Am 03.06.2016 um 22:47 schrieb Jonathan Corbet <cor...@lwn.net>:
> On Mon, 30 May 2016 23:05:34 +0300
> Jani Nikula <jani.nik...@intel.com> wrote:
>
>>> I can't recommend to use rst2pdf (it is less maintained), use default
>>> sphinx LaTeX toolchain.
>>
>> I think we'll use whatever works, rst2pdf seemed to work for now, but we
>> can change if needed.
>
> I really like the idea of using rst2pdf and keeping the huge latex
> dependency out of the mix. I am a bit concerned, though; I've been able
> to crash it in my experiments here. We may want to have the ability to
> support either chain eventually; otherwise, we might just end up picking
> up maintenance of rst2pdf at some point so that it works properly for us.
>
> jon
I looked closer to rst2pdf, it supports only the docutils reST, but
not the sphinx superset ...
<SNIP rst2pdf>-------------
$ rst2pdf index.rst
index.rst:15: (ERROR/3) Unknown interpreted text role "ref".
index.rst:15: (ERROR/3) Unknown interpreted text role "ref".
index.rst:27: (ERROR/3) Unknown directive type "toctree".
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
kernel-doc-intro
kernel-doc-syntax
<SNAP>-------------
rules like ":ref:", domains like ":c:type:" and directives like ".. toctree:"
are a part of the (extended) reST syntax from sphinx, thats why
standard docutils (like rst2*) will not work ...
> Am 18.04.2016 um 10:10 schrieb Markus Heiser <markus.hei...@darmarit.de>:
> Re: Kernel docs: muddying the waters a bit
>
> BTW a few words about differences between DockBook and reST (Sphinx).
>
> With DocBook you write *books*, the protocol (the DocBook application) has
> no facility to *chunk* and interconnect several documents. The external
> ENTITY
> is a workaround on the SGML layer, not on XML nor on the DB-application layer.
> Thats the reason, why so many XML-tools don't handle this entities and
> many DocBook to (e.g.) reST tools are fail.
>
> With **standard** reST it is nearly the same, except there is a "include"
> directive on the application layer. But this directive is very simple,
> comparable to the C preprocessor "#include" directive.
>
> With the **superset** reST-markup of Sphinx-doc you get a the "toctree"
> directive,
> which lets you control how a document-tree should be build.
>
> http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/markup/toctree.html
>
> @Mauro: you mentioned a docutils (rst2*) experience in your mail
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-doc&m=145735316012094&w=2
>
> Because the "toctree" directive -- and other directives
> we use -- are a part of a superset of the **standard**
> reST, the standard docutils (like rst2*) will not work.
-- Markus --
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