[Doc-SIG] Re: Docutils: Line block by default

[Dethe Elza]

David Goodger wrote:

> Dethe Elza wrote:
> > One more docutils question.  I want to set up an editing environment
> > for my wife to organize her poetry.  How would I go about processing
> > restructured text so that it always behaves as if the line-block::
> > directive is in effect?
>
> Interesting question.  There is no direct support for such
> functionality at present.
>
> You could write a script, wrapper (Docutils Reader), and/or makefile
> that indents the input text and prefaces it with ".. line-block::".
> That's the simplest and most direct solution.

OK, that sounds like a winner.  I knew I could do it that way, but 
wasn't sure how the state-machine works.  I thought maybe I could 
initialize it in such a way that the line-block directive appeared to 
already be in effect.

--Dethe

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