Re: Fwd: [PATCH] docs: Fix warning:Error in "code-block" directive

[Madhumitha Prabakaran <madhumithabiw@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jun 03, 2023 at 01:52:46PM -0500, Madhumitha Prabakaran wrote:
> Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 13:52:46 -0500
> From: Madhumitha Prabakaran <madhumithabiw@gmail.com>
> To: Madhumitha Prabakaran <madhumithabiw@gmail.com>
> Subject: Fwd: [PATCH] docs: Fix warning:Error in "code-block" directive
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2023 at 23:04
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Fix warning:Error in "code-block" directive
> To: <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Cc: <bagasdotme@gmail.com>, <ivan.orlov0322@gmail.com>, <lenb@kernel.org>, <
> linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>, <
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <madhumithabiw@gmail.com>, <rafael@kernel.org>,
> <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>, Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 18:41:46 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On 6/2/23 18:20, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 04:51:02PM -0500, Madhumitha Prabakaran wrote:
> >>> Fix the error in "code-block" directive by providing the
> >>> argument as "text".
> >>>
> >>> <snipped> ...
> >>>  Result code:
> >>>  ------------
> >>>
> >>> -.. code-block::
> >>> +.. code-block:: text
> >>
> >> Nope.
> >>
> >> I don't see error you mention in this patch when making htmldocs on my
> >> computer (my setup is pretty standard: see
> >> Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst). This patch is unneccessary, though,

I did executed "make htmldocs" on sphinx-build 1.8.5 and sphinx_2.4.4, which throws the warning but on executing the same on sphinx_7.1.0 - one 
can't see the warning

I skip the patch.

Thanks

> >> unless you have code snippets in some language (e.g. C, where passing
> >> language name to code-block:: syntax-highlight it). Result code outputs,
> >> on the other hand, are generic text with no definitive syntax, hence
> >> you can omit language name.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >
> >
> > I also don't see any such warnings so I don't see a need for this patch.
> > My wild guess is that some older version of Sphinx was being used.
> 

Yeah, your are right. 
On executing the make htmldocs, it clearly throws the warning
"WARNING: support for Sphinx < 2.4 will be removed soon"

My ignorance.

Thanks for pointing it.

> Right.
> 
> In Sphinx changelog, "Features added" for 2.0.0b1 [1] lists this:
> 
>     #1851: Allow to omit an argument for code-block directive. If omitted,
>     it follows highlight or highlight_language
> 
> [1]: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/changes.html#id1306
>

Thanks for the changelog reference and reasoning. 

Madhumitha
> Pre-2.0 Sphinx is now deprecated.
> See commit 31abfdda6527 ("docs: Deprecate use of Sphinx < 2.4.x").
> 
>         Thanks, Akira
> 
> >
> > --
> > ~Randy