On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 at 21:31, Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 01:14:57PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 at 19:00, Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > diff --git a/docs/devel/qom.rst b/docs/devel/qom.rst > > > index e5fe3597cd8..9c1be5d7fc2 100644 > > > --- a/docs/devel/qom.rst > > > +++ b/docs/devel/qom.rst > > > @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ The QEMU Object Model (QOM) > > > =========================== > > > > > > .. highlight:: c > > > +.. default-role:: any > > > > > > The QEMU Object Model provides a framework for registering user creatable > > > types and instantiating objects from those types. QOM provides the > > > following > > > @@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ features: > > > > > > type_init(my_device_register_types) > > > > > > -In the above example, we create a simple type that is described by > > > #TypeInfo. > > > -#TypeInfo describes information about the type including what it inherits > > > +In the above example, we create a simple type that is described by > > > `TypeInfo`. > > > +`TypeInfo` describes information about the type including what it > > > inherits > > > > I've just gone through all of docs/ finding the places where we had `foo` > > and > > probably meant ``foo``, so please don't add any new ones. I would suggest > > that you either use the ``double-backtick`` syntax to render as fixed-width > > font, or use an explicit role tag so readers of the rST source can tell that > > that's what you meant to use, ie avoid "default-role". > > I don't understand why that would be a reason to not use > default-role. With default-role, we get an error when misusing > `foo`. Without default-role, misuse won't be detected at all > (except by manual inspection).
Ah, I didn't realize that we got an error if we set the default-role to 'any'. That certainly makes it nicer than the default default of 'cite'. Is there a sensible default-role we can use as the default for the whole manual, rather than only declaring it in individual .rst files ? One of the things I don't like about the change here is that it means that `thing` in this individual .rst file is different from `thing` in every other .rst file in our docs. Ccing John, who I have just remembered wrote something about Sphinx roles a few months back: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/9fe98807-7d68-2c86-163a-af374c789...@redhat.com/ -- PMM
