Re: [PATCH 01/12] Documentation/HOWTO: Mark subsection in rst format

From: SeongJae Park
Date: Fri Oct 21 2016 - 12:42:35 EST


On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 12:45 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
<mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Em Sat, 22 Oct 2016 00:19:46 +0900
> SeongJae Park <sj38.park@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
>
>> Subsections in HOWTO is not marked in rst format. This commit specifies
>> them in rst format.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj38.park@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Documentation/HOWTO | 15 ++++++++++-----
>> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> There are already patches converting HOWTO to ReST applied upstream:

This patchset is not to replace the patches but to be applied on top of the
patches.

>
> commit 1b49ecf2f3be358882bb97652ba50ae808c0ba8f
> Author: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue Sep 20 18:46:36 2016 -0600
>
> docs: Clean up bare :: lines
>
> Mauro's patch set introduced some bare :: lines; these can be represented
> by a double colon at the end of the preceding text line. The result looks
> a little less weird and is less verbose.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
>
> commit f1eebe92c2653e8fc3760577e53befdc9b62ef26
> Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon Sep 19 08:07:59 2016 -0300
>
> Documentation/HOWTO: adjust external link references
>
> - A few link references were missing http://
> - Several sites are now redirecting to https protocol. On such
> cases, just use the https URL.
>
> NOTE: all URLs were checked and they're pointing to the right places.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
>
> commit 34fed7e7e0e56f885f309e8892a3571400072e37
> Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon Sep 19 08:07:58 2016 -0300
>
> Documentation/HOWTO: improve some markups to make it visually better
>
> Do a series of minor improvements at the ReST output format:
>
> - Instead of using the quote blocks (::) for quotes, use
> italics. That looks nicer on epub (and html) output, as
> no scroll bar will be added. Also, it will adjust line
> breaks on the text automatically.
>
> - Add a missing reference to SubmittingPatches.rst and use
> **foo** instead of _foo_.
>
> - use bold for "The Perfect Patch" by removing a newline.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
>
> commit 43fb67a5258c0f3d1d869cb7d72617d87b257c62
> Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon Sep 19 08:07:57 2016 -0300
>
> Documentation/HOWTO: update information about generating documentation
>
> The description there are pre-Sphinx. Update it to cover the
> new way.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
>
>
> There's also a series of patches pending merge that moves it
> Documentation/process/howto.rst and add to this book:
>
> https://mchehab.fedorapeople.org/kernel_docs/process/howto.html

AFAIU, `The development process` section has subsections but they are marked as
sections. That's what this patchset is trying to solve. Looks like the
problem is still in the pending patches, too. If you would like, I will resend
this patch after merging of the pending patches, though it would be no big
problem to merge this little patch before it.


Thanks,
SeongJae Park

>
>
> Thanks,
> Mauro