinary writers unless I go out of my way to make them aware of it.
> >> My litre tool uses raw becase that directive is ignored unless the
> >> format (litre) is recognized by the writer.  I wish I was missing
> >> something here; please tell me I am!  I'd like to make litre's
> >> intrusion on my ReST as minimal as possible.
> >
> > If that's your goal, make sure that the ``litre`` directive emits only
> > elements found in nodes.py.  IOW, make the ``litre`` directive a
> > subclass of the ``literal`` directive.
>
> Aaaaahz!
> Very cute trick.
>
> But then, how will my writer recognize my litre-generated literal
> nodes?

couldnt you check for an attribute in literal nodes (class ?).

this way the code parts would be printed literal, and not ignored by
other writers. a feature not a bug ?

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