From: John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
To: Lucas Escot <lucas.escot-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
pandoc-discuss
<pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Adding the highlight directive to the rST reader
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:29:17 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m28sl6sb6q.fsf@johnmacfarlane.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e025799-6d50-40a9-b8ab-a075437cb2b9-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
Yeah, even though it's a sphinx extension, I think I'd be
comfortable merging that. Does anyone disagree? The procedure
would be to submit a PR.
Lucas Escot <lucas.escot-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I just implemented the highlight directive
> <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/directives.html#directive-highlight>
> to the pandoc rST reader.
> This allows one to specify the default language to use when highlighting
> literal blocks.
> It is especially useful when writing rST in a literate agda or literate
> haskell file, where it is undesirable to have to specify the language at
> every code block.
>
> .. highlight:: haskell
>
> From now on code will be highlighted as haskell::
>
> data Tree = Leaf | Node Tree Tree
>
> An other exemple too show how terse using literal blocks becomes::
>
> main :: IO ()
> main = putStrLn "Hello World!"
>
> We can change the language at any point in the document.
>
> .. highlight:: python
>
> So this block contains python code::
>
> def main():
> print("OK")
>
> An we can still disable having a default language:
>
> .. highlight::
>
> This directive comes from the Sphinx extended rST (which argueably is one
> of the most popular use case of rST out here, see readthedocs.io),
> this is why I am wondering *what is your stance on adding directives to the
> pandoc reader?* (which are not specified in the docutils reference)
>
> My opinion is that such an addition is quite reasonable, and most people
> use rST with sphinx and are therefore accustomed with said directive
> already.
>
> You can see my implementation here: https://github.com/flupe/pandoc
>
> If you all agree it can be merged, what is the process? Should I create an
> issue mentionning the problem or just make a PR?
>
> Best,
> Lucas
>
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2020-02-13 10:30 Lucas Escot
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2020-02-13 10:37 ` Lukas Atkinson
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2020-02-13 12:44 ` Lucas Escot
2020-02-13 16:29 ` John MacFarlane [this message]
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2020-02-14 19:44 ` Lucas Escot
[not found] ` <a6188c4b-d574-4fa3-b0ec-a5f1fd6e03f9-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
2020-02-14 22:40 ` John MacFarlane
[not found] ` <yh480kh7zskd1g.fsf-pgq/RBwaQ+zq8tPRBa0AtqxOck334EZe@public.gmane.org>
2021-01-15 23:04 ` Peter
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