linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 53/53] kernel-doc: describe the ``literal`` syntax

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Date:   Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:31:05 +0200
From:   Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@...marit.de>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
Cc:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 53/53] kernel-doc: describe the ``literal`` syntax

Hi Mauro,

> Am 16.05.2017 um 14:16 schrieb Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>:
> 
> changeset b97f193abf83 ("scripts/kernel-doc: fix parser
> for apostrophes") added support for ``literal`` inside
> kernel-doc, in order to allow using the "%" symbol inside
> a literal block, as this is used at printk() description.
> 
> Document it.
> 
> Fixes: b97f193abf83 ("scripts/kernel-doc: fix parser for apostrophes")
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
> ---
> Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
> index b32e4813ff6f..b24854b5d6be 100644
> --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
> @@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ Domain`_ references.
> ``%CONST``
>   Name of a constant. (No cross-referencing, just formatting.)
> 
> +````literal````
> +  A literal block that should be handled as-is. The output will use a
> +  ``monospaced font``.

just nitpicking; this is not literal block, this is called an inline literal [1]

To be complete: "blocks" are allways indented.

[1] http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#inline-literals

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