[Doc-SIG] docutils issues
David Goodger
goodger at python.org
Tue Oct 7 20:58:52 EDT 2003
Dethe Elza wrote:
> I'm trying to build a lightweight templating system around docutils.
...
> If there are errors, I want the option of allowing the error to be
> processed normally (resulting in an HTML fragment with embedded
> error messages) or throw an exception (so I can trap it and display
> the text instead).
Use the "--traceback" option ("traceback" setting) to allow exceptions
to propagate to the calling code. The program logic for exception
handling is in docutils.core.Publisher.publish(). Use "--report"
and/or "--halt" options ("report_level" & "halt_level" settings) for
fine control. See <http://docutils.sf.net/docs/config.html>,
"[general]" section, for details.
> I've found that if the docutils processor is running on a file, I
> cannot get it to throw an exception all the way out to the calling
> method (it traps and processes it internally), while if I use a
> StringIO it causes exceptions that don't show up in the file
> processing.
I suspect this may be a red herring. What Python version? There's a
StringIO bug in Python 2.1 or 2.2.
> Docutils appears to be using the file object as it's state machine
> and calling methods which aren't part of the StringIO. Finally, if
> I use a StringIO, I have trouble with the include directive.
I don't follow. Please provide some supporting evidence.
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