Restructuredtext

Anyone who has tried to add images using the csv-table directive in restructured text may have come to the following conclusion: it can’t be done. Well certainly not using any of the existing attributes or syntax for tables (an oversight?), but it can be done with the replacement directive. Firstly, a csv-table in restructured text […]

Sidebars We recently covered the use here of two very handy features of reStructured Text (reST): namely the sidebar and figure directives. Sidebars and figures are very useful features for adding additional content styles to documents using reST, for example web diaries created using the EasyBlog product… All about sidebars a small aside… A sidebar […]

Another Guide to reStructured text which consists of the 7 functions I find most useful (plus three others which Shane found useful but was too lazy to write his own article). Not comprehensive but good to make a start. Also, for a listing of links to other articles and guides on restructured text, see our […]

We’ve written lofty paeans in praise of reStructured Text without bothering to tell people how to select it; we’ve now updated our Changing your Content Editor page to do the needful… BTW, the excellent reStructured Text primer is a bit scarce on adding links; we’ve also updated the adding links page too…

Those who are not familiar restructured text may initially bemoan it’s lack of power and flexibility when compared to XHTML, but as often the case in life, initial appearances can be deceiving. Although the use of CSS for styling and presentation is "best practice" in XHTML, it is not yet mandatory, which allows anyone with […]

One problem with changing from HTML (or a content editor) to reStructured Text in Plone is that the text editor doesnt convert your old HTML docs to reStructured Text. However, my experience so far is that if you copy the text of the page (not the code), click on the edit tab, delete the HTML […]

A really good article: http://kopsis.blogspot.com/2004/09/wysiwyg-considered-harmful.html

reStructeredText (ReST) is now the default content format for all the standard ATCT objects (Pages, News, Events) and EasyBlog, for all sites on this server. For now, if you still have Kupu as your editor then the default will be overriden by Kupu to html. Be aware though, that since we are going to use […]

ReStructuredtext has a "sidebar" directive. See a good example of a sidebar here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorbachev Sidebars are like miniature, parallel documents that occur inside other documents, providing related or reference material. A sidebar is typically offset by a border and "floats" to the side of the page; the document’s main text may flow around it. Sidebars […]