Doug Hellmann schrieb:
> I have some generic information I would like to include in a preface  
> for a manual I'm converting to PDF (stuff like "Intended Audience",  
> etc.).
> 
> If I format my index.rst file like:
> 
> """
> ###########
> Book Title
> ###########
> 
> ==================
> Intended Audience
> ==================
> 
> Describe people who want to read this manual.
> 
> .. toctree::
>       chapter1
>       etc.
> """
> 
> Then all of the parts of the toctree show up as sub-sections of an  
> "Intended Audience" chapter.
> 
> I don't really want the material in a chapter of its own, but I could  
> do that.
> 
> Is there some directive or markup I can use to include a preface with  
> subsections without having the preface itself made into a chapter?

You could use one of the "body element" directives topic, sidebar or rubric,
documented here:
http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/directives.html#body-elements

cheers,
Georg

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