Thank you, Stefano! When I used \\\ \\\, the output still displayed a single backslash, but \\\\\\ (with no space) produced the double backslash I needed.
Thanks so much for your (very, very quick) help! -Kevin On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 12:11:44 PM UTC-5 Stefano David wrote: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:21:03 -0700, Kevin Canney wrote: > > > In a Sphinx project, I'm attempting to display UNC paths. Let's take > > \\volume\folder\ for example. > > > > My understanding was that I'd need to double the backslashes as follows > > in my reStructuredText: \\\\volume\\folder\\ > > > > Doing that works correctly for the backslashes before and after "folder" > > but the 4 backslashes before "volume" are still displayed as a single > > backslash in my output: \volume\folder\ > > > > Can anyone advise how to display the double backslashes before "volume" > > so my output correctly displays \volume\folder? > This should do the trick: > > \\\ \\\ volume\\folder\\ > > (i.e., escape the \ then escape a space and repeat) > > HTH, > Stefano > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sphinx-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sphinx-users/2e776151-41d0-48cd-a5e1-071a04ff1278n%40googlegroups.com.
